"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
Mobile tyre fitting
in Harringay.
Green Lanes runs straight through Harringay as the A105, with the ladder streets stacked off it and two stations carrying the district's name. Rescue Tyres turns up with the tyre, the jack and the balancing gear, on whichever street the car is standing.
A fitter at your car
in Harringay.
Harringay's tyre trouble is a shopping street problem. Green Lanes is loading bays, buses and double parking from one end to the other, and a wheel takes the kerb or a tread takes a screw somewhere along it. The car then goes home to a ladder road and stays there. That suits everybody, because a residential street is a far better place to get a wheel off than the A105. Give the road, the nearest number and the size stamped on the sidewall.
| Postcode districts | N4, N15, N8 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Seven Sisters Road (A503); Green Lanes (A105); Wordsworth Parade (A504); West Green Road (A504) |
| Nearest stations | Harringay (National Rail), Harringay Green Lanes (London Overground), Turnpike Lane (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Tottenham Hale Retail Park, Crusader Industrial Park, Omega Works |
| Distance from our base | about 5 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Haringey |
Tyre work in Harringay.
A good share of the work along the ladder is vans and crew vehicles rather than cars, and the replacement is sourced to the marking on the sidewall either way. Tread damage is mended from the inner face whenever BS AU 159 says a repair may go there. A tyre split open on a kerb is exchanged, the rim first checked for buckling or a flattened section. A locking nut yields to a hardened socket with no key in the car. Overnight cover is standing.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
A ladder road kerb does the job, with the car parked square and enough room roadside that the fitter is clear of anything passing. Yards in the Warehouse District suit a van or a crew vehicle, provided whoever runs the site knows somebody is coming in to take a wheel off. A drive, where one exists, beats both. What is unusable is Green Lanes, West Green Road or Westbury Avenue, all of which move too much traffic past the door.
Work here divides between the ladder roads either side of Green Lanes, the West Green Road and Westbury Avenue frontages, and the Harringay Warehouse District where working vehicles are parked up. Duckett's Green and the Hornsey Park edge account for much of the rest. Parking is controlled throughout, so a car is nearly always in a bay already and that bay is where the job is done. Two things get in the way. Green Lanes has no room to stand beside a jacked car, and the ladder roads are narrow enough that a van parked opposite can block the whole street, so it is worth saying how tight yours is. There is no public car park in Harringay at all, which is why nearly everything happens at the kerb. A car standing still pays nothing towards the ULEZ.

24 hours in Harringay.
Harringay rings late because the shops on Green Lanes close late, and because a shift ends with somebody walking back to find the car down on its rim. A call at two in the morning is dealt with the same as one at two in the afternoon: size, street, and a realistic time for the van to be there.
What drivers say.
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
Questions from Harringay.
Can you fit a tyre on one of the Harringay ladder roads?
Is there a car park in Harringay I could meet you at?
My van is parked in the Warehouse District. Can you come there?
What happens if the tyre cannot be mended?
Around Harringay.
Stuck in Harringay? Call now.
Green Lanes, a ladder road bay or a Warehouse District yard: the fitter comes out to the car.
