★★★★★
"Came in for a popped tyre, was fixed quickly and efficiently."
AJAmna JasimGoogle review
Spon End, West Midlands · CV1 and CV5
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Spon End.
Spon End sits just outside the A4053 ring road on the B4101, with Earlsdon and Chapelfields close by. Rescue Tyres works outside the loop, on a Spon End street or in a long stay car park, and brings the tyre to the car.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Spon End?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Spon End.
Spon End lives with the ring road. Its junctions throw cars onto short slips and tight merges, and a wheel that clips a kerb on one of them can lose air over the next few streets. The other common call is a driver back at Grosvenor Road Long Stay after a day in the city, finding a tyre flat. Either way, the car should be stopped somewhere off the Ringway, then a call with the size and the CV1 or CV5 postcode sets up the visit.
| Postcode districts | CV1, CV5 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Holyhead Road (A4114); Ringway Rudge (A4053); Ringway Hill Cross (A4053); Ringway Queens (A4053) |
| Nearest stations | Coventry (National Rail), Canley (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Alvis Retail Park, Central Six Retail Park, Arches Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 80 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 Coventry |
What we do in Spon End
Tyre work in Spon End.
Tyre work in Spon End follows the ring road and the car parks. Replacements are sourced to whichever size and budget you read out over the phone. When a Spon End puncture sits in the tread's middle band, it gets an inside patch under BS AU 159, while damage near the shoulder means replacement, with the reason given. Burst tyres are swapped where the car has stopped safely. A keyless locking nut is drawn off with an extractor and swapped for an ordinary one.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Spon End
Drives, bays and car parks.
Both Grosvenor Road Long Stay and the public car park on Queens Road have open surfaces where a wheel can come off without anyone squeezing past. Over at Alvis Retail Park, a car still able to make the trip is fine too, as long as the bay has room alongside. A residential street off the ring road works when the car can sit clear of the traffic. A multi-storey deck, a ring road lay-by or a slip road does not, and the fitter will ask you to move before starting.
Spon End is the ground between the ring road and Earlsdon and Chapelfields, with Holyhead Road, the A4114, a few streets away and the B4101 running through as Spon End and Butts Road. Inside the loop the parking is multi-storey decks, useless for lifting a car, so Spon End work happens just outside the Ringway. When ringing, say which Ringway section you left by, Rudge, Hill Cross or Queens, as that tells the fitter which side of the city to approach from. Streets here can be narrow, and a car parked tight to its neighbours may need moving to a clearer stretch. The slip roads and the ring road carriageway are never somewhere to stop and wait.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Spon End.
The late calls here are from people walking back from the city centre to a car left in Spon End, and drivers coming round the Ringway after an evening out. Pick up the phone at any hour; someone answers, asks where the car is, and tells you the whole Spon End cost up front.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Absolutely amazing service. First call-out for a replacement tyre after hours and I was amazed."
APAmer PervezGoogle review
Spon End FAQs
Questions from Spon End.
Can you fit a tyre at Alvis Retail Park near Spon End?
A surface bay with a bit of space alongside is workable, and a car left there while you shop can be sorted before you get back. Say which row it is in. A multi-storey level is different, as there is not the room to lift the car safely.
I hit a kerb coming off the ring road at Spon End. What should I do?
Get off the Ringway and stop on a quiet street or in a long stay car park, then look at the sidewall. A bulge or a cut means the tyre has to be replaced, not driven on. A photo of the damage plus the size is enough to arrange the Spon End visit.
Which car park near Spon End is best for a tyre change?
Grosvenor Road Long Stay and the public car park on Queens Road are both open and give room to work. Either is better than a tight street if the car can be driven the short distance without the tyre coming off the rim.
Does Spon End being so close to the city centre mean a clean air charge?
Coventry has no charging clean air zone at all, inside the ring road or out, so a Spon End driver owes nothing extra for coming in. The council chose road changes over a charge.
Nearby
Around Spon End.
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Stuck in Spon End? Call now.
Just outside the Ringway, from Holyhead Road to Grosvenor Road Long Stay, the fitter comes to the car in Spon End.