★★★★★
"Fast and great service! Thanks for the Friday night rescue."
LBLewis BourneGoogle review
Friern Barnet, Greater London · N11 and N12
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Friern Barnet.
Friern Barnet Road and Woodhouse Road are the same A1003 running through the middle of the district, and almost every job here starts within a few streets of it. Rescue Tyres brings tyre and kit to the vehicle, wherever it is standing.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Friern Barnet?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Friern Barnet.
Addresses in Friern Barnet fall either side of a postcode line, some in N11 and some in N12, so the district alone does not tell a fitter much: the full code does. After that it is the tyre: a screw picked up on Kingsway, a rim kerbed turning into a narrow entrance, a valve that has given up on a car left standing since the weekend. None of it needs the car moved. The fitter works at the address with the size already loaded.
| Postcode districts | N11, N12 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Pinkham Way (A406); North Circular Road (A406); Friern Barnet Road (A1003); Woodhouse Road (A1003) |
| Nearest stations | New Southgate (National Rail), Arnos Grove (London Underground), Woodside Park (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Friern Bridge Retail Park, Brunswick Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 4 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Barnet |
What we do in Friern Barnet
Tyre work in Friern Barnet.
New tyres go on at the address, ordered against what the sidewall stamps say about size, load index and speed rating. A puncture that entered through the tread band, no wider than six millimetres and not run on while flat, comes off the rim and is mended internally to BS AU 159 instead of being plugged from the road side. Tyres that have let go completely are replaced and the rim examined for damage. Locking nuts that have rounded off come out with a removal socket, and somebody takes callouts day and night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Friern Barnet
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives first, and there are plenty of them in the streets off Woodhouse Road. Where a house has none, the fitter works at the kerb on a quiet road, with the car pulled in clear of the junction and the affected wheel on the pavement side if that can be arranged. Woodhouse Road Car Park and Castle Road Car Park cover anyone who has managed to drive off the street. The bays at the retail park and the supermarkets belong to their owners, not to the public.
The bulk of the work sits in the grid between Friern Barnet Road and Brunswick Park Road, where interwar semis mostly come with a drive, and in the flats nearer Betstyle Circus, where they do not. Oakleigh Road South and Station Road take traffic across towards New Southgate, and a car stopped on either of them is in the way rather than out of it. The North Circular is half a mile off at Pinkham Way; drivers who limp back from it usually stop in the first quiet turning, which is the sensible instinct. Brunswick Industrial Estate supplies the other sort of call, vans and pickups that can be worked on in their own yard.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Friern Barnet.
Nights in Friern Barnet are quiet, and the late calls match that: somebody home to N11 whose tyre has been going soft all evening, or a driver who walks out before dawn and finds one flat. Ring whatever the hour and it is answered. Tyres are matched to the sidewall and the cost agreed before you hang up.
Google reviews
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."
DSDaniella SaccoGoogle review
Friern Barnet FAQs
Questions from Friern Barnet.
Is Friern Barnet in N11 or N12?
Both districts are in use here, and which one an address falls in depends on the street rather than on the area name. Give the fitter your postcode in full when you ring, and the right half of the district gets the visit without a second phone call.
Can a wheel be changed on the street outside my house?
That is how most of these jobs go. The vehicle does not move from its space, the fitter works out of the van at the kerb, and the only request is that it is clear of a bend and not blocking somebody else's dropped kerb.
Do you cover the businesses on Brunswick Industrial Estate?
Light commercials and vans are dealt with on the estate's own yard, which is usually the easiest surface of the lot. Tell us the vehicle and the size on the tyre, and whether more than one wheel needs doing, so the van carries enough stock for the visit.
Will the ULEZ charge apply if I drive to a tyre place instead?
Friern Barnet sits inside the zone like the rest of Greater London, so an older vehicle driven anywhere in it pays for the day. A car sitting at the kerb with a wheel off attracts no charge whatsoever, which is one reason people have the work done at home.
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Around Friern Barnet.
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Woodhouse Road, Kingsway or a drive in N11: the van brings the tyre to the vehicle.