★★★★★
"Very quick and efficient service."
LMLynn MillbournGoogle review
Brompton, Greater London, near Kensington and Chelsea · SW3 and SW7
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Brompton.
This Brompton is the SW3 and SW7 one, the stretch between South Kensington station and Knightsbridge where the A4 becomes Brompton Road. Rescue Tyres reaches the car with the right tyre aboard, be it in a bay, a mews or a basement.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Brompton?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Brompton.
Most of what goes wrong here involves a low profile tyre on a wide alloy. The A4 comes through as Brompton Road and Cromwell Gardens, and the turnings off it, Thurloe Place and Old Brompton Road among them, are narrow enough that a wheel finds a granite kerb at walking pace. The rest is pressure loss noticed in the morning on a resident bay. Read the full marking off the sidewall on the phone; the right tyre then travels out with the van.
| Postcode districts | SW3, SW7 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Brompton Road (A4); Cromwell Gardens (A4); Cromwell Road (A4); Knightsbridge (A4) |
| Nearest stations | South Kensington (London Underground), Sloane Square (London Underground), Knightsbridge (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Brompton Cross District Shopping Centre., Parkfield Industrial Estate, Steel Works |
| Distance from our base | about 6 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Kensington and Chelsea |
What we do in Brompton
Tyre work in Brompton.
A replacement is ordered to the exact marking, budget through to premium, with run flat, extra load and EV sizes ordinary here. A screw caught in the tread comes out with the tyre off the rim, inspected from inside and patch plugged to BS AU 159 when the damage sits within that standard. A burst or a split sidewall becomes a new tyre, the rim checked for cracks first. Keyless locking nuts are wound off leaving the alloy finish untouched. The line is answered through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Brompton
Drives, bays and car parks.
Off street parking is rare in this corner, so the usual surface is the bay the car already occupies, topped up on the app for as long as the job takes. A mews gives more room and no meter. Sydney Street car park and the NCP under Pavilion Road are both public and level, which suits a car that still drives. The Serpentine car park in Hyde Park is another option from the Knightsbridge end. What will not do is the A4 kerbside or a loading bay on Thurloe Place.
Calls come off the garden squares and mews between Fulham Road and Brompton Road, from the flats around South Kensington station, and from Hans Town and the Knightsbridge side. Brompton Road and Cromwell Road are the A4 and carry red route restrictions, so nothing happens at the kerb there; the car must be sitting in a bay or off the street first. Most of SW3 and SW7 is resident or pay by phone bay, and that is workable as long as the permit on display belongs to the zone and nobody has suspended the bay. A mews is better again, and an underground car park works once the porter is expecting a van. Every street here sits inside the ULEZ, which runs at all hours, though a parked car having a wheel off is charged nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Brompton.
After dark the calls from SW3 and SW7 tend to come from porters: a car two floors down in a basement with one tyre flat, and a resident who wants it sorted before morning. Somebody answers whatever the hour, the size is confirmed off the sidewall photo, and both figures, tyre and visit, are settled inside that same conversation.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
Brompton FAQs
Questions from Brompton.
Which Brompton does this page cover?
The London one, in SW3 and SW7 between South Kensington station and Knightsbridge, where the A4 runs as Brompton Road. There are other places with this name elsewhere in the country. Rescue Tyres covers this one, working at the car anywhere from Thurloe Place to the Fulham Road end.
My car is on a resident bay in SW3. Can the wheel come off there?
That is where a good share of this work happens. Provided the permit on show belongs to that zone and the bay has not been suspended, the fitter sets up beside the car and takes the wheel off there. Not on the red route stretch of Brompton Road or Cromwell Road, though, where stopping is out.
Can a van get into an underground car park off Brompton Road?
Headroom decides it. Give the building name and the height limit on the barrier sign, and let the porter know a tyre van is coming in. Where the clearance is short, bring the car up to street level, or round to the NCP car park on Pavilion Road.
Does Brompton sit inside the Congestion Charge zone?
It does not. The charging zone stops to the east at Park Lane and Grosvenor Place, so SW3 and SW7 are outside it. The ULEZ is the one that covers every street here, around the clock, and it applies to vehicles being driven rather than a car parked for a tyre change.
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Around Brompton.
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From Thurloe Place to the mews off Fulham Road and the bays of SW3, the fitter comes to the car.