Kitchen floors - 10 of the best

Your floor can make or break your kitchen design. From porcelain and vinyl to bamboo and laminate, pick one that's hard-working and looks great, too.

Your floor can make or break your kitchen design. From porcelain and vinyl to bamboo and laminate, pick one that's hard-working and looks great, too.

Glazed porcelain

Glazed-porcelain tiles are a good choice for small kitchens, as fewer grout lines give the illusion of a bigger floor. These ones are neutral but won't show up the dirt too much.

Verona kitchen flooring in Walnut, £39.36 per sq m, Fired Earth

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Graphic vinyl

The graffiti-style swirls on this vinyl flooring will do wonders for a neutral kitchen. It's also 3mm thick, so it will help to disguise an uneven subfloor, and is stain and slip resistant.

Splash Artesia 890 vinyl kitchen flooring, £18.34 per sq m, Yourfloors.co.uk
Bamboo

There's lots to love about this flooring - the strand-woven construction makes it tough, it's lacquered for easy cleaning and it's a sustainable wood.

Natural Strand Woven bamboo kitchen flooring, £24 per sq m, The Bamboo Flooring Company
Engineered wood

This engineered-wood flooring is oiled to bring out the grain of the oak and has bevelled edges to add definition to each plank. Best of all, it can be teamed with underfloor heating.

Florence Rustic Oak kitchen flooring, £22.99 per sq m, UK Flooring Direct
Rubber

This has got to be the ultimate in child-friendly flooring for a kitchen - it's soft, waterproof, resistant to damage and has a nonslip raised surface.

Round Stud kitchen floor tiles in Bright Red, £41.95 per sq m, The Rubber Flooring Company
Scratch resistant laminate

Scratch Guard protection makes these laminate boards incredibly durable, plus there's an impressive 25-year wear guarantee, and they can be used with underfloor heating.

Perspective Light Grey Oak effect kitchen flooring, £24.99 per sq m, Quick-Step
Slate

These great-value slate tiles will give your kitchen an expensive feel. As long as it's sealed to protect it from stains, slate will last and last.

Rustic Black slate kitchen floor tiles, £22.10 per sq m, Topps Tiles
Travertine

Travertine is a limestone with a mottled appearance, but the natural holes in the stone are filled in this design to make them more hygienic. The tiles can also be used on walls for a splashback.

Travertine Honed & Filled kitchen floor tiles, £28.02 per sq m, Wickes
Non-slip vinyl

Who says vinyl can't look fabulous? This classic tile-effect one does, and it has a non-slip finish. It comes in 2m, 3m and 4m widths for seamless installation.

Veneto Nairn Cushionflor Supreme kitchen floor tiles, £19.99 per sq m, Forbo Flooring
Laminate

Thanks to modern photographic techniques, this laminate looks really realistic, right down to its wood-grain pattern.

AquaLOC kitchen flooring in Alaskan Oak effect, £11.03 per sq m, B&Q

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