We have secure storage for vehicles of any kind at our yard at Standard Wharf, 189 Manor Road, Erith, DA8 2AD. Cars, vans, motorbikes, caravans, trailers and light commercials — running or not.
It is a gated commercial yard rather than a field or a lock-up, and it is the same site our recovery trucks work out of, so there is someone about.
What people store with us
- Accident vehicles awaiting an insurance assessment or an engineer's inspection
- Project and restoration cars that have nowhere to live between jobs
- SORN and non-runners that cannot legally sit on the road
- Seasonal storage — caravans, motorbikes, convertibles and classics over winter
- Trade and fleet storage, including vehicles between sale and delivery
- Overflow for garages and bodyshops that have run out of room
Short term or long term
A few days while a claim is sorted, or months while a restoration crawls along — both are fine. There is no minimum, and no notice period to take the vehicle away. Storage is charged by arrangement depending on the vehicle, the space it needs and how long it is staying, so ring us and we will quote it.
We can collect it, and bring it back
Because storage sits alongside our recovery work, you do not need to find a way to get the vehicle here. We collect it on a flatbed — including no-runners, no-key and seized vehicles — and deliver it back to you, your garage or a buyer when the time comes. One firm, one phone call.
Preparing a vehicle for longer storage
If it is going to sit for months rather than weeks, a few minutes now saves a bill later. Inflate the tyres slightly above their normal pressure to reduce flat spots. Disconnect the battery, or better, leave it on a smart trickle charger. Leave the fuel tank close to full to limit condensation. Leave the handbrake off and chock the wheels instead, so the shoes cannot seize on. And take out anything that will spoil, smell or attract attention.
Insurance
Please keep your own insurance in force while a vehicle is stored, even if it is off the road — a laid-up policy is inexpensive and covers you for fire and theft. Ask us for our public liability and site details if your insurer wants them; we are happy to provide them.
Where we are
Standard Wharf, 189 Manor Road, Erith, Kent DA8 2AD. Minutes from the A2, the A206 and the Dartford Crossing, so it is straightforward to reach from anywhere in London or north Kent. For all enquiries and deliveries, please ask at reception.
Available across our whole coverage area
Questions we get asked
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.