Driving in Reading, and what it means for your tyres
So much of Reading's driving is the M4 between junctions 10 and 12, plus the run in on the A33 relief road from Green Park and the Madejski area. High-mileage motorway commuting wears tyres evenly but steadily, so the thing to watch is the overall tread depth and the age of the rubber rather than odd wear patterns.
Crossing the Thames is the town's great bottleneck. Caversham Bridge and Reading Bridge carry most of the traffic between north and south, and both queue at rush hour. The Inner Distribution Road around the centre has tight lanes and short merges, which reward good grip in the wet.
There is no Clean Air Zone charge in Reading. The Reading Festival over the August bank holiday weekend floods the roads around Richfield Avenue, so if you need tyres that week, a fitter coming to you is the easy option.
Mobile tyre fitting in Reading
Reading has a lot of offices and business parks, from Green Park to Thames Valley Park, and many of them have car parks where a fitter can work with the site's permission. At home, most suburbs have drives or quiet roads. Pick the place, mention any barrier or gate, and your tyres are fitted, balanced and the old ones removed while you work.
Workshop fitting near Reading
Prefer to take the car in? Garages on the network around Reading show their distance and their fitted price before you book. A workshop visit suits alignment and any job needing a ramp.
Where this page covers
Roughly 7 miles around the centre of Reading, across RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6, RG30, RG31.
Areas: Town centre, Caversham, Emmer Green, Tilehurst, Calcot, Southcote, Coley, Katesgrove, Whitley, Earley, Lower Earley, Woodley, Newtown, Redlands
Main roads: M4 junctions 10 to 12, A33 relief road, A329(M), A4, A327, Inner Distribution Road