Slip Testing in Leicester

Slip Resistance Testing for Leicester (LE1 to LE19)

Leicester is the East Midlands' largest city, with a substantial commercial, healthcare and education estate. The Highcross and Fosse Park retail estates, the King Power Stadium and Welford Road hospitality, the major University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust sites, and a continuing manufacturing and food-production base produce the largest single concentration of slip-test demand in the region.

We routinely attend sites across Leicester city centre, Clarendon Park, Stoneygate, Knighton, Aylestone, Belgrave, Highfields, Evington, Oadby, Wigston, Birstall, Glenfield, Anstey and Blaby, plus the wider LE postcode region. Tests are typically scheduled within 7 to 10 working days of instruction, with faster turnaround available for urgent insurance and litigation work.

Services Available in Leicester

• Pendulum slip testing to BS EN 16165 (Annex C) — the HSE's preferred method
• Surface roughness (Rz) measurement using stylus-type meters
• BS EN 16165 testing — the current European standard covering pendulum, ramp and tribometer methods
• BS 8204 compliance testing for new-build handover
• Forensic and expert witness for slip claims
• External paving and walkway testing

Why Use a UKAS Accredited Provider in Leicester?

Several providers offer slip testing in Leicester and the wider East Midlands, but only a small number hold UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. The distinction matters most when reports are challenged — by an insurer, by an opposing solicitor, or in court. UKAS accreditation provides the technical-competence backing that non-accredited reports cannot.

Who We Test For in Leicester

Leicester's combination of two universities, the substantial Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospital trusts, the Highcross retail estate, and the King Power Stadium and Welford Road hospitality makes it our busiest East Midlands territory.

Typical Leicester Test Sites

Across Leicester our recent caseload includes Highcross retail floors, Fosse Park outlet shopping floors, restaurant and food-court hospitality across the Cultural Quarter, hotel pool surrounds across the city-centre estate, hospital concourses across the LRI, Glenfield and General sites, university circulation at the University of Leicester and De Montfort campuses, and external paving across the Curve Theatre district and Granby Street.