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Southgate, Greater London, near Enfield · N14
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Southgate.
Southgate, N14, sits in Enfield and turns on its Circus, where the A111 Chase Side meets the A1004 High Street with the Underground station in the middle of the junction. Rescue Tyres fits at the car.
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Tyre trouble in Southgate?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Southgate.
The name belongs to half a dozen places in Britain, and this is the N14 one, the Enfield district built around that Circus. Tyres take their punishment close to home: a rim clipped on a kerb while squeezing past parked cars on The Bourne, a screw picked up on the A1004 High Street and carried back to the house, a valve that has quietly perished. Say what the sidewall code reads and which street you are on, and the tyre is on board before anything moves.
| Postcode districts | N14 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | High Street (A1004); Southgate Circus (A111); Chase Side (A111); The Bourne (A111) |
| Nearest stations | Southgate (London Underground), Arnos Grove (London Underground), Oakwood (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Friern Bridge Retail Park, Brunswick Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 6 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Enfield |
What we do in Southgate
Tyre work in Southgate.
What gets done in N14 is straightforward enough. A new tyre ordered to the numbers, the load index and the speed letter carried by the one coming off, then balanced on its wheel before that goes back. A tread puncture unseated, turned over and read from within, then patched and plugged under BS AU 159 where the injury falls inside what is permitted. A burst cover swapped and the rim looked over. A locking nut persuaded out once its key has gone. Somebody answers the telephone through the night.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Southgate
Drives, bays and car parks.
The drive in front of a house does most of it, and the avenues off Powys Lane and Osidge Lane have plenty of them. Where there is none, the kerb on a residential road serves, provided the car sits parallel and a little room is left ahead of the flat wheel. Southgate Circus and the High Street running through it are far too busy for that. Bays at Yasar Halim, Food Palace and the other food shops are theirs to say yes or no to.
Ringing comes from the streets either side of the Circus, from the avenues off Osidge Lane and Powys Lane, from Hampden Square, and from the houses along Chase Side towards Oakwood. The useful thing to know about this district is what it has not got: there is nowhere public in it to send anybody. What a map offers is either railway land at the station, which is the operator's, or bays behind the food shops on the High Street, which are the shops'. So the work happens where people live. Off street space exists on the wider avenues and is the easiest surface going. All of N14 lies inside the ULEZ, though a car with a wheel off is being charged nothing at all.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Southgate.
Late calls here belong to people whose cars sit on the street overnight and find one corner down when they come out before daylight, and to anyone home off a long run whose tyre is sinking on the drive. The telephone is manned round the clock, the size is verified against what you are driving, and the figure is given before a van is sent anywhere.
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What drivers say.
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"Had two tyres replaced and was really impressed. Friendly and efficient, job completed quickly. Highly recommend!"
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Southgate FAQs
Questions from Southgate.
Which Southgate is this page about?
The N14 one in Enfield, built around Southgate Circus where Chase Side meets the High Street. Several places share the name, which is why the postcode matters rather more than the street name when you telephone.
Is there anywhere public in Southgate to meet a fitter?
Not really, and it is worth knowing that before you build a plan around it. Station parking is the railway's and the bays behind the shops belong to the shops. Most callers leave the car on their own street or drive and have the wheel changed there.
Can you work at the kerb on Chase Side?
A quieter turning off it is much better. Chase Side carries the A111 through the district and a car jacked at the edge of that is exposed. Move round the corner if the tyre will still take the weight, then give the street name.
Does the ULEZ make a difference to a mobile fit?
None at all. The charge falls on a vehicle being driven inside the zone, and Southgate is in it like everywhere in Greater London. A car standing on a drive in N14 with a wheel lifted off it is going nowhere.
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Around Southgate.
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Southgate Circus, an avenue off Osidge Lane or your own drive in N14, with the tyre brought out.