★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
Lee, Greater London, near Lewisham · SE12 and SE13
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Lee.
There are several places called Lee, and this is the Lewisham one, where Lee High Road carries the A20 past two stations of its own. A Rescue Tyres van reaches the car itself in SE12 and SE13, with the tyre already aboard.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Lee?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Lee.
Most of the damage here arrives on the daily loop: the queue along Lee High Road, the turn into Burnt Ash Road, the run down to Hither Green. Something small works into the tread, the pressure warning appears a couple of days later, and by then the car is parked outside the house anyway. Much of Lee is terraced with no drive to pull onto, so the wheel comes off where the car already stands, at the kerb in SE12 or SE13.
| Postcode districts | SE12, SE13 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Lee High Road (A20); Eltham Road (A20); St. Mildred's Road (A205); Westhorne Avenue (A205) |
| Nearest stations | Hither Green (National Rail), Lee (National Rail), Blackheath (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Chiltonian Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 13 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Lewisham |
What we do in Lee
Tyre work in Lee.
Four jobs cover nearly everything in SE12. A replacement tyre, matched against the code on the sidewall and available in budget, mid-range or premium form, whether the car wants a run-flat, an EV fitment, a van casing or something for a 4x4. A tread puncture lifted out of the rim, inspected on its inner face and mended to BS AU 159 if the damage sits where that standard permits. A failed tyre swapped after a rim check. A locking nut extracted where no key survives. Balancing is done at the kerb; wheel alignment is not on the list.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Lee
Drives, bays and car parks.
A resident bay is the ordinary answer in this part of SE13, and it works provided the car is fully inside the markings and the next bay is not needed to swing the wheel clear. Drives exist on the Blackheath Park edge and around Lee Terrace, and those are simpler still. A unit yard on the Chiltonian Industrial Estate suits a van, with whoever runs the site told first. Two things cause trouble: a car left half on the pavement, and a space so tight the jack cannot reach the sill.
Callers are spread along the terraces between Lee High Road and Burnt Ash Road, across the Dacre Park, Cordwell and Redbrick estates, and up the Blackheath Park side where houses have frontage and a car can sit on its own hardstanding. Hither Green brings commuters back to a tyre that went down while the car was parked all day. The bays nearest both stations are controlled, which is no obstacle: a fitter can work in a resident bay as long as the car sits square in it. What is out is the running lane of Lee High Road and the A205 at Westhorne Avenue, where a jacked car would be in the way of buses. All of this is inside the ULEZ, and a parked car having a wheel removed is charged nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Lee.
After dark the Lee phone rings for two reasons: somebody home late off the A20 who can hear a tyre losing air, and a shift worker who spots a flat at the kerb before the first train out of Hither Green. Calls get picked up whatever the clock says, and the total for the tyre plus the callout is settled while you are talking.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Excellent service from start to finish. He came out quickly to help my mum change her tyre and was extremely friendly."
EHEllie-Mai HalesGoogle review
Lee FAQs
Questions from Lee.
Which Lee is this one, since the name crops up in several counties?
Can a tyre be changed while my car is in a resident bay near Lee station?
Working in a permit bay is routine here, and moving a soft tyre to find somewhere better is the one thing to avoid. Name the street, say which side the car is on and roughly where along it, and the wheel comes off there. Mention a slope, since that changes where the jack sits.
A works van on the Chiltonian Industrial Estate has picked up a screw. What then?
Send the size off the sidewall, the unit the van is standing at and whether the tyre still holds air. Damage in the tread that falls within BS AU 159 is repaired from inside the casing. Damage in the sidewall itself is beyond mending, and that one gets swapped.
Is Lee inside the ULEZ?
Every London borough sits inside it, Lewisham among them, and the zone operates around the clock. What triggers a charge is driving a non-compliant vehicle, not leaving one at the kerb. A car with its wheel off owes the zone nothing while the tyre is dealt with.
Nearby
Around Lee.
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Stuck in Lee? Call now.
Lee High Road, Hither Green station or a bay off Burnt Ash Road: the tyre is sorted where the car sits.