Driving in Salisbury, and what it means for your tyres
The city centre is laid out on a medieval grid called the Chequers, and traffic loops around it on a ring road and a one-way system. Five main roads meet at Salisbury, the A36, A338, A345, A30 and A354, and they can queue badly at peak times, especially along the A36 towards Southampton.
To the north, the A303 past Stonehenge is one of the busiest routes to the south west, and summer weekends bring long queues. Salisbury Plain is a large military training area, with tank crossings marked on some roads and mud on the surface after exercises.
The Avon, the Nadder, the Bourne, the Wylye and the Ebble meet around the city, and low lying roads can flood after heavy rain. Salisbury has no Clean Air Zone charge.
Mobile tyre fitting in Salisbury
Most homes around Salisbury have drives, and the business parks at Old Sarum and the hospital at Odstock have car parks a fitter can use with permission. Choose your spot, and the fitter brings your tyres, fits and balances them where the car sits and takes the old ones away.
Workshop fitting near Salisbury
If you would rather take the car in, workshops on the network around Salisbury list their distance and their fitted price before you book. A garage is the right place for an alignment check.
Where this page covers
Roughly 7 miles around the centre of Salisbury, across SP1, SP2.
Areas: City centre, Cathedral Close, Fisherton, Churchfields, Bemerton, Bemerton Heath, Harnham, Milford, St Paul's, Bishopdown, Laverstock, Old Sarum, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wilton
Main roads: A36, A338, A345, A30, A354, A303