Tyres for Greenwich are picked from the sidewall and fitted wherever the car lives, whether that is a Kidbrooke Village bay, a New Eltham driveway or a terrace behind The Valley in Charlton.
Wear in Greenwich comes from the borough's two characters. The A2 across Blackheath and the A102 towards the Blackwall Tunnel are concrete and heavy with lorries, which scrubs treads down on the commute. Then there are the hills: Shooters Hill, the climb to Plumstead Common and the steep terraces off Woolwich Road, where cars are parked hard against cambered kerbs and the outer shoulders wear first. Either way, when the tread bars show, a resident in SE9 or SE18 needs a pair fitted without a trip to a retail park.
The size is printed on the sidewall of the current tyre, something like 215/60 R17 with a load index after it. Send that, name the street and say whether it is a Blackheath permit bay or an Eltham drive. You choose between budget, mid-range and premium on the call and tyre plus fitting are totalled there, before anyone leaves NW2. The fitter fits, balances and torques the wheel on your road and takes the worn tyre away.
Driveways across Eltham, New Eltham and Mottingham, unrestricted streets in Kidbrooke and Plumstead, permit bays in Greenwich town centre or Blackheath village with the bay number. The Bugsbys Way retail parks and the O2 car parks are private land, so the nearest public road is used instead.
| Postcodes | SE3, SE7, SE9, SE10, SE18, SE28, SE2 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
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On a Greenwich car the sidewall carries more than the size. The digits after it give the load index and the letter the speed rating, and a replacement should not fall below either. XL marks a reinforced tyre; RFT or a similar code marks a run-flat, which cannot become a standard tyre on a car with no spare. Axle partners should match. Say where the locking key is stashed, and keep the car on an Eltham drive or Plumstead street, not in the IKEA car park.
A car with no spare wheel in the boot and EMT, SSR or ROF stamped on the tyre is almost certainly on run-flats. If the warning comes on along the Blackwall Tunnel approach, stay inside what your handbook says about speed and distance, then pull off into Westcombe Park or Charlton. Eltham and Kidbrooke driveways give the fitter plenty of room.
Sidewall size, Greenwich street, brand tier: the new tyres are fitted at the car.
