Vans supplying Borough Market, working Old Kent Road's retail parks or setting out through the Rotherhithe Tunnel need load-rated tyres, fitted in Southwark wherever the van waits.
Southwark keeps a lot of vans busy. Early deliveries arrive for Borough Market and the restaurants of Bankside, trades serve the terraces of Camberwell and East Dulwich, and retail parks line the Old Kent Road. Vans cross into east London through the Rotherhithe Tunnel and head down the A2. Stop-start loading, high kerbs and building debris make van tyres here work hard, and one failure leaves a van blocking a bay it cannot leave.
Commercial tyres carry a C after the wheel size and a load index, frequently printed as two numbers, that has to satisfy the van's rating plate. A car tyre of the same dimensions will not do. Send that marking with a note of the location, whether an Old Kent Road car park or a Nunhead street, and say if the van is loaded. You are quoted on the call and pay only once the tyre is fitted.
An Old Kent Road retail car park with the operator's agreement, a Rotherhithe or Walworth estate car park with permission, or a level side street in Peckham. Not on the A2, A3, A200 or A202 red routes.
| Postcodes | SE1, SE5, SE15, SE16, SE17, SE21, SE22 |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
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Lifting a van full of stock needs a solid, level surface: a retail park bay or a flat estate car park suits it, a cambered street near Denmark Hill may not. Remove heavy loads where you can. Electric vans doing Bankside or Borough deliveries need replacements carrying the specified load index for their battery weight, and a comparable noise rating keeps the cab quiet. Heavy goods vehicles are not covered.
Southwark van off the road? Send the tyre marking and the location.
