DCM Surfaces installed multi-coloured wetpour safety surfacing for the natural play area at Staveley Market Square, working alongside Ares Landscape Architects and Stepnell Ltd as part of the town centre regeneration.
The redesigned Market Square brings together a landmark library pavilion, tiered outdoor seating for performances and a canal-inspired central sculpture. The play area gives families a reason to spend time in the square as part of a wider scheme designed to improve the visitor experience and support local businesses.
- Interactive roadways with zebra crossings and directional arrows give children familiar cues for imaginative role-play.
- Canal-inspired play zones use flowing blue and green shapes to link the timber play equipment and nautical play ship with the square’s wider design.
- Raised wetpour mounds give younger children different levels and contours to explore.
The finished surface brings the road markings, play zones and timber equipment together in a colourful space at the heart of the town centre.
Wetpour installation specification
DCM installed 420.5 m² of coloured EPDM wetpour across two adjoining play areas. The installation used three depths to suit the play equipment.
- 40 mm — 304 m²
- 50 mm — 71.5 m², including the play ship split across the two areas
- 80 mm — 45 m² at the main climbing structure, with a specified critical fall height (CFH) of 2.24 m
Colour split and track markings
The colour split included 140.5 m² of dark blue, 150 m² of light green and 80 m² of earth yellow. The mid-grey track covered approximately 44–50 m² and measured about 37 m long by 1.2 m wide.
The track featured spaced white centre-line markings, two zebra crossings with around five stripes each, and one set of approximately five chevrons.