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North Ockendon, Greater London · RM14 and RM15
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in North Ockendon.
North Ockendon is a scatter of houses on the B186 at the far edge of Havering, where Ockendon Road and Clay Tye Road meet and the M25 at Cranham is a mile and a half off. Rescue Tyres drives out to it.
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Tyre trouble in North Ockendon?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in North Ockendon.
There is no tyre shop to limp to out here, which is the whole point of the call. The B186 is a lane with lorries on it, the verges either side are soft, and a tyre that picks something up along Ockendon Road is usually found flat back at the house. Nothing about the geography makes moving the vehicle attractive. The size goes down over the phone, the tyre is loaded onto the van, and the wheel is seen to exactly where the vehicle sits.
| Postcode districts | RM14, RM15 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Clay Tye Road (B186); Ockendon Road (B186); North Road (B186) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 29 (Cranham), about 1.6 miles away |
| Distance from our base | about 23 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Havering |
What we do in North Ockendon
Tyre work in North Ockendon.
The van turns up carrying what the job needs: a tyre in the correct size, the machine that breaks it off the rim, and the balancer. Casings are matched to the sidewall markings and can be budget, mid-range or premium, with van and 4x4 sizes as easy to get hold of as car sizes. A tread puncture is inspected from inside and repaired to BS AU 159 when the damage sits within the limits. Anything in the sidewall is a replacement. A locking nut comes off with no key present.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in North Ockendon
Drives, bays and car parks.
A driveway answers it nine times in ten, and the older houses along the lanes have room in front of them. A farm or yard entrance suits a van when whoever holds the keys says yes. What catches people out is the verge, which looks like solid ground and is not: a jack sinks into it with the vehicle on top. Firm hard standing, well clear of the running lane, is what gets asked for when the fitter rings ahead.
Calls come from the houses along Ockendon Road and Clay Tye Road, from North Road further out, and from drivers off the M25 at junction 29 who got as far as the village before stopping. Postcodes out here land in RM14 or RM15 according to which lane an address belongs to, so read yours out in full. There is no public car park in North Ockendon and no station either, which leaves a driveway, a hard standing or a gateway with the owner's permission as the working surfaces. The B186 carriageway itself is not one of them: it is narrow, it carries heavy traffic, and there is nowhere at all to stand off it.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in North Ockendon.
Out here the night calls are motorway calls. Somebody leaves the M25 at junction 29 with air going out of a tyre and reaches the village before it lets go, or a driver setting out before dawn finds one flat on the drive. The phone is covered at every hour, and the price is agreed while the van is still at base.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Good communication, excellent work and takes the initiative. Happy to go the extra mile, highly recommended if you're in a tyre-related bit of bother!"
DFDavid FordhamGoogle review
North Ockendon FAQs
Questions from North Ockendon.
My tyre blew on the M25 close to junction 29. Can somebody come to me?
Not on the motorway. The hard shoulder, the refuges and the emergency areas are all off limits to a fitter, and nobody should be beside a wheel there. Come off at Cranham and get onto the B186. If the vehicle will not move, ring 999 or National Highways on 0300 123 5000.
Is North Ockendon inside the ULEZ?
Do you come this far out from north London?
North Ockendon is inside the area covered, along with Cranham and Corbets Tey nearby. The van sets off from Brent Cross, so it is a long run, and the arrival time you are given on the phone is an honest one rather than a guess.
Is the roadside on the B186 any use for a repair?
Not on the carriageway, which is too narrow for anybody to work in safely. Get onto a drive, a hard standing or a gateway first; the wheel then comes off and the tyre is examined properly away from the rim. Tell the fitter if the vehicle will not move.
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Around North Ockendon.
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Ockendon Road, Clay Tye Road or a drive off the B186: the fitter comes to the vehicle.