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Car Recovery Sheffield

4.9(133 reviews)See reviews ↓·Sheffield

About the company

Car Recovery Sheffield is a vehicle recovery and towing company with over 30 years of experience. It operates in Sheffield and near Sheffield. The company has towed over 15,000 vehicles and repaired over 10,000 vehicles. Its staff are specially trained to handle all types of vehicles.

Services include an autolocksmith service for keys locked in cars, draining fuel tanks for cars filled with the wrong fuel, towing cars after accidents to a location of the customer's choice, mobile mechanics who fit new tyres and inspect other tyres, and drivers who can bring fuel to customers who have run out.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Drivers across Sheffield describe this recovery service as a dependable presence when a vehicle fails at an awkward moment. Several customers highlight the speed of arrival, recalling assistance reaching them faster than expected, including during busy morning traffic. Matt is named repeatedly, praised for being polite, helpful and honest, and for going beyond what was expected, whether collecting a restoration project at short notice or making sure a car reached the garage safely. Reviewers often mention clear communication before and after the job, careful handling of vehicles and pricing that felt reasonable rather than inflated.

The work covers breakdowns, blowouts, relays to garages and long-distance transport, including a collection from Sheffield to Manchester and a run from Dronfield to Chesterfield. A recurring theme is the reassurance customers felt during stressful situations, with operatives described as professional and friendly. The service is portrayed as prompt, well priced and consistently reliable, a point that comes up often in accounts of both emergency call-outs and pre-arranged vehicle movement, with the treatment of vehicles compared to that given to a new car.

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Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Will Dyson-Sutton8 July 2026

Excellent service from Matt. Very polite, arrived on time and super helpful. Exactly everything you’d want. Would 100% recommend and use again (hopefully not have to!)

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Faez Gamal8 May 2026

Great help my car broke down in middle of nowhere at 4am in morning he came in 30 minutes great experience friendly guy well respected thanks so much

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Liam10 April 2026

Matt was an absolute legend, picked up a "restoration Project" for me from Sheffield, last minute to Manchester. He treated it like you would a new car, full belts and braces treatment. Would use him again in a heartbeat, price was fair, communication was perfect, even stayed longer to make sure it would drive onto our drive. GREAT BLOKE, GREAT SERVICE

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Carole Gerrard5 March 2026

Great service, collected car as instructed and delivered to desired destination. Good communication throughout. Will definitely use again. Thankyou for a positive experience.

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netty gahagan10 December 2025

A lovely gentleman came and rescued my daughter after she had a really nasty tyre blow out. His response time was under 40 minutes and she was back home with her 2 children in a hour from calling for help. Couldn't ask for a better service and a nicer man to rescue her.

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simon clark4 December 2025

Arrived within 20 minutes, during morning rush hour, dropped off at garage, even rolled the car up the ramp into the bay with me. Super efficient, fairly priced. Great local service.

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rebecca woods20 October 2025

Extremely helpful and affordable Matt was brilliant went above and beyond to help and made sure I was safe after having a rough time with my car. Couldn't recommend Matt enough!

Car recovery & towing in Sheffield compared

Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews β€” businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 11 businesses in this category in Sheffield are compared.

RankProviderRatingReviewsOpen Sat.
1Sheffield Breakdown & Mobile Tyres LTDβ˜… 5,0183Yes
2S.Y Recovery Serviceβ˜… 5,0119Yes
3SHEFFIELD RECOVERYβ˜… 5,036Yes
4MSH Vehicle Logisticsβ˜… 5,022Yes
5Recovery And Breakdown Serviceβ˜… 5,016Yes
11Car Recovery Sheffield (this page)β˜… 4,9133Yes
Contact
+441143031088www.sheffield-recovery.com45 Ratcliffe Road, Sharrow, Sheffield S10 3BU
Working hours
Monday00:00–24:00
Tuesday00:00–24:00
Wednesday00:00–24:00
Thursday00:00–24:00
Friday00:00–24:00
Saturday00:00–24:00
Sunday00:00–24:00