Properly built.
Bath, Exeter &
the South West.
28 years of web design. 65 active client sites. Every site runs on a performance stack that delivers 95+ PageSpeed scores as standard — not as an optional extra. We don't build websites and disappear.
A web agency that's been here
since before WordPress.
Velocity Web has been building websites since 1998. We were building ecommerce platforms in PHP before Magento existed, managing a co-located Linux server before cloud hosting was mainstream, and doing osCommerce before it became unfashionable. WordPress is the current best tool for most projects. We use it properly because we understand what's underneath it.
We work with businesses in Bath, Exeter, Bristol, and across the South West. We also work nationally for public sector, academic, and ecommerce clients where geography doesn't matter. The person who scopes your project is the person who builds it — no handoffs, no juniors, no outsourcing.
We don't take on work that doesn't suit us. If we can't give you what you need, we'll tell you that at the first conversation rather than after three months of confusion.
Recent WordPress builds across the South West.
Bricks Builder build for a Bath area gym. Local search optimisation, structured data for gym listings, mobile-first layout for a predominantly mobile audience. Migration from legacy WPBakery to current stack.
Housebuilder website for a BANES-based developer. Development and planning pages, plot availability, property photography integration. Structured data for real estate listings. Recently built.
Corporate site for a liquid air energy storage company. Investor and partner-facing content, technical documentation integration, brand-accurate build. AI search visibility important for the sector.
Recently rebuilt site for a Bath-based coach hire and day trip operator. Bricks Builder, route and trip pages, WooCommerce ticketing integration. Sub-brand Bugler Trips built alongside.
Premium dental practice in London. Patient-facing information, treatment pages, Google Ads integration, active Facebook pixel. Structured data for medical practice. High-value patient acquisition.
Website for a waste management platform company — SaaS-adjacent, B2B audience, technical content. Brand identity alongside the build. Recently launched and on ongoing support retainer.
Not optional extras.
The standard.
These aren't features we charge extra for. They're the baseline of what a properly built WordPress site looks like in 2026. Any agency offering you less is leaving you with technical debt to fix later.
This is the standard, not the ceiling. Velocity Bolt runs on Cloudways LiteSpeed — enterprise-grade server infrastructure with Cloudflare CDN and WAF in front of it. The hosting is designed for the scores, not the other way around.
Free speed audit available. If your existing site is slow, we'll run it through PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix, identify the main issues, and tell you what it would take to fix them — before you commit to anything.
Bricks or Elementor.
We choose based on your needs.
Most agencies use one page builder for everything. We use two — because the right choice depends on who updates the site after launch.
For sites where we handle all updates, or where the client is technically capable and wants full design control.
- Faster front-end — lighter output than Elementor, better Core Web Vitals, easier to hit 95+ PageSpeed
- More design control — closer to writing CSS directly; we can build exactly what we've designed
- No legacy debt — newer platform, actively developed, no years of backward compatibility to work around
- Used on all new builds where we retain control — commercial sites, new brand projects, complex layouts
For sites where a non-technical team needs to update content regularly without developer involvement.
- Familiar interface — most WordPress editors have seen Elementor before; shorter learning curve for content teams
- Structured templates — we build page templates with clearly defined content zones that are hard to break
- Public sector standard — all DCC, Cornwall Council, and active partnership sites use Elementor for this reason
- Strong for content-heavy sites — news, events, team pages, long-form content — all manageable without us
South West web design.
With offices in Bath and Exeter.
We're based in two cities and active across the South West. Most of our work is in this region — but for ecommerce, public sector, and academic projects, we work nationally.
Our primary base. We work with businesses across Bath, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Keynsham, and the wider Bath and North East Somerset area. Bath ranks highly for us — "web design Bath" and "web agency Bath" are search terms we hold strong positions on.
Our second base. We cover Exeter, East Devon, South Devon, North Devon, and Dartmoor. Long-standing relationships with Devon County Council, Active Devon, and the wider Devon public sector. Commercial and hospitality clients across the county.
We're active in Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, and Cornwall. The right project brings us anywhere in the UK — ecommerce and public sector work in particular doesn't require us to be local. Clients in London, the Midlands, and across England.
Honest pricing.
Fixed quotes, no surprises.
All projects are fixed-price. We scope before we quote — we don't give ballpark estimates that drift. Every quote is itemised so you know exactly what you're paying for.
What a proper website costs — and why
We don't build £500 websites, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. A properly built WordPress site — Bricks Builder, performance-optimised, structured data, mobile-first, accessible — takes significant time to scope, design, and build correctly.
What you're paying for isn't just the hours. It's 28 years of knowing what goes wrong and not doing those things. It's having the hosting infrastructure already built so your site launches at 95+ PageSpeed rather than spending weeks trying to fix a slow site after launch.
The cheapest website is often the most expensive one long-term. We see sites regularly that cost £800 two years ago and now need rebuilding from scratch because they're slow, unsecured, and built on a builder that's no longer supported.
We'll give you an honest answer on whether your project is right for us and what it would cost — at the first conversation, before you've committed to anything.
The questions most people ask before commissioning a website — answered directly.
Get a quoteReady for a website
that actually performs?
Tell us what you're trying to achieve. We'll tell you what we think it needs and what it'll cost — no obligation, no vague estimates.