I'm pleased to say that as of this evening the Westway are changing their matting. They are asking customers to comment on the options they have open to them to help them choose the best one. If you are climb at the Westway please comment on their designs.
Have never posted on here before, but as a recent convert to bouldering at The Westway, I can only hope that common sense has broken out as suggested by the above. You don't need to be the world's most experienced climber, or an expert in the engineering considerations of human/foam impacts to see that the arrangement in the initial photo is ridiculous.
I have just spent 12 months getting over an ankle injury caused by landing with the ball of my foot on a bouldering mat and the heel over the edge. The mat in question is about 4-5 inches deep (I'm sure the precise measurements are on the DMM site somewhere), God only knows what would happen to someone landing with their feet half on the edge shown, or even with one foot on the upper level and one of the lower. Backslapping onto the edge could conceivably be a major problem.
We all know that climbing involves risks, even indoor climbing, even indoor bouldering. However that doesn't meant that having a pit of crocodiles or a pool of lava under problems is a good idea. That sort of nonsense should be left for grit E-stupids surely.
I'd appreciate a confirmation that the death-trap is being re-thought. If not, then I'll probably take up the idea of a few earlier posters and write to The Westway pointing out the schoolboy error they have perpetrated.