★★★★★
"Life saver. Sudden puncture, hard-to-find tyre. They got back to me within 10 minutes and did a mobile tyre change."
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Penge, Greater London · SE20 and SE19
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Penge.
Penge has two stations carrying its name, Penge West and Penge East, on separate lines, and a High Street that doubles as the A234. Rescue Tyres does the wheel work at the kerb the car already occupies.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Penge?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Penge.
The everyday Penge puncture is a slow one. A screw goes in somewhere along the A234 High Street, the tyre loses a little pressure each night, and by the weekend the car on Lennard Road or Parish Lane is visibly sitting down on one corner. Driving it to a tyre bay in that state is how a repairable tyre becomes a scrapped one. Leave it be, ring us, and the wheel comes off in the street it is already parked in.
| Postcode districts | SE20, SE19, SE26 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Crystal Palace Park Road (A234); High Street (A234); Anerley Road (A214); Anerley Hill (A214) |
| Nearest stations | Crystal Palace (National Rail;London Overground), Penge West (National Rail;London Overground), Anerley (National Rail;London Overground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Bell Green Retail Park, Franklin Industrial Estate, Hamilton Road Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 13 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Bromley |
What we do in Penge
Tyre work in Penge.
Most jobs in SE20 are one of four things. A repair, done properly with the tyre off the rim and a patch-plug worked in from the inside, judged against BS AU 159 limits before anything is committed. A replacement, when the sidewall has gone or the tyre has run flat, in whatever the car takes, run-flat and van sizes included. A locking nut removed because the key is lost. Or a callout at night. Wheel alignment is a garage job and not one we offer.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Penge
Drives, bays and car parks.
A drive is the exception in Penge rather than the rule, so expect the fitter to work at the kerb beside the car. What is needed is clearance on the road side of the wheel and somewhere for the van to sit. Supermarket and retail park car parks serve when whoever runs them does not mind. The High Street itself, a bus stop cage, a loading bay in use, or a car wedged between two others with no clearance are all reasons to move it a street away first.
Penge is terraced almost end to end, and the terraces came before the cars, so most jobs are kerbside rather than driveway ones. The busiest stretch is the High Street and Crystal Palace Park Road, where loading bays, bus stops and a constant flow of traffic make it a poor place to leave a car standing; Lennard Road, Parish Lane and Newlands Park a few turnings away are far better. Bromley operates controlled bays around the station approaches, and a resident permit covers the car perfectly well while the work happens. Drivers who have already reached Bell Green Retail Park sometimes ring from the car park there, which is workable with the operator's agreement.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Penge.
The late calls in Penge come off the last trains into Penge West and Penge East, and from people who get in from a shift and spot a flat under the street light. Somebody answers at any hour, and the arrival time gets agreed honestly on that same call.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Great service, fixed my punctured tyre quickly and the best prices for mobile repairs."
AAmirGoogle review
Penge FAQs
Questions from Penge.
Can you repair a puncture without taking the wheel off in Penge?
The wheel has to come off, and so does the tyre. A repair meeting BS AU 159 goes in from the inside once the casing has been examined, which cannot be done through the tread. All of that happens at the kerb outside your house in SE20.
Where should I park if my tyre goes down on the High Street?
Turn into Lennard Road, Parish Lane or Newlands Park as soon as a gap appears. The High Street carries buses and loading traffic along the A234 and is a poor place to stand. Ring with the road name once you have stopped moving.
Do you fit tyres at Bell Green Retail Park?
That car park is privately managed, so it turns on the operator's view on the day. Where they have no objection to a wheel coming off, the job happens there. Where they do object, a residential turning off Lennard Road is a short roll away.
Is Penge in the ULEZ, and does that cost me while you work?
Penge sits inside the zone like everywhere else in the capital, and it is live at every hour. Nothing is due while a car simply stands at the kerb having a tyre changed, because it is not being driven. Our van complies too.
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Around Penge.
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High Street, Lennard Road or a drive off Parish Lane: the fitter travels, the car does not.