Westmorland and Furness · England
Web design for Alston businesses that want more enquiries.
Websites for Alston businesses of every kind and size, designed from scratch and written for you. Westmorland and Furness has 6.4 times the UK share of holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business across Westmorland and Furness, including Alston.
Council-wide figures: the ONS publishes business counts and population for Westmorland and Furness as a whole, not for Alston, and 13 other towns on this site sit in the same council area. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5.
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: Population estimates by local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
There are 49.5 businesses for every 1,000 people in Westmorland and Furness, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 52nd of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, Westmorland and Furness has more holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation than its size would suggest (6.4 times the national share) and more hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation (4.2 times).
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 345. Estate and letting agencies are thinner on the ground, at about half the UK share.
3,985
businesses across 77 of the trades we build for, in the Westmorland and Furness council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same Westmorland and Furness figures shown on the Barrow-in-Furness page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 345 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 220 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 215 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 210 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 190 |
The area around Alston.
Alston claims to be the highest market town in England, a small stone-built town with steep cobbled streets in the North Pennines. Former lead mining shaped the area, and the South Tynedale Railway and walkers bring visitors. It is remote, and winters can be harsh. An Alston business should state honestly how far it travels and make contact easy, and trades can emphasise work on stone properties and weather-related repairs.
Inside Westmorland and Furness, the closest places are Penrith (16 miles) and Appleby-in-Westmorland (16 miles). Further out, Haltwhistle (11 miles), Brampton (15 miles), Hexham (17 miles) and Stanhope (18 miles) are within commuting distance. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Inside Alston, the site can name areas such as Garrigill, Nenthead, Slaggyford and Leadgate.
Alston (postcode area CA) sits about 286 miles north of Exeter.
How we work with Alston businesses.
286 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across Westmorland and Furness, Alston included. Everything happens by phone, WhatsApp and video, so you never lose half a day to a meeting.
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
Designed from scratch, every word written for you, hosting and Google setup included. Or pay £1,795 once and £49 a month with no minimum term.
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