"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
Mobile tyre fitting
in Turves Green.
Turves Green is a B31 suburb a short walk from Northfield station, bounded by busy roads and crossed by speed cushions. When a tyre gives up here, Rescue Tyres drives the replacement to wherever the car is standing.
A fitter at your car
in Turves Green.
Speed cushions are the local tyre hazard. Clipped at an angle, their edges can pinch a sidewall, and the harm may only show later as a bulge rather than as a flat. Punctures arrive the ordinary way as well, from the A38 Bristol Road South and from the B4121 along Church Road and Bunbury Road. A bulge always means a new tyre, never a repair, so a photo of the sidewall plus the size tells the fitter what to load.
| Postcode districts | B31 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Bristol Road South (A38); Sir Herbert Austin Way (A38); Redditch Road (A441); Church Road (B4121) |
| Nearest stations | Northfield (National Rail), Longbridge (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Kings Norton Trading Estate, Frankley Industrial Estate, Arden Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 94 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 Northfield |
Tyre work in Turves Green.
Here the jobs are tyre replacements after sidewall damage, tread punctures, burst tyres and locking wheel nuts that are seized or have lost their key. A screw in the tread is assessed from inside the tyre and mended only if it lies in the area BS AU 159 allows; anything on the shoulder or sidewall is replaced instead. Vans off the estates get tyres with the right load rating. When the locking nut key has vanished, the fitter carries the tools to remove the nut, and someone picks up the phone at any hour.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
Driveways first, then quiet side roads with a clear kerb. The car parks at Northfield Shopping Centre and the Sainsbury's store are usable for a car that can still be moved, in a normal bay out of the flow of traffic; tell the fitter which row it is in. A marked bay at Northfield station works for a commuter. Streets with speed cushions are fine to park on, but the bus lanes on Bristol Road South are not a working surface at any time of day.
Most calls come from the streets between Church Road and Longbridge Lane, and from shoppers who parked at Northfield Shopping Centre or the Sainsbury's car park before noticing a tyre going down. Northfield station is close enough that commuters often find the flat when they walk back to the car. Bristol Road South carries bus lanes and heavy traffic, so nobody should try to stop on it with a failing tyre, and the B4121 and B4096 are busy in their own right. Turn into a residential road and wait there. Working vans come from Frankley Industrial Estate and Arden Business Park, where the yard is usually the simplest place for the job. The Clean Air Zone sits miles away inside the Middleway and plays no part in any of this.

24 hours in Turves Green.
Late calls from Turves Green are often commuters stepping off a late train at Northfield to a flat, or somebody who spotted a bulge on the way back from the shops. Explain where the car is, agree the total before the van sets out, and the job is done by torchlight on the spot.
What drivers say.
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
Questions from Turves Green.
Can the speed cushions in Turves Green damage a tyre?
Is the Northfield Shopping Centre car park somewhere you can work?
Does Turves Green count as Northfield or Longbridge for your cover?
What should I tell you about a flat van tyre at Frankley Industrial Estate?
Around Turves Green.
Stuck in Turves Green? Call now.
Church Road, Northfield Shopping Centre or a drive off Longbridge Lane: the tyre is fitted wherever the car is parked.
