Trade vans keep this borough running, from Chelsea refurbishments to the Portobello Road stalls, and none of them can afford to stand idle. The load rated tyre is fitted where the van is parked.
Vans here spend the day fighting for space. A builder's van on a King's Road job sits on a paid bay by the hour, Portobello traders unload against a W11 kerb, and delivery drivers thread the Ladbroke Grove and Kensal Town grid beneath the Westway. Loaded axles, granite kerbing and the Holland Park humps together split sidewalls and pinch tread, and the damage usually surfaces on the morning the vehicle is fullest.
It starts with the markings. Every van tyre states its load index next to a C or reinforced code, while the plate in the door frame gives the weight the vehicle may carry, so send a photograph of each. That tyre is brought out, mounted, balanced and torqued at the kerb. Jacking under weight needs firm and level ground, so a yard, a mews or a flat bay beats a steeply cambered Chelsea street.
Private mews and yards, a paid bay topped up while the work is done, a site compound off the King's Road, or a basement with headroom for a tall vehicle. Warwick Road and the Cromwell Road stretch of the A4 permit no stopping at all.
| Postcodes | SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10, W8, W10, W11 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
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The borough sits inside the ULEZ around the clock but outside the Congestion Charge, whose edge runs along Park Lane and Grosvenor Place, and that pairing shapes which vans work these streets. Electric ones carry battery weight, so the plate specifies a stronger rating and sometimes a stated noise class; again the old sidewall settles it. Say whether the van is loaded, whether the locking key is aboard, and how long the bay is paid for.
Van tyre needed in Notting Hill or Chelsea? It is fitted at the kerb there.
