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Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire · RG9
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Henley-on-Thames.
Henley-on-Thames keeps its main road in the middle of town: the A4130 comes through as Hart Street and Bell Street, shops on both sides and nowhere to work. Wherever the car has stopped, a fitter drives out to it carrying the tyre and tools.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Around 1.5 to 2 hours
Tyre trouble in Henley-on-Thames?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Henley-on-Thames.
Most tyre trouble in RG9 is discovered at rest. The car comes back down White Hill or in along the Fairmile, parks for the night, and by morning one corner has gone soft on a screw picked up somewhere behind it. That is the easy version. Tell the fitter the size printed on the sidewall and where the car is sitting, and the right tyre travels out from the base in north London ready to go on.
| Postcode districts | RG9 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Reading Road (A4155); Duke Street (A4155); Hart Street (A4130); White Hill (A4130) |
| Nearest stations | Henley-on-Thames (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Remenham Wastewater Treatment Works |
| Distance from our base | about 29 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Marlow |
What we do in Henley-on-Thames
Tyre work in Henley-on-Thames.
Nearly everything asked for in RG9 falls under four headings. Fitting a tyre the van has brought, sized off the code you read out. Taking a nail from the tread, then mending the casing from inside under BS AU 159 where the damage qualifies. Swapping a tyre that has torn, with a look at the rim before the wheel returns. Freeing a locking nut when the key has disappeared from the car. All four can be booked at night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Henley-on-Thames
Drives, bays and car parks.
Most jobs end on a driveway, and that is the surface everyone prefers. Where the house has none, a side street off Northfield End or Reading Road serves, provided the car is left parallel with the kerb and there is room beside the damaged corner. Greys Road, Kings Road, Southfields, Dry Leas and Marsh Meadows each give a flat bay with space to swing a bar. What does not answer is the kerb of Hart Street, Duke Street or Bell Street, where traffic passes close and the bays are short.
Work here splits between the town and the hamlets around it. Houses off Reading Road and Wargrave Road have drives or space at the kerb, and so do Harpsden, Lower Shiplake, Rotherfield Greys and Lower Assendon, where the lanes are quiet enough to stand a van beside a car. The centre is different. Duke Street, Bell Street, Hart Street and New Street all carry A-road traffic between the shopfronts, and a car in a bay on one of them cannot be jacked with any margin. Five public car parks solve that: Greys Road and Kings Road behind the centre, Southfields, and the long stay ground at Dry Leas and Marsh Meadows. Oxfordshire has one emissions charge and it covers a few streets in central Oxford, nowhere near here.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Henley-on-Thames.
After dark the Henley calls are usually somebody home late off the A4130 who finds a tyre flat on the drive, or a driver who has got as far as the station car park and cannot face leaving it until morning. Ring at 3am and a person picks up, just as at midday, and the sum of the callout and the tyre is settled there and then.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"After damaging my tyre on a pothole I found myself in an unfamiliar area. Within 20 minutes of calling Rescue Tyres they came to my rescue. Wholeheartedly recommend."
DSDaniella SaccoGoogle review
Henley-on-Thames FAQs
Questions from Henley-on-Thames.
Can a tyre be changed in one of the Henley town car parks?
Greys Road, Kings Road and Southfields all have bays with space beside them, and Dry Leas and Marsh Meadows are long stay, which suits a wheel that has to come off and go back on. Park away from the entrance lane and say which row you are in.
My car is in a bay on Hart Street with a flat. What should I do?
Hart Street carries the A4130 through the middle of town and the bays sit tight against moving traffic, so no wheel comes off there. If the tyre will still turn, ease round to Greys Road or Kings Road and ring from whichever bay you end up in.
Do you come out to Harpsden, Remenham and the villages around Henley?
Harpsden, Remenham, Lower Shiplake, Aston and Lower Assendon are all on the same run as the town itself. The lanes are narrow, so give the postcode with a landmark the van can find, and mention whether it is standing on a drive or out on the lane.
Is there an emissions charge for driving into Henley-on-Thames?
Nothing of the sort applies in RG9. The zero emission zone in this county covers a small group of streets in central Oxford and has no bearing on Henley. In any case a charge of that kind follows a vehicle being driven, and nothing moves while the wheel is off.
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Around Henley-on-Thames.
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Reading Road, the Greys Road car park or a drive at Harpsden, the fitter travels to the car.