Easy to use and flexible page builder
Our WordPress CMS is fully updateable and modular – you can make hundreds of possible page layouts with ease.If you’re looking for web design companies in Leeds, you’ll have lots of options – so make sure you seek out the services and specialisms you need. At Splitpixel, we’ve been working with companies, charities and venues in and around Leeds on website design and development projects for over 15 years.
Get in touchOur approach to website design
Designed from scratch
All web designs are prototyped in browser, so you can see the finished article before we go into build – what you see in design is what you get!Highly accessible, super fast
Our builds are developed to a high accessibility standard and are fast to load – great for your users and the planet, and it keeps Google happy!We do everything
We take care of everything – content population, SEO audits and redirects are all included, giving you a market-ready website. We don’t outsource any part of a website design or build project, ever.Lead generation and search always in mind
Our team of marketers are involved at all stages of the project, from keyword research and competitor analysis, through to full SEO checks, conversion tracking and 301 redirects at launch.Quality support
We handle the aftercare for your website, with secure hosting and maintenance by developers who really understand the WordPress framework.Website Design Services for Leeds
Splitpixel are West Yorkshire born and raised – we’ve been working with clients across Leeds since we were founded in 2008.
We’ve worked with local cultural institutions like Leeds Playhouse and Sunny Bank Mills. We’ve delivered for major Leeds employers like Romero Insurance, Oakland Group, Border to Coast and Equinox Group. And we support small businesses across Leeds, like Roofline Design, Infinity Dental, and many more.
A short trip from the city centre, we love the personal touch and long-term relationships we can build with our Leeds web clients – even as we’ve expanded across the UK and even around the world, working with businesses, charities and cultural organisations close to home is still incredibly important to us.
Get in touchRecent web designs we’ve brought to life
COHIBL Insurance
Web design and WordPress development with photography and brand development for a Leeds city insurer.
The Space
A simple yet impactful new website design for arts and culture not-for-profit The Space – something clean and accessible for users.
John Horsfall & Sons
A website design and build for John Horsfall, one of the world’s leading providers of in-flight solutions, creating textiles, soft furnishings and passenger comforts for airlines such as Qantas and Finnair. They’ve been designing and manufacturing for over 150 years
Leeds Website Development
As a web design agency, our focus is on your users. We create engaging, accessible website designs that work on every device and browser, striking the right balance between creative flair and clear, concise information.
We specialise in user experiences that centre user need. However visitors want to use your website, whatever they want to know, we ensure there are no barriers in place – without losing sight of your commercial and lead generation goals, of course.
Our web design team in Leeds will filter your brand, your audience, your content and your goals through years of experience in creating user interfaces that catch the eye and deliver results. We also carry out extensive research and workshopping so we can deliver something that’s just right for you and your audience, backed up by not only our expertise, but also solid data on performance and behaviour.
We work with arts and culture clients around the world (Not just Leeds!) – creative organisations that always challenge us to raise the game. But that’s not all: we also bring that same energy to a wide range of manufacturers, educators, charities and healthcare providers that share our values and vision in providing digital that makes a difference for everyone.
Leeds Website Design Agency FAQs
Some frequently asked questions about web design in Leeds
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A Leeds web design agency designs websites. But there’s a bit more to it than that. A full service web design agency will also enhance your digital brand, research your audience, plan your user journeys, research SEO keyword targets, ensure accessibility at every stage, create content, build and develop your website, host and maintain it for you, and be on hand to help you out once it’s live to the world.
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Well, who else is going to design your website? An agency has all of the tools required to take you from your initial ideas all the way through to the finished product and beyond. If you seek out a freelance web designer, will they be able to develop it? If you find a web developer, can they support with ongoing marketing? Working with a Leeds-based web agency means consistency and far-ranging expertise.
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That depends! Every web designer and web agency will have their own pricing structure, and then the complexity of the project will also influence the final cost. Very low budget websites – your “website design for £200” deals – aren’t as common these days, especially in Leeds, but you can still find web services to fit just about any budget. If you’re looking for a bespoke design with lots of custom features and functionality, and you want to work with a website designer who specialises in your industry, you can expect that your web design quote is going to start at a few thousand pounds.
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The biggest driver for choosing a web design agency tends to be cost – whether the quotes fit your budget. But outside of this, you should look at a web agency’s specific experience, whether that’s directly in your sector, or in delivering similar web design services for other industries. Do you like the way their design portfolio looks? Is the work they do relevant to you? Beyond this, relationships are key. A good Leeds web design agency will be easy to communicate with – collaborative, supportive, and seeking solutions, rather than placing barriers in your way.
