★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
Harrow on the Hill, Greater London · HA1 and HA2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Harrow on the Hill.
Harrow on the Hill rises above the A4005, with London Road and Sudbury Hill wrapping round the foot of it and the John Lyon Roundabout at the Watford Road end. Rescue Tyres comes to the car and works where the ground is level.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Harrow on the Hill?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Harrow on the Hill.
The gradient is the whole story here. A jack needs flat, solid ground under it, and the roads climbing the Hill give it neither, so on a steep stretch the sensible answer is to bring the car down to London Road or a level turning before any wheel comes off. Tyres suffer for the same reason: narrow lanes, unforgiving kerbs and cars squeezed in tight leave sidewall scuffs behind. Call with the numbers off the sidewall and the road you are on, and everything else follows from that.
| Postcode districts | HA1, HA2, HA0 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Sudbury Hill (A4005); London Road (A4005); Greenford Road (A4127); Harrow Road (A4005) |
| Nearest stations | Sudbury Hill Harrow (National Rail), Sudbury Hill (London Underground), South Harrow (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Westway Shopping Park, East Lane Business Park, Greenford Green Business Park |
| 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 Harrow |
What we do in Harrow on the Hill
Tyre work in Harrow on the Hill.
The work out of this district leans towards damage rather than wear. A wheel bounced off a kerb needs the tyre pulled off the rim to see whether the casing has been pinched, and if it has, that tyre is replaced. Tread punctures are a different matter and get repaired internally to BS AU 159 where position and size allow. A burst is swapped out, with the rim examined first. Locking nuts rounded off or missing their keys are drawn out. The callout line stays open overnight.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Harrow on the Hill
Drives, bays and car parks.
Level ground first, every time. A driveway off one of the roads at the foot of the Hill is ideal, and so is a flat residential turning where the car can be parked straight. On a slope the fitter wants the wheels chocked and the car pointed the right way, and some gradients are steep enough that the job is better moved altogether. Yard space at East Lane Business Park suits a van. What will not do is the A4005 itself, or a narrow lane with traffic funnelling through it.
Three postcode districts touch this small place, HA1, HA2 and HA0, which is unusual for somewhere its size and makes the full postcode essential. Calls come from the streets around London Road and Roxeth Hill, from houses off Sudbury Court Drive and Greenford Road, and from commuters using Sudbury Hill Harrow and Sudbury Hill, which sit close together under different operators. There is no public car park up on the Hill worth sending anybody to: what shows on a map belongs to pubs and to private sites. The station car park down at South Harrow is the nearest thing to a public option. Greater London means the ULEZ, in force at every hour here, but the charge attaches to driving and never to standing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Harrow on the Hill.
Late calls here come mostly from people who left the car up on the Hill for the evening and returned to a soft tyre, and from staff finishing at the business parks nearby. Ring 07473 720871 whatever the time, and the fitter will tell you plainly whether the car should stay put or come down to flatter ground first.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
BRBradley ReeveGoogle review
Harrow on the Hill FAQs
Questions from Harrow on the Hill.
Can a wheel be changed on a slope in Harrow on the Hill?
It depends how steep. A shallow gradient is workable with the car chocked and in gear, but the steeper roads are not safe to jack on, and a fitter who thinks so will tell you. If the car can roll down to London Road or a level turning, that is the better plan.
Which station car park would work for meeting a fitter?
Sudbury Hill and Sudbury Hill Harrow are the two closest, and both belong to their operators rather than to the public, so permission comes first. The car park at South Harrow station is the larger option if your car is still drivable.
Why do you need my full postcode here?
Because HA1, HA2 and HA0 all reach into this district and the boundaries run between streets rather than round the edge. A postcode with a house number puts the fitter on the right side of the Hill without a second phone call.
Is there a charge for having the car worked on in the ULEZ?
The zone bills a non-compliant vehicle for each day it is driven inside the boundary. A car up on a jack at the kerb, or on its own drive, is going nowhere, so it attracts nothing at all. Fitting at the address avoids the trip that would have been charged.
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Around Harrow on the Hill.
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London Road, Sudbury Hill or the John Lyon Roundabout end: the work is done at the kerb.