★★★★★
"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
Silvertown, Greater London · E16
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Silvertown.
Silvertown lines the dock road in E16, Newham, between North Woolwich Road and the runway at London City Airport. Rescue Tyres changes the tyre where the vehicle stands, in a yard, a bay or a car park.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Silvertown?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Silvertown.
This is heavy traffic country. The A1020 through North Woolwich Road and Silvertown Way carries lorries all day between the dock estates, the roundabouts are wide and rough at the edges, and what comes off a construction lorry ends up in somebody's tyre. Cars fare no better on the kerbs around Albert Road and Connaught Road. Whether it is a flat van holding up a delivery or a family car sitting outside a flat, the fitting happens where the vehicle already is, once the size has been read off the sidewall.
| Postcode districts | E16, SE18, SE7 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | North Woolwich Road (A1020); Woolwich Road (A206); Woolwich Church Street (A206); Connaught Bridge (A1020) |
| Nearest stations | Pontoon Dock (Docklands Light Railway), London City Airport (Docklands Light Railway), Woolwich Dockyard (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Stone Lake Retail Park, Brocklebank Retail Park, Peninsular Retail Park |
| Distance from our base | about 12 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Newham |
What we do in Silvertown
Tyre work in Silvertown.
Commercial sizes matter around here, so van and light truck fitments are part of the normal load, alongside car tyres in whatever the vehicle wears. Everything is balanced on the van before the wheel goes back. Tread punctures get the proper treatment: tyre off the rim, the inside read, a patch-plug where BS AU 159 permits it and a new tyre where it does not. Burst and shredded tyres are replaced and the rim checked. Locking nuts with no key are drawn off. Calls answered through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Silvertown
Drives, bays and car parks.
A yard on one of the E16 estates is the best working space around: hard standing, and space to swing a jack in beside the wheel. A marked bay outside a block on Albert Road does the job for a car. The ExCeL car parks are large and public, which makes them a practical meeting point for anyone whose car can still be driven, though they are operator land so it is worth saying you are coming. Hotel and pub car parks along the dock road are private and not an option.
The work splits between trade and residential. Trade comes off the Thames Road Industrial Estate, the London Industrial Park and the units either side of the A1020, where a van can be jacked in its own yard as long as the gatehouse knows to let a fitter in. Residential comes from Albert Road, Connaught Road and the blocks near Pontoon Dock and West Silvertown, where street bays are the working surface. The dual carriageways are not: nobody jacks a wheel beside the Connaught Roundabout, the Airport Roundabout or Connaught Bridge, and the A112 is little better at busy times. Silvertown lies in Newham, which puts it inside the ULEZ like every other part of Greater London, at every hour, and a vehicle being worked on is not being driven and pays nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Silvertown.
Silvertown never fully stops. Airport departures start early, dock and logistics shifts change in the dark, and a driver who finds a flat before a dawn run has nowhere to take it at that time. The line is manned at any hour, and the charge for the tyre plus the visit is confirmed then.
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
Silvertown FAQs
Questions from Silvertown.
Can you meet me in an ExCeL car park?
That works when the car will cover the short distance under its own power. Parking there is public and wide, so there is room to get round the wheel. Choose a bay well clear of the entrance lanes, then say which car park it is and roughly where in it.
A works van has a flat on the Thames Road Industrial Estate. What do you need?
The sidewall code including the load rating, the unit or gate where the van is parked, and how flat the tyre actually is. Have someone on site expecting the fitter. Most tread damage on these estates is repairable; slashes and sidewall cuts are not.
Is it safe to change a tyre near the Connaught Roundabout?
Nothing gets done at the roadside there. The approaches carry lorries and there is no margin to stand in. Get the vehicle off onto Albert Road or into an estate yard, or if it will not move, ring 999 when you are in danger and wait for recovery.
Do you cover North Woolwich and the streets towards Beckton?
Both are inside the patch, along with Custom House, Pontoon Dock and the Charlton side of the river. Say which road you are on and whether the vehicle is a car or a van, and the correct fitment is on the van when it sets out.
Nearby
Around Silvertown.
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Albert Road, an ExCeL bay or a yard off North Woolwich Road: the fitting is done on site.