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Every website design and build is different – different numbers of web pages and features, different audiences, different design requirements. And, of course, design is very subjective – what “good web design” looks like is different for everyone, and with so many ways to achieve best practice, a lot of it can come down to personal taste. So while a web design project can be wrapped up in a few months, it can also take a year or more. Typical website projects in our studio – including design and build – tend to last four to six months.
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A web designer is responsible for the creative side. The user interface – colours, fonts, layouts, interactions. A web developer is responsible for the technical side. They take the designs and write code that brings them to life on the screen. A web design agency will typically have both in-house, allowing them to work together on a combined solution that excels technically while looking spectacular!
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We believe that we’re unique in Leeds – and indeed in the North of England – in being a truly full service web design agency with the broadest experience, while still being a small, approachable studio. We don’t outsource any aspect of what we do, and are recognised as specialists in both digital marketing and web development. Our web design services for Leeds are underpinned by expert digital marketing knowledge – we deliver websites that look great, but perform to exceptionally high SEO standards.
We have also put accessibility and inclusivity at the heart of everything we do – our small team is a diverse group of specialists, focusing on delivering digital services that work for everyone, backed up by personal experience.
We’ve worked with everyone from small local start-ups to UK cultural institutions, and international Blue Chips, across both B2B and B2C markets. All of this while remaining a team of less than 20, many of whom have been with us for years – we’re a team you can really get to know and work closely with. Or, at least, we like to think so!
Client Spotlight: Border to Coast
Since 2018, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has grown to become one of the largest Local Government Pension Scheme pools in the UK. Through innovation and collaboration with partner funds, Border to Coast develops cost-effective, long-term investment opportunities from the BTC Leeds head office. They came to us looking for a website that reflected their amazing growth in such a short space of time, and set them up for the future.
Border to Coast wanted a beautiful, creative image-driven website – but don’t exactly work in the most photogenic industry. We worked closely with them to select a suite of video and photography content that brought the website design to life – and to ensure a unique look and feel also used the circular elements of their logo to accent the chosen imagery and create bespoke UI elements. It’s a light, airy and accessible website design that serves up complex content in an easy-to-use package.
View web project“I have worked with a number of agencies and wanted to highlight the absolute pleasure of working with Splitpixel. They have dealt with a few staff at the OCA and every time they provide an outstanding level of customer service. Not only are they efficient, but they’re also able to multi-task, providing effective high-quality solutions to our problems and challenges.
They are truly making the website improvement experience as fruitful as possible. Their team has provided great communication throughout, using their resources to get the job done properly. We are delighted to continue working with them.”
Heather Lloyd Payne, Lead Marketing & Communications
Open College of the Arts
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More on our Leeds web design services
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With over 100 websites on our servers, ensuring the highest security standards is absolutely essential for us and our Leeds-based clients. We apply multiple levels of security – at the domain level through SSL certificates and a CDN, at server level through bot protection and firewalls, and at application level through WordFence security, virtual patching of plugins and password policies. We also reduce our reliance on potentially vulnerable plugins by building features bespoke from scratch. We monitor our sites daily, and have a rigorous update schedule.
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Yes! SEO is an essential element of every web design project – or, at least, it should be. Technical SEO plays a major part in a site’s performance on search, so the way the site is designed and built in order to be understood by search engines is very important. Our web designers also work closely with our content and marketing teams to consider every aspect of the site’s user journey and how it can assist conversions.
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Yes! It’s your site, you’ve paid for it, so you own it. All of the primary software we use to build our sites is open source, so you won’t have to pay us any licensing fees.
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There is always the potential for a website to take a hit to its SEO performance in a redesign or rebuild project – that’s why it needs careful management from a team that understand the impact of any changes on SEO. We always conduct SEO audits of the sites we build to ensure pages with vital rankings and backlinks are not lost, and implement full 301 redirect strategies on launch. Our goal is to reduce risk as much as possible – even if you are switching to an all new domain name.
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Absolutely! We specialise in developing accessible branding concepts that feed directly into the full range of digital requirements a brand will have to fulfil in a new site. You can explore some of our branding projects in our portfolio if you’d like to see what our team are capable of!
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We don’t design to templates! And we don’t use out-of-the-box themes, either. Everything we create is completely bespoke to you, so you get the website that you need. Even within your site, we don’t restrict you to just a couple of page layouts – you’ll have amazing flexibility to build pages exactly to your liking.
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How soon do you want to get started? We can usually kick off a web project within a couple weeks of an enquiry if we need to – if not less! The first steps are to jump on a call with us to discuss your requirements – this will help us refine our quote to give you the best solution at the right cost. If you choose to go ahead with us, we’ll dive right into a discovery phase, working with you to set a creative, technical and content brief for the site.
Other digital solutions we offer
As well as Web Design services, we also help most of our clients with these other services, click to find out more.
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