Service area
N19 service area
Archway sits at the bottom of a hill with a gyratory, a tube station and a hospital above it, and the traffic reflects all three.
The Whittington runs around the clock, which means staff cars parked on the surrounding streets at every hour and a fair number of calls at times most fitting bays are shut. That is the sort of work a van is for.
Hornsey Rise and Whitehall Park climb steeply north out of the district on narrow terraced streets. Everything is permit-controlled, parking is bumper to bumper, and there is rarely a metre of clear road beside the wheel that needs the work. We usually ask for the car to be nudged forward a length before we lift it.
Tufnell Park and Upper Holloway sit on the flatter ground toward Holloway Road. Middle distance from base, straight down the A1.
Key facts
- District
- N19
- Places listed
- 6
- Nearest trunk road
- A1 Archway Road and Holloway Road
- Drive band
- Standard
- middle distance — the inner end of the A1 run
- Based at
- Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire
Places in N19
| Place | Nearest main road |
|---|---|
| Archway | A1 at Junction Road |
| Hornsey Rise | Hornsey Rise |
| Tufnell Park | Tufnell Park Road |
| Upper Holloway | A1 Holloway Road |
| Whitehall Park | Whitehall Park |
| Whittington Hospital | Magdala Avenue |
Hospital parking, any hour
We work at night as well as in daylight, which is the point of a van rather than a workshop. If a car is parked on a hospital street and the shift ends at four in the morning, that is a normal job. Tell us the road name and the registration and we will find it.
N19: 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.
Adjacent districts