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Gun Quarter, West Midlands · B4 and B3
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Gun Quarter.
The Gun Quarter sits just behind Birmingham Snow Hill, hemmed in by the A38 St Chads Queensway and the A34 at New Town Row. Rescue Tyres sends a fitter to whichever yard, bay or car park the car or van ended up in.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Gun Quarter?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Gun Quarter.
Most calls from the Gun Quarter come from working vehicles. The streets here are lined with small industrial units, and a van that stands on a yard among offcuts and fixings can pick up a screw without anyone noticing until the pressure warning lights up. Cars make up the rest: people who parked near Snow Hill for the train and came back to a soft tyre. Either way, the call needs three things: what the sidewall says, where the vehicle is, and whether it can stay put while the wheel is off.
| Postcode districts | B4, B3, B2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Aston Expressway (A38(M)); Queensway (A38); St Chads Circus Queensway; St Chads Queensway (A38) |
| Nearest stations | Birmingham Snow Hill (National Rail), St Chads (West Midlands Metro), Bull Street (West Midlands Metro) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 12 (New Town Row), about 0.6 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | St Andrews Shopping Park, St Chads Industrial Estate, Aston Expressway Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 95 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 Birmingham |
What we do in Gun Quarter
Tyre work in Gun Quarter.
Gun Quarter jobs are mostly one of three. There is the van that has run a screw into its tread on a yard, the car tyre that has split open, and the alloy wheel whose locking nut key has gone missing. The screw is dealt with by demounting the tyre, checking the inner liner, and making an internal repair if the hole falls within the BS AU 159 limits. The split tyre gets a replacement in the size you read out. The lock nut is removed without marking the rim, and the phone is answered at night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Gun Quarter
Drives, bays and car parks.
An estate yard or unit forecourt comes first, once whoever runs the site knows a van is on its way. Livery St Car Park, close to Snow Hill, suits a car that made it off the Queensway before the tyre gave out, provided nothing hems in the flat corner. A quiet side street off Corporation Street can work as well. Tram platforms, bus stops and the stretches the trams run along are unusable, as is any loading bay a lorry is waiting for.
Postcodes split three ways around here. B4 covers the core by Snow Hill and St Chads, while B3 and B2 take over on the edges nearer the Jewellery Quarter and the shops. Summer Lane Industrial Estate, Mott Street Industrial Estate and St Chads Industrial Estate produce most of the trade calls, and a unit forecourt is the best place in the district to change a wheel. The main roads are another matter. St Chads Queensway, the Lancaster Circus Flyover and the Queensway Tunnel carry the A38 through, and New Town Row takes the A34 away, so none of them is somewhere to stop. The whole district lies inside the A4540 ring, which puts it inside Birmingham's Clean Air Zone: a non-compliant car pays for being driven in, never for standing still while its tyre is changed.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Gun Quarter.
Night calls from the Gun Quarter are often about a van that must leave a Summer Lane yard at first light, or a car near Snow Hill found flat after a late train. The phone is picked up day or night, and the price is fixed over the phone before any wheel comes off.
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
Gun Quarter FAQs
Questions from Gun Quarter.
Will you change a van tyre on Summer Lane Industrial Estate?
That is the job this district produces most often. Say which unit the van is outside, read out its registration and the markings on the tyre, and make sure the yard owner does not mind a fitter using the forecourt. That space gives room to get all the way round the vehicle.
My car is in Livery St Car Park near Snow Hill with a flat. Is that workable?
Usually, if the car sits normally in its bay and is not wedged against a pillar on the flat side. Send the level and bay number if the car park shows them, and keep the parking paid, since the visit does not cover the ticket.
Is the Gun Quarter inside the Clean Air Zone?
It is, because the district sits within the A4540 Middleway. The charge falls on non-compliant cars being driven inside the zone. Changing a tyre on a car that has been parked involves no driving, so the visit itself brings no charge with it.
Which postcode should I give for the Gun Quarter?
B4 covers most of it, though addresses on the edges carry B3 or B2. Give the full postcode of the nearest building rather than the district, because a flyover and a tunnel separate some streets that look close together on a map.
Nearby
Around Gun Quarter.
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From the Summer Lane yards to Livery Street and the Snow Hill side of the Queensway, the fitter comes to the car.