★★★★★
"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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Portobello, West Midlands, near Wolverhampton · WV13 and WV14
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Portobello.
Portobello, on the Wolverhampton side of Willenhall, grew up along the A454 Willenhall Road. Rescue Tyres sets out with a tyre in the right size already aboard and swaps it wherever the car came to a halt, drive or side street.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Portobello?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Portobello.
Willenhall Road is the spine of Portobello and the source of most tyre problems here, simply because nearly every journey uses it. A puncture picked up on it tends to show a day later on the drive. The B4464 Somerford Place and the B4484 through Rose Hill and Bilston Street bring in more traffic from the Bilston side. Whatever happened, phone through the tyre size along with the postcode, and a fitter comes to you with a matching tyre.
| Postcode districts | WV13, WV14 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Willenhall Road (A454); The Keyway (A454); Somerford Place (B4464); Pinson Road (B4484) |
| Nearest stations | Willenhall (National Rail), The Crescent (West Midlands Metro), Bilston Central (West Midlands Metro) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Bentley Bridge Retail Park, Springvale Retail Park, Mitre Retail Park |
| Distance from our base | about 105 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Willenhall |
What we do in Portobello
Tyre work in Portobello.
In Portobello the bulk of the work is new tyres, picked to match the old tyre's markings and balanced once they are on. A tread puncture can be mended to BS AU 159, but only after the tyre is lifted from the wheel and its inner lining looked over; anything outside that zone means a new tyre. Burst tyres get replaced and the wheel checked. A keyless locking nut is extracted with no harm to the alloy, and calls come in at every hour.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Portobello
Drives, bays and car parks.
Off-street drives are the first choice. After that, a retail park car park, with the car left away from the entrance lanes, gives the fitter room on all sides. The Wakes Ground Car and Lorry Park is large and open. Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons car parks nearby also suit a driveable car. Estate yards are the answer for vans. The Willenhall Road carriageway and the junctions on The Keyway are not usable; there is simply nowhere to stand clear.
People call from the houses either side of Willenhall Road, from Summerford Place and Little London, and from the edges of Willenhall and Bilston, each about a mile away. Willenhall Road is the main road through and has little room beside it, so anyone who loses a tyre on it should get into a side road and only then pull up. Shoppers call from Bentley Bridge Retail Park, Springvale Retail Park and Mitre Retail Park, where a quiet corner of the car park is often the simplest meeting place. Works vans come from Planetary Industrial Estate and Reliance Trading Estate. Portobello is in Wolverhampton, where no clean air scheme operates, so there is nothing to pay to drive in or to have a tyre changed.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Portobello.
Night calls from Portobello are often from drivers heading home along Willenhall Road after a late shift, who reach the drive on a softening tyre. Somebody picks up however late it is, and the full figure is yours to accept or turn down before anything happens.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Great service, fixed my punctured tyre quickly and the best prices for mobile repairs."
AAmirGoogle review
Portobello FAQs
Questions from Portobello.
Is this the Portobello between Willenhall and Bilston?
It is the Wolverhampton suburb along Willenhall Road, in the WV13 and WV14 postcode districts. Other towns have a Portobello too, so reading out the complete postcode on the phone keeps the fitter heading for the correct street.
Can a tyre be changed at Bentley Bridge Retail Park?
A car that can still be driven gently can meet the fitter there. Choose a far row, not the lanes by the doors, with space around the flat wheel, and send a WhatsApp pin so the van finds the exact spot.
Is Portobello far out for a company based in north London?
It is roughly a hundred and five miles from the Brent Cross base, and it sits inside the area covered. A phone call gets you a truthful idea of timing, depending on where the fitter is working that day.
My works van has a flat at Reliance Trading Estate. What do you need?
Quote the size and the load figure from the tyre, say which unit you are at, and whether the van is carrying a load. Van tyres usually carry a higher load rating than car tyres, so matching it matters. A yard is a good place to work, if the site lets a visiting fitter in.
Nearby
Around Portobello.
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From Willenhall Road to Bentley Bridge Retail Park and the WV13 side streets, the fitter comes to the car.