★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
St. Ebbes, Oxfordshire · OX1
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in St. Ebbes.
St Ebbes is the OX1 quarter around Westgate Oxford, between Thames Street and Oxpens Road. Whatever the car is parked in here, a bay, a car park or a private space, the Rescue Tyres fitter comes to it.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off
Tyre trouble in St. Ebbes?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in St. Ebbes.
This is the middle of the city, so almost nothing here is parked on its own drive. A car in St Ebbes is in a pay and display bay, a permit space or a car park, and saying which of those it is comes first. It governs where the van stands and how the job is set up. So: the numbers on the sidewall, the postcode, and the exact spot, be that Oxpens Road, a street off Thames Street or a level in a car park. The tyre travels to it.
| Postcode districts | OX1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Thames Street (A420); Oxpens Road (A420); Hythe Bridge Street (A4144); Worcester Street (A4144) |
| Nearest stations | Oxford (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Botley Road Retail Park, Seacourt Retail Park, West Way Shopping Centre |
| Distance from our base | about 46 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Around 2 hours, confirmed before we set off |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Oxford |
What we do in St. Ebbes
Tyre work in St. Ebbes.
City centre work runs to a pattern. A tyre picked to match the size and speed rating of the one coming off, then fitted, balanced and torqued next to the car, the old casing leaving for disposal. A tread puncture taken down off the wheel and sealed to BS AU 159, subject to the hole's position and width. A burst or shredded tyre replaced, the rim inspected first. A locking nut drawn out where its key is long gone, common on cars that have changed hands. Night and weekend callouts are taken on the same number.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in St. Ebbes
Drives, bays and car parks.
Open tarmac is the thing to aim for in the city centre. Oxpens Road Carpark has it and so does Gloucester Green, and either works for a car that will still move, once the operator has been told. Otherwise a paid bay on a side street is fine if the offside is clear of moving traffic. A private space behind a building beats both, if you have the use of one. St Aldate's, Thames Street and the approaches to Folly Bridge are not places to have a car standing with a wheel off.
The calls here come from residents on the streets between Thames Street and the river, from people staying in the city who have parked for the duration, and from drivers who came in to Westgate Oxford and found a wheel down when they got back to it. Everything is OX1. Oxpens Road Carpark and Gloucester Green Car Park are the two obvious pieces of open ground, and both are run by operators, so the desk needs to know a fitting van is coming in. Kerbside work is possible on the smaller streets if the bay is paid for and the car is square to the kerb. What will not work is St Aldate's, Hythe Bridge Street or Frideswide Square, and the bus gates through the centre rule out a good deal of the rest.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in St. Ebbes.
St Ebbes after dark means people who have been out in town and shift workers heading home, returning to a car in a city car park to find a tyre down. Whoever answers takes the size, the car park and the level, agrees what tyre and visit will come to, and the van goes out loaded for that fitment.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
BRBradley ReeveGoogle review
St. Ebbes FAQs
Questions from St. Ebbes.
Will the Zero Emission Zone keep a fitter away from a car in St Ebbes?
The pilot runs over a small number of central streets only, most of them shut to general traffic already, and St Ebbes addresses sit outside its edge. Nor does it matter to the work: standing still while a wheel is changed attracts no charge.
Can you fit a tyre in Oxpens Road Carpark?
Open surface parking of that sort is the easiest thing to work on in the centre. Take a space clear of the entrance and the pay machines, keep the ticket in date for the duration, and send a row number so nobody walks the whole site.
I am in a multi storey and the tyre is flat. What now?
Mention it on the phone, because getting in depends on the car park and its operator rather than on the tyre. Where a van cannot enter, the answer is a surface space nearby or your own parking. Changing the wheel is no harder either way.
Do you need the car keys to change a tyre?
Somebody with keys ought to be reachable, since a car may need shifting a length and the handbrake and gear matter once it is on a jack. Keys left at a desk work if the desk will hand them over. Confirmation follows by phone.
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Around St. Ebbes.
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Oxpens Road, Thames Street or Gloucester Green, the tyre travels to the parked car.