A tyre flat to the rim outside a New Cross flat or on a Catford drive is no reason to drive anywhere. The fitter arrives at it, and mend or replace is settled on the spot.
A flat in Lewisham can be discovered, not felt: the car has sat overnight on a Brockley permit street or a Bellingham drive with a screw from the A2 in the tread, and by morning it is on the rim. Or it is found after shopping in the Lewisham Shopping Centre car park. Either way, the worst response is to drive it to a garage down the A21, which ruins the tyre wall and can crack the alloy on the Bromley Road surface.
Give the street or car park, the SE postcode and a note of where the car is sitting, since a bay near Lewisham station and a Forest Hill driveway need different handling. Read the sidewall size so a replacement can travel with the fitter. Beside the car the wheel is removed, the tyre stripped off and the cause found: a repairable nail, a leaking valve, a corroded rim seat or a wall too damaged to save. The cost of whichever applies is agreed with you first.
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 Lewisham as well.
Once you have rung, we can also cover broken tyre replacement in Lewisham, 24 hour tyre repair and emergency mobile tyre fitting.
Wherever the car is, provided that means a permit bay, a drive, an estate car park in Deptford, a retail car park off Bromley Road or the hospital car park with permission. A flat on the A2, A20, A21 or A205 must be moved off the red route first.
| Main roads | A2 New Cross Road and Blackheath Hill; A20 Lewisham Way and Lee High Road; A21 Lewisham High Street and Bromley Road |
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| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Lewisham page
A flat on Lee Road (B212) or Burnt Ash Hill (A2212) is best handled by pulling into a residential turning near Lee station, switching on the hazards and looking at how far the tyre has sagged. Note the road ref and the nearest shop, then call. Resist the urge to crawl home on it, since rolling on the rim can turn a mendable puncture into a write-off.
Discovered flat on a Honor Oak or Bellingham street? Check the other three tyres for softness, then look for a screw, a bent valve or a scuff from a kerb. Nudging it a few streets to a garage on Bromley Road crushes the sidewall and can rule out a repair. Where a space-saver is carried, treat it as a slow, short-term crutch. Leave the car where it is, ideally clear of the South Circular, and ring.
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Flat tyre in Lewisham? Leave the car put and ring for the fitter.
