★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Headington, Oxfordshire · OX3
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Headington.
Headington runs from the shops on London Road out past Windmill Road and Headley Way to the hospitals, with the A40 Northern By-pass running along one side. Rescue Tyres handles repairs and replacements at the car, anywhere in OX3.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Around 1.5 to 2 hours
Tyre trouble in Headington?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Headington.
Headington throws up more tyre work than most of Oxford, and the reason is sheer volume of traffic. London Road, Headley Way and Windmill Road carry hospital staff, Oxford Brookes students and buses all day long, and a kerb clipped at a pinch point or a screw gathered at a junction becomes a soft tyre by the end of a shift. By then the car is parked somewhere, which is precisely what suits a mobile fitter. Send the sidewall size and the OX3 street.
| Postcode districts | OX3 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | North Way (A40); Northern By-pass Road (A40); London Road (A40); Green Road Roundabout |
| Estates and parks nearby | Shotover Trading Estate, City Works, Elsfield Wastewater Treatment Works |
| Distance from our base | about 44 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Oxford |
What we do in Headington
Tyre work in Headington.
Tyres come in the exact size the car already wears, budget, mid-range and premium, and the range runs through run-flat, 4x4, van and EV fitments as well as performance, winter and all-season rubber. They go on, get balanced and are torqued where the car stands, and the worn one is taken away for disposal. A puncture within the repairable zone takes a patch-plug set against the inner face, as BS AU 159 requires. Burst tyres, and locking nuts whose key has vanished, are dealt with on the same visit.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Headington
Drives, bays and car parks.
The order of preference is plain. A private drive in Old Headington or Highfield comes first, then a residential kerb with the car sitting square and room to swing a jack beside it. A public car park bay is usable where whoever runs it is content and the car is well away from the entrance. Loading bays outside the Headington Shops are the wrong place for this, and so is any position that puts the van across a cycle lane.
Calls come from the streets around the Headington Shops, from New Headington and Highfield, from Old Headington on the quieter side, and from the hospital sites that dominate the place. The decks at the John Radcliffe, the Churchill and the Nuffield Orthopaedic are low overhead and belong to the trust in any case, so a surface bay or a nearby road is far easier for a working van to reach. Two public car parks serve the place, Headington Car Park and the one on St Leonards Road, and their operator's rules apply as ever. Residential streets near the shops fill early with hospital and campus parking, which is worth saying when you ring. What never gets worked on is the A40 or the A4142 Eastern By-pass.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Headington.
The late calls out of Headington are mostly people leaving a hospital shift to a flat tyre, and students back on Windmill Road after the last bus. The phone is answered at any hour, every day, the size is read out during the call, and the total is known to you well before a van moves.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Nice guy and fast service. Perfect installation."
AAAlishia AkramGoogle review
Headington FAQs
Questions from Headington.
Can you fit a tyre in the John Radcliffe car park?
Only with the operator's agreement, since the hospital runs that ground and the parking decks sit low for a working van. Most staff park on one of the residential streets close by and give us the road name. The wheel comes off wherever it is legally standing.
Where should I leave the car near the Headington Shops for a tyre change?
The bays outside the shops are short stay and busy, so a turning behind them or one of the public car parks answers better. St Leonards Road Car Park is close at hand. Tell us the road or the car park and which row you are in.
A tyre let go on the Eastern By-pass. What now?
Take the next exit off the A4142 and stop somewhere ordinary, where traffic is not passing you at speed, then call. Running on the rim for any distance ruins the wheel as well as the tyre, so leave the carriageway at the first safe opportunity.
What happens to a locking wheel nut when the key cannot be found?
Where the key has gone astray, the nut is drawn out with a removal tool that bites into its collar, then replaced with an ordinary nut so the trouble does not return. It crops up often on second-hand cars. The tyre change follows on the same visit.
Nearby
Around Headington.
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Stuck in Headington? Call now.
Headington Shops, Windmill Road or a drive in Old Headington: the tyre is fitted at the car.