What you get
- A full tyre shop on the van: stock, tyre machine and wheel balancer
- Budget, mid-range and premium tyres for cars, SUVs, 4x4s, EVs and vans
- Open 24/7, 365 days a year, with no extra charge for nights, Sundays or bank holidays
- Typically with you in 30 to 60 minutes, then 20 to 30 minutes to fit
- Tyres you bought online fitted too, and your old tyres taken for licensed recycling
- Fully insured, with a 2-year warranty on the tyres we supply
- One price agreed on the phone before we set off, paid by card or contactless at the car
A tyre shop near me that comes to the car
Most people who search for a tyre shop near them are really asking three things: who has my size, who can do it today, and how far do I have to drive on this tyre to get there. A depot answers the first two with opening hours and a queue, and leaves the third to you. We answer all three on the phone. Read us the size printed on the tyre wall, something like 205/55 R16 91V, or just the registration, and we tell you whether the tyre is already on the van or being picked up on the way, and when the fitter will be with you.
Once the van is parked beside the car, it works exactly like the bay at a tyre centre. The wheel comes off, the old tyre is broken off the rim on the machine, the new one is mounted and inflated, and the wheel is balanced on the van before it goes back on. Pressures are set to the figure for your car and the wheel nuts tightened to the correct torque. The difference is that you watched it from your kitchen window, not a plastic chair in a waiting room.
If you want the bigger picture on how a van does a garage's job, our guide to mobile tyre fitting covers it, and if the car will be at home or the office all day anyway, see tyres fitted at home or work.
What we carry: tyre brands, sizes and vehicle types
The van carries the common car sizes and three tiers of tyre. Premium means names such as Michelin, Continental, Pirelli, Bridgestone and Goodyear. Mid-range covers makers like Hankook, Falken and Avon. Budget tyres are the right size and rating for the car, legal and safe, but usually give up some wet braking and tread life; the tyre label grades wet grip from A to E, so you can compare before you choose. Our guide to budget versus premium tyres explains where the extra money actually goes.
- Everyday cars and SUVs. Matched to the size, load index and speed rating on your current tyre, never a lower rating to make a sale.
- Run-flats. Replaced like for like, because a car built on run-flats usually has no spare. If you are thinking of switching to standard tyres, read our run-flat guide first.
- Electric cars. EVs are heavy and many run reinforced extra-load (XL) tyres. We match the load rating on the car, and the car is lifted only at the jacking points its maker specifies. More in EV tyres explained.
- 4x4s. Larger and wider sizes, road and all-terrain patterns. On four-wheel drive we will talk you through keeping the tread even across the axles; see the 4x4 and SUV tyre guide.
- Vans. Commercial tyres carry a C after the rim size, for example 215/65 R16C, and are built for the load. We fit them at your yard, your site or outside the house; see van tyres fitted on site.
- Your own tyres. Bought online and delivered to you? We fit those too. What to check before you order saves a wasted delivery.
Less common sizes are sourced from suppliers and usually still fitted the same day; you are told which before anyone sets off. Not sure of your size? How to find your tyre size takes two minutes.
Why a mobile tyre shop beats the depot
You do not drive on the bad tyre. A tyre with a nail in it, a bulge, or cords showing is the one tyre you should not be taking across town to a shop. If it is flat, driving even a short way on it usually destroys a tyre that could have been repaired to BS AU 159, and can damage the wheel.
No drop-off and no waiting room. Nobody has to take a morning off to sit at a tyre centre or arrange a lift home. We come to the car park at work, the drive, the street outside, or the supermarket car park where the warning light came on.
Open when the shops are shut. Depot hours are built around the working day. Ours are not: late evenings, Sundays, Christmas and every bank holiday cost the same as a Tuesday morning. If you need tyre repair near you, open now, or a same day tyre fitting before tomorrow's school run, that is a normal call for us.
The small jobs come too. A lost locking wheel nut key no longer means a separate garage visit, because we do locking wheel nut removal on the spot. Perished valves are replaced during the change, and a failed pressure sensor can be replaced and programmed at the same visit.
How near are we? Coverage and arrival times
We run from Crothall Close in London N13, but there is no counter to walk up to: every job happens where your car is. What matters is arrival time, and anywhere we cover, which is every part of London and the surrounding counties, that is typically 30 to 60 minutes. You get a real arrival time on the call, not a four-hour window.
Outside London we regularly work across Hertfordshire, Essex, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Kent. Give us the postcode and we will confirm, or browse every town and area we cover.
