★★★★★
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
EBEliza BarclayGoogle review
St Luke's, Greater London · EC1V and EC1Y
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in St Luke's.
Behind the glass on City Road, St Luke's is still estates, courtyards and short terraces in EC1Y, with Old Street station at one end. Rescue Tyres turns up with tyre and tools at whatever space the car already occupies.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in St Luke's?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in St Luke's.
What goes wrong here is mostly slow. A tyre picks something up on Great Eastern Street or on the approach to Old Street, holds pressure long enough to get parked, and is soft two days later when the car is wanted. Alloys suffer as well, because reversing into a courtyard bay between bollards is unforgiving. Neither problem calls for a workshop. Tell us the numbers moulded on the sidewall and where in EC1Y the car is standing, and the tyre travels out with the van.
| Postcode districts | EC1V, EC1Y |
|---|---|
| Main roads | City Road (A501); Goswell Road (A1); Great Eastern Street (A1202); Curtain Road (A1202) |
| Nearest stations | Old Street (National Rail;London Underground), Barbican (London Underground), Moorgate (National Rail;London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate, Roman Way Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 7 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Islington |
What we do in St Luke's
Tyre work in St Luke's.
Tyres come sized off the exact code on the old cover, be it a small hatchback size, a van fitment or something low profile wrapped round a big alloy, and the fresh one goes on wherever the car happens to be. A nail through the tread gets handled to BS AU 159, which means lifting the tyre clear so the inner liner can be examined. Sidewall damage becomes a replacement instead. Locking nuts are removed without marking the wheel.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in St Luke's
Drives, bays and car parks.
An estate courtyard is usually the best surface in EC1Y: flat, out of the traffic, and big enough to swing a jack once whoever manages it knows a fitter is coming. A resident bay on one of the short terraces does the job otherwise, with the car sitting square. Public parking barely exists in this pocket, so it comes down to the space you already hold. Pavement parking and a disabled bay that is not yours are both unusable.
Work in St Luke's arrives from three directions: the estate blocks between Goswell Road and City Road, the flats above the shops on the Old Street side, and businesses on Great Eastern Street and Curtain Road whose vans park where they can. Almost every bay is permit-held or metered, and the courtyards behind the blocks are managed by the estate rather than the council, so the caretaker is the person to tell. The A501 and the A1202 both run through, and a jacked car has no business on either. Clean air charging applies here at all times and the Congestion Charge reaches it too, though neither scheme touches a vehicle that is standing still.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in St Luke's.
Old Street is awake late and St Luke's hears it. After midnight the callers are people leaving work who find a flat, and residents who would rather the wheel was sorted before the morning. Somebody answers whenever you ring, checks the size against what can be brought out, and puts a figure on the tyre and the visit before the van moves.
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 Luke's FAQs
Questions from St Luke's.
Will a fitter work in an estate courtyard in St Luke's?
Courtyards are good places to work, so long as the estate office or the caretaker knows about it and the space is not a fire lane. Tell the fitter the block name and the way in, since several of these courtyards are barriered and look identical from the street.
The tyre went down on Great Eastern Street. Where should I stop?
Turn off onto a side street before the pressure goes altogether, and park where the traffic is not brushing past you. Driving on a flat wrecks the sidewall and often the rim too, so a short hobble to a quiet turning beats pressing on.
Do you do work for businesses around Curtain Road?
Vans and company cars are the same job as any other. Give the registration, the size on the sidewall and where the vehicle is standing, and the work is done at that kerb rather than taking the vehicle off the road for half a day.
Which postcodes does this cover, EC1V or EC1Y?
Both, along with the streets either side of Goswell Road and the Old Street end of the district. St Luke's is small enough that the postcode matters less than the street name and the block, so give those two when you ring.
Nearby
Around St Luke's.
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Goswell Road, a courtyard off City Road or a terrace bay in EC1Y, the fitter comes to you.