★★★★★
"Good and reliable service in all conditions."
LOLeo OduorGoogle review
Northumberland Heath, Greater London · DA8 and DA7
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Northumberland Heath.
Northumberland Heath sits on the rise between Erith and Barnehurst, with the A220 Bexley Road running the length of it. Rescue Tyres brings the rubber and the kit to the car itself, wherever in DA8 it has come to rest.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Northumberland Heath?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Northumberland Heath.
Tyre trouble round here tends to arrive gently rather than all at once. A screw picked up on Erith Road works its way in over a fortnight, the pressure light glows on a cold morning, and the car is left on the drive until somebody can look at it. Kerb damage is the other half: parking manoeuvres on the shopping parade streets, where the edges are high and unforgiving. Neither means a drive to a shop. Everything is done where the car already stands.
| Postcode districts | DA8, DA7 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Bexley Road (A220); Erith Road (A220); Fraser Road (A206); Northend Road (A206) |
| Nearest stations | Barnehurst (National Rail), Erith (National Rail), Slade Green (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Tower Retail Park, Europa Trading Estate, Hamlet International Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 18 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 Northumberland Heath
Tyre work in Northumberland Heath.
What happens on a Northumberland Heath call depends on what the tyre has suffered. A tread puncture is mended from the inner face under BS AU 159, once the cover is off the rim and the liner has been inspected properly. A tyre split or shredded beyond mending is swapped for a new one in the matching fitment, ordered against the sidewall markings before anyone leaves. Locking nuts with no key behind them come off without marking the alloy. Wheels are balanced on the van. The phone is covered through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Northumberland Heath
Drives, bays and car parks.
Frontage is common on this side of Bexley, so a drive is usually available and it is always the first choice. Failing that, a quiet side street works, provided the vehicle is parked straight and not tucked into a bend where nobody coming round can see it. The bays at Tower Retail Park give space to swing a wheel about. Morrisons has bays for anybody whose car can be driven over. Verges look tempting and are not: soft ground and a jack are a poor combination.
Most callers are in the streets either side of Bexley Road and Erith Road, in the terraces sloping down towards North End and Erith, or in the newer closes towards Barnehurst. Barnehurst station is the one that draws the commuters, and cars left near it all day are the ones found flat at teatime. Tower Retail Park has open bays with proper room, so anyone whose vehicle will still carry itself that far can be seen to in one. Bus routes complicate things: a car stopped on one of them holds up more than the fitter. The heath is also part of Greater London for clean air purposes, so the ULEZ covers DA8 and DA7 alike, though a stationary vehicle is charged nothing while the work goes on.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Northumberland Heath.
After dark the calls tend to be shift workers due out before the first train and drivers back from Bexleyheath who felt something go on the way. The van carries lighting, so a drive or a lit side street is workable in the small hours as easily as at midday. The cost is fixed before anybody sets off, and nothing is paid until the wheel is back on.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Called them to repair my tyre. 20 minutes and they came and changed it, very reasonable price. So happy with the service."
EKElias KahilGoogle review
Northumberland Heath FAQs
Questions from Northumberland Heath.
Can you meet me in the Tower Retail Park car park?
That one has the bays and the elbow room for a wheel to come off safely, and it is easy to direct somebody to. Park away from the entrance lanes, mention which shop you are nearest, and the work happens beside the car.
My car is parked on Bexley Road on a bus route. Is that a problem?
It makes life harder for everyone, buses included. If the vehicle can be shifted into a residential turning behind the parade it should be, before you call. Where it genuinely cannot move, say so and the fitter will plan around the traffic.
Do you cover the Barnehurst side of DA7 as well?
The boundary between Northumberland Heath and Barnehurst is not much more than a line on a map, so both get the same service. Quote the postcode along with the street, and your size is loaded onto the van before it leaves Brent Cross.
Will the tyre be mended or will I need a new one?
That turns on where the object went through. Central tread, a clean hole of 6 mm or less, no evidence of the tyre being run while flat, and a repair is on. Shoulder or sidewall damage cannot be mended and the tyre is replaced.
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Around Northumberland Heath.
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Erith Road, Barnehurst station or the Tower Retail Park bays, the wheel is handled where the car sits.