The one place we will not work is a live carriageway: a motorway hard shoulder, a slip road or a lane of moving traffic. If that is where you are, get everyone behind the barrier and call 999 or National Highways on 0300 123 5000 first. Once the car has been moved off the motorway, ring us and we fit the tyre there. For anything urgent elsewhere, our emergency tyre call-out page covers what happens on the night.
When a garage is the better call
A van does almost everything a tyre bay does, but not quite everything, and it is better you hear that from us than find out after the fitter has gone.
- Wheel alignment (tracking). We do not do it. If the car pulls to one side, the steering wheel sits off-centre, or the inside edge of the old tyre is worn much more than the outside, book an alignment at a garage after the new tyre goes on. Alignment versus balancing explains the difference.
- Bent wheels or suspension damage. If a pothole or kerb has bent the rim or knocked something in the suspension, a new tyre will not fix it. We will tell you what we see, and that job belongs in a workshop.
- Tyres as part of a bigger job. If the car is going in for an MOT, a service or brakes this week anyway, having the tyres done in the same visit can make sense.
For a straight comparison, read mobile tyre fitting versus a garage. For a puncture, a worn-out tyre, a damaged sidewall or a full set, coming to you is the quicker route.
What a tyre costs, and how we quote
The price depends almost entirely on the tyre: its size, its tier and its brand. A 15-inch budget tyre and a 20-inch premium run-flat are not the same purchase. That is why we quote on the phone before anyone sets off, for the exact tyre that fits your car. The figure you agree is the figure you pay: no hidden extras added at the car, and no out-of-hours surcharge for nights, weekends or bank holidays. If you are weighing it up, what decides the cost of new tyres walks through it.
Is your tyre due? Tread, age and damage
The legal minimum for a car or light van is 1.6mm of tread across the central three-quarters of the tread width, all the way round the tyre. Most drivers find wet grip noticeably worse well before that point. Our guides to legal tread depth and when a tyre needs replacing show how to check.
Age is the other clock. There is no UK legal age limit for car tyres; the 10-year limit brought in during 2021 applies to lorries, buses, coaches and minibuses, not cars or vans. What matters on a car is condition: cracking in the sidewall or grooves, hardened rubber, bulges. The DOT code on the sidewall tells you when the tyre was made, and how old is too old explains how to read it. When we fit one tyre we look over the others and tell you plainly which are fine and which are on their way.
How it works
Ring with the size or the reg
The size from the tyre wall or the registration is enough. We confirm the tyre, the price and a real arrival time on the same call.
The shop drives to you
Typically 30 to 60 minutes away at any hour. The van parks by the car with the tyre, the fitting machine and the balancer on board.
Fitted, balanced, cleared away
Around 20 to 30 minutes of fitting once we are there. Pressures set, the other tyres checked, the old one taken for recycling, payment by card at the car.
Tyre Shop Near Me: frequently asked
If you are anywhere in London or the surrounding counties, the nearest one is our van. We are based in London N13 and typically reach you within 30 to 60 minutes, day or night, and fit the tyre where the car is parked, so you never have to find a depot or drive to it.
Yes. We work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including Sundays, Christmas and bank holidays. A call at midnight or on a Sunday afternoon is priced exactly the same as one on a weekday morning.
It depends on the size, the tier and the brand, so we quote for your exact tyre on the phone before anyone sets off. That figure is what you pay: no hidden extras at the car and no out-of-hours surcharge.
It is best not to. Driving on a flat, even for a short distance, can wreck a tyre that could have been repaired and can damage the wheel. Fit the spare if you have one and it is safe to do so, or stay put and call us to come to the car.
Many depots take walk-ins, but whether your size is in stock and how long you wait is down to the day. With us there is nothing to turn up to: call, we check the tyre is available, agree the price and a time, and come to you.
Usually, yes. There is no UK legal age limit for car tyres. A four-year-old tyre with legal tread, no cracking in the rubber and no bulges or cuts is normally fine to keep using. Check the DOT date code on the sidewall, and if you see cracking or hardened rubber at any age, have it looked at.
Common car sizes are carried on the van. Less common sizes, larger 4x4 and van tyres are sourced from suppliers and usually still fitted the same day. Give us the size or registration and you will know which before we set off.
Yes. Have them delivered to you and we fit and balance them at the car, and take the old ones away for licensed recycling.
No. We fit, balance and repair tyres, but tracking needs an alignment rig in a garage. If your old tyres show uneven wear on one edge, get the alignment checked after the new tyres are on.
Yes. We fit cars, SUVs, 4x4s, electric cars and vans, matching the load rating the vehicle needs. We do not fit caravans, trailers, motorbikes or lorries.