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Fleetwood Test House Fleetwood Nautical Campus laboratory

Blackpool and the Fylde College trading as Fleetwood Test House

Fleetwood Nautical Campus, Broadwater, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 8JZ, England, United Kingdom

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Testing capabilities

  • Shock and impact
  • Materials and structural testing

Services

Testing of personal protective equipment against drowning, including lifejacket and personal flotation device performance, rotating shock-bin tests, dynamic strength testing of deck safety harnesses and safety lines, water-ingress/leak tests and drop tests.

Equipment

UKAS schedule names a rotating shock-bin test and a separate Unit 4 Sidings Road test location; no current equipment limits retained.

Standards

UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 schedule 1559, issue 028 dated 3 February 2025, identifies the Fleetwood Nautical Campus laboratory for PPE-against-drowning testing; operator/government conformity profile lists the same fixed test location.

Contact

Email: ftl@blackpool.ac.uk; Phone: +44 (0) 1253 504725; Operator fallback: maritime@blackpool.ac.uk; 01253 504800

Approximate location

FY7 8JZ ยท Postcode area location

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