Web design studio · Ironbridge, Shropshire
We design, build and look after websites for businesses that want to be found, trusted and chosen. Every site made by hand, by two people who answer the phone.
Designing since 2013
5.0 from 30 Google reviews
100+ websites built and managed
Marsh & Hall
Wildman Brewing
You Aesthetics
Chrysalis Fitness
Holywood Private Clinic
Jackdaw
Spencer and Co.
pHure
Fibairo
Ironbridge Fine Arts
South West Art
The Golden Ball Inn
Mainstay DRP
Illuminate FX
Castle Park Arts
Bridgnorth Vets
Truffles Café
Wall Tie Installations
New: digital business consulting
Is your business working for you online?
Marketing, websites, systems and AI, planned with Gareth: seven years of digital transformation work with three local councils, now including business systems and AI integration. In person in Shropshire, or on Teams.
Free
Digital Health Check
Thirty minutes. Your biggest digital constraint named, and your next three moves in order.
Photo: August Schwerdfeger, CC BY 4.0
Why the bridge
In 1779, just down the road from our desk, the world’s first cast-iron bridge went up over the Severn. Nearly 250 years on, people still walk across it every day. That is the standard we build websites to.
5.0
Average rating from 30 Google reviews
Source: Google Business Profile, October 2026
100+
Websites built and managed across the UK and Northern Ireland
Source: Ionic studio records, October 2026
#1
Marsh & Hall for “local decorators near me”
Source: SE Ranking, week of 24 Aug 2026
13
Years designing and building websites
Source: Gareth Day, designing websites since 2013
Selected work
Work that earns
its keep.
Real sites for real businesses, from an Ironbridge inn established in 1728 to a private GP clinic in Northern Ireland. Every figure comes with its source.
marshandhallpainters.com
Case study · Painters and decorators · London
#1
for “local decorators near me”, 590 searches a month
Source: SE Ranking, week of 24 Aug 2026
Marsh & Hall
Shopify store · Shropshire
Personal training · Telford
Private GP clinic · Holywood, Northern Ireland
Landscaping and garden construction · Shropshire and Staffordshire
Gin liqueur · Shropshire
Digital infrastructure · Dumfries, Scotland
Pub, food and rooms · Ironbridge
Craft distillery · Shropshire
What we do
Everything a website
needs to pay its way.
Design and build first. Then the hosting, care and search work that keeps it earning. One studio and one point of contact for all of it.
Web design
Bespoke sites designed around how your customers actually buy.
SEO
More of the right people finding you, on Google and in AI answers.
From £350 a month
Hosting
Fast UK hosting, backups and SSL, run by the people who built your site.
WordPress care
Updates, security and the small changes, handled every month.
Digital development
Booking, shops, integrations and the awkward jobs other agencies pass on.
AI coaching
Practical sessions that get your team using AI on real work, safely.
Made by hand
The web is filling up with sites made in an afternoon that all look the same. Every Ionic site is designed and built by people, around the way your customers find you, judge you and get in touch.
Man-made builds
No templates and no generated layouts. Every page is designed on purpose, for your business.
The customer journey first
We map how people arrive, what they need to see, and the shortest route to a call or a sale.
Your shop front
More people judge you by your website than will ever walk past your door. It should show the quality of your work.
How it works
From first brew
to launch day.
No discovery fees and no disappearing act. You talk to the people doing the work at every stage.
Start
A proper chat
A coffee in Ironbridge, or a video call if you are further away. We listen first, then quote clearly.
Build
Design and build
You see the site as it goes up, so changes happen early, while they are quick and cheap.
Launch
Launch day
We are on the phone and watching the site all day. Redirects checked, forms tested, search engines told.
After
Looked after
Hosting, updates and help from the two people who already know your site inside out.
The studio
Two people. You will know us both.
Gareth Day designs and builds. Ben Morris keeps content and social media moving. You deal with the same two people from the first conversation to the day you ring, three years later, for a new page.
We work from the Gorge, building websites for our neighbours with web design in Ironbridge, for trades and service firms with web design in Telford, for businesses competing in Shrewsbury and for Bridgnorth businesses, and for clients from London to Belfast.
What clients say
Rated 5.0 by
the people we work for.
5.0
★★★★★
From 30 Google reviews
Source: Google Business Profile, October 2026
★★★★★
“Amazing team, highly recommended. They worked hard on exactly what I wanted. My website is slick”
Steven Kelly
September 2025
Posted on Google
★★★★★
“I have had the pleasure of working with Gareth at Ionic Creative Design over a number of months, to upgrade our charity website and help us with all aspects of digital marketing. Gareth’s knowledge is second to none and I really can’t recommend him enough.”
Claire Russell
September 2024
Posted on Google
★★★★★
“Gareth’s attention to detail, creativity, and professionalism are truly outstanding. Without a doubt, I would recommend his services to anyone in need of creative and marketing expertise.”
Matt Norrby
June 2024
Posted on Google
★★★★★
“Gareth created our new website and it looks fabulous. He was a pleasure to work with; nothing was too much trouble for him. He responded to every query extremely efficiently and always very helpful.”
Radiance Day Spa
January 2024
Posted on Google
★★★★★
“Gareth has expert knowledge and nothing is too much trouble for him. He created a website for us in agreed timeframes and to budget also. Highly recommend working with Gareth.”
Peter McVeigh
September 2023
Posted on Google
“Gareth has taken me through design and development of a website for my new business including social media campaign and design and production of flyers and business cards. He has gone above and beyond the requirements of our agreement … I highly recommend him.”
Dr Finbar McGrady, Dr Finbar’s Skin Clinic
January 2020
Client testimonial
“Gareth was very friendly and helpful from the off. … Would 100% recommend for anyone start-up business looking for the best support and guidance.”
Daniel Diamond, Acute Aesthetics
December 2019
Client testimonial
Tell us what you are working on. Gareth will reply personally with honest advice and a clear next step, whether or not that involves us.
