Edinburgh University

Facilities development project, hockey pitches, Peffermill Campus

Sports Labs have been working with Edinburgh University for over 7 years, where we have been constantly improving the sports facilities on offer at their Peffermill sports venue in the south east of Edinburgh.

These facilities are widely regarded as the premier hockey venue in Scotland where there are 2 world class water-based hockey pitches.

The latest pitch was completed as recently as 2009 by McArdle Astroturf, using the very latest tufted Nylon technology from America. This facility is used frequently for world and European events, therefore, our involvement with the University in the early stages was key to the success of the project.Using our laboratory resource, we worked closely with the University and the manufacturers to determine the optimum blend of shockpad and carpet to produce a surface worthy of hosting world class events.

Sports Labs continue to work with Edinburgh University and hope to add more premier synthetic facilities for football and rugby at their Peffermill site in the next few years.