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"Had a rapidly deflating tyre. Rang Rescue Tyres, they had it in stock and I was back on the road within an hour."
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Woodcock Hill, West Midlands · B31 and B29
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Woodcock Hill.
Woodcock Hill is the Birmingham neighbourhood where the B4121 climbs as Shenley Lane and Barnes Hill between Weoley Castle and Bartley Green. Rescue Tyres replaces tyres and mends punctures beside the car, outside the house or wherever it stopped.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours
Tyre trouble in Woodcock Hill?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Woodcock Hill.
Up here the trouble is mostly domestic. A car on a drive off Shenley Lane is found with a flat before the school run, or a slow puncture kept going for a fortnight with a foot pump finally stops holding. The B4121 carries steady through traffic across the hill, so a nail collected on it tends to show on the drive the next day. Copy down the tyre size, send the house number and postcode, and a van arrives with that exact size on board.
| Postcode districts | B31, B29, B32 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Shenley Lane (B4121); Barnes Hill (B4121); West Boulevard (B4121) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 3 (Quinton Interchange), about 1.8 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Battery Retail Park, Woodgate Business Park |
| Distance from our base | about 95 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 Weoley Castle |
What we do in Woodcock Hill
Tyre work in Woodcock Hill.
The work here is mostly the ordinary business of a residential hill. Tyres past their best, or damaged beyond saving, are swapped for new ones in the car's size, and new tyres carry the manufacturer's warranty. A screw in the central tread is plugged and patched from the inside, which is what BS AU 159 asks for, once the tyre has been inspected off the rim. If a kerb has split the tyre, it is changed and the wheel looked over. Seized or keyless locking nuts are taken off. The line is staffed at night too.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Woodcock Hill
Drives, bays and car parks.
A driveway is the first choice on Woodcock Hill. Without one, look for a flat piece of kerb in a side street, away from passing cars. Cromwell Lane car park is public and suits a car that will still cover a short distance. The Asda car park works too if the store has no objection. Avoid stopping on the slope of Barnes Hill or anywhere on Shenley Lane itself, and do not use a car park that belongs to a campus or a surgery.
Three postcode districts meet around Woodcock Hill, B29, B31 and B32, so an address can read Weoley Castle, Northfield or Bartley Green while sitting on the same slope. So when you ring, lead with the postcode, not the district. Jobs turn up in the houses on and off Shenley Lane and Barnes Hill, along West Boulevard further out, and on the California and Shenley Fields sides. Drives and quiet kerbs outside the house are where the work usually ends up. Shenley Lane and Barnes Hill themselves carry traffic on the gradient, so a car stopped on the carriageway is rolled into a side road first. The Birmingham Clean Air Zone only reaches as far as the A4540 Middleway, well clear of this hill, so no charge comes into it.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Woodcock Hill.
Late calls from Woodcock Hill usually come from shift workers home to find a tyre down, or from somebody whose car has to be ready before dawn. Somebody answers, the size and address are taken down, and you hear the total and agree to it before the van is on the road.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"I urgently needed to replace my tyres and the team were prompt, friendly and efficient at a great price."
JIJisoo ImGoogle review
Woodcock Hill FAQs
Questions from Woodcock Hill.
Which postcode should I give for Woodcock Hill?
Give whatever is on your address, whether that is B29, B31 or B32, plus the house number. The three districts meet on this hill, so the full postcode puts the fitter at the right drive rather than at the wrong end of Shenley Lane.
Can the tyre be changed on the kerb outside my house on Woodcock Hill?
A level residential kerb is fine provided the car is out of the flow of traffic and there is safe standing room on the traffic side. On the steeper part of Barnes Hill it is better to move the car into a flatter side street first, if it is still driveable.
Is there a public car park near Woodcock Hill where you can meet me?
The Cromwell Lane car park is one, and the Asda car park is another if the store is agreeable. Either suits a car that still drives without harming the wheel. Describe which corner of it you have pulled into and what colour the car is, so the fitter can pick you out.
Does the Birmingham Clean Air Zone apply to a car in Woodcock Hill?
It does not. Only streets inside the A4540 Middleway fall within that scheme, and Woodcock Hill is out in the suburbs, a long way from it. Having a tyre replaced on your drive involves no clean-air charge in any case, wherever the car is parked.
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Around Woodcock Hill.
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Shenley Lane, Barnes Hill or a drive near West Boulevard: wherever the car is on Woodcock Hill, the fitter comes to it.