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Lane End, Buckinghamshire, near Buckinghamshire · HP14
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Lane End.
Plenty of places in Britain are called Lane End. This is the Buckinghamshire one in HP14, up in the Chilterns on the B482 between Marlow and Booker. Rescue Tyres does the job on the drive at the house.
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Tyre trouble in Lane End?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Lane End.
Country lanes do the damage around here. The single track routes off the B482 out to Frieth, Cadmore End and Piddington have no kerb to speak of, so a wheel that meets a flint edge or a hidden rut comes away with a scuffed rim or a slow leak that surfaces two days later. Once a car in Lane End is flat it tends to stay flat, because the nearest tyre counter means a journey it should not be making. The van brings the replacement out instead.
| Postcode districts | HP14 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | High Street (B482); Marlow Road (B482); Finings Road (B482) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 4 (Handy Cross), about 2.4 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Frieth Wastewater Treatment Works |
| Distance from our base | about 26 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 1.5 to 2 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in High Wycombe |
What we do in Lane End
Tyre work in Lane End.
Out here a fitter arrives with the tyre already chosen from the markings you read off the sidewall, in whichever range you settled on over the phone. Tread punctures inside the limits set by BS AU 159 are patched from within rather than sealed from outside. Sidewall damage means a new tyre, and the wheel gets examined at the same time. With the locking key long gone, the nut is drawn out without marking the alloy. Nights and weekends run the same as weekdays.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Lane End
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives, gravel turnarounds and the level ground beside a cottage all suit a mobile fit as long as the surface is firm. Verges along the lanes towards Frieth and Piddington are soft and often sloped, which makes them poor ground for a jack. The closes off Finings Road are quiet enough to work in properly. The High Street stretch of the B482 is not, and nothing is attempted on the motorway or on its approach at Handy Cross.
The village is built around the B482, which passes through as High Street, Marlow Road and Finings Road, with closes and cul de sacs hanging off them. Almost every one of those houses has a drive or a hardstanding, which is just as well, because Lane End has no public car park, no station parking and no supermarket ground to borrow. Where a car has nowhere of its own, a quiet close with the wheels straight and a clear metre on the damaged side does the job. The B482 through the middle does not: it is the link between Marlow and Booker and the traffic treats it that way. Postcode first when you ring, since HP14 addresses out towards Moor End and Cadmore End are scattered.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Lane End.
Even a village this size generates calls after midnight, usually from somebody who has got home from Handy Cross and the motorway on a tyre that had already given up. Lighting arrives with the van, the work happens on the drive, and the charge is confirmed during the call rather than afterwards.
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What drivers say.
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"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
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Lane End FAQs
Questions from Lane End.
Is this the Lane End in Buckinghamshire?
The one covered here is the HP14 village between Marlow and High Wycombe, close to Frieth and Cadmore End. That name repeats across the country, so quote the postcode instead of the village name alone and the van heads for the right Chilterns lane.
There is nowhere public to park. Where will the fitter work?
On your own ground, which is how most Lane End jobs go. A drive, a hardstanding or the space beside the house all serve if they are firm and reasonably level. Where there is none of that, a quiet close off Finings Road is the next best thing.
Can you get to the outlying hamlets like Frieth and Moor End?
Frieth, Moor End, Piddington and Cadmore End all lie within a couple of miles and share the same run as the village. The lanes are narrow, so mention any low branches or a tight gateway when booking and the van is left where it blocks nobody.
The rim is scuffed after a lane. Does the tyre need replacing?
A scuff on the alloy is cosmetic; what matters is whether the bead still seals and whether the sidewall took the impact. The fitter breaks the tyre down and looks inside, and a casing that has been pinched is not repairable under BS AU 159.
Nearby
Around Lane End.
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High Street, Finings Road or a drive out towards Frieth, the tyre is fitted where you are.