The Gosport peninsula has a well-known traffic problem: two main roads in, both busy, and no easy way round. That is exactly why locals in Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent and the villages up the A32 towards Wickham tell us the big national breakdown services quote them ninety-minute waits. From our side, this patch is a straightforward run down the M27 and A27 — we cover Gosport and Fareham every week, and these villages sit directly on those routes.
Stubbington and the B3334
The Stubbington bypass has taken some pressure off the village, but the Peel Common and Titchfield Road roundabouts still queue heavily, and queuing is where tired batteries and overheating engines give up. If your car dies in the roundabout itself, switch on your hazards, stay belted if traffic is passing close, and call — moving a dead car out of a live roundabout is recovery-truck work. Our article on what happens when you call a recovery service walks through the process.
Lee-on-the-Solent
Seafront parking plus long periods of standing still is a classic recipe for flat batteries, and the salt air is no friend to older cars' electrics. We do a lot of jump starts and recovery-to-garage jobs along Marine Parade. Daedalus and the Solent Airport estates also give us regular van work — our flatbeds carry vans and pickups as comfortably as cars.
Wickham and the A32
North of Fareham, the A32 through Wickham towards the Meon Valley is a lovely road and an unforgiving place to break down: narrow, national-speed-limit stretches with soft verges. Pull as far left as you can, get out on the passenger side, and give us a clear landmark — Wickham Square, the water mill, a pub name. From Wickham we also cover the lanes towards Bishop's Waltham and Waterlooville. If the car turns out to be beyond saving, we collect scrap cars and non-runners from the whole Meon Valley, and our vehicle transport service can move restorable classics to a specialist instead.
Broken down on the peninsula or up the A32? Call PBK Recovery on 07598 410801 — 24/7, honest arrival times, price agreed before we move.