Summer Tyres in Bristol

Walk down any street in Ashley and most of the cars will be on summer tyres: the compound is built to bite hardest above about 7°C, in the dry and in summer rain, and to wear slowly on a long motorway run. Go below that and the rubber firms up, and braking distances in the wet grow, so the 7°C rule is worth knowing in every part of Bristol.

Around Bristol summer tyres come into their own, going by the 7°C rule, from roughly April to October as a rule, and the month strip below says the same. Through the mild, damp winter they are out of their depth: at anything under 7°C the compound hardens and the wet grip thins out in every part of Bristol.

If the car sits on the drive on the coldest mornings, or you are happy to swap to winter tyres each autumn, summer tyres are the cheapest route to the best warm-weather grip from Bristol to Chippenham. If you drive whatever the weather, all-season tyres are the safer buy, and all 9 centres fit both from Bristol to Chippenham.

For summer tyres near the centre of Bristol, the 2 closest centres are 2.8 miles and 2.9 miles out; summer tyres are on the list at both, as do the other 7 centres from Bristol to Chippenham, with free slots shown centre by centre at checkout.