Back at the car at Ventura Park and one tyre has sunk onto its rim. Leave the car in that bay: a flat driven even to the car park exit is usually a flat beyond repair.
Tamworth flats are discovered rather than felt. The SnowDome car park after a session, the long-stay at Tamworth station after a day away on the train, a Belgrave drive at seven in the morning: a nail picked up on the A5 or A51 has been leaking since yesterday and the tyre emptied overnight. Limping it round to a garage feels sensible. Rolling on an empty tyre grinds its inner liner to rubber crumbs and converts a mendable puncture into a new-tyre bill, so ring and stay where you are.
Give the bay or house number and the sidewall marking, and the fitter reaches the car with a compressor and common tyre sizes. Off the rim, the inside of the tyre tells the story, and the decision is made at the SnowDome or on the Belgrave drive: a Wilnecote screw hole within the BS AU 159 limits is patched, anything worse is replaced from the van's stock. The amount is agreed with you beforehand, never sprung on you after.
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 Tamworth as well.
If the job turns out to be different, see broken tyre replacement in Tamworth, emergency tyre replacement or burst tyre replacement in Tamworth.
Any Tamworth car park with an ordinary bay, Ventura Park, the SnowDome, Ankerside or the station, plus any drive or cul-de-sac from Glascote to Fazeley. On the M42 or A5 the car has to be off the carriageway and stationary somewhere safe before anyone attends.
| Main roads | M42 J10; M42 J9; A5 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
Flat tyre: the first steps →Flat tyre help on the Tamworth page
Losing pressure on Kingsbury Road, the A4097, calls for a calm few moments: hazard lights on, speed down, and pull in at the next safe opening rather than onto the verge. A quiet street in Bodymoor Heath or Lea Marston, if one is nearer, beats the main road by a distance. Once parked, phone through the street name plus the closest turning, so we can explain the next steps.
Found a flat outside the SnowDome or at home in Gillway? Walk round and press on the other three first; two soft tyres change the whole plan. Then examine the flat one closely: a glinting nail, a perished valve, or a pale scuff where a Tamworth kerb bit into the rubber. Nursing it to a garage, however close, shreds the casing from inside. A space-saver will crawl a car home if one is aboard, though leaving it parked and phoning is simpler.
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Tyre flat somewhere in Tamworth? Stay put and we come to the car.
