Rescue Tyres fits, repairs and replaces car and van tyres at the car: on a driveway, a side street or a car park where the owner allows it. Beaconsfield is about 18 miles in a straight line from our only base at Brent Cross, NW2. We give you an arrival time when you call.
HP9: Old Town, New Town, Holtspur, Knotty Green
The M40 meets the town at junction 2. If a tyre goes on the motorway, the Highway Code says to leave at the next exit or pull into a service area if you can do so safely. If you have to stop on the hard shoulder or in an emergency area, get out on the side away from the traffic, wait behind the barrier and call National Highways on 0300 123 5000, or 999 if anyone is in danger.
We never work on the carriageway of a motorway or main road, on a hard shoulder, in a smart motorway emergency area or on a slip road. Once the car is off the motorway we can meet you on a side road, or in the car park at Beaconsfield services by junction 2 if the operator allows it.
On the A40 and the A355, pull into a side road or a car park before stopping if the tyre lets you do that slowly and safely; the fitter cannot work in a live traffic lane. If the car is unsafe where it is, your breakdown cover may reach you sooner.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Postcode district | HP9 |
| Main roads | M40 junction 2, A40, A355 |
| Stations | The town's own station, Seer Green and Jordans |
| Distance from our base | About 18 miles (straight line) |
| Postcode districts | HP9 |
|---|---|
| Areas | Old Town, New Town, Holtspur, Knotty Green, Forty Green, Seer Green, Jordans, Wilton Park |
| Landmarks | Beaconsfield station, Beaconsfield services (M40 J2), Bekonscot Model Village, Beaconsfield Old Town |
| Distance from our base | About 18 miles in a straight line from Brent Cross, NW2 |
The fitter brings the tools to the car, so there is no need to drive on a damaged tyre to a garage.
The fitter brings the new tyre to your home, your workplace or a safe place to park, fits it, balances the wheel and sets the pressure.
Tell us the size from the sidewall and we can talk through budget, mid-range and premium options for it.
A nail or screw in the main tread can often be repaired. The fitter takes the tyre off the rim and looks at the inside before deciding, because a small hole can hide bigger damage.
Damage in the shoulder or the sidewall, or a tyre that has been driven flat, cannot be repaired safely, and you are told why before anything else is done.
A flat tyre does not always mean a new tyre. Whether it can be repaired depends on where the damage is and how far the car was driven flat.
If the spare is missing, flat or a space saver you would rather not rely on, the repair or the new tyre is brought to the car.
A burst tyre, a bulge in the sidewall or a deep cut from a kerb or pothole cannot be repaired. The fitter replaces the tyre at the car and checks the wheel while the tyre is off.
Send a photo of the damage and the size on the sidewall so the right replacement can be found.
We work evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays when the diary allows, at the same price as a weekday job.
Out of normal working hours, where the car waits matters more: somewhere lit, legally parked and away from passing traffic.
Lost, broken or rounded key? The nuts are removed at the car with extraction sockets made for locking nuts.
Plain nuts or a new locking set go back on, and the tyre can be sorted on the same visit.
A vibration through the steering wheel at a steady speed is often a wheel out of balance. Balancing spins the wheel and adds small weights to even it out.
A wheel is balanced each time a new tyre is fitted to it, and it can be done on its own when a weight has come off.
Van tyres carry heavier loads and are marked with a C after the rim size and a higher load index. The replacement has to match both.
Fitting at a yard, a business car park or the kerb outside the job keeps the van working.
Run-flats keep the car moving for a limited distance after losing pressure, but they still need sorting properly afterwards.
The correct run-flat is sourced for your car, including maker-approved fitments, and fitted at the car.
We fit tyres only. We do not sell part-worn tyres and we do not do batteries, brakes or wheel alignment.
Call or WhatsApp with where the car is, the registration and the tyre size from the sidewall.
You hear what the job involves and the options for your car. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
The fitter comes to your home, your workplace or a safe place to park, raises the car on a jack and does the job beside it.
