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24 hours, 365 days Fully insured Fixed price, quoted up front

24 Hour Vehicle Recovery, MOT & Servicing Across All of London & Kent

Wherever you are in London or Kent, we will come to you. Breakdown and accident recovery around the clock, plus MOT testing and servicing with free collection, repairs, mobile tyre fitting, car parts and secure storage at our Erith yard. We also buy cars outright, running or not.

07961 100260 Request a quote
24/7
Always someone on the phone
30–60 minutes
Typical local response
All London
Plus Kent and the home counties

Get a fast quote

Tell us what has happened and we will come back to you with a price. Emergency? Call us instead — we are quicker on the phone.

We reply as quickly as we can — usually within the hour. If you are stranded right now, please call 07961 100260 rather than waiting for an email. Your details are used only to answer your enquiry — see our privacy policy.

Every job is different
So we quote each one on its own merits
Quote on request
One call or one form, no obligation
Agreed up front
You know the figure before we set off
No surprises
The price quoted is the price paid
What we do

Everything a vehicle needs, under one roof

Most recovery firms drop your car at a garage and disappear. We recover it, repair it, MOT it, supply the parts, store it if it needs storing — and if it is beyond saving, we will buy it from you. One phone call covers the lot.

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Why people call us back

Peace of mind is a part of our service

Nobody rings a recovery firm on a good day. What you actually need, on top of a truck, is to stop worrying — to know somebody is coming, to know when, and to know what it will cost.

A real person, at any hour

No call centre, no queue, no automated menu. Ring at three in the morning and somebody picks up.

The price we quote is the price you pay

Every job is different, so we price each one individually — then that figure is fixed. It does not change when we arrive and find you stressed.

An arrival time we actually mean

If traffic on the A2 or the Crossing means we will be late, we ring and tell you. Being left with no information is worse than a longer wait.

Your vehicle loaded properly

Low cars get low-angle ramps. Bikes get chocks and soft loops. Classics get treated like classics. Every time.

Our flatbed recovery truck at Standard Wharf, Erith
A classic car secured on our flatbed
A Transit tipper loaded on our recovery truck in London
Secure vehicle storage yard at Standard Wharf, Erith
Vehicle storage in Erith

Secure vehicle storage at our Erith yard

We hold vehicles of every kind at our own yard on Standard Wharf, 189 Manor Road in Erith — cars, vans, motorcycles, caravans, trailers and light commercials. Gated, hard-standing, monitored, and staffed by the same people who recover your vehicle in the first place, so there is only ever one number to ring.

  • Gated, monitored yard with hard-standing throughout
  • Short stays after an accident, or long-term storage by the month
  • Insurance and total-loss storage, with paperwork handled
  • Anything on wheels: cars, vans, bikes, caravans, trailers, plant
  • We collect it and we deliver it back out — no second contractor
  • Every stay quoted individually, with nothing to pay up front
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Where we cover

We cover the whole of London

There is no part of London we will not come to, and we go well into Kent besides. We are based at Standard Wharf, 189 Manor Road in Erith, and these are the areas we work in most often — pick yours for local detail, or just ring us wherever you are.

Greater London

49 areas
Abbey Wood SE2 Alperton HA0 Barkingside IG6 Barnehurst DA7 Beckenham BR3 Bexley DA5 Bexleyheath DA6, DA7 Blackfen DA15 Blackheath SE3 Bromley BR1, BR2 Camden NW1, NW3, NW5 Canary Wharf E14 Canonbury N1 Catford SE6 Charlton SE7 Chislehurst BR7 Crayford DA1 Crouch End N8 Croydon CR0, CR2, CR7, CR9 Eltham SE9 Falconwood DA16 Finsbury Park N4 Foots Cray DA14 Fulham SW6 Greenford UB6 Greenwich SE10 Hackney E5, E8, E9, N1, N16 Hammersmith W6, W14 Hampstead Garden Suburb NW11 Ilford IG1, IG2, IG3, IG4 Islington N1, N5, N7, EC1 Kidbrooke SE3 Lee SE12 Lewisham SE13, SE4, SE6, SE8 Penge SE20 Plumstead SE18 Richmond TW9, TW10 Selsdon CR2 Shoreditch E1, E2, EC2A Sidcup DA14, DA15 Southwark SE1, SE15, SE16, SE17 St John's Wood NW8 Stratford E15, E20 Thamesmead SE28 Wandsworth SW18, SW11, SW12, SW17 Welling DA16 Wembley Park HA9 Woolwich SE18 Yeading UB4

