UKAS-accredited pendulum slip resistance testing in Bicester and across Oxfordshire. BS 7976 / BS EN 16165 compliant. Reports within 48 hours of attendance.
Bicester is dominated by Bicester Village — one of the highest-footfall premium retail destinations in Europe — and by the rapidly expanding residential and commercial development around the M40. The Village alone draws around six million visitors a year and operates intensive cleaning and maintenance regimes that need to be backed by objective slip resistance evidence.
We carry out annual programme testing, post-construction handover testing on new units, and spot testing where flooring or sealants have been changed. The combination of marble, granite, terrazzo, polished concrete and timber surfaces across the Village requires careful per-zone test planning.
Premium retail, food and beverage outlets, the Bicester Village estate management team, hotel operators along the A41 corridor, distribution and logistics occupiers, and the new town centre developments at Kingsmere and Graven Hill.
Litigation arising from a Bicester slip incident is heard at Oxford County Court or, for higher-value matters, in the High Court. Pendulum testing under BS 7976 is the recognised UK method and the evidence type that insurers and defendant solicitors will request first.
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 Bicester 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.