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Mobile tyre fitting
in Hanworth.
Hanworth is the industrial corner of TW13, with the Hanworth Trading Estate, Felthambrook, Mount Road and Holly Road all within reach of each other. Rescue Tyres works on vans and cars alike, at the unit or on the drive.
A fitter at your car
in Hanworth.
There are two sides to Hanworth as far as tyres go. One is commercial: vans and light lorries on the estates off Hounslow Road and Hampton Road East, where a screw off a yard floor is an occupational hazard and a flat stops a working day. The other is residential, the TW13 and TW12 streets between Apex Corner and Hampton Hill, where the trouble is a kerb caught on a turn or a tyre that has gone down overnight without a sound. Both get seen to where the vehicle stands.
| Postcode districts | TW13, TW12 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Great Chertsey Road (A316); Country Way (A316); Twickenham Road (A305); Apex Corner |
| Nearest stations | Hanworth Halt (None), Hampton (National Rail), Fulwell (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 1 (Sunbury Cross), about 2.1 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Hanworth Trading Estate, Hampton Business Park, Mount Road Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 12 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Hounslow |
Tyre work in Hanworth.
Commercial work shapes what happens here. A van tyre is ordered against every figure on the sidewall, the load index and the speed rating with it, because a light commercial fitment will not stand in for a car one. Tread punctures in the mendable area are patched on the inside to BS AU 159. Tyres that have shredded or blown are swapped, with the rim inspected beforehand. Locking nuts come away without marking the alloy, wheels are rebalanced at the vehicle, and the overnight line suits fleets that roll out before dawn.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
Unit forecourts and estate yards are the best surfaces in Hanworth: flat, hard and usually with space to swing a wheel clear, provided whoever manages the site is content with a service van being there. Residential drives across TW13 and TW12 take the rest. Work at the kerb suits the quieter streets off Hounslow Road. What is not usable is the A316 or its slip roads, a loading bay with vehicles queuing behind, or a yard so tightly packed that the car cannot be jacked safely.
Work clusters on the estates and on the roads that feed them. The A312 comes through as Uxbridge Road and Hampton Road East and West, the A305 Twickenham Road and Staines Road cross it, and the A316 Great Chertsey Road and Country Way run past at trunk road speed. Apex Corner ties several of them together. There is no general public car park in Hanworth worth sending a driver to, which leaves the estates and the drives as the realistic places to work, and estate ground needs the site's agreement first. The whole district falls within the ULEZ, a charge aimed at vehicles in motion rather than ones at a standstill, so a car up on a jack in TW13 pays nothing.

24 hours in Hanworth.
Hanworth wakes early rather than staying up late. Estate traffic is moving before dawn and a van found flat at that time is a lost day, so the line is answered overnight on 07473 720871. Give the unit or the street, the size as marked on the sidewall, and say whether the vehicle can still be driven.
What drivers say.
"Life saver. Sudden puncture, hard-to-find tyre. They got back to me within 10 minutes and did a mobile tyre change."
Questions from Hanworth.
Which Hanworth is this?
Can you come to a unit on the Felthambrook or Mount Road estates?
Is there a public car park in Hanworth you can work in?
My van tyre blew on the A316. Where should I wait?
Around Hanworth.
Stuck in Hanworth? Call now.
The Hanworth Trading Estate, a street off Hounslow Road or a TW13 drive: the fitter comes out.
