Heritage and community land trust
Commissioned Page & Place client website
A rebuild of the Hilbre Community Land Trust website, moving from Wix to a fast, accessible Astro site that trustees can update through Keystatic.
Before and after
Both homepages share the same welcome and photograph. The difference is in how the page is built, how quickly it loads on a phone and how clearly it describes the Trust to search engines.
| Measure | Previous site | New site |
|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse performance (mobile) | 77 | 99 |
| Largest contentful paint | 4.2 s | 2.1 s |
| Page weight | About 2.2 MB | About 350 KB |
| Network requests | 220 | 19 |
| JavaScript | 99 files, about 830 KB | 5 files, about 11 KB |
| Lighthouse SEO | 92 (no meta description) | 100 |
| Automated accessibility issues (axe) | 1 | 0 |
| Page title in search results | “Home | My Site” | “Hilbre Community Land Trust | Preserving Hilbre Island” |
| Main headings (h1) | 3 | 1 |
| Structured data | None | Organization |
| Editing | Wix editor | Keystatic, with a trustee login |
The previous Wix homepage was measured on 19 October 2026, before the new site replaced it, and the new homepage was measured live on 27 October 2026. Both used Lighthouse 12.6.1 (mobile, simulated throttling, median of three runs) and axe-core 4.12.1.
Problem
The Trust’s Wix website held its real history and purpose, but it still carried Wix defaults: a “My Site” page title, no search description, Wix’s own social links and a Log In button. On a phone it loaded more than 2 MB and almost 100 scripts. The rebuild also needed to stay easy for trustees to keep current.
Direction
Keep the Trust’s own words and photographs, give each subject its own page (the telegraph station, the trustees, the constitution and news) and build a fast static site that trustees can edit through Keystatic.
What I built
Key functionality
Desktop and mobile
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