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Mobile tyre fitting
in Belvedere.
Belvedere divides in two. Upper Belvedere holds the hillside streets off Picardy Road, Lower Belvedere the flat ground and the works along the A2016. A fitting van reaches both, and the tyre is put on where the car already sits.
A fitter at your car
in Belvedere.
Where a Belvedere tyre gives up says a lot about which half of DA17 you are in. On the slope it is kerb work, tight turnings and awkward parking on a camber taking the edge off a sidewall. Down on the level it is industrial traffic off Bronze Age Way and Picardy Manorway, where whatever drops from a lorry finds the tread of the next thing along. The wheel comes off at the address in both cases, with a matching tyre brought out to meet it.
| Postcode districts | DA17, DA8 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Erith Road (A206); Picardy Manorway (A2016); Fraser Road (A206); Bronze Age Way (A2016) |
| Nearest stations | Belvedere (National Rail), Erith (National Rail), Abbey Wood (National Rail;Elizabeth line) |
| Estates and parks nearby | ISIS Reach Industrial Estate, Europa Trading Estate, Hamlet International Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 17 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bexley |
Tyre work in Belvedere.
Belvedere work runs from one tyre on a hatchback to a pair on a works van. The cover is chosen off the size and load index marked on the sidewall and brought out on board. A puncture leaves the rim first, because the inside of a casing shows what the tread hides, and BS AU 159 then settles whether a patch and plug may go in. Anything burst, or run along on no air, is replaced outright. Locking nuts are drawn off once their key has gone.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives are common in DA17 and they beat everything else going. A resident bay does just as well when there is room behind the car for the van. Yards on the industrial estates are fine with the site's say-so, and the Asda parking offers a car that still drives level ground and space to open a boot. Belvedere has no public town car park worth naming, so a home, a workplace or a supermarket bay covers it. Verges and grass are unusable: a jack wants something solid beneath it.
The calls divide neatly. Upper Belvedere and Lessness Heath ring about family cars on drives and on the narrower turnings off Gilbert Road and Abbey Road. Lower Belvedere and the estates around Fairview Industrial Park and ISIS Reach Industrial Estate ring about working vehicles sitting flat in a yard with a day's jobs waiting. Both are straightforward. The A2016 is not, whether the signs read Eastern Way or Bronze Age Way: it is a dual carriageway built to keep traffic moving, and a car up on a jack has no place beside it. Belvedere lies within the ULEZ as the whole of Bexley does, and a car standing still while it is worked on pays none of it.

24 hours in Belvedere.
Late calls arrive from two directions here: householders in Upper Belvedere who notice a flat while parking for the night, and drivers loading at the riverside estates before daybreak. Both get one answer. The line stays open every night of the week, the tyre travels out to the vehicle, and the cost is settled on the phone first.
What drivers say.
"A pleasure having them come down and save me. Big shout out to Hiwad, really responsive, recommend him to anybody."
Questions from Belvedere.
Do you cover both Upper and Lower Belvedere?
Can you fit tyres in the Asda car park at Belvedere?
A van on the ISIS Reach Industrial Estate has a flat. What do you need?
Something punctured my tyre on Picardy Manorway. What now?
Around Belvedere.
Stuck in Belvedere? Call now.
Picardy Road, the ISIS Reach estate or an Upper Belvedere drive, and the wheel comes off there.
