In North Baddesley, Tarmac & Asphalt is built around chalk-edge ground between Romsey and Southampton: hot-rolled asphalt compacted over a prepared sub-base into a single dense, flat surface. North Baddesley’s own driveways are shaped by uniform frontages with ageing concrete and tarmac drives now genuinely due for replacement. That makes it a strong fit for larger driveways that can achieve a proper fall to a drainage point — worth knowing that standard tarmac is impermeable, so the drainage fall has to be built in at construction.
About Tarmac & Asphalt
Tarmac and asphalt driveways are formed from hot-rolled bitumen-bound aggregate, laid in one or two courses over a compacted stone sub-base and rolled while still hot to bond into a single dense, flat surface. It is quick to lay across a large area compared with unit-by-unit systems, copes well with sustained vehicle weight, and gives a classic, understated dark finish that suits both period and modern properties without competing with the architecture. Standard tarmac is not permeable, so correct falls and edge drainage need to be built in at construction rather than added afterward, and a sound, well-compacted sub-base is what actually determines how long the surface lasts rather than the tarmac layer alone.
Best suited to: larger driveways, properties wanting a low-fuss uniform finish, and sites that can achieve proper falls to a drainage point
Less suited to: sites with no viable drainage fall or where a permeable/SuDS-compliant surface is specifically wanted
Ground & property in North Baddesley
North Baddesley’s 1960s to 1980s estates sit on the chalk edge between Romsey and Southampton, with uniform frontages across the development and a lot of ageing concrete and tarmac drives now genuinely due for replacement rather than a patch repair.