Service area
N11 service area
The North Circular cuts N11 in half and the two halves barely speak to each other. Crossing from Friern Barnet to Bounds Green means finding a bridge.
Friern Bridge Retail Park sits right on the A406, which brings a particular kind of call — a driver who has loaded up, pulled out onto the North Circular, felt the vibration and come straight back off. That is usually a tyre that was already damaged before the shopping trip.
North of the road, Friern Barnet and Brunswick Park are quiet residential with driveways and reasonable working space. Colney Hatch Lane is the long connector between the two worlds — narrow, parked, and dug up more often than not.
The northern half is close band from base. The southern half, past the A406, sits a little further out.
Key facts
- District
- N11
- Places listed
- 7
- Nearest trunk road
- A406 North Circular
- Drive band
- Standard
- close on the Friern Barnet side, further beyond the A406
- Based at
- Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire
Places in N11
| Place | Nearest main road |
|---|---|
| Arnos Grove | Bowes Road |
| Bounds Green | A109 Bounds Green Road |
| Brunswick Park | Brunswick Park Road |
| Colney Hatch | Colney Hatch Lane |
| Friern Barnet | Friern Barnet Road |
| Friern Bridge Retail Park | A406 North Circular |
| New Southgate | Station Road |
A new vibration at speed
Vibration that appears between 50 and 70 and disappears again above it is almost always a wheel balance or a tyre that has thrown a weight. Vibration that gets steadily worse with speed is more likely to be structural — a separated belt or a deformed casing. The second one does not wait politely. Stop and have it looked at.
N11: give us the road and the tyre size
Call and tell us where the vehicle is standing and what is on the sidewall. If the size has gone with the tyre, the make, model and year will do. We confirm what we are bringing before the van moves.