Grimshaw is proud to announce that we have won a Civic Award for our works on the Sandford Parks Lido restoration. The award recognises “projects which, through vision, design and craftsmanship beyond the ordinary, both respect their surroundings and give an example for the future, resulting in a feature of which Cheltenham can be proud”. [...]

This semi-loose grit surface is rated by many players as the very best to play on. With the slight give in the surface, it is said that it is like having a well-prepared grass court available for play throughout the year. With a method of construction pioneered by Grimshaw Sports over 50 years ago, 60% [...]

The key properties of a tennis court surface as detailed by the ITF (International Tennis Federation) are – the amount of friction – the amount of energy returned by the surface following impact – the topography (evenness, slope and markings) – the uniformity of surface properties over the entire playing area The properties of each [...]

Cheltenham based civil engineers Grimshaw Group are busy helping get the Cheltenham Racecourse ready for the Gold Cup again this year. Grimshaw first worked at Prestbury Park in the 1970s with works including the construction of the reservoir to provide water for the irrigation of the course. Grimshaw have worked all over the site including [...]

Does your tennis court need to be resurfaced? Grimshaw offer free site visits in Gloucestershire and the surrounding Counties to assess the condition of your courts and can then offer the relevant solution. If your court does not require a full resurface then we can provide our texturising process. For more information please contact us. [...]

Grimshaw Group are a bit excited as our new JCB 3CX has just been delivered and would you believe it comes with air con, cool box, heated seat and coffee machine! All a bit more advanced than the old JCB4D that we had back in the 1960′s, apparently the first one in Gloucestershire.Grimshaws JCB4 1960 [...]

A MUGA is a Multi-Use-Games-Area, they can also be referred to as a STP (Synthetic Turf Pitch). The basic idea is to provide a cost effective solution to meet the needs of multiple sports within one play area whether it is tennis, netball, football, hockey or basketball etc. Sport England have produced some useful design [...]

  Tennis Court Dimensions: At Tournament & Club Level the LTA Recommend a full size of 36.58m x 18.29m (120ft x 60ft) reducable to a minimum of 34.75m x 17.07m (114ft x 56ft). Due to constraints, such as site restrictions, these dimensions may not be achievable and recreational tennis is possible on overall court dimensions [...]

Grimshaws are (still) the proud owner of a 1951 Aveling Barford Invicta Roller. Now admittedly it has seen better days but it was pulled out of mothballs last week and started first time – after a lapse of 6 years, now that’s a lot better than my lawnmower performs after one winter. Purchased in 1959 by [...]

I have been trying to track down some of our first contracts and have found out that one of the earliest jobs from the 1940′s was forming the ponds at Slimbridge for Sir Peter Scott.  We also formed the ponds for the Trout Farm at Bibury. Weekend working for British Railways was an early long term contract [...]