Eleven at night on a bank holiday, the M45 empty and a tyre warning on the dash. Our line is picked up at any hour of any day, and the fitter comes to the parked car.
Late use of the spur can look like this: Sunday evening returns from the Midlands to London, people finishing a late shift in Rugby, drivers leaving Coventry after an evening out and heading for the M1. When a tyre fails at those hours, garages in Dunchurch and Rugby are closed and the M45 itself offers nothing. Watford Gap services on the M1, with other people about, is the natural place to wait.
Phone whatever the hour, tell us the location and describe the tyre. A night, Sunday or bank holiday call costs what a weekday call does, with the tyre price stated before the van leaves NW2, so nothing is added on arrival. Rugby sits a good way up the M1 from our NW2 base, and we give an honest arrival estimate rather than a hopeful one. Wait inside the services building if you can.
The same Brent Cross team also handles 24 hour tyre repair on the M45 and emergency tyre replacement, booked on the same call.
Overnight, Watford Gap services is the best meeting point near the M45, with Dunchurch village or a Rugby supermarket car park as alternatives. We do not come to a car stranded on the spur itself; recovery takes it off first.
| Road | M45 Dunchurch spur |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
How our 24 hour tyre service works →24 hour tyre service on the M45 page
Overnight, a driver who has left the M45 and headed west towards Coventry can wait near Coventry station, in Belgrade Plaza Car Park or in the Lower Ford Street Car Park, all easy to name. Choose a spot where you can stand away from moving traffic. Tell us the car park level or the street, plus the tyre size, and keep your phone switched on so the fitter can find you.
At night the M45 offers no services, so the call should start with where you have got to: Watford Gap on the M1 and which half, Dunchurch village or a Rugby car park. Add what the sidewall says and whether the locking key travelled with you. Keep the doors locked and choose a spot far from passing cars and lorries. Rugby at 3 am is billed exactly as Rugby at 3 pm, and you hear the amount before anyone drives up from NW2.
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Tyre trouble on the M45 at any hour? Ring us from Watford Gap or Dunchurch.
