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Deptford, Greater London, near Lewisham · SE14 and SE8
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Deptford.
Deptford in Lewisham, SE8 and SE14, is estates, terraces and a market street between Evelyn Street and New Cross Road. Rescue Tyres arrives at the car with the tyre already on board and changes it where it stands.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Deptford?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Deptford.
Parking is the whole story here. Deptford packs its cars into estate bays, narrow terraced turnings and the odd lock-up yard, and a car that only moves at weekends will carry a soft tyre for days before anybody notices. What does the damage is usually the A200 along Evelyn Street and Creek Road, where lorries drop debris, or the pinch of a kerb on a street too tight for two vehicles to pass. Tell us the estate or the road and which bay the car is in.
| Postcode districts | SE14, SE8 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | New Cross Road (A2); Amersham Road (A20); Lewisham Way (A2); Parkfield Road (A2) |
| Nearest stations | New Cross (National Rail, London Overground), Deptford (National Rail), New Cross Gate (National Rail, London Overground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | New Cross Gate Retail Park, Southernwood Retail Park, Brookmarsh Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 11 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
What we do in Deptford
Tyre work in Deptford.
The work comes down to four problems. A tyre down to the wear bars or split, which is a straight replacement in the size the car already wears. A nail or a screw in the tread, which comes out, gets inspected from inside the casing and is repaired to BS AU 159 when the damage falls inside what that standard covers. A tyre wrecked by a pothole or run flat, which is swapped and the rim examined. Or a locking nut with a missing key, which is drawn off with proper extraction tools.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Deptford sits within our mobile tyre fitting across Lewisham, and the same base and phone line cover both.
Services from the Lewisham page: 24 hour tyre repair · Locking wheel nut removal · 24 hour tyre service · Puncture repair · Emergency tyre repair.
Where we work in Deptford
Drives, bays and car parks.
An estate car park or a resident bay is the natural working spot, and both are fine provided the car is properly in the space with a little room on the driving side. A lock-up or a yard behind a house is better again. Deptford has no public multi-storey or surface car park worth sending anyone to, so there is no point driving around looking for one. A loading bay on the High Street is not usable, nor is any spot on the red routes.
Cover takes in the Pepys Estate down by the river, the Hughesfield Estate and Albury Court, the terraces around Deptford High Street and the New Cross end towards Telegraph Hill. Controlled parking covers nearly every street, so the fitter works in whichever bay the car is allowed to occupy and wants to know in advance if it is resident-only or paid by phone. Estate car parks are usually the best of the lot, with room to get round the wheel and no through traffic. The A2 through Deptford Broadway and New Cross Road is a red route, so stopping on it is out of the question, and the same applies to the A200 and to the A2209 down Deptford Church Street. ULEZ runs over all of Lewisham at every hour, and a stationary car is charged nothing.
Not quite in Deptford? We also come out to Sydenham Hill and Forest Hill.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Deptford.
SE8 goes quiet late. It might be somebody in from a shift at the docks end, a student car near Goldsmiths found flat at midnight, a van that has to be loaded before the market sets up. At any hour of the night a person picks the phone up, and what the tyre and the callout add up to is settled during that conversation.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Amazingly fast, polite and saved my day."
YOYvonne OphausGoogle review
Deptford FAQs
Questions from Deptford.
Is this page about the Deptford in south east London?
This page is about SE8 and SE14 in the borough of Lewisham, the Deptford between Rotherhithe and New Cross, where Creek Road runs east towards Greenwich. Other towns share the name and they sit well outside the area covered.
Can a tyre be fitted in an estate car park on the Pepys Estate?
Estate parking is often the easiest surface in SE8, flat and away from passing traffic. Park in your own allocated space rather than across a bay marked for someone else, tell the fitter the block and the number, and the wheel comes off there.
My tyre is flat on Deptford Broadway. Where should I move to?
Off the A2 and onto a side turning, if the car will take the short distance on a flat tyre at walking pace. Deptford Church Street and Evelyn Street are no better for stopping. A residential street with a gap at the kerb is what the fitter needs.
Is there parking near Deptford station where you could meet me?
Nothing public and open enough to recommend, which is the honest answer for this district. The better plan is to leave the car in its usual bay or estate space and give that address instead. If it cannot be moved at all, say so and the job is worked round it.
Nearby
Around Deptford.
Deptford · 24 hour line
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Pepys Estate, Albury Court or a bay off Deptford High Street, the fitting happens at the kerb.