Crowd & Pedestrian Barriers

Crowd Control Barriers for Events, Construction Sites and Public Access

Crowd Control Barriers are perfect for helping to guide civilian traffic, ensuring that you keep them safe and restrict people from venturing into restricted areas. Find the perfect Crowd Control fencing solution for you, whether for use on a building site or at a large music festival. The crowd control equipment we have for sale is some of the best you'll find, trust us we've searched!

Which Crowd Control Barrier Do I Need?

Fixed-Leg Crowd Barriers

Choose a fixed leg crowd barrier when you require a robust, strong barrier for crowd control. Suitable for use at events, construction sites, public sites or temporary works, the fixed-leg barriers are a better option when durability is more important than flat stacking.

Loose-Leg Crowd Barriers

Choose a loose leg barrier when storage and transportation convenience are a priority. The feet on these barriers are removable makingthemsimpleto stack in eitheranupright orhorizontalposition for storageandtransportation.

Walkthrough Crowd Barriers

Choose a walkthrough barrier when a pedestrian access point is needed through a line of barriers, for example, for site access, queuing, or access control.

Powder-Coated Crowd Barriers

Choose a powder-coated barrier whenever you require branding, colours or increased visibility as part of your site control, pedestrian control or event management plan. Powder coatings can be used to distinguish people and vehicle pathways, mark access points, zones, or restrict areas.

Plastic Crowd Barriers

Choose a plastic barrier when a lightweight, highly-visible barrier is required for short-term pedestrian control, street works, footpath control, or other similar applications.

Crowd Barrier Stillages and Trolleys

Choose crowd barrier stillages or trolleys if you need to store, move or transport barriers. These accessories are useful when handling easily large numbers of barriers is important.

Loose-Leg or Fixed-Leg Crowd Barriers: Which Should You Choose?

Fixed-Leg Crowd Control Barriers

Fixed-leg crowd control barriers provide a reliable and robust solution for temporary pedestrian control. The legs are permanently attached to the barrier frame providing greater stability and makes them suitable for repeated use.The fixed leg barriers require no accessories and can easily deal with uneven terrain. With fixed leg barriers you should make sure that the legs are staggered or offset to make sure that they can easily stake against one another.

Loose-Leg Crowd Control Barriers

Loose Leg Crowd Control Barriers, also known as loose-leg pedestrian barriers or pedestrian barricades, require detachable crowd barrier feet that are sold separately. This means that the legs and the barriers can be stored separately allowing for easy stacking.

Loose leg barriers are a convenient solution for temporary pedestrian control, temporary access control, and for managing queues where barriers need to be deployed, relocated, and stored.

What Are Crowd Control Barriers Used For?

Events, Queues and Public Access

Crowd control barriers are a popular choice for a wide range of outdoor events, festivals, parades, sporting events, public gatherings, concerts and temporary queues. Crowd control barriers can be used to provide access to an event, separate pedestrian queues, and provide access control to event spaces. Walkthrough crowd barriers can be used to create controlled access points within a barrier line, helping event organisers and security teams to better manage pedestrian movement.

Construction Sites and Roadworks

Crowd control barriers can be utilised on building sites and works roads for pedestrian access control and to provide separation from works areas. They can be used to provide access, to create safe pedestrian routes around works areas, or temporary crossings.

Public Spaces, Venues and Local Authorities

Crowd control barriers can be used within public spaces, venues, local authorities, schools, or other large-scale organisations for pedestrian route management, temporary closures, pedestrian access management, or other similar applications. Powder coated or high-visibility barriers can be used to provide greater visibility to specific areas or to utilise colour coding for pedestrian control.

How to Choose the Right Crowd Control Barrier?

Barrier Type

Decide what type of crowd control barrier you need to suit your application: fixed or loose leg, walkthrough, powder-coated, police-style, or high-visibility barriers. Fixed-leg barriers are usually best for durability and stability, while loose-leg barriers are better for storage and transport.

Material: Steel or Plastic

Choose between a steel or plastic barrier for your needs. Steel crowd control barriers are more suitable for events, construction sites, queues and situations where reuse, longevity and stability are priorities.The plastic pedestrian barriers are lighter, which makes them easier to move around. For some applications, such as high-visibility street works, plastic barriers may be a better option.

Finish: Galvanised or Powder-Coated

Whether you are looking for your crowd barriers to be galvanised or powder coated, we've got you covered. Galvanising is a common protective process used on steel to provide protection against rusting, and therefore galvanised steel barriers are a good fit for most outdoor applications. However, powder coated barriers have a superior finish, and the colours are commonly used to demark different zones or for branding purposes.

Connection Type

Crowd control barriers act as a physical and psychological barrier, used to demarcate "no access" zones, and to designate space for queues. These crowd control barriers are most effective when they are interlocked using the "hook and eye" connected on the outside edge of each steel barrier. When pedestrian barriers are interlocked, security personnel can create lines of barriers that are very difficult to penetrate. This is because when the crowd barriers are interlocked they become stronger and can't be easily toppled over.

Feet and Stability

Consider the design of the feet and how they affect the stacking and storage of the barriers. Fixed legs provide a stable integrated base, while loose legs allow flatter stacking and easier storage.

Storage and Transport

For storage and transport consider a crowd barrier stillage or trolley. A stillage helps store barriers neatly, while a trolley makes it easier to move barriers around venues, events or construction sites.

Powder-Coated Crowd Control Barriers

When standard barriers are not enough, HERMEQ offers a full in-house powder coating service. Powder-coated crowd control barriers are useful for better visibility, colour control or brand consistency. They can be used to colour-code pedestrian routes, mark restricted zones, highlight access points or match company and event branding.Common applications for powder-coated barriers include:

• Marking out access points and restricted areas
• Creating high-visibility safety systems in public spaces
• Corporate colours for different events to match company branding
• Creating colour-coded safety systems or works areas in venues or on works sites

Crowd Barrier Accessories

Walkthrough Crowd Barriers

Walkthrough crowd barriers are used to create pedestrian access points. Walkthrough barriers can be used together with crowd control barriers in a wide range of applications from general access control to temporary roadworks or event management.

Crowd Barrier Stillages

Crowd barrier stillages are used to store and transport barriers in bulk. Stillages are a great option for hire depots, venues, or for organisations that utilise a large number of barriers. Our stillages can hold up to 30 barriers at one time.

Crowd Barrier Trolleys

Our trolleys are with castors at the bottom enabling you to store & transport barriers across sites or transport with great ease, holding up to 25 barriers at one time.

Barrier Covers and Branding

Various printed covers can be used to enhance, protect and project visual brand awareness of your event or project. These can fit both 2.3m and 2.5m crowd barriers.