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"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
Old Oak Common, Greater London · NW10 and NW26
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Old Oak Common.
Old Oak Lane and Victoria Road carry the A4000 past yard gates and railway land, and most vehicles here belong to somebody's working day. Rescue Tyres fits tyres where the van or car already stands, across NW10 and W3.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Old Oak Common?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Old Oak Common.
Punctures here tend to be picked up at work rather than on the way home. A screw off a unit forecourt, a chunk of steel on an estate roadway, a slow leak that declares itself once the van is loaded and due out. The A4000 along Old Oak Lane and Acton Lane is the spine of it, with the A219 at Scrubs Lane feeding in from the south. Because a loaded van should not be driven far on a soft tyre, the sensible move is to leave it standing and have the wheel dealt with there.
| Postcode districts | NW10, NW26, W3 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Western Avenue (A40); Westway (A40); Old Oak Lane (A4000); Victoria Road (A4000) |
| Nearest stations | Willesden Junction (London Underground;London Overground), North Acton (London Underground), East Acton (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Gateway Industrial Estate, Apex Industrial Estate, Chandos Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 4 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Hammersmith and Fulham |
What we do in Old Oak Common
Tyre work in Old Oak Common.
Trade work shapes the asking. Van tyres in the usual load ratings, car tyres from budget to premium, run-flat and EV fitments included, every one specified off the markings on the wheel. Damage in the tread earns a patch-plug behind the liner, done the BS AU 159 way, once the casing has been turned out. A cut through the sidewall never qualifies, and that wheel takes a new tyre instead. Burst covers are swapped, the rim inspected first. Locking nuts come away even with the key lost, ordinary ones going back on. The line stays open overnight.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Old Oak Common
Drives, bays and car parks.
Yard hardstanding is the ideal: flat, private and with space to get right round a long wheelbase van. Failing that, a forecourt at a house in College Park, or a kerbside bay on a quieter turning off Old Oak Lane. Harlesden Plaza and the Scrubs Lane car park both suit a car still able to reach one under its own power, on the usual condition that the operator is content. What does not work is an estate access road that lorries need, a loading bay in use, or anywhere on the A40.
Willesden Junction sits at the middle of this, and the roads round it are where people ring from: Old Oak Lane, Victoria Road, Station Road and the run up to High Street Harlesden on the A404. Behind those are the units, the Gateway Industrial Estate, Apex Industrial Estate, Powergate Business Park and Oliver Business Park among them, and each one is private ground, so the site has to be happy for a fitter to come through the gate. The housing at College Park and along towards Harlesden is a mix of small forecourts and controlled kerbside, and either is workable. A red route or a bus stop clearway is not, and neither is the A40 above. The ULEZ covers all of it at all times, without costing a stationary vehicle anything.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Old Oak Common.
The night traffic in this pocket is almost all trade: a van that has to be out before the depots open, a driver off a shift at Willesden Junction who finds a wheel down in the car park. Whatever the hour, somebody answers, and the figure for the job is known to you before loading starts.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
Old Oak Common FAQs
Questions from Old Oak Common.
Do you come onto the estates around Old Oak Common for van tyres?
Gateway, Apex, Powergate and the rest are all on the round. They are private sites, so let the gate or the site office know a fitter is due, and have the unit number, the registration and the sidewall size ready when you ring 07473 720871.
Can a tyre be fitted in the car park at Willesden Junction?
Station car parks belong to the operator, and permission is theirs to give, so it is worth asking at the barrier before anything else. A quieter turning off Old Oak Lane or Station Road avoids the question altogether and gives a fitter more room to work in.
A van tyre has a screw in it but still holds air. Repair or replace?
Position decides it. A screw standing in the middle band of the tread, the hole under six millimetres across, can take an internal repair to BS AU 159. Out towards the shoulder, or anywhere in the wall, repair is ruled out and a new tyre goes on.
Which postcode covers Old Oak Common?
Addresses here fall mainly in NW10, with W3 taking over on the Acton side. Give the full postcode and the nearest gate or house number, because the streets between the railway and the A4000 are easy to overshoot even with a satnav running.
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Around Old Oak Common.
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Old Oak Lane, a Gateway Industrial Estate unit or a College Park forecourt: the wheel comes off there.