★★★★★
"Good communication, excellent work and takes the initiative. Happy to go the extra mile, highly recommended if you're in a tyre-related bit of bother!"
DFDavid FordhamGoogle review
Somers Town, Greater London, near Camden · NW1
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Somers Town.
The Somers Town in Camden, wedged between the two big stations with Euston Road at its top edge, is estate courtyards and short streets. Rescue Tyres fits and repairs tyres in the bay the car already occupies.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Somers Town?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Somers Town.
This is a place people park in rather than drive through, which changes the job. A tyre picks up its damage out on Euston Road or the A400 at Hampstead Road, then gives up quietly overnight on an estate bay where there is no spare and no sensible way to move the car. Fitting on the spot solves both problems at once. What is needed on the call is the block, the bay and the code off the sidewall, nothing more.
| Postcode districts | NW1, WC1H, WC1E |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Euston Road (A501); Euston Underpass (A501); Hampstead Road (A400); Euston Overpass (A400) |
| Nearest stations | London Euston (National Rail;London Overground), Euston (London Underground), Euston Square (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Roman Way Industrial Estate, Hannover Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 5 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Camden |
What we do in Somers Town
Tyre work in Somers Town.
What gets asked for here is ordinary and it gets done at the kerb. New tyres in whatever size the car already wears, ordered in before the visit rather than guessed at. Puncture repairs that start by taking the cover off the wheel to read its lining, as BS AU 159 requires before a patch goes anywhere near it. Replacement when a tyre has burst or been kerbed beyond saving. Locking wheel nut removal for a key that has gone missing. And the callout line runs at night as well as by day.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Somers Town
Drives, bays and car parks.
An estate bay or a marked residents' space is where most of this work gets done, the car left untouched, the fitter working from the footway. The squares give a bit more room where a block has none. A private yard behind a building suits a van or a larger vehicle, given permission from whoever holds the gate. Euston Road and the A400 are not usable at any point, and neither is a pavement, which has to stay clear for people walking.
Calls come from the estate blocks in NW1, from the WC1H streets on the Bloomsbury side, and from the squares off Camden Street and Harrington Square. Inside the grid there is little through traffic, which makes these some of the easier streets in central London to work on: a car in its own bay can be jacked without anyone having to stand in a live lane. The catch is that estate parking, the Curnock Estate car park included, is for residents and permit holders, so the bay has to be yours or somebody has to say the van may come in. Euston Road along the top is a red route and no place to stop. The Congestion Charge line follows that road: the NW1 side is outside the zone, the WC1 streets beyond it are not. A parked car pays no ULEZ at any hour.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Somers Town.
Night here is estate-quiet even with the stations a couple of streets away. The calls that come in after midnight are from people back off a late service, drivers who work nights and have found the wheel down before a shift, and families due out early. Somebody answers, the size is checked, and a realistic arrival time is fixed there and then.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Great service. Friendly, fast and saved me at a late hour."
HSHassan SkaikyGoogle review
Somers Town FAQs
Questions from Somers Town.
Which Somers Town is this?
The Camden one, in NW1, behind Euston and St Pancras, with Euston Road along the top and Camden Street running off towards Camden Town. There is another place of the name elsewhere in the country, so quote a postcode on the call and no van heads for the wrong county.
Can you fit a tyre in an estate parking bay?
So long as you have the right to park in it, that bay is the ideal spot: off the through road, level, and with space to set the wheel down. Name your block and your bay so the fitter is not circling the estate looking for you.
The tyre went down while I was on Euston Road. Where should I pull in?
Not on the red route itself. Turn off into the NW1 streets behind it, or up Hampstead Road onto one of the squares, and park properly before you ring. A car half in a traffic lane is not somewhere a wheel can safely be taken off.
Do you do brakes or servicing while you are here?
Tyres and wheels only. No brakes, no batteries, no MOT work and no wheel alignment, and nothing part-worn is ever fitted. What the van carries is tyre fitting and wheel balancing equipment, and everything that goes on a car is new.
Nearby
Around Somers Town.
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Estate bays, Oakley Square or the WC1H streets, a fitter comes to the car itself.