UKAS-accredited pendulum slip resistance testing in Burford and across Oxfordshire. BS 7976 / BS EN 16165 compliant. Reports within 48 hours of attendance.
Burford is one of the most visited Cotswolds villages, with a steep historic high street of independent retailers, gastropubs, hotels and tea rooms. The combination of natural stone surfaces, frequent rain exposure, and very high pedestrian volumes makes pendulum testing under BS 7976 directly relevant to the local hospitality and retail operators.
Burford visits sit naturally within our Cotswolds and West Oxfordshire route, combined with Chipping Norton, Witney and Cheltenham. We test entrance mats, exterior approaches, public bar and dining floors, and bathroom areas.
Boutique hotels, hospitality operators, premium independent retail, the Wildlife Park, and the country house venue operators in the surrounding villages.
Burford claims are heard at the County Court at Oxford. The use of natural stone in heritage settings creates a particular wet-state slip risk profile that pendulum testing is uniquely well-placed to characterise — providing both compliance evidence and operational guidance on cleaning and treatment regimes.
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 Burford 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.