SE14 · Lewisham
Web design, marketing and photography in New Cross
Two stops on the Overground from Surrey Quays, or fifteen minutes by road.
New Cross runs on Goldsmiths. Term time fills the cafés, print shops, barbers and takeaways along New Cross Road, and the summer empties them, which makes the trading year here unusually lumpy. It also means a large share of your customers are students who will not phone, will not walk in speculatively, and will judge you entirely on a phone screen before they leave the house — so mobile speed and honest photographs matter more here than almost anywhere.
What we do for New Cross businesses
All three services, from one team. Most New Cross clients start with one and add the others once they can see what it is doing.
- Website design and development — Fast, mobile-first websites built around what your customers came to do: book, buy, call or find you. More about website build
- Digital marketing and local SEO — We get you found by people already searching for what you sell, then keep them coming back. More about digital marketing
- Photography, video and brand design — Photography, video and design that give your brand a look people remember. More about creatives
Who we help around New Cross
New Cross is a young, mobile-first, term-time market that decides online before it ever walks through the door.
- Cafés, bars and late-night food
- Barbers, salons and tattoo studios
- Print, framing and repair shops
- Music venues and rehearsal spaces
- Student housing and letting agents
- Tutors, courses and studios
Getting to New Cross
Our studio is at 142 Lower Road, London SE16 2UG, which is the agency side of Surrey Quays Photo Studio Ltd — a walk-in photo studio at the same address. Two stops on the Overground from Surrey Quays, or fifteen minutes by road. That matters for two reasons: site visits and photography are straightforward, and you can come and meet us before committing to anything.
Within New Cross we work along New Cross Road, Lewisham Way and Deptford Broadway, and with businesses near Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross Road, Fordham Park.
Local knowledge, not a postcode swapped into a template
We put this here so you can check. These are the places we mean when we say we work in New Cross.
Stations
- New Cross
- New Cross Gate
- Deptford
High streets
- New Cross Road
- Lewisham Way
- Deptford Broadway
Landmarks
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- New Cross Road
- Fordham Park
- the Amersham Arms
- Deptford Town Hall
- Telegraph Hill Park
Trading here
New Cross is a young, mobile-first, term-time market that decides online before it ever walks through the door.
Work we have done nearby
Live, named local businesses. Have a look and judge the work for yourself.
Surrey Quays Photo Studio
A walk-in studio that now takes bookings, print orders and photo gift orders online, with every service page built for local search.
Read the case study → Tailoring and alterations in Walthamstow, E17Alterique
A mobile-first website where customers send photos of their garment for a quote, or call and WhatsApp the studio in one tap.
Read the case study → Custom system for Surrey Quays Photo StudioSQ Management
Runs the studio day to day: orders and staff jobs, Stripe payment links, invoices, and private client galleries with print sales.
Read the case study →Questions from New Cross businesses
The things people in this area ask before getting in touch.
Our trade collapses outside term time. Can marketing help?
It can smooth it. The usual approach is to build a second audience that is not students — local residents and workers — and to run seasonal campaigns into the quiet months rather than spending evenly all year. We plan the year with you rather than selling a flat monthly retainer and hoping.
Most of our customers are on their phones. Does that change the build?
It changes everything about it. We build mobile-first as standard, on a stack that loads fast on a mid-range phone on mobile data, because that is what your customers are actually using.
Can you handle social media as well?
Yes. For New Cross businesses Instagram usually does more than search, so we often shoot content and run the account alongside the website rather than treating them separately.
Nearby areas we cover
If you trade on the edge of New Cross, one of these may fit better — or call us and we will tell you straight.
Thinking about a project in New Cross?
Share what you need and we will reply with a plan and a fixed quote. The first conversation costs nothing.
Get a quote for your New Cross business
Tell us what you need and we will reply with a plan and a fixed price.
- Phone
- 07367 293944
- Studio
- 142 Lower Road, London SE16 2UG