Web design for Windermere and Bowness businesses
Windermere and Bowness sit at the heart of England's most visited national park. If you run a business here — a hotel, a B&B, a restaurant, a boat hire company, a gift shop — your website isn't just a digital brochure. It's quite possibly your biggest source of bookings.
We're Core Media Design, and we're based up the road in Penrith. We've been building websites across Cumbria for over 20 years, with a particular understanding of what hospitality and tourism businesses need from their online presence. We've put together a dedicated guide to websites for tourism & hospitality businesses if that's your sector.
What tourism businesses actually need
Visitors to Windermere tend to plan online and book online. They're comparing options on their phone, often looking at several businesses in the space of a few minutes. You have a very small window to make an impression, and a slow or clunky website will cost you bookings — plain and simple.
We build websites that load fast, look stunning on any device, and are structured to guide visitors toward a booking or enquiry. Every page earns its place, every image is optimised, and every call to action is positioned deliberately.
If you need to connect with booking engines, accept online payments, or showcase seasonal offers — we've got you covered.
Direct bookings, not commission
Windermere and Bowness accommodation lives with the online travel agencies more intensely than anywhere else in the Lake District — the volume of visitors makes the platforms unavoidable, and the commission on every booking adds up fast. The counter-move isn't leaving the platforms; it's making your own website the better place to book. Real-time availability from your booking engine or property-management system, room and rate detail the platforms flatten away, and a booking journey that works first time on a phone.
We build exactly that integration work, and we've written up what it involves — and the mistakes that cost bookings — in our guide to web design for tourism businesses in the Lake District.
Photography and first impressions
In the tourism industry, visuals do the heavy lifting. We build sites that put your best images front and centre while keeping the technical performance sharp. Large hero images that load in under a second. Galleries that don't slow down the page. That balance is something we take seriously.
Found on Google, not buried on page three
There's fierce competition for search terms like "hotels in Windermere" and "things to do in Bowness." We can't guarantee you a number one ranking — anyone who does is selling you a line — but we will build your site to give you the best possible chance. Clean structure, sensible keyword targeting, local SEO fundamentals, and Google Business Profile optimisation. For businesses that want to keep pushing after launch, our search engine optimisation service covers the ongoing work — and the same approach serves businesses across the wider Lake District.
Let's talk about your website
If your current site doesn't reflect the quality of what you offer, or if you've been meaning to get a proper website built for a while, this is a good place to start.