UKAS-accredited pendulum slip resistance testing in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. BS 7976 / BS EN 16165 compliant. Reports within 48 hours of attendance.
Oxford is one of the most heavily trafficked tourist and student cities in the UK, with a constant year-round flow of visitors moving through the colleges, the Westgate shopping centre, the High Street, and Cornmarket. The combination of historic stone and tile floors, modern retail polished surfaces, hospitality venues with grease and water exposure, and significant pedestrian volumes makes pendulum slip testing essential for risk-managed operations across the city.
We test floor surfaces across the full range of Oxford venues — from college dining halls, libraries and chapels through to the Westgate's retail and food court units, John Lewis, the Covered Market, hotels along the Banbury and Iffley Roads, and the hospital and laboratory facilities at the John Radcliffe and Churchill sites. Visits combine well with other Oxfordshire and Thames Valley work to keep mobilisation costs efficient.
Oxford clients span higher education estates teams, retail and hospitality operators, NHS Trusts, museums and visitor attractions (Ashmolean, Bodleian, Pitt Rivers), and the science park / R&D facility operators at Begbroke, Harwell and Milton Park.
Slip injury claims in Oxford are handled by the County Court at Oxford and the High Court in London. A pre-incident UKAS-accredited slip test, repeated annually, is the strongest evidence an Oxford occupier can produce to demonstrate compliance with the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and to defend against negligence claims under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957.
Surface Performance is one of the relatively small number of testing bodies in the UK with full UKAS accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 for slip resistance testing under BS 7976 and BS EN 16165. UKAS accreditation means our reports are recognised by courts, by insurers, by HSE inspectors, and by the major insurance markets — without challenge.
We are also explicitly independent. We do not sell anti-slip coatings, treatments, mats, or chemical products. Our only commercial output is the test report itself. That independence is what gives our reports their evidential weight: there is no commercial incentive for us to find a problem where there isn't one, or to overlook one where there is.
To arrange slip resistance testing in Oxford or anywhere else in Oxfordshire, contact us by phone on 0208 246 5562, by email at info@surfaceperformance.com, or use the online enquiry form. Fixed-price quotes are normally returned within the same working day.