At Census 2021, 45.7% of working residents of Old Stratford worked mainly at or from home. That says a lot about what a website for an Old Stratford business should show first. Our £69 plan covers the website or online shop, your domain, email and hosting, ready within 3 working days on a temporary link.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
The local picture in Old Stratford
The West Northamptonshire local authority area grew by 3.4% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 441,277 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how an Old Stratford business gets onto that first list.
Who your customers are in Old Stratford
Children under 15 are 19.3% of residents of Old Stratford. Parents compare options in the evening, so short pages and prices clear help.
West Northamptonshire businesses and what their websites need
UK Business Counts lists 21,965 business sites in the West Northamptonshire local authority area in 2026. Compared with England as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Haulage and delivery firms (980): safety and licence details and a form for freight quotes.
- Farms and agricultural businesses (935): a form for wholesale enquiries and where to buy their products.
- Car dealers and motor trade businesses (800): directions and opening hours and finance contact details.
- Builders and renovation firms (1,035): how a quote request works and the areas they build in.
Among the most common trades: 40 driving schools, 350 electrical installation firms and 365 plumbing and heating installers. 85.0% are micro businesses with up to nine employees.
Key numbers for Old Stratford
17.5% of residents are 65 or over and 19.3% are under 15. Census 2021 counted 1,012 households in Old Stratford, with an average of 2.4 people each.
More Census 2021 figures for Old Stratford
- Semi-detached houses: 38.5% of households
- People aged 66+ living alone: 9.4% of households
- Commute by train: 0.7%
- Commute under 5 km: 7.6%
- Under-5s: 6.5%
- People per household: 2.4
- Owned with a mortgage or loan: 41.1%
How Old Stratford compares
On private renting, Old Stratford (12.5%) compares with 19.1% for the West Northamptonshire local authority area as a whole and 20.5% nationally. Self-employed adults: 9.6% in Old Stratford, 10.3% across the West Northamptonshire local authority area and 9.7% in England. The share of residents aged 65 or over is 17.5% in Old Stratford, against 17.1% in the West Northamptonshire local authority area and 18.4% in England.
Around Old Stratford
Within a short drive of Old Stratford: Deanshanger (1.2 miles), Potterspury (1.7 miles), Yardley Gobion (2.4 miles), Castlethorpe (2.4 miles) and Hanslope (3.9 miles). For local government, Old Stratford is part of the West Northamptonshire local authority area. Milton Keynes is about 4.7 miles to the south-east. A website can name each place you serve, from Castlethorpe to Yardley Gobion.
Deanshanger (4,128 residents) and Potterspury (1,637) are the nearest places with their own page. In Deanshanger, 37.9% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Old Stratford, 45.7%.
Web design for Old Stratford, handled online
We are a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. It all runs online, so an Old Stratford business gets the same plan as anyone.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- You get a temporary link within 3 working days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
Once the site is live, the technical side stays with us, and the 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
Before you publish: rules that apply in England
Some homework for Old Stratford businesses before the website goes live:
- 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
- When you sell online, you must tell the customer they can cancel their order up to 14 days after it is delivered, and they do not need to give a reason. GOV.UK: online and distance selling
- Under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, whose rules on this came into force on 6 April 2025, you must not commission fake reviews or pretend to be a consumer leaving one, and if you publish consumer reviews you have to take appropriate steps to make sure they are genuine. GOV.UK: unfair commercial practices
Every business is different, so treat this as general information, not legal advice, and check the official pages linked above.
What business owners in Old Stratford ask us
Is a website worth it in a place of 2,427 people?
Yes. Customers from across West Northamptonshire search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Which platform do you use?
On the Aria Platform, which is built on WordPress and set up by our team, so you get a professional site without dealing with the technical side.
How do we work together if I am in Old Stratford?
No meetings needed: support@ariaserv.com is where the conversation happens, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.
Does the site look right on a mobile?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps the contact form and your details.
My customers come from Deanshanger and Potterspury as well. Can I say so?
Of course. Email us the towns you serve (for example Deanshanger, Potterspury and Yardley Gobion) and we put them on a page of their own.
What if I need to change something later?
Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.
I already own a domain. Can I keep it?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
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.
Web design near Old Stratford
Ready to get your Old Stratford business online?
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 Old Stratford built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Mid-2021 and mid-2024 population of the West Northamptonshire local authority area: ONS mid-year population estimates.
- Local business units, West Northamptonshire local authority: ONS UK Business Counts 2026.
- Locations of Old Stratford and the places around it: ONS Open Geography Portal, Built Up Areas 2022; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.