Abstract: A safety tile (1) is for use with other like tiles in paving a playground area and is made of a resilient polymeric material. A multiplicity of tongues (12) of said polymeric material project from the periphery of said layer (3), the tongues being spaced apart so as to define gaps (14) therebetween for receiving the tongues of adjacent like safety tiles. A respective through passageway (16) is provided in each tongue (12), running substantially parallel to the first face (5), and so located that the passageway in a tongue of an adjacent like tile, when the last-mentioned tongue is received in one of said gaps, aligns with the passageways of the tongues next to the said one of said gaps to permit the insertion of an elongate member (20) through said aligned passageways.