★★★★★
"Very quick and efficient service."
LMLynn MillbournGoogle review
Icknield, Bedfordshire · LU3 and LU2
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Icknield.
Icknield sits right on Barton Road, the A6 heading out of Luton towards Bedford, and spreads across LU3 and LU2. Rescue Tyres brings the tyre to your address and fits it there, seven days a week.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Icknield?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Icknield.
Living beside a main road shapes the tyre job in Icknield. Barton Road is on the doorstep and New Bedford Road follows it, so most journeys begin on the A6 and any debris there ends up in somebody's tread. Often the tyre copes with the drive home and deflates while parked. The fix is then made at the house, or in a side street if the car sits on the frontage, never on the A6 itself.
| Postcode districts | LU3, LU2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Barton Road (A6); New Bedford Road (A6) |
| Nearest stations | Leagrave (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 11 (Leagrave Interchange), about 2.2 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Butterfield Business Park, Kingsway Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 25 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Luton |
What we do in Icknield
Tyre work in Icknield.
The fitter brings a tyre that copies the markings on the old one, fits it and balances it on your drive. A puncture is judged from the inside: off comes the tyre, the liner gets checked, and anything within BS AU 159 limits is mended instead of swapped. Burst or shredded tyres are changed after the rim has been examined. Keyless locking nuts are eased off carefully, and night calls are answered like any other.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Icknield
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive set back from the road is ideal, and the car need not move. Otherwise, park in a residential turning off Barton Road with the damaged corner on the pavement side and room around it. If the car can manage a short drive, Galley and Warden Hills Car Park is public and works well. Store car parks such as Homebase need the manager's permission. No fitter uses the A6 kerbside or the mouth of a junction onto it.
Icknield covers parts of both LU3 and LU2, and the calls come mostly from homes: the turnings either side of Barton Road, the edge shared with Warden Hill and Bramingham Park, and the stretch towards Biscot and Limbury. The one firm constraint here is traffic. A house that fronts the A6 may well have a drive, and that drive is fine, but the carriageway outside it is not a place to jack a car. If there is no drive, the fitter will suggest a side street one or two turnings back. The Galley and Warden Hills Car Park offers public space nearby, whereas the Homebase car park is private store land. Leagrave is the nearest station. Luton has no clean air charge.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Icknield.
Icknield night calls are often drivers who felt a tyre go soft on Barton Road and pulled onto their own drive rather than carry on. Calls get answered all night, and the cost of the tyre and callout is set out in that conversation before the van sets off.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
Icknield FAQs
Questions from Icknield.
My car is parked on Barton Road. Can the tyre be changed there?
Not on the A6 carriageway. Move the car onto a drive or into a side street off Barton Road, and the fitter will do the job there. If the tyre is too badly damaged to move on, explain on the phone and you will be talked through the safest short move.
Which postcode should I give for Icknield?
Give the full postcode from your address, because Icknield covers parts of both LU3 and LU2. That, plus a house number and the tyre size from the sidewall, lets the fitter bring the right tyre and find the car without phoning for directions.
Is a mobile tyre fit as good as going to a tyre shop?
Tyre fitting and wheel balancing machines ride in the van, which means balancing happens before refitting, just as in a workshop, and new tyres come with the manufacturer's warranty. Wheel alignment is not something the service offers, since that needs a garage with fixed equipment.
Does Luton have a clean air zone that affects Icknield?
Luton has none, so no charge applies to driving an older car around LU3 or LU2. On this patch, charging zones exist only in London, inside the Middleway in Birmingham and in central Oxford, and a parked car having a tyre changed is never charged.
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Barton Road, the turnings behind it and the Warden Hill edge: tyres changed at your address.