black hen

Web Design & Digital Marketing — Cornwall

Sharp digital work,
raised by hand.

Twenty years designing for Cornwall’s small businesses, charities and creative studios — and a teaching background that means we never leave you guessing what we’ve built or why.

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Falmouth-based.
Working with clients across
Cornwall & the UK.

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The Studio

We build it, for you
and we build it with you.

Black Hen was founded by Stuart Lansdowne, one of Cornwall’s earliest web design trainers.

That background shapes everything: briefs explained in plain English, no jargon left unexplained, and a hands-on relationship that continues long after launch.

Our aim is simple: a site you understand, can update, and are proud to show off.

2005

Began teaching web design at Truro College, later joining Cornwall Council’s Adult Education programme until 2020.

20 + yrs

Designing and building websites for small businesses, charities and creative professionals across the UK.

2015

Founded Black Hen near Falmouth, and we’ve been working closely with Cornwall clients ever since.

Selected Work

Complex builds,
handled by a small team.

A handful of the organisations we’ve designed, built and continue to support.

Arts & Screen Industry

Screen Cornwall.

A full site build supporting Cornwall’s screen industry body — structured content, clear navigation for funding and production resources, and a build that holds up to a genuinely complex sitemap.

screencornwall.com

Charity

The Green Organisation.

An international environmental awards body, rebuilt with WordPress, Elementor Pro and custom post types to manage years of award categories and entries cleanly.

thegreenorganisation.info

Heritage Partnership

Tamara Landscape Partnership.

Built to National Lottery Heritage Fund brand guidelines with bilingual content management and WCAG-accessible pages, for a landscape partnership spanning two counties.

tlp.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk

Healthcare / Retail

Reynolds & Slater Eyecare.

A patient-facing optician’s site with MySight booking integration, built so appointments and eyewear ranges are never more than a click away.

reynoldsopticians.com

WHAT WE DO

Full-service,
without the overhead.

One small senior team — no handoffs, no account layers, no jargon.

Web Design & Build

A patient-facing optician’s site with MySight booking integration, built so appointments and eyewear ranges are never more than a click away.

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