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Lilliput is Poole Harbour's working waterfront, Salterns Marina, its brokerages and marine trades, the charter and watersports outfits, a small parade of independents and a run of the harbour's most valuable homes below Evening Hill. We build premium websites and custom web apps for the businesses that operate on this stretch of water, and every project opens with a free web design demo so you can see your new site before you spend a penny.
A boutique agency that knows the harbour
Lilliput trades on the water. Tucked between Lower Parkstone and the Sandbanks peninsula, it's built around Salterns Marina, the brokers, engineers, charter operators and the marina's own hospitality, with a belt of high-value harbourside homes behind it and the views down from Evening Hill. That mix is specific: a marine business has needs a high-street template never anticipates, and a waterfront property has to be shown with the same care it would be sold with.
We take this work on from our Poole base a short way round the harbour, and you work directly with the people writing the code, not a team you never meet. A charter calendar that has to read the season, a brokerage gallery that has to carry the boat, a marina restaurant that lives on its reservations, these are the details we build for, and they're the ones a generic site tends to fumble.
Built for Lilliput businesses
Every project is scoped to what you actually need, not a package from a price list.
Yacht broker and listing sites
The brokerage offices around Salterns trade on the quality of their listings. We build broker sites that show every vessel in full-screen detail, with spec sheets, lifestyle galleries and enquiry forms that route straight to the right person.
Marine trade and engineering websites
Riggers, marine engineers, antifoulers and chandlery suppliers working the harbour need a site that looks as capable as the workshop. We build credibility-led sites with clear service pages and a quick way for a skipper to get a quote.
Charter and watersports booking
A day boat or a powerboat course only earns when the calendar is full. We build booking flows that handle tides, seasons and weather holds, with deposit capture and availability that stays honest when the harbour gets busy.
Waterfront hospitality sites
The marina's hotel, restaurant and the cafe on the Lilliput parade fill on the view as much as the menu. We build reservation-led sites with table booking, events and the kind of photography that earns the Evening Hill backdrop.
Harbourside property presentation
Lilliput's waterfront homes are among Poole's most valuable. We build single-property microsites and agency sites that frame a harbour frontage properly, with full-bleed imagery and enquiry handling fit for the asking price.
Custom web apps
Berth or charter scheduling, service-job trackers, client portals and stock tools, scoped around how a marina business or a marine trade actually moves through its season rather than a one-size template.
Web design around Poole
Local pages for the areas we work in most often. Don't see yours? We still cover it, get in touch.
Why Lilliput businesses choose us
A young agency, set up in 2025 by two founders who live and work in Dorset. No wall of testimonials here, just a straight account of what you get.
You deal with the founders
There's no account manager in the middle. Elliot and Dan take the brief, build the site themselves, and stay your point of contact throughout.
A free demo before you commit
We build a real, working demo of your site for free, with no deposit, nothing to sign and no obligation. You only go ahead if you love it.
Local to Lilliput
Working out of Poole puts Lilliput within easy reach, so we understand the local market and can meet face to face when it helps. Part of our web design across Dorset.
Fixed, honest pricing
Quotes are itemised and fixed before we start, so nothing lands unexpectedly later. Websites run from £75 a month with nothing to pay upfront.
Common questions
Do you offer a free web design demo for Lilliput businesses?
We do. Before anything is agreed, we put together a free homepage demo for your business, an actual working preview rather than a static image, so you can click around it and judge the fit for yourself. There's no deposit and no obligation; if it doesn't land for you, you walk away owing nothing.
Are you local to Lilliput?
Yes. We're a Dorset agency running out of Poole, minutes from Salterns and the Lilliput parade, and we know the stretch of harbour from Whitecliff round to Baiter well. We're happy to come down to the marina or the waterfront to talk a project through in person rather than keeping it all to email.
Can you build a booking site for a charter or watersports business at Salterns?
Yes, and the booking flow is usually where most of the thinking goes. We wire in availability that respects tides and season, handle deposits and weather cancellations, and make sure the whole thing works on a phone, which is where most last-minute charters and course places actually get booked.
Do you work with yacht brokers and marine trades?
Often. Brokerages, riggers, marine engineers and the service businesses around the marina all have particular needs, listing-heavy galleries, spec sheets, fast quote routes, and we've built and scoped exactly that kind of site. The aim is something that reads as professional as the work itself.
How much does a Lilliput website cost?
Postcode makes no difference to our pricing. A standard small-business site comes in at £0 to start and from £75 a month covering hosting and support, on a 12-month plan. If you want a fully bespoke build, with its own design, a CMS and your photography woven in, that's quoted as a fixed price and usually sits somewhere between £3,000 and £8,000 depending on what it needs to do.
Do you also cover Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs and Parkstone?
Yes, the whole harbourside belt. Lilliput sits between Lower Parkstone and Sandbanks, so we work right across it. If your business is out on the Sandbanks peninsula we keep a dedicated Sandbanks page too; otherwise we're just as comfortable with Whitecliff, Parkstone, Penn Hill and Canford Cliffs.