East Sussex · England
Web design in Rye, written for the people who hire you.
We design and write websites for businesses in Rye, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Rother has 2.3 times the UK share of hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
Business across Rother, including Rye.
Council-wide figures: the ONS publishes business counts and population for Rother as a whole, not for Rye, and 2 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.
Rother has 43.8 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 97th of 350 council areas.
Hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation, are unusually common here, at 2.3 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation at 2.2 times.
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 185 businesses. Solicitors’ firms are thinner on the ground, at about half the UK share.
1,670
businesses across 73 of the trades we build for, in the Rother council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same Rother figures shown on the Bexhill-on-Sea page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 185 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 115 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 105 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 90 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 85 |
Around Rye.
Rye is a small medieval hill town, once a Cinque Port and now some distance from the sea, with cobbled streets like Mermaid Street and a large number of listed buildings. Tourism is central to its economy, with a steady flow of day visitors and a lot of second homes and holiday lets. Trades working on old timber-framed and brick properties need heritage skills. Visitor businesses need up-to-date hours, and trades should name Rye Harbour, Camber and Winchelsea.
Closest to Rye within Rother: Battle (11 miles) and Bexhill-on-Sea (14 miles). Elsewhere in East Sussex: Hastings (9 miles). Just over the council boundary, Lydd (8 miles), Tenterden (8 miles) and New Romney (9 miles) are close by. Further out, Ashford (15 miles) and Hythe (17 miles) are within commuting distance. It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Inside Rye, the site can name areas such as Rye Harbour, Camber, Winchelsea, Playden, Peasmarsh, Iden and Rye Foreign.
Rye addresses fall in the TN postcode area, about 187 miles east of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Rye businesses.
187 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across East Sussex, Rye 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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£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.