Winter Tyres in Croydon

Winter rubber is softer, and its tread is cut with thousands of tiny sipes, so the tyre keeps biting below 7°C, from frost to slush to cold, wet roads anywhere around Croydon. Past 7°C they wear away quickly and feel less precise, which makes them a cold-months set rather than a permanent one around Croydon and nearby.

Weather-wise, the pattern around Croydon is winters that run mild and wet, with cold days under 7°C in spells rather than months on end in a normal year, which sets the terms. A winter set is optional for most drivers here, and it earns its keep from December to February, particularly for early shifts, hill roads and anyone who has to get to work whatever the forecast says on any road in Croydon.

As a rule, two sets, swapped each autumn and each spring, is how most people run them, and the changeover is over in well under an hour for anyone in Croydon. Better still, a second set of steel wheels turns the swap into a 10-minute job at a booked slot anywhere around Croydon.

CR0 and CR2 hold the 2 closest to the middle of Croydon, 0.8 miles and 1 mile out; both are bookable for winter tyres at checkout, and every one of the 36 centres quotes them fully fitted, and your postcode at checkout sorts them by distance.