★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
Coldblow, Greater London · DA5 and DA2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Coldblow.
Coldblow sits on the lip of the A2 at the eastern edge of Bexley, where Dartford Road and Old Bexley Lane carry the A2018 towards Crayford. Rescue Tyres brings the tyre to the vehicle and fits it there.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Coldblow?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Coldblow.
Most of the damage around here traces back to the A2. Rochester Way and the Dartford Bypass pass close to the houses, and whatever gets shed on that carriageway works onto the local roads soon enough. A trunk road at that speed is not somewhere to change a wheel. Leave it at the Black Prince or the Bexley exits, get onto Old Bexley Lane or Dartford Road, and call from there with the DA5 postcode and the size off the sidewall.
| Postcode districts | DA5, DA2, DA1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Rochester Way (A2); Dartford Bypass (A2); Dartford Road (A2018); Old Bexley Lane (A2018) |
| Nearest stations | Bexley (National Rail), Crayford (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Tower Retail Park, Dartford Heath Retail Park, Old Bexley Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 19 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bexley |
What we do in Coldblow
Tyre work in Coldblow.
Vans and cars get the same treatment at the same address. A tyre is supplied to match the code found on the one being removed, load index included, which matters on a working vehicle, and the choice runs from budget through mid-range to premium in run-flat, SUV, van, EV, performance, winter and all-season fitments. Tread punctures are put right to BS AU 159 after the casing has come off the rim for an internal look. A shredded tyre is replaced and the wheel checked. Locking nuts come off keyless, at any hour of the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Coldblow
Drives, bays and car parks.
Yards take the commercial work, and there is plenty of hard standing at Bourne Industrial Park and around the Crayford estates once a site knows a fitter is expected. Domestic jobs happen on the drive. Tower Retail Park and Dartford Heath Retail Park are private car parks run for shoppers, so anything arranged on them is between you and the operator. Coldblow itself has no public car park, which makes an address better than a meeting point. Bourne Road and Southwold Road are too narrow at the edges to work on safely.
Coldblow is small and the addresses around it are mixed. Houses along Dartford Road and Vicarage Road, the lanes out towards Maypole and Joydens Wood, and a heavy concentration of working vehicles at Bourne Industrial Park, the Crayford Industrial Estate and Tower Industrial Estate a little beyond. Drives and yards cover nearly all of it. The A2 is absolutely out, on the carriageway and on its slip roads both, and Gravel Hill on the A220 is too steep and too busy to be sensible. One quirk matters more here than in most places: the clean air boundary runs close by. DA5 is inside Greater London and charged round the clock, while a Dartford address the other side of the line is outside. A car standing still pays nothing either way.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Coldblow.
Commercial traffic on this side of the borough moves early and late, so calls after dark are common: a driver loading at a unit, or somebody home off the A2 with a tyre losing air on the drive. The call is answered whenever it comes, the cost is agreed on it, and payment follows once the job is done.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"I called out for a mobile repair. The service was quick and quite reasonably priced. Would recommend."
ADAjith Das MenonGoogle review
Coldblow FAQs
Questions from Coldblow.
Is Coldblow inside the clean air zone, or does the boundary miss it?
DA5 is Greater London, so the zone covers it at all hours, charging non-compliant vehicles that are being driven. Cross the line into Dartford and you are outside it. A car parked up while a wheel is off is charged nothing on either side of the boundary.
A tyre blew on the A2 near Coldblow. Where can you meet me?
Not on the trunk road, and not on a slip road either. Come off towards Old Bexley Lane or Dartford Road and halt where nothing is passing close by. A car that will not roll, with you exposed beside it, is a 999 call first, then National Highways on 0300 123 5000.
Could tyres be changed at a unit on Bourne Industrial Park?
An industrial yard is the easiest surface there is: flat, off the public road and wide enough for a van to stand beside a van. Clear the visit with the site first. Several vehicles at one address can be handled on the same trip.
Is there public parking in Coldblow where the car could be worked on?
None exists in Coldblow itself, and the retail parks nearby are privately managed for shoppers rather than open ground. In practice that is no obstacle, because the work goes on a drive or on hard standing at a unit. Give the address when you ring.
Nearby
Around Coldblow.
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Old Bexley Lane, Bourne Industrial Park or a drive off Dartford Road: the fitter attends the vehicle there.