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Ashted, West Midlands · B7 and B4
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Ashted.
Ashted sits around Ashted Circus on the Dartmouth Middleway, with Aston University to one side and Duddeston station beyond. In Ashted, Rescue Tyres turns up at the parked car with the tyre, whatever the time.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Ashted?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Ashted.
Ashted's tyre calls have a lot to do with the roads wrapped around it. The Aston Expressway ends close by, the Middleway loops past, and the A5127 Aston Road heads north. Damage picked up on any of the three usually carries the car as far as a side street before the tyre gives up. Students and staff from the university account for the rest: a car ignored for days can quietly go flat. Pass on its size plus the street name, and the repair or swap happens in Ashted itself.
| Postcode districts | B7, B4 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Aston Expressway (A38(M)); Lawley Middleway (A4540); Dartmouth Middleway (A4540); Curzon Circle (A4540) |
| Nearest stations | Duddeston (National Rail), Millennium Point (West Midlands Metro), Albert Street (West Midlands Metro) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 15 (Ashted Circus), about 0.1 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | St Andrews Shopping Park, Parkway Industrial Estate, Premier Trading Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 94 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Birmingham |
What we do in Ashted
Tyre work in Ashted.
Ashted's jobs lean towards the emergency end. A tyre destroyed on the expressway approach is replaced, and the rim gets inspected for dents. Any screw in the tread is examined from inside the casing, with a repair only where BS AU 159 permits it; otherwise an identically sized new tyre is mounted. Purpose made removal kit, rather than force, frees a locking nut whose key is missing. Calls come in at every hour, and each one is answered.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Ashted
Drives, bays and car parks.
University-run campus parking is not the place to arrange a fitting, so a car parked there is best moved to a public street first, and only if the tyre still holds air. Residential streets around Ashted with legal parking are workable when there is room on the traffic side. The trading and business park yards suit vans, provided the site knows. The Middleway, its circuses and the Lancaster Circus Flyover are not places to stop at all.
The postcode is B7 across most of Ashted, with B4 on the city side. People ring from the student flats, from units at Phoenix Business Park and Dartmouth Circus Industrial Estate, and from streets near Duddeston station. Ashted straddles the ring road, which matters for the Clean Air Zone: streets on the city side of the Middleway are inside it, those out towards Duddeston and Vauxhall are not, and the ring road itself is uncharged. Either way, a stationary car having its wheel off attracts no charge. The one road the fitter never works on is the A38(M) Aston Expressway. Anyone with a tyre failing on it should carry on to the end, leave at the Middleway and stop in a side street; a car stranded in a live lane means ringing 999 before anyone else.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Ashted.
Late calls in Ashted come from students heading back to their flats, drivers coming off the Aston Expressway after a long trip and trade vans starting early at the business parks. At any time a person answers, and the fitter only leaves Brent Cross once you have heard what tyre and visit will cost.
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What drivers say.
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"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Ashted FAQs
Questions from Ashted.
My tyre went on the Aston Expressway. Can you come to me there?
Not on the expressway itself, because nobody should be working beside moving traffic. Keep going gently to the end, come off at the Middleway and stop in a side street in Ashted. Stranded in a lane with a car that refuses to move? Ring 999 first, then call us once it is safe.
Is Ashted inside the Clean Air Zone?
Partly. The streets on the city side of the Dartmouth Middleway are inside, and the ones towards Duddeston and Vauxhall are outside. The Middleway itself is not charged. A car that stays parked while it gets a new tyre is never charged, wherever it stands.
Can you change a tyre near Duddeston station?
Where the car is legally parked on a nearby street with room to work beside it, the job can be done there. Tell the fitter the street name and which wheel is affected. If the spot is too tight, you will be told honestly on the call.
I study at Aston University and have a flat. What should I send?
Three things: the sidewall size, the name of the street where the car stands, and whether the car uses a locking nut, plus where its key is. A car inside a campus car park may be out of reach, so mention that. You pay once the work is complete.
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Around Ashted.
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From Ashted Circus to Duddeston station and Aston University, the tyre makes the journey so an Ashted car can stay put.