★★★★★
"Excellent service from start to finish. He came out quickly to help my mum change her tyre and was extremely friendly."
EHEllie-Mai HalesGoogle review
Charing Cross, Greater London, near Westminster · WC2N and WC2R
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Charing Cross.
Charing Cross sits where the Strand meets Trafalgar Square, with the Victoria Embankment running along the river below it. Rescue Tyres works at the car in WC2N and WC2R, on a bay or in a car park, never on the through roads.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Charing Cross?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Charing Cross.
Traffic through here is nearly all traffic passing through: cabs and private hire working the station, cars coming off Waterloo Bridge, vans making for the Embankment. A tyre that fails on that sort of run tends to fail where stopping is forbidden, and that is the whole problem. The drill is to get off Northumberland Avenue or the Strand into a turning, park somewhere the car can sit still, then ring in with the size from the sidewall and the name of the street.
| Postcode districts | WC2N, WC2R, WC2E, SE1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Victoria Embankment (A3211); Waterloo Bridge (A301); Strand Underpass (A4200); Strand (A4) |
| Nearest stations | Embankment (London Underground), Charing Cross (London Underground), Temple (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate |
| 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 Westminster |
What we do in Charing Cross
Tyre work in Charing Cross.
Working drivers want the car back out earning, so the sidewall size is read out during the call itself and the correct tyre travels with the fitter, fitted and balanced at the kerb. Punctures go back to the rim and are repaired internally where the damage falls inside what BS AU 159 allows, and turned down where it does not. When a tyre has burst it is swapped out, the rim looked at as the wheel comes apart. Keys for locking nuts go missing constantly, and the nut comes off anyway. The callout line runs all night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Charing Cross
Drives, bays and car parks.
A metered bay on one of the streets behind the Strand is the usual working spot, the car parked square to the kerb. An office basement beats it where the ramp will admit a van. Over the river, the Waterloo station car park and the Upper Marsh parking take a car that still drives and leave space around the bays. What will not do is the Embankment, the bridge itself, or the drop-off lane at the station, where traffic never stops moving and a jack has nowhere to go.
Callers divide neatly here. There are working drivers around the station, waiting on ranks and side streets between the Strand and Northumberland Avenue. There are office cars in basements on the WC2N blocks. And there is the SE1 side, because this postcode reaches over the water towards Waterloo, where the station car park and the parking at Upper Marsh give more elbow room than anything on the north bank. Nothing can be done on the Victoria Embankment, on Waterloo Bridge, on Lancaster Place or inside the Strand Underpass, all built for moving traffic. Trafalgar Square is no better. The area lies within the ULEZ and the Congestion Charge zone, which bill vehicles in motion.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Charing Cross.
This is a late part of town and the calls reflect it. Private hire drivers find a soft tyre between jobs, and people off the last train walk up to a car with one corner down. Somebody answers whatever o'clock it happens to be, and the size and the figure are both agreed on that first call.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
Charing Cross FAQs
Questions from Charing Cross.
Can you meet me on the taxi rank at the station?
Not on the rank itself, which has to keep turning over. A side street off Northumberland Avenue or behind the Strand is the sensible alternative, near enough to walk and quiet enough for a wheel to come off without anybody standing out in traffic.
My car is on the Waterloo side in SE1. Is that covered?
That bank of the river falls inside this patch. The Waterloo station car park and the Upper Marsh parking both suit the work, and there is a good deal more room over there than anywhere near Trafalgar Square. Give the level and the space.
The tyre went flat inside the Strand Underpass. What should I do?
Keep moving out of it while the car will still roll, then pull into the first legal space beyond. An underpass has no verge, poor light to work under and no room to pass a stopped vehicle. Should the car refuse to move, 999 is the call to make.
Is a slow puncture worth mending on a car that sits all day?
Often it is. A nail that stayed put and kept the tyre sealed will usually come out to a proper internal repair, so long as it sits within the tread's central band and nobody has driven the car along on a flat.
Nearby
Around Charing Cross.
Charing Cross · standing by
Stuck in Charing Cross? Call now.
Northumberland Avenue, the streets behind Embankment or the Waterloo car park: the van comes to you.