Before the fitter leaves, the wheel is checked for security and the tyre pressure is set to the maker's figure.
The size is the string of figures on the tyre wall, such as 205/55 R16 91V. The first number is the width in millimetres, the second is the sidewall height as a percentage of that width, R means radial construction and the last number is the rim diameter in inches.
The part after the size, 91V in that example, is the load index and speed rating. A replacement should match or exceed both, and the two tyres on one axle should be the same size and pattern.
Tyres fall roughly into three tiers. Premium brands usually stop shorter in the wet and often last longer; budget tyres cost less up front but vary more in quality.
The label on most new car tyres grades wet grip, fuel efficiency and outside noise, which is a fairer guide than the brand name alone. For a car doing high mileage or plenty of motorway driving, look at the wet grip grade first.
BS AU 159 is the British Standard for repairing car and van tyres. For car tyres it allows a repair only in the central part of the tread, known as the minor repair area, and only for damage up to 6 mm across. How wide that area is depends on the tyre.
Anything in the outer shoulder or the sidewall is outside the repair zone, because those parts flex too much for a patch to hold. Two repairs too close together, or an earlier poor repair, also rule a repair out.
Nobody can promise a repair over the phone. The decision is made with the tyre off the rim, against the limits in the standard and the tyre maker's own guidance.
If the damage rules out a repair, you are told why before anything else is done. Common sizes are often on the van; other sizes are sourced for the job.
The fitter needs a safe, level spot beside the car with room to jack it up: a driveway, a quiet side street, a parking bay or a car park where the owner allows it. On a narrow lane with no verge or lay-by, tell us when you call so we can plan where the van will stop.
Private car parks need the permission of whoever runs them before we can work there. That applies to the car parks at the town's station, at Seer Green and Jordans station and at Bekonscot Model Village as much as to any retail car park. If you are parked in one, say so, and check any time limit on your ticket.
“Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away.”
“I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price.”
“Fast and reliable.”
There is no fixed figure that suits every car, so the price is built from a few things and told to you before you decide.
The price is given on the call. The price is the same at any hour. Asking for a price does not commit you to anything.
When you compare prices, compare like with like: the same brand and pattern, the same load index and speed rating, and whether balancing and a new valve are part of the job.
Cars and light vans need at least 1.6 mm of tread across the central three-quarters of the tyre, around the whole circumference.
For a car, each illegal tyre can bring a fine of up to £2,500 and three penalty points; the maximum fine for a van is higher.
Push a 20p coin into the main grooves at several points around the tyre. If the outer band of the coin is visible, the tread may be close to the limit and should be measured properly.
A tyre is also illegal with a cut longer than 25 mm or a tenth of its section width, whichever is greater, that reaches the ply or cord, a lump or bulge, exposed cords, or the wrong size or type for the car.
The last four digits of the DOT code on the sidewall give the week and year of manufacture, so 2319 means the 23rd week of 2019.
Rubber hardens and cracks with age even on a tyre that has done few miles, and many tyre makers advise replacing any tyre ten years old or more.
Sources: the tread and tyre rules are in the Highway Code, annex 6 on GOV.UK; TyreSafe publishes tyre safety advice.
If the car stops on one of the roads below and can still be driven safely, leave at the next exit or turn into a side street, then call:
We cover the Old Town along the A40 and the New Town around the station, Holtspur, Wilton Park, Knotty Green and Forty Green, and Seer Green and Jordans to the east. Beyond them we go out to Penn, Wooburn Green, Loudwater, Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter, Farnham Common and Stoke Poges. Further out, the call is where we confirm whether a van can reach you and when.
Industrial and trade sites on the way to High Wycombe, such as the Knaves Beech and Tannery Road estates, are private ground, so check with the site before booking a fitter there.
Rescue Tyres is a mobile service run from one base at Brent Cross, London NW2. The map shows the Beaconsfield area so you can check where your car is: it is not an address of ours.
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Tell us where the car is, the tyre size and what has happened, and the options are explained on the call.
