★★★★★
"Came in for a popped tyre, was fixed quickly and efficiently."
AJAmna JasimGoogle review
Kensington, Greater London, near Kensington and Chelsea · W8
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Kensington.
Kensington High Street, the A315, runs right past the station of the same name, and W8 spreads north and south of it in garden squares and mews. Rescue Tyres fits tyres where the car is parked, seven days a week.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Kensington?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Kensington.
W8 is a small postcode with a lot of cars in it and almost nowhere to leave one. That means most of the tyre trouble is found rather than felt: a wheel that has sat for three days in a square and is visibly down, or a warning light that comes on pulling out onto Kensington High Street. Kerb damage from the mews entrances accounts for the rest. Give the street, photograph the sidewall marking, and the tyre that matches it leaves on the van.
| Postcode districts | W8 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Pembroke Road (A3220); Cromwell Road (A4); West Cromwell Road (A4); Warwick Gardens (A3220) |
| Nearest stations | High Street Kensington (London Underground), Notting Hill Gate (London Underground), Earl's Court (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Brompton Cross District Shopping Centre., Stable Way Industrial Estate |
| 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 Kensington and Chelsea |
What we do in Kensington
Tyre work in Kensington.
Sizes in W8 are rarely ordinary, so the marking on the sidewall decides everything: budget, mid range or premium, run flat, extra load, SUV or EV, ordered to match what came off. A screw in the tread gets the full treatment, with the tyre pulled from the rim, the inside read over and a BS AU 159 patch plug worked in where the damage qualifies. A burst means a new tyre, plus an eye over the rim. A locking nut with no key still comes away. The phone is manned overnight and at weekends.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Kensington
Drives, bays and car parks.
Kensington gives a fitter three surfaces worth using. A mews, where there is room and no ticket to buy. A resident or pay by phone bay, used as it stands with the permit or the app in order. And an underground car park under one of the High Street blocks, which needs the porter warned and enough headroom for a high roof van. The Hyde Park car parks are the nearest public option at the eastern end. The kerb on the High Street itself is not on.
Work in W8 comes from the squares and terraces either side of the High Street, from the streets running up towards Notting Hill Gate, and from the blocks near Gloucester Road and Earl's Court stations at the southern edge. Off street parking barely exists: a handful of mews and a number of blocks with basement garaging, and everything else is resident bay or pay by phone. The fitter can work in a bay when the permit belongs to that zone, and in a basement once the building has been told. Cromwell Road and the West Cromwell Road stretch of the A4 are red routes, as is Warwick Road on the A3220, so a car stopped on any of them needs to be moved first. ULEZ applies here at every hour of the day, with nothing owed by a car that is not moving.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Kensington.
The overnight callers from W8 are people who have parked up after a long drive and found a tyre soft, and porters on the door of a High Street block who have spotted one flat. Whatever the time, somebody picks up, and the cost of tyre plus visit is nailed down before the van moves.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Absolutely amazing service. First call-out for a replacement tyre after hours and I was amazed."
APAmer PervezGoogle review
Kensington FAQs
Questions from Kensington.
Where can a tyre be changed if I live in one of the garden squares off Kensington High Street?
In your own bay, in most cases. The square's bays are resident controlled, so the permit needs to match, and the fitter needs a clear side to the car to get the jack under. If the square is full, a nearby mews or the block's basement works instead.
Which Kensington does this cover?
W8, the London one: High Street Kensington station, the A315 and the squares around it, inside the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. South Kensington, Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gate all sit within a mile, and the van covers those too.
Is a run flat any harder to replace in a W8 bay?
A run flat comes off and goes on like any other tyre, provided the exact marking is known first, load index and speed rating included. Send a photo of the sidewall with your street and the correct one is ordered before the van leaves Brent Cross.
Can you sort the alignment out at the same time?
Not something we offer. Rescue Tyres is a tyre and wheel outfit only, so wheel alignment, brakes, batteries and servicing are not on the list and part worn tyres are never fitted. What does happen at your car in W8 is new tyres, puncture repairs, burst replacements and locking nut removal.
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High Street Kensington, the W8 squares and the mews behind them: the van comes to the car.