Winter Tyres in Newcastle upon Tyne

What sets a winter tyre apart is a softer compound and a tread full of fine sipes, and that pairing keeps its grip below 7°C, on frost and slush and on plain cold, wet tarmac on any road in Newcastle upon Tyne. In warm weather the soft rubber goes quickly and the steering dulls, so they are a seasonal set rather than a year-round one across the Newcastle upon Tyne area.

Around Newcastle upon Tyne the norm is cold winters with plenty of rain, with frost on the roads most weeks from November to March in most years, and that shapes the choice. Winter tyres earn their place here from about November to March, most of all for early-morning commutes, exposed roads and anyone who cannot take the day off when it snows around Newcastle upon Tyne.

In practice, the normal arrangement is a winter set and a summer set, swapped in autumn and spring, and neither swap takes long at a local centre. The trick most people use: a second set of steel wheels turns the swap into a 10-minute job with the car on the ramp around Newcastle upon Tyne.

For winter tyres near the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, the 2 closest centres are 1.2 miles and 1.6 miles out; both fit winter tyres, and the same fully fitted price applies across the 24, and your postcode at checkout sorts them by distance.