★★★★★
"Very quick and efficient service."
LMLynn MillbournGoogle review
Whetstone, Greater London, near Barnet · N20
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Whetstone.
Whetstone in Barnet, N20, sits along the High Road, which is the A1000 here, between Totteridge Lane and Oakleigh Road North. Rescue Tyres deals with the wheel on the spot, be that a side street, a station car park or a drive.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Whetstone?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Whetstone.
The High Road through N20 is a long parade with cars pulling in and out of it all day, and that is where most Whetstone tyre damage starts: a kerb caught while reversing into a space, or something small picked up and carried home. The other source is the run of side streets off Friern Barnet Lane, where cars park tight to the kerb on both sides. Neither means the car has to go anywhere. Quote the sidewall figures on the call, say where the vehicle is sitting, and it gets done on the spot.
| Postcode districts | N20 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | High Road (A1000); Oakleigh Road North (A109); Totteridge Lane (A5109); Ballards Lane (A1000) |
| Nearest stations | Totteridge & Whetstone (London Underground), Woodside Park (London Underground), Oakleigh Park (National Rail) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Friern Bridge Retail Park, Meadow Works, Brunswick Industrial Estate |
| 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 Barnet |
What we do in Whetstone
Tyre work in Whetstone.
Tyres for N20 are ordered against the sidewall: the precise size, the load index, the speed rating the car already carries, then fitted at the address. A puncture that went into the tread and left a hole inside the six millimetre limit is mended from within the casing under BS AU 159, after the cover has come off the wheel and the inner liner has been examined. Punctures through the shoulder or sidewall are not repairable. Emergency replacements, locking nut removal and night callouts are all part of the same service.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Whetstone
Drives, bays and car parks.
Drives first: the residential streets here have them and they make the job simple. A kerbside change is normal too, given the car is straight against the kerb with a gap behind it for the van. The station car park at Totteridge and Whetstone is off-street and close, but it belongs to the railway rather than the council, so ask before assuming. Waitrose bays are for people doing a shop. The High Road itself, with its bus traffic and its loading, is the wrong place to take a wheel off.
Two kinds of address ring from N20. There are the houses on the streets running off Friern Barnet Lane and Russell Lane, most with a front drive and no complication at all. And there are the flats over the parades on the High Road, with the car at the kerb outside and a street that is busy from morning onwards. Totteridge and Whetstone station is the third option, with a car park beside it, though it is railway land and the operator decides what may go on in it. The one thing that will not work is a wheel change on the High Road carriageway itself, where the traffic does not stop for anybody.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Whetstone.
Whetstone's late calls are a mix: a driver back from an evening somewhere who has parked on the High Road with a tyre going soft, and residents who need the car early and have found it down on the rim. Nobody is told to wait for the morning. The phone gets answered, the size taken, the cost settled, and the fitter heads for wherever the car is.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Quick, helpful and very understanding of our situation."
EAEva AshmoreGoogle review
Whetstone FAQs
Questions from Whetstone.
Is this the Whetstone in north London?
This page covers Whetstone in Barnet, the N20 stretch of the High Road around Totteridge and Whetstone station. There is another place of the same name elsewhere in the country, well outside the area a van from Brent Cross can reach.
Can you fit at Totteridge and Whetstone station car park?
It is off-street and handy, which makes it a reasonable place to meet, but the land is the railway's and permission rests with them. If that is awkward, the residential turnings off Friern Barnet Lane are a short walk away and nobody needs permission to park on one.
My tyre has a bulge in the side. Can it be repaired?
A bulge shows the casing has failed internally and the tyre is finished, whatever the tread looks like. It cannot be patched and should not be driven on. A replacement goes on where the vehicle stands, and the damaged one is taken away.
Will you come out to Oakleigh Road North and the streets off it?
Those streets are within the same short run from the base at Brent Cross as the rest of N20, and they are ordinary residential ground to work on. Name the road and the number when you ring, with the size from the sidewall, so the correct tyre is aboard first time.
Nearby
Around Whetstone.
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High Road, Totteridge Lane or a drive off Russell Lane: the new tyre goes on at the vehicle.