Mobile tyres fitting service in Leith Edinburgh Scotland
We offer the lowest priced tyres and a mobile tyres
fitting service for Leith Edinburgh Scotland. See our tyres price
check comparison. No call out charge. All leading brands
of car tyres, van tyres, 4X4 tyres & run-flat tyres. We
fit tyres at your place of work or home driveway. Tyres
fitting and balancing is fully guaranteed. Also car
batteries. Our low prices for tyres and car batteries
are fully inclusive, no hidden extras. We don't have
expensive tyres depots so our prices are always low.
We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Leith Edinburgh Scotland. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
is much more convenient… and, it also greatly reduces
our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
prices of tyres by up to 40%.
Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
fully guarantee our work. Please feel free to call our
freephone telephone number if you would like personal
help and service, we are always ready and willing to
explain the choices and make sure you are happy with our
sales and service for car tyres and car batteries.
More about Leith Edinburgh Scotland
Formerly a royal burgh, Leith is a town at the mouth
of the Water of Leith and is the port of Edinburgh,
Scotland. It lies on the south shore of the Firth of
Forth, in the unitary local authority of City of
Edinburgh.
Historically Leith and Edinburgh were separate burghs,
but growth over the centuries means that Leith and
Edinburgh now form a contiguous urban area. Leith was
merged with Edinburgh in 1920 following an unofficial
referendum in which the people of Leith voted five to
one against the merger.
After the decades of post-war industrial decline, slum
clearance and resultant depopulation in the post-war
era, Leith gradually began to enjoy an upturn in
fortunes in the late 1980s. Several old industrial sites
were developed with modest, affordable housing, while
small industrial business units were constructed at
Swanfield, Bonnington, Seafield and off Lindsay Road.
The Shore developed a clutch of chic restaurants, while
the once industrially-polluted, desolate banks of the
Water of Leith were cleaned up and a public walkway
opened.
Leith's gradual revival was greatly accelerated,
however, by the decision of the Scottish Office (a
government department - now the Scottish Executive) to
purchase the disused (and filled-in!) Old East and Old
West Docks as a low-cost site for one of its civil
service offices in the mid 1990s. The influx of
well-paid civil service jobs boosted local commerce and
fostered Leith's growing reputation as a white-collar,
small business location. Further large-scale service and
tourist development followed, including the Ocean
Terminal complex and the permanently moored Royal Yacht
Britannia.
The new millennium witnessed proposals to entierly
develop the entire western half of Leith Docks (the
"North Leith" bank of the river), fuelled by the
continued boom in the British property market and the
downturn in Leith's role as a commercial port. Alexandra
Dry Dock, Victoria Dock, Prince of Wales Dock, Albert
Dock and Edinburgh Dock - collectively called the
eastern docks - are all expected to remain.
The masterplan for what will be virtually a new town
entails a luxury new residential area named Platinum
Point (designed by Robert Adam), a fitness centre, and
later, a central park surrounded by narrow streets and
grand crescents and avenues. The whole project is
expected to be completed by about 2020. Ocean Terminal
is considered the first stage of this new development
and - poignantly - is constructed upon the exact site of
the last shipyard in Leith, Henry Robb's, which closed
in 1984.
The significance of this should not be overlooked, for
it encapsulates the "gentrification of Leith" which many
"natives" have complained of. Unfortunately, most of the
new developments are branded "luxury" or "exclusive" and
indeed are exclusive - well beyond the price range of
indigenous working-class Leithers. The danger exists of
a two-tier Leith, split between original residents and
middle-class incomers, and the contrast is startling -
less than 200 metres from the new development lies the
Fort housing scheme, one of the most deprived areas in
Edinburgh. Time will tell whether such large scale
development will enhance or destroy the traditional
spirit and charm of Leith.
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