Opening your Town Square…
Gathering the latest local businesses and events.
Welcome ToHarwich’s Brand NewDigital Town Square.
Only 100 local businesses can claim a plot.Join Harwich’s Town Square Below
Discover Harwich’s 100 Best Businesses
Explore Harwich's Town Square Below.
Claim Your Plot orTap a business to view its profile.
Featured Harwich Businesses
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Featured position available
Your business could be featured here.
This is how your finished profile will look, with your story, images, reviews and direct ways for customers to contact you.
Harwich Town SquareNewest Listings
A quick way into some of the independent places that give Harwich its character.
Harwich Town SquareThree Local Reasons
Save a place for coffee, book somewhere for dinner or find a local specialist—all from the businesses on the Square.
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For Local Customers That Want Local Updates, Events & Offers First.
For local business owners
Advertise your business on Harwich Town Square.
Claim a numbered plot for an entire year and give local customers one clear place to find, trust and contact your business.
Join Harwich's Best 100 Businesses
Take your place alongside the local businesses building Harwich's Digital Town Square.
Get found locally
Strengthen your local SEO with a search-friendly profile on Harwich Town Square and across Essex.
Turn visitors into customers
Build trust with your story, photos, video and Google reviews, plus direct links to your website, phone, directions and socials.
Get extra promotion
Get promoted through Town Square Essex customer emails, socials and paid ads.
Track it. Update it.
Access to your own business profile. See profile analytics and update your business whenever needed.
Help your town thrive
Be part of Harwich's best 100 businesses. Help more people find, share and support Harwich businesses.
Plots from only £20 per year.
Questions before you claim a plot?
Business advertising FAQs.
Do I need a high-street shop or office?
No. You can advertise if you are a shop, café, office-based business, mobile service, local trade, online retailer or work from home. Your business simply needs to be based in, or genuinely serve customers in, Harwich.
What do I need before I create my listing?
You will need a business logo, an active social-media page and a Google Business Profile with customer reviews. You will also need accurate contact details and suitable photographs to make your profile useful and trustworthy.
Do I need a website?
No. A website is recommended, but it is not required. Customers can still contact you through your phone number and social pages. If you have a website, your profile can send customers directly to it.
Why do I need a Google Business Profile?
Your Google Business Profile link allows Town Square to match the correct business and display its Google rating and reviews. Service-area and home-based businesses can use a Google Business Profile without publicly displaying a home address.
What is included with my plot?
Your numbered position includes a business profile on Harwich Town Square for a full year, with your story, photographs, reviews, website, phone, directions and social links wherever they apply.
Can I update my business profile?
Yes. You can manage your listing and update your details, photographs, video and links whenever your business changes.
Who’s Behind Town Square Essex?
Essex is full of brilliant local businesses, but let’s be honest, half the time you only hear about them when somebody says, “You should try that place…”
Or you’re looking for a trade and you rely on word of mouth or Facebook community posts.
We’ve built Town Square Essex to make brilliant local businesses easier to find, easier to support and far harder to lose, because our towns simply wouldn’t be the same without them.
Town Square Essex was created by Amir & Katy, founders of The Marketing Guy.
No big corporate B.S. Just local people helping local businesses get seen, one town at a time.
Our Harwich Town
Harwich is a port town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast.
Find local.Share local.Keep Harwich thriving.
Keep Harwich’s small businesses alive. Discover local, share local and choose the businesses that keep our community ours.
A local guideHarwich town centre
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See nearby Town Squares.
Discover independent businesses and local favourites in neighbouring towns.