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"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
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Oxhey, Hertfordshire · WD23 and WD19
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Oxhey.
Oxhey straddles two postcode districts, WD19 and WD23, where Lower High Street and Chalk Hill carry the A411 between Watford and Bushey and Bushey station stands a few streets away. Rescue Tyres brings the cover to the car.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Oxhey?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Oxhey.
Oxhey is where Watford's roads run into Bushey's, and the traffic shows it. The A411 comes through as Lower High Street, Dalton Way and Chalk Hill, the A4008 arrives as Aldenham Road and Pinner Road, and between them they supply most of the punctures. Add what the retail traffic drops on Waterfields Way and there is plenty about to go into a tyre. Photograph the tyre wall, send the picture with the postcode, and the right size travels out on the van.
| Postcode districts | WD23, WD19 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | London Road (A411); Chalk Hill (A411); Aldenham Road (A4008); Pinner Road (A4008) |
| Nearest stations | Bushey (National Rail;London Overground), Watford High Street (London Overground), Carpenders Park (London Overground) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 5 (Berrygrove), about 2.0 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Arches Retail Park, Colne Valley Retail Park, Century Retail Park |
| Distance from our base | about 8 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Watford |
What we do in Oxhey
Tyre work in Oxhey.
Four jobs cover nearly everything asked for here. A puncture in the tread is mended properly, the cover off its rim and repaired from inside to BS AU 159, the wheel balanced after. A tyre wrecked by a kerb or by a blowout is replaced in its own size and rating. A locking nut whose key is nowhere in the glovebox comes off with a tool that bites its outside, and a plain one takes its place. And there is a fitter on call through the night, which counts for something on roads this busy.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Oxhey
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive first, since nothing has to be agreed with anybody and the car has already stopped on it. A residential turning off Aldenham Road or Eastbury Road comes next, the car set square and the fitter working off the footway. The surfaces at the Arches, Century Park and Waterfields are flat and roomy for a car that can be driven in, on the understanding that they are the operator's ground and not public highway. Kemp Place Car Park covers the Bushey end of things. The A411 offers a fitter nothing at any point.
Calls come from the terraces and turnings off Lower High Street, from the WD19 streets towards Eastbury Road and Oxhey Lane, and from the WD23 side nearer Bushey station. Because the place lies across two districts and two towns' worth of roads, the postcode counts for more here than in most places: give it in full and nobody ends up on the wrong side of the boundary. A drive is the best surface and a good many addresses have one. The surface parking at the Arches and Waterfields Shopping Park is where a driveable car can be met, though those bays belong to the centres that run them, so keep away from the entrance lanes and expect to be asked what is going on. The A411 and the A4008 carry too much traffic to work beside.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Oxhey.
After dark the calls here are drivers who came off the A411 with a warning light on and pulled into the first quiet street they found, and residents who spotted a flat on getting in. Whoever rings, somebody answers, the size is matched against the van's load, and the money is agreed before wheels turn.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
BRBradley ReeveGoogle review
Oxhey FAQs
Questions from Oxhey.
Which postcode is Oxhey in, WD19 or WD23?
Both districts are in use across the area, which is why the full postcode is the first thing asked for on the call. The two meet in the middle of Oxhey, so a street name alone does not always place a car, whereas the postcode and the house number do.
Can a tyre be fitted in the Waterfields Shopping Park car park?
Those bays belong to the shopping park rather than to the council, so the fitter works there with the site's agreement and stays clear of the entrance lanes. Send the row you are parked in. A quiet side road nearby is the alternative if anybody objects.
Is there an emission charge for driving out of Oxhey into London?
Oxhey lies outside Greater London, so the zone does not cover it. Cross the boundary towards Harrow or Edgware in a non-compliant vehicle and the daily charge is due. A car at rest having its tyre changed is charged nothing either way.
Do you replace a tyre that has been driven on flat?
A tyre driven on flat for any distance is usually finished, and the rim may have bent with it, so the fitter looks at both before fitting anything. Where the wheel itself has gone, you are told, rather than sold a cover onto a rim that will not hold it.
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Around Oxhey.
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Lower High Street, Aldenham Road, the Arches: the tyre is brought to wherever the car sits.