Harborne recovery on call B17 • typical arrival 20–30 minutes
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
1.8 miles from the depot • 20-mile radius

Breakdown recovery Harborne

Harborne is one of our quickest runs — under two miles from the depot. The High Street is narrow, busy and lined with parked cars for most of the day, and knowing exactly where a flatbed can stop without blocking the traffic behind it is the difference between a ten-minute pickup and half an hour of chaos.

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20–30 minutes Typical Harborne arrival
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Est. 2005 Trading since
B17 Postcodes covered
How we get to you

Recovering in Harborne

We normally come in from the reservoir side and down through Metchley Lane rather than trying to reach you along the High Street itself. That approach also puts us close to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is where a good number of our Harborne jobs start.

The roads we know here

  • Harborne High Street Lined with parked cars and bus stops, so loading is normally done in the nearest side street or in a marked bay.
  • Metchley Lane Our preferred way in. Quiet enough to stop on, and it puts us straight into the hospital and university area.
  • Court Oak Road and Lordswood Road Wider and easier to work in, with driveways we can usually get a vehicle onto for loading.
  • A38 Bristol Road The nearest major artery. If you break down on the Bristol Road side of Harborne we treat it as a priority because it is a live dual carriageway.

What we get called for

  • Staff cars that will not start after a night shift at the QE
  • Flat tyres collected from the High Street and taken to a local tyre fitter
  • Cars with seized brakes or locked steering that cannot be rolled onto a bed
  • Students' and residents' cars left standing for weeks that will not turn over

Landmarks and areas covered

Harborne High Street, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the University of Birmingham, Metchley Park, Court Oak Road and Harborne Pool.

Local knowledge: what makes Harborne different

The Harborne job we see most is the hospital commuter: a nurse or doctor finishing a late shift to find a flat battery in a staff car park. Because those car parks have barriers and low internal clearance, we usually meet you at the barrier rather than trying to get a flatbed into the deck itself, winch the car out and load it in the main approach. The other recurring one is the High Street flat: there is almost nowhere to stop on the road itself, so we normally ask you to put your hazards on and stay with the car while we come in from a side road.

What we can recover for you

Services in Harborne

Cars, vans, motorbikes, 4x4s, non-runners, trailers and commercial vehicles — all recovered on the flatbed, fully insured.

01

Car recovery Harborne

Most requested

Non-starters, clutch and gearbox failures, suspension damage and cars that cannot be driven — recovered to whichever garage, dealer or driveway you choose.

02

Van & commercial recovery

Trades and fleets

Transit, Vivaro, Sprinter, Boxer and minibus-class vehicles recovered loaded, so your tools and stock travel with you rather than being unloaded at the roadside.

03

Low-clearance & underground recovery

Difficult access

Wheel skates, dollies and compact winching for multi-storey and basement car parks, seized brakes and locked steering — the jobs other firms turn down.

04

Jump starts, batteries & roadside help

12V and 24V

Heavy-duty boosters for a flat battery at home or at work, freeing a seized wheel or brake disc, and taking a flat-tyre vehicle to your preferred fitter.

05

Trailers, catering units & plant

Planned transport

Catering trailers, box trailers and commercial plant service vehicles moved between sites, events and yards — normally booked ahead of time rather than as an emergency.

Real jobs, real trucks

Our work

Genuine jobs from across Birmingham and the West Midlands — the same trucks that cover Harborne.

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Work vans and panel vans winched onto the flatbed and taken to your garage.

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Plant service truck with a mounted crane loaded on a Simpsons flatbed recovery truck Commercial

Heavy and awkward commercial loads, recovered from dealer yards and sites.

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Catering trailer loaded on a Simpsons Breakdown Recovery flatbed at a showground Trailers

Catering units, box trailers and event transport, booked in advance.

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What customers say

Unedited reviews from drivers we have recovered across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

MG Matt Griffiths Google review

“Impeccable service from Simpsons breakdown recovery. Really tricky job getting my non starter car out of an underground garage with a low ceiling and tight corners. Both Dean and Jaden handled the task expertly and provided an excellent and freindly service.”

✓ Low-ceiling extraction
SM Stasenko ML Google review

“Friendly and quick service. Had a break down, which obviously made my day bad. But the guy overturned my mood into a good one. The price was very good too, compared to others, I would even say that the price was amazing.”

✓ Fair, competitive pricing
JL Joshua L Google review

“Last minute call after I got a flat tyre and needed to get home. Extremely punctual, professional, and all round great service from Dean!!! Definitely a number I'll keep saved for if I'm in need of recovery again!”

✓ Last-minute callout
Straightforward and stress-free

How a Harborne recovery works

01

Call or send your pin

Ring 07706 057962 or WhatsApp your location. You speak to Dean or an operator on the road, not a call centre.

02

Fixed price, real ETA

We agree the price before anything moves, check live traffic and give you a realistic arrival window for Harborne — 20–30 minutes.

03

Loaded and delivered

Your vehicle is winched onto the tilt-and-slide bed, strapped down and taken wherever you want it — home, garage, dealership or tyre fitter.

Common questions

Harborne recovery FAQs

Typically 20–30 minutes from your call, depending on traffic and which truck is nearest. We run a 20-mile radius from our Edgbaston depot and Harborne sits 1.8 miles from the depot. When you ring 07706 057962 you speak to a driver who can see where our vehicles are and give you a genuine arrival window rather than a best guess.

We cover B17, along with the surrounding streets and the main routes through the area — Harborne High Street, Court Oak Road, Lordswood Road and Metchley Lane. If you are just outside these postcodes, call with your location and we will tell you straight away whether we can get to you.

No. We quote a fixed price before the truck is dispatched, whatever the hour. There is no after-hours loading added later, no hidden mileage surcharge, and no charge for getting a price from us.

Yes. Multi-storey and basement car parks are one of our specialities. We carry low-profile wheel skates, dollies and compact winching equipment, so a vehicle that will not start or will not roll can be moved out without damage to the bodywork, the wheels or the building.

Yes — Harborne is 1.8 miles from Icknield Port Road, so it is one of the closest areas we cover. Typical arrival is 20 to 30 minutes depending on whether the High Street is congested.

Yes. Hospital car parks normally have height barriers, so we meet you at the barrier and recover the vehicle to the main approach rather than trying to drive the flatbed into the deck. Phone us when you are at the car and we will talk you through it.

Not usually, but you will need to be with the vehicle. We may have to load from the nearest side street or a loading bay rather than from the bay itself, and it helps if you can be there to move it clear if a warden or traffic asks.

Yes — to any garage, tyre fitter or bodyshop you nominate, including ones on the High Street and the ones on the industrial roads off Ravenshaw Lane. Just give us the name when you book.

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