★★★★★
"Faultless experience. Great communication, attitude and service."
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Coombe, Greater London, near Croydon · CR0 and CR2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Coombe.
Coombe in Croydon is the climb between Park Hill Road and Lloyd Park, with Coombe Road carrying the A212 up from the town. Rescue Tyres works at the address itself, so a car sitting on that hill need not be driven anywhere.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Coombe?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Coombe.
Coombe Road is the road that defines this place, and it is a gradient. A tyre already losing air will go properly flat on the pull up from the town centre, which is why so many CR0 and CR2 calls from here describe a car abandoned part way home. Addiscombe Road and Shirley Road bring the other traffic across the top. Between them they supply the nails, and the kerbs on the narrower turnings off Park Hill Road supply the sidewall damage.
| Postcode districts | CR0, CR2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Addiscombe Road (A232); Chepstow Road (A232); Fairfield Road (A232); Shirley Road (A232) |
| Nearest stations | Lloyd Park (London Trams), Sandilands (London Trams), Coombe Lane (London Trams) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Twin Bridges Business Park, Pilton Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 16 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Croydon |
What we do in Coombe
Tyre work in Coombe.
A Coombe job is usually one wheel rather than four. New tyres arrive in the size read off the car, from budget to premium, and the old one leaves with the van. A puncture in the tread band, within the six millimetre limit, is repaired from the inside of the casing as BS AU 159 requires. A tyre that has failed on the hill is replaced on the spot. A locking nut that has rounded off, which happens often enough on cars parked half on a kerb, is removed with the right socket. Calls are answered day and night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Coombe
Drives, bays and car parks.
Driveways are the best of it here, particularly the deeper ones on the upper roads where the van can get off the carriageway entirely. On a slope the car is chocked and the flattest available strip used. Narrow kerbside spots nearer East Croydon work when the affected wheel is on the pavement side. The A212 itself, the A232 and the tram tracks are all out, and neither Lloyd Park nor the sports club car park is ours to use without the operator's say-so.
The character of this hillside decides how a job is done. Large frontages and in and out drives are common on the roads above Coombe Road, and they suit a wheel change provided there is a level section rather than a slope to the gate. Closer to the town the streets narrow and parking tightens, and a car may have to be worked on from the road side with the van shielding it. Lloyd Park has its own car park and Whitgift Sports Club another, both in somebody else's hands. Coombe Road and the A232 carry too much traffic to work on. Trams at Lloyd Park, Sandilands and Coombe Lane are walk-up stops with no parking attached. The whole hill is inside the ULEZ every day, and nothing is charged to a car that stays parked while the work happens.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Coombe.
Late trains into East Croydon and the last trams past Sandilands are what generate the night calls from this hill. Somebody walks back to a car left on Park Hill Road and finds it sitting on the rim. The number is answered, the price agreed, and a fitter is on the way.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Coombe FAQs
Questions from Coombe.
Which Coombe is this page about?
The Croydon one, on the A212 Coombe Road between Park Hill Road and Lloyd Park, in CR0 and CR2. Several places around the country share the name, so quoting the postcode when you book keeps the booking pointed at the right hill.
My car stopped part way up Coombe Road. Can it be done there?
Coombe Road carries the A212 and is not a safe place to raise a car. Roll it into the first residential turning off Park Hill Road or South Park Hill Road if it will still move, then ring us with the location and what the sidewall reads.
Can you fit a tyre in the Lloyd Park car park?
That car park is run by its own operator, so permission has to come from them first. In practice the drives on the roads above it are easier, and a fitter would rather work on your own frontage than in a public bay with a camera on it.
Is a steep driveway safe for changing a wheel?
It depends on the drive. The fitter looks for the flattest section, chocks the wheels staying on the ground and works across the car rather than along it. If nothing on the drive suits, a level piece of the street outside is used instead.
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Around Coombe.
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Coombe Road, the Lloyd Park tram or a drive off Park Hill Road: the wheel is changed at your address.