• Artificial Grass
• Sports Surfaces
• Football Pitches
• Synthetic Grass
• Hockey Pitches
• Rugby Pitches
• Tennis Courts
• School Sports

Quality Sports Surfaces for Training and Competition

Thornton Sports, are the UK's leading manufacturer of sports surfaces.

Thornton Sports combines the expertise of four companies;

Thornton Contracts design and construct sports surfaces, including surfaces for hockey, rugby, football, multi use games areas and athletics tracks,

Nordon manufacture synthetic grass / artificial grass surfaces and are based in Lancashire.

Protech AllWeather maintain and repair synthetic surfaces.

GTC Sports supply and install sports equipment and specialist ind

Sports Surfaces and Artificial Grass

We are the leading UK company for the manufacture of artificial grass sports surfaces

Thornton Sports combines the expertise of four companies; Thornton Contracts Ltd in the design and construction of synthetic sports surfaces, multi-use games areas (MUGA`s), athletics tracks and tennis courts; Nordon Ltd UK manufacturers of synthetic grass; Protech AllWeather for synthetic surface maintenance and repair, and with GTC Sports Ltd supplying and installing the sports equipment and specialist indoor flooring, we offer the customer a ‘Total Solution'.

Offering a full turnkey operation, all of our sports surfaces are designed to meet the varied and demanding requirements of sports that are played at both amateur and professional levels. Such expertise and quality of service has resulted in us being chosen as partners for many PFI/PPP, NOF and City Academy projects turning initial briefs into complete sports facilities, which could also include traditional grass pitches, landscaping and planting.

With over 30 years in the research, development and construction of synthetic surfaces, Thornton Sports is perfectly placed to meet the UK's sporting and athletic needs – today, tomorrow and far into the future.

• Member of The Sports and Play Construction Association (SAPCA)
• Member of Construction Line
• CHAS (Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme) accredited
• Our products meet guidelines set down by the FIH, FA, IAAF and the LTA etc.
• All our manufacturing and construction processes are accredited to BS EN 150 9001:2000
• Member of The Institute of Groundsmanship