Web design · St Helens
Web design in St Helens.
St Helens is 20 minutes or so up the road from our office in Widnes. Close enough to meet properly, and we know the patch.
The short version
Think Mad is a web design agency in Widnes, usually 20 to 25 minutes from St Helens. We design websites and run local SEO and Google Ads for St Helens businesses, including Haydock, Rainhill and Newton-le-Willows, with a written quote before anything starts.
Written by Luke Hilditch, director at Think Mad·Checked by a person·Updated
St Helens
How we work with St Helens businesses.
Widnes → St HelensUsually 20–25 minutes by car
St Helens is a town that makes things. Glass, most famously, but also plenty of manufacturing, logistics and trade businesses that serve the whole region.
A lot of those businesses win work through relationships and recommendations. Their websites often lag behind their reputation: built years ago, hard to use on a phone, and not showing what they can actually do.
That’s the gap we close. We’re happy to come to you, or you can pop over to Widnes.
St Helens facts
Where the work is in St Helens.
A few things worth knowing about doing business here.
Founded in St Helens in 1826. The float glass process, used to make most of the world’s flat glass, was developed there between 1953 and 1957.
Opened in 2000 on the St Helens Canal, including the Grade II* listed Jubilee Cone Building from 1887.
Opened on 31 May 2025, linking the former Parkside Colliery site to Junction 22 of the M6, where a logistics and rail-freight hub is planned.
Sources: Pilkington · World of Glass · Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · sthelenschamber.com
Local search
Getting found in St Helens.
The borough covers more than the town centre. Customers search for Haydock, Rainhill, Newton-le-Willows, Eccleston and Billinge too. If you serve them, list them clearly and naturally, on a page that explains how you work there.
For manufacturers and trade suppliers, the searches that matter are often very specific: the product, the material or the service. Pages that answer those searches properly bring in better enquiries than a general “about us”.
What we do
For St Helens businesses.
Everything is quoted in writing first. No long lock-ins.
Our work
Websites people are talking about.
FAQ
St Helens: questions, answered.
Can’t see yours? Call 0151 316 0110 and ask a real person.
Yes. Manufacturing and trade websites need to show capability and make it easy to ask for a quote. We plan them around the questions your buyers ask.
Yes. It’s usually 20 to 25 minutes from our office, so we’re happy to visit.
Yes, with a Google Business Profile that lists your service areas properly and website content that explains how you work across the borough.
Every site is different, so every quote is too. After a chat you’ll get a written quote, so you know the cost before anything starts.
Start a project
Fancy a brew and a natter?
Tell us about your business and what you need. One of the team will reply within one working day, and there’s no obligation.
YouHiya, we need a new website. Can you help?
Within one working day
Think MadAlright? Course we can. Fancy a brew and a natter this week?