Commercial gritting in Crawley

Manor Royal offices, neighbourhood parades, schools and care homes, gritted by hand before the doors open.

Commercial gritting in Crawley means office car parks and entrances at Manor Royal, the walk from the bays to the shops on each neighbourhood parade, and the paths, ramps and doorways at the town’s pubs, schools, care homes and churches. All of it is gritted by hand before the frost.

Our base in Horley is three and a half miles north, so when Crawley’s forecast turns cold, ours does too. Our gritting services run to a plan agreed in writing before winter, and every visit is logged and sent on to you.

Car park gritting in Crawley at Manor Royal

Manor Royal is the town’s main business estate, with more than 600 businesses and around a quarter of Crawley’s jobs. That’s a great many people crossing a car park towards a reception door on a January morning. For an office or unit there we treat the walkways through the parking, the disabled bays, the entrance with its steps or ramp, and the fire exits, before the first staff arrive. Where firms share a building, one gritting contractor and one itemised plan for the shared door and parking settles who’s covering what.

Commercial gritting in Crawley’s neighbourhood parades

Crawley was planned so that every neighbourhood had its own parade of shops, and the council says most still have free parking with a pub and a community centre nearby. In winter those are some of the busiest few metres in town. Shoppers cross from the bays all day, the pub’s regulars head home late, and groups arrive at the community centre after dark. We grit the walkways, shop fronts and entrances before opening, and come back in the late afternoon when an evening frost is due.

Commercial gritting in Crawley: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

Do our sites in different parts of Crawley freeze the same way?

Not always. The town centre and the eastern neighbourhoods sit mostly on sandstone, which drains, while the rest of Crawley is on Weald Clay, which holds surface water that glazes over in a frost. Clay sites get their wet corners treated first.

Can you treat a school before breakfast club?

Yes. Gates, front paths and the route from the staff car park are done before the first children arrive, and term dates and training days go on the plan.

Who should arrange gritting on a shop parade?

Check your lease first, because the landlord often owns the parking while each tenant answers for their own doorway. Traders can club together on one visit, and we’ll set out each shop’s share in writing.

Do the workplace rules on slips apply to a shop?

Yes, a shop is a workplace. Routes have to be kept free of slip hazards so far as is reasonably practicable, and HSE suggests gritting in the early evening or early morning when frost is due. A treated doorway and a visit record help you show you took sensible steps.