Kent

19 areas
Belvedere DA17 Chatham ME4, ME5 Dartford DA1, DA2 Erith DA8 Gillingham ME7, ME8 Gravesend DA11, DA12 Greenhithe DA9 Maidstone ME14, ME15, ME16 Northfleet DA11 Northumberland Heath DA8 Orpington BR5, BR6 Rochester ME1, ME2, ME3 Sevenoaks TN13, TN14, TN15 Sittingbourne ME9, ME10 Slade Green DA8 Swanley BR8 Swanscombe DA10 Tonbridge TN9, TN10, TN11 Wilmington DA2

Also covered

1 area
Banstead SM7

Not on the list? It does not matter. These are simply the areas we are called to most — we cover every London borough and travel nationwide for pre-booked work. Tell us where you are.

What our customers say

People we have got out of a hole

“Broke down on the A2 at eleven at night with two children in the back. They were with us in under half an hour and had us home before midnight. Calm, kind and exactly the price they quoted on the phone.”

Sarah M.
Bexleyheath

“Put petrol in a diesel at the services. Rang them in a panic, they told me not to start the engine, sorted it and I was away in just over an hour. Sensible people who clearly know what they are doing.”

James T.
Dartford

“Used them to collect a car I bought at auction in Essex. Fixed price on the phone, arrived when they said, delivered when they said. Refreshingly straightforward.”

Priya K.
Greenwich
Common questions

The things people ask us most

I searched for vehicle recovery near me — how close are you?

Our yard is at Standard Wharf, 189 Manor Road in Erith, DA8 2AD, and every truck starts from there. If you are in Bexley, Dartford, Greenwich or anywhere in that belt we are usually with you inside half an hour. Further into London or out towards Medway and Maidstone it is closer to an hour. Ring us with your postcode and we will give you a real number rather than a hopeful one — and if somebody closer would genuinely reach you faster in an emergency, we will say so.

Do you do MOTs and servicing as well as recovery?

Yes, and it is a bigger part of what we do than most people realise. We MOT, service and repair vehicles at our own workshop in Erith, and we collect and deliver free of charge across London and Kent — so you do not need to take a morning off to sit in a waiting room. If the MOT turns up work, we can do it there and then rather than sending you somewhere else, and we stock new and used parts ourselves.

Can you fit a tyre at the roadside, or only tow the car?

Both. If you have a serviceable spare we will change the wheel where you are. If you have no spare — and most new cars are sold without one — we can bring a replacement tyre out and fit it on the spot. Tell us the tyre size when you ring; it is on the sidewall, something like 205/55 R16. The exception is a fast road or a motorway, where we recover the car somewhere safe first, because kneeling beside a live carriageway is how people get hurt.

How quickly can you get to me?

Across our home patch — Erith, Belvedere, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Welling and Dartford — we are typically with you inside 30 to 60 minutes. Further out across London it depends on distance and traffic, and we are honest about that: when you ring, we give you a realistic arrival window based on where our nearest truck actually is, rather than an optimistic guess. If traffic changes it, we call you and tell you.

Are you really available 24 hours?

Yes. We operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including Christmas Day and bank holidays. There is always a real person answering 07961 100260 — no call centre, no queue, no automated menu.

How much does a job cost?

Our minimum callout is quoted individually, which covers the the work involved. Anything beyond that is agreed up front. Specialist jobs — winching from an awkward position, no keys, a vehicle that will not roll — may cost more, and we will tell you that on the phone. You always get a fixed total before we set off, and that is the price you pay.

Advice & guides

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