★★★★★
"Good and reliable service in all conditions."
LOLeo OduorGoogle review
Wormwood Scrubs, Greater London · W12 and W10
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Wormwood Scrubs.
Most of Wormwood Scrubs is open ground with nobody parked on it, so the work happens round the edges: Scrubs Lane, North Pole Road and the streets behind White City. Rescue Tyres works at whichever kerb the car has stopped on.
★★★★★5.0 on Google from 151 reviews·Usually under an hour
Tyre trouble in Wormwood Scrubs?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Wormwood Scrubs.
A tyre rarely gives out on the grass. It gives out on the A219, where Scrubs Lane and Wood Lane carry lorries between the Westway and Harlesden, and the debris that comes off that traffic ends up in somebody's tread. Drivers usually get as far as a side street off North Pole Road or an estate road behind White City before the pressure drops properly. Quote the sidewall size and give the postcode, and the tyre that fits is loaded before the van moves.
| Postcode districts | W12, W10, NW10 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Westway (A40); Westway Roundabout (A3220); West Cross Route (A3220); Western Avenue (A40) |
| Nearest stations | East Acton (London Underground), White City (London Underground), Wood Lane (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Mitre Bridge Industrial Estate, Stable Way Industrial Estate, Apex 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 Hammersmith and Fulham |
What we do in Wormwood Scrubs
Tyre work in Wormwood Scrubs.
Four kinds of job, all done where the vehicle stands. Replacement rubber, ordered against every letter and figure on the old sidewall, budget through premium, with run-flat, van, 4x4 and electric fitments. A tread puncture comes off its rim so the inner liner can be examined, then it is plugged and patched by the BS AU 159 method. A burst tyre brings a new one, the rim eyed over first. Where a locking nut has seized, or its key has gone astray, it is wound off in the street. Calls are taken round the clock.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Where we work in Wormwood Scrubs
Drives, bays and car parks.
The best surface round here is a unit forecourt on the Scrubs Lane estates, where there is hardstanding and room to walk round a vehicle, assuming whoever runs the site expects a visit. Next best is a resident bay in the W10 terraces, provided the car sits fully inside it. Two car parks are worth knowing: the one on Scrubs Lane, and the Westway Sports Centre one, either of them fine with the operator's agreement if the car still drives. Nothing gets done on the A40 slip roads or on Wood Lane at the Shepherd's Bush end.
Calls come from three different worlds sitting next to each other. There are the terraces off North Pole Road and St Quintin Avenue, where W10 turns residential and every bay is controlled. There is the White City Estate side in W12, where residents park in courtyards and marked bays rather than on drives. And there is the Scrubs Lane strip in NW10, with the Mitre Bridge Industrial Estate and Stable Way Industrial Estate turning out vans all day. A fitter can work in a bay, a courtyard or a unit forecourt. What is out is the A40 itself, whether you call it the Westway or Western Avenue, and the busier length of Wood Lane. Greater London means the ULEZ sits over the lot of it day and night, and a jacked car pays nothing towards that.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Wormwood Scrubs.
After dark the calls from here are van drivers on the Scrubs Lane estates who have found a flat before an early run, and residents in the W10 streets unwilling to drive on it in the morning. Someone picks up whenever you ring, and you hear what the job comes to before anybody sets off.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"Called them to repair my tyre. 20 minutes and they came and changed it, very reasonable price. So happy with the service."
EKElias KahilGoogle review
Wormwood Scrubs FAQs
Questions from Wormwood Scrubs.
Can a tyre be changed on the Scrubs Lane industrial estates?
Mitre Bridge and Stable Way both have hardstanding and enough elbow room round a vehicle, which makes them straightforward to work on. Speak to whoever runs the site first so the van is expected, then give the unit, the registration and the tyre size off the sidewall.
The tyre went down on the Westway. Where should I stop?
Come off the A40 at the next exit and get onto ordinary streets before you stop, because there is nowhere safe to stand on that road. The turnings around Wood Lane or North Pole Road will do. If the car is going nowhere at all, and standing there feels unsafe, ring 999.
Which postcode should I give for an address by Wormwood Scrubs?
The boundary runs through three: W12 on the White City side, W10 in the terraces north of the common, and NW10 along Scrubs Lane. The postcode matters more here than the district name does, so give the full one plus the street and which end of it you are on.
Does the ULEZ charge apply while the car is sitting there having a tyre changed?
Nothing is charged for a parked car. The ULEZ applies to Greater London around the clock, this corner included, but it is a charge on driving in the zone, not on standing still in it. The fitter's van meets the standard, so it adds nothing to the job either.
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Around Wormwood Scrubs.
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Scrubs Lane, a North Pole Road terrace or a White City bay: the fitter comes to the car.