A flat found after a day at Romford station or a shop at The Liberty should not be driven around the ring road. Get it to a street off Main Road and the fitter sorts it there.
Romford's town centre is where a flat can be found rather than caused. A screw picked up on the A12 lets the air out over eight hours in a station car park; a tyre that has been losing pressure for a month finally sits on the rim outside The Liberty. Station car park and Liberty multi-storey alike are private, and the ring road around them is no-stopping, so the car has to reach a public street before anyone can look at it.
Using the spare or a compressor, move the car to a residential road off Main Road towards Gidea Park or off London Road towards Rush Green, and call with the street and the size. If it will not move, a recovery truck lifts it there. The fitter takes the tyre off, finds the cause and says whether it is a repairable puncture, a valve or bead leak, or damage that needs a new tyre, each with its cost agreed by phone before any work.
On run-flat tyres? They behave differently once deflated, so check the handbook's limits and read our page on run-flat tyres; we fit replacement run-flat tyres at the car in Havering as well.
Other services from the same Brent Cross team: broken tyre replacement in Havering and emergency tyre repair in Havering.
Residential streets off Main Road and London Road, roads in Rush Green and the Gidea Park side of Romford outside controlled hours. Not in the station car park, The Liberty or Brewery car parks, nor anywhere on the ring road.
| Main roads | A12 Eastern Avenue and Colchester Road; A127 Southend Arterial Road; A13 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Havering page
On Upminster Road or St Mary's Lane, the first thing to do with a flat is find a side street wide enough for the doors to open away from traffic. Avoid stopping on a bend. Hazard lights go on and everyone waits on the footway while you drop us a location pin. Streets near Upminster Bridge station are easy to describe if you are unsure of the road name.
A flat found on an Upminster driveway deserves a walk around the car before anything else, because one screw from a nearby build can have company. Then look closely at the flat tyre: a nail, a split valve stem or a scuff where it caught a kerb each tells its own story. Driving to a garage along the A127 would finish the sidewall off. If you carry a space-saver, it is for short, slow journeys only. The driveway itself is the best place to leave it.
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Flat in Romford town centre? Get to a street off Main Road and call 07473 720871.
