★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Bankside, Greater London, near Southwark · SE1
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Bankside.
Bankside and The Borough sit in Southwark, SE1, where Great Dover Street and the A2198 Long Lane meet the traffic climbing off the Bricklayers Arms. Rescue Tyres works at the car, because nothing round here can be left standing on a main road.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Bankside?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Bankside.
Very little of this square mile is residential the way a suburb is. Cars belong to offices, hotels and the flats above them, and they live in basements or in bays that are controlled all day long. A tyre goes down while the car is parked and there is no legal place to limp it to. So the fitter comes in instead, with the right size already loaded, and works in the space the car occupies.
| Postcode districts | SE1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | New Kent Road (A201); Bricklayers Arms Flyover (A2); Bricklayers Arms Roundabout (A2); Tower Bridge Road (A100) |
| Nearest stations | Borough (London Underground), Elephant & Castle (National Rail), London Bridge (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Southernwood Retail Park, Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate, Alscot Road Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 8 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Southwark |
What we do in Bankside
Tyre work in Bankside.
What gets rung in here is rarely dramatic. A screw collected somewhere off the A2 works its way through over a week, and the tyre is lifted, separated from the rim and studied on the inside, then mended to BS AU 159 when the puncture falls inside that standard. Beyond that: replacements ordered from the sidewall code, run-flat fitments included, a burst tyre exchanged with the rim examined before the wheel returns, and a locking nut freed when its key has gone missing. Cover runs right through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Bankside
Drives, bays and car parks.
An underground car park beneath an office block or a block of flats is the best surface available here: level, lit and out of the through traffic, provided the headroom takes a van and the building is content to let one down. Failing that, a permit bay on a quieter street off Long Lane, with the car fully inside the markings. No big off-street car park serves these particular streets, which is why the A201 New Kent Road and Tower Bridge Road tempt drivers with nowhere else to go. Neither is usable.
Calls from this end of SE1 come from the streets between Borough station and Long Lane, from the flats on the Purbrook Estate and the St Olave's Estate, and from offices and hotels near Borough Market and London Bridge. Great Dover Street and Tower Bridge Road funnel heavy traffic towards the Bricklayers Arms Roundabout and the Old Kent Road beyond, red route the whole way, so a wheel never comes off there. Basement and estate car parks are the practical answer, and the building has to be willing to let a van down the ramp, which is worth asking before you book. These streets also fall inside the central Congestion Charge zone, and that is charged on driving in, not on a parked car having a tyre changed.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Bankside.
Late calls out of Borough are usually hotel guests leaving at first light, and people finishing a shift who walk back to a car sitting on a flat. Someone picks up whatever the hour. Describe the tyre and where the car is parked, and the cost is settled on that call before any work begins.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Nice guy and fast service. Perfect installation."
AAAlishia AkramGoogle review
Bankside FAQs
Questions from Bankside.
Can a fitter get into an underground car park in SE1?
Most can be reached, though the ramp height and the building's own rules decide it. Ask the concierge or the building manager before booking, pass on the level and bay number, and the wheel comes off underground with the car untouched in its space.
Does the Congestion Charge affect having a tyre changed at Borough?
It is levied on cars moving through the zone in charging hours, not on one standing still while a wheel is off it. Your car pays nothing extra for being worked on where it sits, and what the job comes to is agreed on the phone first.
The sidewall has bulged after a kerb on Long Lane. Can that be repaired?
A bulge shows the casing inside has broken up, and no standard permits a sidewall repair, so the tyre is finished. Stop driving on it. Give the full size code when you ring and the right tyre comes out to the car.
How late can I ring for a tyre at Bankside?
The line is staffed around the clock, seven days a week, so there is no cut-off to plan around. Where the car is matters more: a bay or a car park can be worked in at any hour, a red route cannot, whatever the traffic is doing.
Nearby
Around Bankside.
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Borough station, Long Lane or a basement bay in SE1: the tyre is changed where you parked.