We survey, design and install wetpour, resin, MUGA and athletics surfaces across the UK, tested to BS EN 1177.
Soft Surfaces designs and installs three core specialisms, playground surfacing, sports surfacing and resin bound surfacing, each surveyed, designed and laid to the agreed spec.
Wetpour, bonded rubber mulch and play grass for schools and nurseries, laid to a tested Critical Fall Height.
Multi-use games areas, polymeric courts, 3G pitches and athletics tracks, colour-coated and line-marked to spec.
Permeable resin bound gravel and textured resin bonded stone for paths, drives, playgrounds and surrounds.
Every wetpour graphic is inlaid EPDM, so hopscotch, letters and trails never wear off underfoot. We template the design with the school, then pour it on site.
7 colours inlaid on the Northampton play area
Soft Surfaces installs the full range of play and sport surfaces, from wetpour and rubber mulch to MUGAs, resin and athletics tracks, each with its own spec, drainage and safety requirement that we survey and build to.
Continuous impact-absorbing EPDM rubber, laid to a tested Critical Fall Height for playgrounds and nurseries.
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Bonded rubber mulch, a natural bark look with a porous, wheelchair-friendly finish that flows over roots and slopes.
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Smooth resin bound gravel and textured resin bonded stone for permeable, low-maintenance paths, drives and surrounds.
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Leisure and sports artificial grass, from soft play lawns to sand-dressed and 3G/4G pitch systems.
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Multi-use games areas and polymeric sports courts, line-marked for tennis, netball, basketball and 5-a-side.
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Polymeric and needlepunch athletics tracks, long-jump runways and Daily Mile circuits, built to sprint-ready tolerances.
ExploreSoft Surfaces installs for schools, nurseries, local authorities, sports clubs and playground-equipment specifiers, matching the surface to how the space is used and to the safety standard it has to meet.
Soft Surfaces has recently installed wetpour, rubber mulch and sports surfaces for schools, clubs and public sites across the UK, with the area, depth and location on every project.
Wetpour
Wetpour + play grass
Bonded rubber mulch
Wetpour graphics
Polymeric and macadam multi-use games areas for tennis, netball, basketball and 5-a-side, surfaced in your colours and line-marked to governing-body dimensions.
One court several sports marked
Soft Surfaces is the specialist schools and councils call first because surfacing is all we do: every job is surveyed, specified and installed to the agreed spec, documented on a YouTube channel of 430 videos, and led by named directors you can look up.
Installing play and sport surfaces the length of the UK since 1997.
Experienced, trained crews and apprentices who do surfacing day in, day out.
Safety surfacing signed off to a measured Critical Fall Height and HIC rating.
Including Jaguar Land Rover, Salford Royal Hospital and Bradford Academy.
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A Soft Surfaces project runs through four stages, from the first quote to aftercare: we survey, design, install and maintain every surface, so the same team stays with the job from start to handover.
Send us photos and the rough area size. We come back with honest advice on the right build-up and a clear price, usually within a working day. For many surfaces a site visit is not even needed.
We set out the layout and colours for the space, whether that is line markings, inlaid play graphics, an aggregate blend or a court specification, and agree it with you before anything is laid.
We prepare the sub-base and lay the surface to the tested spec, on programme, and to a measured Critical Fall Height wherever safety is the point.
We stay on hand afterwards with maintenance guidance and repair support, so the surface keeps performing for its full 10 to 15 year life.
We film our installs start to finish. Watch a surface go down, from groundworks and base to the finished, line-marked play or sport area.
The questions we get most, answered straight. If yours is not here, call the team on 01625 445760 and we will talk it through.
Get a quoteIt depends on the surface and how hard it is used. Wetpour rubber typically lasts 10 to 15 years, resin bound and bonded gravel 5 to 15 years, and artificial grass long term when it is looked after. No outdoor surface is truly maintenance-free, so a light upkeep routine matters.
Price is worked out per square metre and driven by the area size, your location, any base works, site access, the specification and the colours or graphics you choose. As a rough guide wetpour averages around £29 to £39 per m² excluding base works and bonded rubber mulch around £55 per m². We give a clear itemised quote so you can see exactly what drives the figure.
Safety surfacing is installed and tested to BS EN 1177. The surface is signed off to a measured Critical Fall Height and Head Injury Criteria, and its depth is set by the fall height of the equipment it sits under.
Wetpour is a porous EPDM system, so rainwater drains straight through and it is far less likely to puddle or flood. Resin bound gravel and artificial grass are also SuDS-compliant porous systems.
Resin bound gravel is mixed and trowelled to a smooth, porous finish that drains freely and is SuDS-compliant, ideal for paths and surrounds. Resin bonded scatters loose stone onto a resin layer for a textured, high-grip, non-porous finish that sheds water, which suits slopes and ramps.
A multi-use games area is usually around 38m x 18m or 35m x 17m and can be marked for several sports on one surface, including football, netball, basketball, tennis and hockey. Size and specification are matched to the site.
Yes. We survey, supply and install across the whole of the UK from our base in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
