Transform Your Garden with Cheshire Paving Stone Slate Paving

Cheshire Paving Stone offers a premium range of slate paving slabs that can elevate any garden or landscaping project. This collection is perfect for homeowners and landscapers seeking elegance and a robust, stylish outdoor paving option. Representing excellent value, with naturally rich colouring and low maintenance characteristics, slate paving is a sound investment that will add value to your home and lifestyle.

Why Choose Slate Paving?

Slate paving brings natural beauty, durability, and sophistication to outdoor spaces. Known for its layered texture and rich colours, slate complements a variety of garden styles, from traditional to modern. It's not just aesthetically pleasing but also highly practical, offering resistance to weather, wear, and stains.

The Cheshire Paving Sandstone Slate Collection

As experts in natural stone, we take our time to source materials that offer outstanding characteristics such as colouring and durability. We stock a range of slate materials sourced from around the world to offer different colours and price points.

Brazilian Black Slate Paving

Striking and bold, Brazilian Black Slate Paving slabs offer a dramatic touch to any garden. Its deep, dark tones contrast beautifully with vibrant planting and lighting, making it a standout choice for creative landscaping. Supplied with a precise machine-sawn edge, and naturally smooth surface texture, this paving is 900x600x20mm, enabling modern laying patterns and tight 5mm joints, for a luxurious finish.

Perfect for outdoor dining areas, or to highlight feature spaces such as fire pits or water features, Brazilian Black Slate an also be used to create visually striking borders or raised flower beds. Black paving makes colourful features like planting, furniture, or lighting really stand out.

Design Tip: Add ambient lighting around Brazilian Black Slate to highlight its natural shimmer at night.

Brazilian Grey Slate Paving

Sleek, modern, and sophisticated, Brazilian Grey Slate Paving is a favourite for contemporary landscapes. The consistent graphite grey tones create a clean, simple look, and this material has a smooth natural surface texture: perfect for those who prefer modern, understated elegance. Supplied in a 900x600mm format, these pavers can be laid in a sleek brick (or ‘stretcher’) bond pattern, with a tight 5mm joint, for a stylish finish.

Create low-maintenance pathways, patios, or pool surrounds for modern homes, or cut the paving slabs on site to create intriguing plank paving.

Design Tip: Pair Brazilian Grey with geometric layouts, white pebbles, or stainless-steel features to achieve a contemporary vibe.

Rustic Slate Paving

Rustic Slate Paving is a celebration of earth’s raw beauty. With warm, multi-tonal colours of black, blue, copper, brown, and gold, this paving is ideal for creating inviting spaces. Its textured surface adds character, while the subtle variations ensure each slab is unique. Supplied in patio packs (and equal mix of four sizes), this paving can be laid in a repeating ‘random’ pattern, or in courses, making use of all four flag sizes.

Enhance rustic or cottage-style gardens by creating stunning patios that feel warm and organic or use this paving in your front garden as pathways or driveways for a welcoming first impression.

Design Tip: Pair Rustic Slate with lush green plants and wooden furniture for a cosy, nature-inspired look.

Benefits of Cheshire Paving Stone’s Slate Paving

Durability: Resistant to cracks, chips, and weather damage, making it a sound long-term investment.

Low Maintenance: Easy to clean and naturally resistant to staining.

Versatility: Complements various garden styles, from rustic to contemporary.

Slip Resistance: Ideal for areas prone to moisture, like pool decks and patios.

Affordability: Slate paving is competitively priced and affordable for most budgets.

Creative Uses in Garden Landscaping

Alfresco Dining Areas: Set the stage for memorable dinners by pairing slate paving with a pergola and soft outdoor lighting.

Garden Pathways: Guide guests with charming slate pathways, lined with colourful blooms or hedges.

Feature Zones: Use slate paving to define outdoor zones, such as play areas, seating spaces, or even a zen garden.

Driveways: Upgrade curb appeal with a durable and elegant slate driveway.

Slate Paving FAQs

How should I maintain slate paving?

Slate is considered a low maintenance natural stone for several reasons. Slate is a metamorphic rock, meaning it is naturally incredibly robust. It is low in porosity, so it doesn’t absorb stains in the same was as a more absorbent material like sawn sandstone, which makes the need for cleaning less frequent. It’s darker colours are also more forgiving than some lighter natural and even factory-made materials like porcelain.

As with any outdoor material, some cleaning is however, required. We recommend that slate is cleaned periodically (once or twice per year, or quarterly if you prefer your paving looking its best, year-round) with water and a mild detergent. For stubborn stains, a pressure washer and specific stone cleaner can be used.

Does Slate Paving need to be sealed?

Due to its naturally split surface texture, low porosity and aesthetically forgiving nature, sealing is not generally required. However, sealing any natural stone will help with ongoing maintenance, as it helps to hold marks and stains in place, making them easier to remove.

Can slate paving be used as a driveway, and around swimming pools?

Absolutely. Slate’s strength and slip-resistant surface makes it a safe and stylish choice for driveways and poolside areas. If installing slate as a driveway material, ensure that your subbase is deep enough to withstand the weight of vehicles.

Will the colour fade over time?

Unlike some natural stones, slate experiences very little change to its colour over time. As with any natural material, there may be subtle variation and changes over time, but the vibrant colours of slate paving will remain intact for decades.

How do I install slate paving?

It’s best to hire a professional landscaper for installation of natural stone paving slabs like Slate. Natural stone paving should always be laid on a full mortar bed of sharp sand and cement. To aid adhesion between the paving slab and the bedding mortar, we recommend that the underside of each piece of slate is coated with a primer, before laying. Cheshire Paving Stone products come with detailed guidelines to assist you or your contractor.

Can I view Cheshire Paving Stone Slate in person?

Absolutely! Although not essential, we encourage customers to view materials before purchasing. Find directions to our showroom. Alternatively, you can order samples of our materials to see how they look and feel from the comfort of your own home.

How do I contact Cheshire Paving Stone?

Our friendly, expert team are always happy to hear from you. You can contact us by phone, email, or in person. Our opening hours are 09.00 – 16.00 Mon – Fri, and 10.00 – 15.00 Saturday.