Winter Tyres in Leicester

Winter tyres are made of softer rubber, with a tread sliced into thousands of fine sipes, and that pairing keeps its grip below 7°C, on frost and slush and on plain cold, wet tarmac across Leicester and the towns around it. Above that they wear faster and feel vaguer, so they go back in the garage in spring from Leicester to Nuneaton.

Climate-wise, around Leicester the norm is wet winters rather than icy ones, with the frost coming and going between December and February year in, year out, and that shapes the choice. So a winter set is a reasonable extra from about December to February, for early starts, the higher roads and anyone with a job that does not stop for weather from the middle of Leicester outwards.

As a rule, most people who run winter tyres keep the summer set and change over twice a year, and the changeover is a booked slot rather than a day off from Leicester to Nuneaton. A tip from those who do it: a second set of steel wheels turns the swap into a 10-minute job on the ramp wherever you are around Leicester.

The closest centres to the middle of Leicester are in LE2 and LE2, 1 mile and 1.3 miles out; both are bookable for winter tyres at checkout, and the price is the same fully fitted at all 16, and the checkout lists them by distance from you.