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West Brompton, Greater London · SW6 and SW5
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in West Brompton.
West Brompton is where four postcodes meet, with Warwick Road on one side and Finborough Road on the other. Rescue Tyres loads the right tyre, drives over and does the work at the kerb.
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Tyre trouble in West Brompton?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in West Brompton.
This is a through-traffic district, and that is what does the damage. Finborough Road and Redcliffe Gardens funnel the A3220 down towards the river crossings, and Warwick Road brings it in from the north, so there is a constant grind of buses, vans and taxis over kerbs and build-outs. A tyre picks up a screw or catches a kerb edge and the leak shows up when the car is back in its bay. That bay is where the wheel gets changed.
| Postcode districts | SW6, SW5, SW10, W14 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Warwick Road (A3220); Finborough Road (A3220); Redcliffe Gardens (A3220); West Cromwell Road (A4) |
| Nearest stations | West Brompton (London Underground;London Overground), Fulham Broadway (London Underground), Earl's Court (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Brompton Cross District Shopping Centre., Hurlingham Business Park, Chartwell Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 6 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Kensington and Chelsea |
What we do in West Brompton
Tyre work in West Brompton.
What gets asked for here is ordinary, but it has to be done properly at the kerb. Replacement covers in the exact size off the sidewall, budget makes through to premium, run-flat and the bigger rim diameters these cars run on. A tread puncture gets the tyre broken down, the liner read, and a plug and patch fixed inside to BS AU 159. A blown tyre brings a new one and a rim check. Where the locking nut key is missing, the nut is wound out. The phone is answered at any hour, seven days.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in West Brompton
Drives, bays and car parks.
A resident or pay-by-phone bay is what gets used here, and it is a perfectly good one provided the car sits fully inside the markings with room to swing a wheel out. Some of the mansion blocks and newer developments have off-street parking or an underground level, which is better still once the building knows the van is due. What cannot be used: a red route, a bay under suspension, a loading bay, or the narrow end of a street where a jacked car would stop everything behind it.
An address here can be SW5, SW6, SW10 or W14 depending which side of the street it is on, so the full postcode saves a lot of guesswork. Calls come from the flats along Finborough Road and Redcliffe Gardens, from the terraces running down towards Walham Green and the Wandon Estate, and from the streets behind West Brompton station. Every one of them is controlled kerbside; nothing in the way of public parking sits close enough to be worth using, so the bay the car is in is the bay it gets worked on in. Warwick Road, Cromwell Road and West Cromwell Road are red route and out of bounds. What covers this ground is the ULEZ, ticking over day and night, which leaves a stationary car untouched.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in West Brompton.
The late calls out of SW5 and SW10 are usually people who have parked up for the night and spotted a soft tyre on the way in, plus the odd driver heading out before dawn. The number is answered round the clock, and the sum for tyre and visit is fixed while you talk.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Had an issue with my tyre and they fixed it in 10 minutes! Very good service and not expensive."
ISIrina SGoogle review
West Brompton FAQs
Questions from West Brompton.
Which postcode should I give for a West Brompton address?
Whichever one is on your own door, because this pocket runs across SW5, SW6, SW10 and W14 and neighbouring streets can differ. The full postcode plus a house or block number puts the van in the right place without a lap of the one-way system.
Is there a car park near West Brompton station I could use?
Nothing public and useful sits in this pocket, which is why the work gets done in whichever bay the car has already taken. If your building has off-street or underground parking, that is the better option, and the managing agent only needs to know the van is expected.
Can a wheel be changed on Finborough Road itself?
Only where there is a legal bay to pull into and space to work clear of moving traffic. Along much of it, and on Warwick Road, stopping is restricted, so the better answer is a residential turning off to one side. Send the street name once the car is settled.
A kerb strike has left a bulge in the sidewall. Can that be repaired?
No repair is allowed on a sidewall bulge. It means the casing cords inside have snapped and the tyre could let go without warning. The fix is a replacement, and the rim gets checked for a crack at the same time, since Warwick Road kerbs often damage both.
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Finborough Road, a Redcliffe Gardens bay or the streets by Walham Green: the wheel is changed at the car.