UKAS-accredited pendulum slip resistance testing in Lincoln and across Lincolnshire. BS 7976 / BS EN 16165 compliant. Reports within 48 hours of attendance.
Lincoln is the historic county town of Lincolnshire, with an unusually steep medieval city centre stretching from the Cathedral and Castle down Steep Hill to the Brayford Pool. The combination of natural stone surfaces, weather exposure, and high tourist volumes makes pendulum testing under BS 7976 directly relevant to the city's hospitality and retail operators.
Lincoln visits combine with Newark, Grantham and Boston. The Bailgate area, Steep Hill, and the Brayford Pool waterfront all have specific slip-risk characteristics — natural stone, gradients, and water exposure — that careful BS 7976 testing is well-placed to characterise.
Lincoln Cathedral and Castle visitor estates, Bailgate and Steep Hill independent hospitality and retail, the University of Lincoln waterfront campus, the County Hospital, and the Lincolnshire Co-operative estate.
Lincoln slip claims are heard at the County Court at Lincoln. Heritage tourism settings with natural stone floors are a recognised high-risk category for slip claims — pre-incident UKAS-accredited testing is, in practice, the only objective evidence an occupier can hold up against a claimant's hindsight allegation.
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 Lincoln or anywhere else in Lincolnshire, 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.