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Old Street, Greater London · EC1V and EC1Y
Mobile tyre fitting
Mobile tyre fitting
in Old Street.
Old Street roundabout throws the A501 and the A5201 into each other over the station beneath it. Nobody changes a tyre on a junction like that. Rescue Tyres meets the car on a side street or in a bay instead.
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Tyre trouble in Old Street?
A fitter at your car
A fitter at your car
in Old Street.
The junction is what makes tyre trouble here its own thing. Traffic is heavy and slow, the kerbs on the approaches are high, and a wheel clipped while filtering towards Great Eastern Street or East Road does not always announce itself at once. Couriers and delivery vans collect screws on the same loop day after day. The first move is always to get away from the roundabout and its approaches. From a turning off Great Eastern Street the wheel can come off safely and the work gets done there.
| Postcode districts | EC1V, EC1Y, EC2A, N1 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | Great Eastern Street (A1202); Curtain Road (A1202); Holywell Lane (A1202); Shoreditch High Street (A10) |
| Nearest stations | Old Street (National Rail, London Underground), Moorgate (National Rail, London Underground), Barbican (London Underground) |
| Estates and parks nearby | Anchor Retail Park, Grand Vitesse Industrial Estate, Roman Way Industrial Estate |
| Distance from our base | about 7 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
What we do in Old Street
Tyre work in Old Street.
A tyre that will hold no air is easy to sort here. A replacement is sourced to the size, load index and speed letter stamped on the one coming off, and fitted where it stands, with the old one going back in the van. Where the puncture sits in the tread and the casing reads clean inside, a repair to BS AU 159 saves it. A blowout means a fresh tyre, and the rim is studied before anything goes back. A locking key that has gone missing stops nothing; the nuts are drawn off regardless.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Old Street is part of our mobile tyre fitting across Islington, run from the one base at Brent Cross.
Services from the Islington page: 24 hour tyre service · Puncture repair · 24 hour tyre repair · Flat tyre help · Emergency tyre repair.
Where we work in Old Street
Drives, bays and car parks.
A bay on a residential turning behind City Road is the realistic answer here, or a private space under a building if you have one and the manager agrees to it. Basement and multi storey parking around Old Street tends to be permit or barrier controlled rather than open to anyone who pulls up, so check what yours allows before counting on it. The roundabout, the bus lanes and the loading bays on Great Eastern Street are all ruled out for work of this kind.
The patch around Old Street covers the blocks along City Road and East Road and the working vehicles that spend all day round here. Parking is controlled throughout and much of it is metered, with loading bays that change their meaning at different times of day, so the sign on the post decides where a fitter can stand. The roundabout approaches, Great Eastern Street and Shoreditch High Street are all too busy to use, whatever the markings say. Shoreditch, Hoxton and the City begin within half a mile, so a car that has to be shifted rarely goes far to find a quieter kerb. The whole area is ULEZ, and the Congestion Charge boundary cuts through it along City Road, though neither of them applies to a stationary car.
Booked a fitter in Old Street before? We also cover mobile tyre fitting in Barnsbury and mobile tyre fitting in Tufnell Park in the same way.
Nights and weekends
24 hours in Old Street.
Old Street keeps late hours. Somebody finishing late around Old Street and Shoreditch may return to a car down on one corner and want it dealt with. Ring 07473 720871 and the tyre, the visit and when the van can be with you are agreed while you stand beside it.
Google reviews
What drivers say.
★★★★★
"From start to finish, Hiwad was incredibly professional and helpful."
KMKian MGoogle review
Old Street FAQs
Questions from Old Street.
Can you change a tyre at the Old Street roundabout itself?
The junction is no place for it. Come off at the first exit you can reach and find a side street or a bay behind City Road, then ring with the road name. On a flat tyre drive gently, and expect the rim to need checking afterwards.
Can you meet me at Old Street station?
It is a rail and Underground interchange sunk under the roundabout with no car park attached, so meeting there really means the nearest quiet bay. Tell the fitter which exit you came out of and which street the car is actually sitting on.
Do you cover courier and delivery vans working around here?
Van fitments are sourced exactly as car fitments are, and the work happens where the vehicle is standing, which keeps a working day from disappearing. Have the size code and the load index ready when you ring, since van tyres are rated for weight.
The tyre is flat and the car is in a loading bay. What now?
Loading bays change their rules by the hour and a jacked car in one is asking for a ticket, so move to a proper bay if the car will still roll. If it will not budge, say that when you ring and the visit is arranged around the problem.
Nearby
Around Old Street.
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Off the roundabout, on East Road or behind City Road, a fitter deals with the wheel there.