Mobile tyre fitting
in Berry's Green.

A fitter at your car
in Berry's Green.

One thing to settle before anything else: addresses at Berry's Green fall into TN16, TN14 or BR6 depending on which lane you are on, so the postcode does more work than the place name. After that it is straightforward. A tyre that has gone down in a lane, a yard or on a drive is dealt with where it is, because taking it anywhere means crawling on a deflated wheel out to the A233 and well beyond.

Drives, bays and car parks.

Solid level ground is the requirement, and most properties out this way have it, whether that is a drive, a concrete yard or a gateway with hardcore under it. Grass, mud and loose gravel cause the trouble, because a jack needs something that will not give way under load. A lane serves if there is a pull-in and the van can shield the working side. Where nothing suits, the car is better brought down to the A233 end and onto a proper surface.

Calls come from the houses and yards around the green itself, from the lanes towards Cudham, Luxted and Single Street, and from the working vehicles that use them. There is no kerbside parking to speak of and no permit bay anywhere: it is drives, gateways and yards, which suits the job wherever the ground is level and solid. The lanes are narrow enough that a van and a car on a jack have to be placed with care, ideally where there is a pull-in. The Old Jail and the Blacksmith's Arms have car parks that make obvious meeting points where whoever runs them agrees. Bromley reaches this far into the countryside, so the ULEZ reaches here too.