Winter Maintenance Services

Ground Control is one of the largest private gritting and snow-clearance providers in the UK. We provide our service to over 10,500 sites that benefit from our proactive gritting services, along with snow clearance and forecasting ability. 

In the grip of winter, you can ensure that your business doesn’t come to a standstill with our nationwide commercial winter maintenance services. Local teams are always close by to ensure your safety and continued productivity throughout the winter, however harsh the weather conditions. To support this, we have hundreds of accredited winter maintenance teams on standby, ready for deployment anywhere across the country.  

A big part of our success is our proactivity. Thanks to our forecasting and monitoring capabilities, we can keep tabs on local and national weather conditions to ensure rapid response to guarantee your business can continue operating. Our service also includes live reporting on the tasks we have completed, so you can stay informed when we have finished gritting, clearance, and other services. 

We can also provide customers with reports on the carbon footprint our gritting teams have saved.

The Winter Maintenance Package 

Make it easy to maintain the safety of your site in the cold months with our comprehensive winter maintenance package. With our tailored packages, you can ensure that every aspect of your commercial site is taken care of throughout the winter months. 

Our services, which can be part of a pay-per-visit winter service or fixed-term contract include:

To discover more about our dependable winter grounds maintenance, simply contact our professionals today. 

Gritting and Salt Spreading

Gritting car parks and private roads UK-wide since 1973

Snow Clearance

Proactive snow clearance across England, Scotland, and Wales, planned using Met Office forecasting

Forecasting and Monitoring

We have the knowledge, know-how, and technology to anticipate your needs

Gritting salt

Loose gritting salt and grit bin services for self-service gritting
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From mild days to wild winters, we’ll get you going

Jay Hicks, Winter Operations Director at Ground Control, reflects on a mild but perfectly agile winter maintenance season.  
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Boots on the ground in your local area

Keeping you going in winter, with local know-how. By Lauren Matthew, Winter Maintenance Sales and Retention Manager
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Pothole risk management in the UK

Griffiths & Armour, chartered insurance broker and professional business risk advisor, talks with Ground Control about pothole risk management in the UK and solutions for businesses.
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Pay per visit gritting could save you money this winter

In a climate of uncertain budgets and unpredictable weather, could a fixed-price contract or pay as you go winter service be the best for your business?

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