★★★★★
"Fast and great service! Thanks for the Friday night rescue."
LBLewis BourneGoogle review
Longlands, Greater London, near Bexley · DA15 and DA14
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Longlands.
Longlands is the band of Bexley between Main Road and the A20, with New Eltham station at the far end of it. Rescue Tyres works at the address itself, tyre, jack and balancer aboard the van.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Longlands?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Longlands.
This is a London suburb with a trunk road through the middle of it. Sidcup Road and the Sidcup By-pass carry the A20 past the end of the street, and what falls off traffic there ends up in the tyres of cars turning onto Main Road and Footscray Road afterwards. The A20 is no place to be lifting a car. Come off it, stop somewhere residential, then ring with the size and the postcode, which here might read DA15, DA14, SE9 or BR7.
| Postcode districts | DA15, DA14, SE9, BR7 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Sidcup By-pass (A20); Sidcup Road (A20); Main Road (A211); Footscray Road (A211) |
| Nearest stations | New Eltham (National Rail), Sidcup (National Rail), Mottingham (National Rail) |
| Distance from our base | about 17 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bexley |
What we do in Longlands
Tyre work in Longlands.
What gets done at a Longlands address is tyre and wheel work and nothing else. A replacement bought to the exact sidewall marking, run-flats and van, SUV, electric and performance sizes included, across budget, mid-range and premium ranges. A tread puncture taken off the rim, checked from inside and sealed to BS AU 159 when the injury falls within the standard. A wrecked tyre swapped over, rim inspected as it goes. A locking nut drawn out when its key went missing years ago. The phone is covered on all seven days.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Longlands
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives first, every time: level ground, off the carriageway, and the engine never has to start. On the estate roads and the turnings off Halfway Street there is normally enough width for the van to sit behind the car while a wheel comes off. Station parking at New Eltham belongs to the railway, so that needs their say-so rather than ours. Slip roads and the bus stops along Main Road are out, and a car left on a bend is worth rolling a few yards first.
Callers are spread across a handful of address types. Houses along Main Road and Footscray Road, the streets running up to Halfway Street on the B2214 and Green Lane on the B263, and commuters who park near New Eltham station or Sidcup station and return to a flat tyre. A driveway is the sensible answer and most of the housing has one, which keeps the car off a road busier than it looks. The quieter turnings are fine for kerbside work, though not Main Road close to the junctions and not anywhere on the A20. The nearest public parking of any size is Marlowe House car park over in Sidcup. This corner of the borough is Greater London, so ULEZ applies at all hours, while a vehicle parked up with a wheel off owes it nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Longlands.
Night calls from this corner come from two directions: someone in off the A20 who has heard a rumble the whole way home, and a shift worker due out before it gets light. Somebody answers at three in the morning as willingly as at midday, and the cost is agreed during that conversation.
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
Longlands FAQs
Questions from Longlands.
There is more than one Longlands in the country. Do you cover the Sidcup one?
The Bexley one, between Main Road and the A20, is on the round, along with New Eltham and the streets up towards Halfway Street. The van runs from the Brent Cross base, and you settle a realistic arrival time together during that call.
Could a tyre be fitted at a house between Main Road and the A20?
That is ordinary work and almost always done on the drive, with the car exactly where it was left. Where there is no drive, a turning off the B2214 or the B263 gives the fitter room. Say which side of Main Road you are on when you ring.
My car is parked near New Eltham station with a flat. What happens next?
Station land is managed by the railway, so access there is their call and not something to take for granted. Plenty of drivers have the car pushed onto a nearby street instead. Give the registration, the tyre size and the row or street the car is sitting in.
Which postcodes does Longlands actually use?
Addresses here fall across DA15, DA14, SE9 and BR7 depending on which end of the district they sit at. That matters more than the road name for getting a fitter to the right door, so read the postcode off a letter rather than guessing.
Nearby
Around Longlands.
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Halfway Street, Footscray Road or a drive near New Eltham station: the tyre arrives at the address.