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Mobile tyre fitting
in Friar Park.
Friar Park is the housing estate between Wednesbury and West Bromwich in Sandwell, reached off the A4031 Walsall Road. Rescue Tyres visits Friar Park homes, setting up on the drive or at the kerb outside, fitting kit in the van.
A fitter at your car
in Friar Park.
Friar Park is mostly homes, so the typical call is a car on its own drive with a flat that appeared overnight. The A4031 Walsall Road runs along the edge of the estate and is the way most residents come and go, towards West Bromwich in one direction and Walsall in the other. A screw collected there rarely announces itself until the morning. Give the tyre size and say whether your postcode starts WS10 or B71, and the right tyre is sourced before anyone travels.
| Postcode districts | WS10, B71 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Walsall Road (A4031); West Bromwich Road (A4031) |
| Nearest stations | Tame Bridge Parkway (National Rail), Bescot Stadium (National Rail), Wednesbury, Great Western Street (West Midlands Metro) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 9 (Wednesbury Interchange), about 1.0 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Broadwalk Retail Park, Gallagher Shopping Park, Bridge Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 101 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Wednesbury |
Tyre work in Friar Park.
Friar Park jobs are mostly family cars. A worn or damaged tyre gets swapped for a new one bought in at the size its sidewall gives, then fitted and balanced outside the house. When a nail has pierced the tread, the tyre comes off so its inner liner can be checked, and a repair follows only when that damage passes the BS AU 159 tests on size and position. Bursts mean a new tyre. Seized or keyless locking nuts come off without harming the wheel. Night callouts are covered too.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive is the easy option on the estate, and a legal street space with room round the wheel works too. The Bescot Stadium station car park is public and within reach of any Friar Park car still able to crawl, which makes it a good meeting point. The Food Warehouse car park is for customers, so ask first. Industrial yards suit vans with the site's permission. The A4031 carriageway never becomes a working area, day or night.
The estate straddles two postcode districts, WS10 on the Wednesbury side and B71 towards Stone Cross, so on this estate a postcode tells the fitter more than any street name. Friar Park calls arrive from the estate roads themselves, from The Woods and Mesty Croft nearby, and from Hall Green across Walsall Road. Vans ring from the Wednesbury Trading Estate and Bridge Business Park. Many houses have their own drive, and where there is only street parking the fitter needs enough room beside the wheel to work safely. Walsall Road carries through traffic, meaning any Friar Park car with a flat should leave it before anything happens. Sandwell has no clean-air charge, which leaves nothing to worry about when moving a car a few streets.

24 hours in Friar Park.
Evening and night calls from Friar Park usually come from people who parked up fine and came back to a flat, or who rely on the car for an early shift. Any hour, somebody lifts the phone, takes the size and postcode, and you hear what the job will come to before a fitter is booked.
What drivers say.
"After damaging my tyre on a pothole I found myself in an unfamiliar area. Within 20 minutes of calling Rescue Tyres they came to my rescue. Wholeheartedly recommend."
Questions from Friar Park.
Which Friar Park is this page about?
Can the tyre be changed in the Bescot Stadium station car park?
I only have street parking outside my house. Is that enough?
How far away is the van coming from to get to Friar Park?
Around Friar Park.
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Estate drives, Walsall Road, the Bescot Stadium station car park: Friar Park cars get the fitter sent to them.
