93.5% of households in Raymond’s Hill live in a detached house, against 22.9% across England. That says a lot about what a website for a Raymond’s Hill business should show first. For £69 a month, we set up a professional website with your brand, email on your domain and hosting, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
Raymond’s Hill: the place behind the numbers
Small employers and own-account workers are 22.1% of adults here. Customers compare several local options, so a site that shows your work makes the difference.
Around Raymond’s Hill
Customers may also come from Uplyme (1.9 miles south), Axminster (1.9 miles north-west), Lyme Regis (2.6 miles south), Charmouth (3.2 miles south-east) and Colyton (4.9 miles west). Raymond’s Hill is in the East Devon local authority area. Bournemouth is about 48 miles to the east. If you work in Axminster or Charmouth as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Next to Raymond’s Hill, 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 Raymond’s Hill, 39.0%.
Know your Raymond’s Hill audience
Outright owners: 67.9% of households in Raymond’s Hill. Builders, gardeners and other trades should show photos of finished jobs. 48.0% of workers in Raymond’s Hill work part-time. Customers keep varied hours, so show your opening hours clearly.
Retired people are 47.2% of residents aged 16 and over. Daytime is when many of them get in touch, so keep your hours current.
Over-65s make up 41.3% of the population of Raymond’s Hill. Text that is easy to read and a visible phone number and email help.
39.0% of working residents worked mainly from home in 2021. Your site gets visits during working hours, so keep your hours current.
Raymond’s Hill in numbers
Census 2021 counted 217 households in Raymond’s Hill, with an average of 2.3 people each. Two or more cars: 59.6% of households; none at all: 7.0%.
A few more figures
- One-person households aged 66 or over: 16.1%
- Households in caravans or mobile homes: 1.4%
- Aged 85 and over: 4.8%
- Under-5s: 1.2%
- Train commuters: 0.6%
- Born in the UK: 92.4%
- Workers commuting by bicycle: 1.7%
Side by side with the East Devon local authority area
Adults with Level 4 qualifications or above: 36.9% in Raymond’s Hill, 33.8% across the East Devon local authority area and 33.9% in England. The share of households renting privately is 9.3% in Raymond’s Hill, against 16.0% in the East Devon local authority area and 20.5% in England.
The population of the East Devon local authority area went from 152,065 in mid-2021 to 157,986 in mid-2024, a rise of 3.9%.
East Devon businesses and what their websites need
UK Business Counts lists 7,860 business sites in the East Devon local authority area in 2026. Compared with England as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Farms and agricultural businesses (940): seasonal opening times and what they grow or raise.
- Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (640): a quote form that lands in their inbox and emergency contact details and hours.
- Car dealers and motor trade businesses (260): service and repair hours and current stock with photos.
- Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets (140): how to get there and what is nearby.
- Manufacturers and engineering workshops (60): capabilities and equipment and certifications.
- Builders and renovation firms (385): photos of finished projects, room by room and the areas they build in.
The local count includes 165 vehicle maintenance and repair garages, 205 domestic building firms and 160 plumbing and heating installers. 85.6% are micro businesses with up to nine employees. In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.
What England asks of a business online
Before launch, it helps to have the basics in order. These apply to many small businesses in England:
- Organisations, including sole traders, that use personal information need to pay a data protection fee to the ICO, although many can rely on an exemption; the tier 1 fee is £52. ICO: data protection fee
- 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
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
A £69 website, step by step
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs online. The plan is the same in Raymond’s Hill as in any other town in the United Kingdom: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Fill in the sign-up form at cadastro.ariaserv.com; it takes about 5 minutes.
- We build the website on a proven professional template and share a temporary link within 3 working days.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
Later on, updates to text, photos and prices go by email and cost nothing extra.
- 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 sign up: common questions
Is a website worth it in a place of 499 people?
Yes. Customers from across East Devon search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Will the website work on phones?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps a way to reach you and your details.
Will customers in Uplyme and Axminster see that I serve them?
Yes. A service area page can name Uplyme, Axminster, Lyme Regis and any other place you work in; just send us the list by email.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before anything goes live.
How many email accounts do I get?
Unlimited accounts on your domain, within 5 GB of total storage, plus webmail and spam filtering, all in the £69 plan.
What if I need to change something later?
Email us the change (a new price, a photo, a new service) 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.
Your website, ready within 3 working days
Send your logo and photos once you have signed up; the temporary link follows within 3 working days.
- Population, households, housing, travel to work, work and qualifications: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, summed for the Raymond's Hill built-up area (2022 definition). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Mid-2021 and mid-2024 population of the East Devon local authority area: ONS mid-year population estimates.
- Business sites in the East Devon local authority area: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units).
- Built-up area locations: ONS Open Geography Portal; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023; distances are straight-line.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.