★★★★★
"After damaging my tyre on a pothole I found myself in an unfamiliar area. Within 20 minutes of calling Rescue Tyres they came to my rescue. Wholeheartedly recommend."
DSDaniella SaccoGoogle review
Turnpike Lane, Greater London · N8
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Turnpike Lane.
Turnpike Lane is the A504 running east across the top of N8 towards Green Lanes, with Hornsey station a short walk off it. Rescue Tyres loads the right tyre onto the van and works on the wheel at the kerb the car is on.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Turnpike Lane?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Turnpike Lane.
This is commuter ground and the tyres show it. A car gets left on a side street near Hornsey station all day, five days a week, and the slow leak that started on Tottenham Lane is not noticed until Saturday, by which point the tyre is flat against the kerb. The rest is kerb damage, collected turning off the A504 into streets built for fewer vehicles. Either way the car need not move: name the street, quote the size, and the job happens there.
| Postcode districts | N8 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Tottenham Lane (A103); Church Lane (A103); Park Road (A1201); The Broadway (A103;A1201) |
| Nearest stations | Hornsey (National Rail), Harringay (National Rail), Crouch Hill (London Overground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Hornsey Water Treatment Works, Crusader Industrial Park, Omega Works |
| Distance from our base | about 4 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Haringey |
What we do in Turnpike Lane
Tyre work in Turnpike Lane.
Four jobs cover almost everything asked for around Turnpike Lane. A new tyre built to the stamping carried by the one coming off, size, load and speed alike. A tread puncture mended internally, subject to BS AU 159 and where the damage sits. A torn casing exchanged, the rim inspected on the way. And a locking nut dealt with where its key cannot be found. There is cover right round the clock, weekends included.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Turnpike Lane
Drives, bays and car parks.
Working at the kerb is the norm here and it suits everybody: a residential turning off Church Lane or Priory Road, the car parked square, and clearance on the offside so the fitter is never obliged to stand in the carriageway. Driveways exist in pockets and are better again. If the car is left near Hornsey station for the working day, it stays on the bay it is on and the fitter attends that. Green Lanes and the A504 frontage are the two to keep off, both too busy to work beside.
Callers here are spread between the Tottenham Lane and Church Lane frontages, the Ferme Park streets running south, and the Hornsey Park and Haringey Heartlands side towards Wood Green. Controlled parking covers nearly the whole of it, so the practical question is which bay the car occupies, not which road. Permit bays and pay bays are both fine to work on provided the car is legally in one. What does not work is the A504 frontage, where the bays are short stay, the buses come through and a wheel off the kerb side puts somebody in the traffic. No public car park serves this end of N8; the nearest is Crouch Hall Road, over in Crouch End. The district is inside the ULEZ around the clock, but a stationary car having a wheel changed is not being driven and pays nothing.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Turnpike Lane.
Night work here belongs to early starts and late finishes: somebody heading for a first train who finds the nearside down, or a car back after dark on Church Lane that is quietly losing air. The line is manned regardless of the hour, the sidewall size is checked, and the cost settled before a van moves.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Life saver. Sudden puncture, hard-to-find tyre. They got back to me within 10 minutes and did a mobile tyre change."
JSJimmy SuGoogle review
Turnpike Lane FAQs
Questions from Turnpike Lane.
Is there a car park near Turnpike Lane where you can fit a tyre?
Nothing public sits at this end of N8, so a car park is not the answer here. Almost every job finishes on a legal permit or pay bay in a residential turning instead, which gives the fitter more room than a shopping frontage ever would.
Can you deal with the tyre while I am at work in town?
That is the common arrangement around here. Leave the car legally parked, text over the street, the bay and the registration, and it gets seen to while you are at your desk. A message goes out on completion, so nothing waits for your return.
Something went into the tyre on the A504. Where should I stop?
Turn off it. Any of the residential streets running away from Turnpike Lane or Tottenham Lane will do, as long as the car is clear of the bus traffic and parked properly. Once it is still, ring 07473 720871 with the street name and what the tyre is doing.
Does the wheel locking key have to be in the car?
It helps enormously, so look in the glovebox and the boot well before the fitter arrives. Where it has genuinely gone, a hardened removal socket bites onto the nut and winds it out without scoring the alloy, and plain nuts take its place.
Nearby
Around Turnpike Lane.
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Stuck in Turnpike Lane? Call now.
Tottenham Lane, Ferme Park or a bay near Hornsey station: the fitter brings the tyre out to the car.