39.6% of the people in Lyme Regis are 65 or over, against 18.4% across England. For web design in Lyme Regis, it is the right place to start: who is looking, and what they want to find. Aria builds the whole site for £69 a month, with your domain, business email and hosting, and you pay only once you have approved it.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
What makes Lyme Regis different
Small employers and own-account workers are 18.6% of adults here. Customers compare several local options, so a site that shows your work makes the difference.
Know your Lyme Regis audience
Outright owners: 53.3% of households in Lyme Regis. Photos of completed projects speak to homeowners.
40.6% of workers in Lyme Regis work part-time. People are around at different times of day, so make your opening times obvious.
On foot: 15.7% of employed residents get to work that way. People pass by on foot, so make your street and hours easy to find.
Where Lyme Regis sits in the South West
Within a short drive of Lyme Regis: Uplyme (0.9 miles north-west), Charmouth (1.9 miles east), Axminster (4.3 miles north-west), Colyton (5.5 miles west) and Seaton, East Devon (5.9 miles west). The nearest large city, Bournemouth, is roughly 47 miles away to the east. Lyme Regis is in the Dorset local authority area. If you work in Charmouth or Colyton as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Next to Lyme Regis, Uplyme counted 1,053 people at Census 2021, with 80.9% of households owning their home. In Uplyme, 39.4% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Lyme Regis, 33.6%.
Lyme Regis by the numbers
Lyme Regis has 1,831 households; 36.6% are one-person households.
A few more figures
- Workers on 49 or more hours a week: 12.3%
- No formal qualifications: 14.7% of adults
- People per household: 2.0
- Semi-detached houses: 22.2% of households
- Born in the UK: 93.9%
- Children under 5: 2.6%
Side by side with the Dorset local authority area
The share of households that own their home is 70.4% in Lyme Regis, against 70.4% in the Dorset local authority area and 61.3% in England. On home working, Lyme Regis (33.6%) compares with 28.3% for the Dorset local authority area as a whole and 31.5% nationally. Adults with Level 4 qualifications or above: 38.5% in Lyme Regis, 31.5% across the Dorset local authority area and 33.9% in England.
The population of the Dorset local authority area went from 381,245 in mid-2021 to 389,341 in mid-2024, a rise of 2.1%.
Industries that stand out in Dorset
UK Business Counts lists 20,570 business sites in the Dorset local authority area in 2026. Compared with England as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Farms and agricultural businesses, 1,840 in Dorset: the site should show where to buy their products and seasonal opening times.
- Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets, 370 in Dorset: the site should show rates by season and the rooms with real photos.
- Cleaning, landscaping and building services, 565 in Dorset: the site should show insurance details and a quote form.
- Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers, 1,870 in Dorset: the site should show a quote form that lands in their inbox and emergency contact details and hours.
Among the most common trades: 95 dental practices, 125 hotels and 80 veterinary practices. Small firms dominate: 85.7% have fewer than ten staff, and 14.7% are sole proprietors.
What happens once you sign up
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. From Lyme Regis, the plan is identical: one monthly fee of £69, and we keep in touch by email.
- Fill in the sign-up form at cadastro.ariaserv.com; it takes about 5 minutes.
- You get a temporary link within 3 working days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates stay with us, and content changes you email in are included.
- A business website or an online shop, for the same monthly fee
- Your own domain: bring the one you have, or we help you choose one
- Email on your domain: unlimited accounts, 5 GB in total, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, an SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 3 working days on a temporary link
What England asks of a business online
A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:
- A limited company must include its name on all company documents, publicity and letters, and on business letters, order forms and websites it must also show its registered number, its registered office address and where it is registered. GOV.UK: company names on websites
- You cannot set non-essential cookies on your website before the visitor has consented to them, and that consent must be actively and clearly given. ICO: cookies
This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.
Before you sign up: common questions
Lyme Regis is small. Do I really need a website?
Your market is bigger than Lyme Regis. People across Dorset look up services online, and a clear website brings them to you.
Will customers in Uplyme and Charmouth see that I serve them?
Yes. Email us the places you serve (for example Uplyme, Charmouth and Axminster) and they go on a service area page.
Do I need a domain already?
If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, say so in the sign-up form and we will help you pick one, by email.
How fast can I see the website?
Within 3 working days of receiving your material, the website is ready on a temporary link. It goes live on your domain after you approve it and the first monthly fee is paid.
Do we need to meet?
Everything happens by email: you send material and change requests, and you check the whole site on a temporary link before anything is published.
What if I need to change something later?
Email us the change (new prices, photos or services) and the team updates the site. Content changes are part of the monthly fee.
Do I pay anything to get started?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website. No lock-in contract. You can stop the service whenever you need to.
Let's build your Lyme Regis website
Send your logo and photos once you have signed up; the temporary link follows within 3 working days.
- Census figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 tables by output area, added up for the Lyme Regis built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Local authority population: ONS mid-year population estimates, mid-2021 and mid-2024.
- Local business units, Dorset local authority: ONS UK Business Counts 2026.
- Built-up area locations: ONS Open Geography Portal; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023; distances are straight-line.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.