★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
Thorney, Buckinghamshire, near Iver · UB7
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Thorney.
Thorney is the Buckinghamshire hamlet between Iver and West Drayton, the name carried by the M4 and M25 interchange just south of it. Rescue Tyres brings the tyres and the balancing kit to the vehicle, seven days a week.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Typically 60 to 90 minutes
Tyre trouble in Thorney?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Thorney.
Tyres fail differently on this patch. It is trading estate country, so a lot of what goes wrong involves a working vehicle: a screw picked up on a yard at Saxon Way, a sidewall scuffed reversing onto a loading bay, a trailer tyre down on one corner. The rest is the motorway effect, with cars leaving junction 4b or junction 15 and limping onto the nearest ordinary road. Whichever it is, the vehicle stays where it is and the fitting happens there.
| Postcode districts | UB7, SL0 |
|---|---|
| Nearest stations | Iver (National Rail;Elizabeth line), West Drayton (National Rail;Elizabeth line) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 4B (Thorney), about 0.9 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Saxon Way Trading Estate, Former Rainbow Industrial Estate, Lakeside Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 13 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Hillingdon |
What we do in Thorney
Tyre work in Thorney.
Commercial work and car work sit together on this patch. A replacement is specified from the code moulded into the sidewall so the load and speed ratings are not downgraded, and run-flat, van, 4x4, electric and all-season patterns can all be had. Tread damage gets the tyre broken off the bead for a proper look inside; if BS AU 159 permits it, a combined plug and patch goes in from behind. A tyre that has let go is binned and the rim examined. Wheel nuts without keys are extracted. Somebody picks up overnight.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Thorney
Drives, bays and car parks.
Estate yards are the best ground in Thorney: flat, hard and wide, with somebody on site who can point the van at the right unit. A private drive on the lanes is just as good for a car. Failing either, a residential turning with the vehicle square to the kerb works, provided there is space to kneel on the offside without standing in traffic. The hamlet has no public parking to fall back on, so do not plan around any, and the motorway slip roads are never an option.
The callers split into two groups. One is the estates: Saxon Way, Skyport, Stockley Close and the Lakeside units, where vans and light trucks sit in yards and there is normally plenty of room to swing a wheel off. The other is the houses on the lanes running back towards Iver and the Richings Park side, where a frontage does the job. Addresses here carry UB7 and SL0 postcodes even though the county is Buckinghamshire, so give the postcode rather than the road name when you ring. Two surfaces are out of bounds: the slip roads at junction 4b, and any gateway where a jacked vehicle would block the way in for a lorry.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Thorney.
Night calls out here are usually commercial. A driver loading at Skyport or Saxon Way finds a tyre flat before an early start, or somebody coming in off the motorway pulls into a lane with a wheel going down. Whatever hour it rings, the phone gets answered, the size is read back to you off the tyre, and you know the figure before anybody leaves Brent Cross.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Nice guy and fast service. Perfect installation."
AAAlishia AkramGoogle review
Thorney FAQs
Questions from Thorney.
Which Thorney is this, and do you actually cover it?
Can a fitter work in a yard on the Saxon Way Trading Estate?
Estate yards are ideal ground, with hard standing and space around the vehicle. The one thing needed is the site's agreement, since these are private premises rather than public land. Give the unit number and whether the gate is manned, and the van comes to the vehicle.
Do I pay a ULEZ charge at a Thorney address?
Not at an address on the Buckinghamshire side, because the zone stops at the Greater London boundary a short way east. Cross into West Drayton or Sipson and it applies to a non-compliant vehicle. Either way, a car parked up having a tyre changed attracts no charge at all.
My tyre went on the M25 slip road at junction 15. Where do I meet you?
Somewhere off the motorway entirely. Slip roads, hard shoulders and emergency areas are all closed to a fitter. Carry on to an ordinary road near Iver or West Drayton and stop there. If the vehicle cannot be driven, National Highways on 0300 123 5000 arranges recovery first.
Nearby
Around Thorney.
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Saxon Way, the Iver lanes and the interchange edge: the tyre is brought to the vehicle.