★★★★★
"Very quick and efficient service."
LMLynn MillbournGoogle review
Crystal Palace, Greater London · SE19 and SE20
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Crystal Palace.
Three postcode districts meet at Crystal Palace, SE19, SE20 and SE26, with the Parade along the top of the ridge and the station down Anerley Hill. Rescue Tyres loads the right tyre and fitting kit and meets the car on the spot.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Crystal Palace?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Crystal Palace.
The awkward bit about Crystal Palace is not the tyre, it is where to put the car while the work happens. The triangle of Westow Hill, Westow Street and Church Road is shop frontage and restricted parking, the Parade is a through route with the park on one side, and the residential roads behind fill up early. So the flat gets discovered in a bay, and that is exactly where the wheel comes off, with the van pulled in behind and the bay left as it was.
| Postcode districts | SE19, SE20, SE26 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Anerley Hill (A214); Anerley Road (A214); Crystal Palace Parade (A212); Westow Hill (A214) |
| Nearest stations | Crystal Palace (National Rail;London Overground), Penge West (National Rail;London Overground), Anerley (National Rail;London Overground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Hamilton Road Industrial Estate, Franklin Industrial Estate, Clyde Vale Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 13 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bromley |
What we do in Crystal Palace
Tyre work in Crystal Palace.
What comes out of the van at Crystal Palace covers nearly everything: a replacement matching what the car wears, budget, mid-range or premium, including run-flat, EV, van and 4x4 fitments; a puncture mended under BS AU 159 once the inside of the casing has been looked over; an emergency change following a blowout or a kerb strike; and a locking nut taken off when its key has gone missing. The line takes callouts at any hour, every day of the week.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Crystal Palace
Drives, bays and car parks.
Behind the shopping streets there are older roads with drives, and a drive is the easiest job of the lot. Everything else is bay work: resident bays, pay-by-phone bays and a few free stretches on quieter roads, all of which suit a fitter with a van that can stop behind. Supermarket car parks are possible with the store's say-so. The Parade, the bus stands and the shop frontage on Westow Street are the places not to leave a car with a wheel off.
The district is cut up by borough and postcode lines: the centre belongs to Bromley, Upper Norwood in Croydon starts a few streets west, Gipsy Hill in Lambeth is barely over half a mile off, and addresses here come as SE19, SE20 or SE26. Give the full postcode and the road and none of that matters. Calls arrive from the streets off Westow Hill and Church Road, from the roads dropping down College Road and Dulwich Wood Park towards Dulwich, and from drivers who have come off Anerley Hill by the station. Crystal Palace Parade and the A214 through the middle carry buses and through traffic, so they are for moving on, not for stopping.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Crystal Palace.
Late calls here come from people coming home to the streets off Westow Hill and finding a flat by the car, and from shift workers across SE19 and SE26. The line does not close overnight, and what it will cost is settled before anyone drives out.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
Crystal Palace FAQs
Questions from Crystal Palace.
Which borough is Crystal Palace in for a callout?
The centre falls in Bromley, with Croydon and Lambeth both within a few streets, and the postcodes run SE19, SE20 and SE26. To us it makes no difference. The full postcode and the road name are what get the van to the right place.
Can you fit a tyre in the station car park at Crystal Palace?
Station parking belongs to the operator, so it depends on whether they mind a wheel coming off on their land. Where they do, the roads off Anerley Hill or Church Road are close enough to roll to, and the fitter meets you there.
Is there anywhere to work on a car on Crystal Palace Parade?
The Parade is a through route with bus traffic and is no place to leave a car lifted. Take the first turning into the residential streets behind Westow Hill or Church Road, then ring 07473 720871 with the road you have stopped in.
Can a kerbed tyre be repaired instead of replaced?
Not when the damage is in the sidewall or the bead. Repairs are only permitted in the tread, and a kerb strike on the climbs around here usually lands outside that. The fitter inspects the tyre off the rim and tells you which it is.
Nearby
Around Crystal Palace.
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Westow Hill, the Parade or a drive off Church Road: the tyre is changed where the car is.