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Based near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Primera Slate is a well-established and highly experienced slate specialist supplying locally, within the Home Counties, East Midlands and beyond.

Specialist importers of natural Spanish slate, supplying Spanish slate roof tiles and Spanish clay tiles, to the construction industry.

All our roofing slate and other slate products are tested to the highest UK and European standards and are only imported when stringent tests have approved the quality.

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Working alongside long-established Spanish quarries, Primera Slate is able to source and deliver best quality, value for money Spanish slate at sizes and volumes required for all levels of property development, property conversion, new build, self-build, and roof replacement.

Primera Spanish slate gives you the highest standard and best value for money, with no variation in quality. Created naturally, durable, and resilient, sustainable, and creating minimal environmental impact compared to manmade alternatives, natural slate endures the test of time and provides a beautiful solution to your roofing needs.

We provide transparent quarry-to-delivery wholesale solutions to ensure best quality, value for money Spanish slate, with guaranteed quality seals and an unrivalled, personal customer service. All Primera Finest Natural Slate passes stringent testing before being added to our supply chain.

Until the early 2000s, natural slate for roofing in the UK was covered by the quality assurance testing specification BS 680-2:1971. Initially compiled in 1944 when the only slates available in the UK were of British origin it included 3 simple pass/fail tests.

A rapid growth in international trade in roofing slate since the 1980s, primarily from Spain, has forced a change to the testing of slate. Indigenous industries still exist in the traditional European slating regions, such as Wales, alongside the imported Spanish product.

Present regulation requires slate to be tested to EN 12326 standards. The EN 12326 is based on a classification system where the onus is on the user to select a slate of the appropriate quality for their project and locality.