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London · live recovery

Broken down in London? Find a driver near you — live.

Live recovery drivers in and around London right now — across Croydon, Ilford, Romford, Enfield, Ealing, Wembley, Bromley, Kingston and Heathrow, and on the M25, M1, M4, M11, A406 North Circular, A205 South Circular and A40. See who's closest. Call them. Agree the price. No membership. No call centres. No payment to us.

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Live map · London
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Each number is how many trucks are live in that part of London right now — green when one is free.Open
No sign-up, no membership, no monthly fees
Real positions, updated every few seconds
Price agreed with the driver, not with us
Every driver checked before they go live
How it works

Three taps to a driver.

Built for the moment you are stood at the roadside, so nothing gets in the way.

1

See who is near you

Allow location or type a postcode. The map shows every driver live nearby and how many miles away each one is.

2

Call the driver

Tap Call and speak to them directly. Agree the price between you before they set off.

3

Watch them arrive

Give the driver your six-digit code and follow them on the map, with a live arrival time, until they reach you.

Why people trust it

A live map only works if it is true.

So we check every driver, and the map only ever shows drivers who are actually out.

Checked before they go live

Driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of every truck, reviewed by our team. Nobody appears on the map until they pass.

Real positions, right now

Drivers share their position while they work. If a truck is on the map, it is out and reachable — not a listing last updated years ago.

Reviews that are checked

Only customers who completed a job can leave a rating, and each one is looked at before it counts.

The price is yours to agree

We are not in the middle of the payment. No commission, no booking fee, no membership — which is also why it stays cheaper than cover.

Recovery in London: where it usually goes wrong

London is not one recovery market but dozens. A breakdown in Croydon and a breakdown at Heathrow need different trucks, different routes and different amounts of patience. What they share is that the nearest driver is rarely the fastest one, because distance in London means very little and direction means everything.

The M25 and the approaches

Nearest-by-mileage is a poor guide here. A driver two miles away on the wrong side of the carriageway is half an hour behind one who is six miles away and already pointing at you.

The North and South Circular

The A406 and A205 carry constant traffic with few safe places to stop. Bus lanes, red routes and box junctions all limit where a truck can legally load.

Heathrow and the A4/M4 corridor

Airport runs, hire cars and full boots. Loading needs space that the terminal roads do not always give, so drivers will often ask you to move to a specific spot.

Red routes and controlled parking

On a red route you cannot simply wait where you stopped. Say so when you ring, because it changes which driver can actually help you.

Worth knowing. Give the driver the road, the direction and the nearest junction or landmark. In London that is worth more than a postcode.
Questions

Before you call.

It depends on who is out. The map shows every driver live in London right now and the app shows how many miles away each one is, so you can see before you call rather than being given a time by a call centre.

You agree the price with the driver on the phone before they set off. RecoverQ adds nothing to it — no booking fee, no commission and no membership.

Every driver is checked before they can go live: driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of each truck, all reviewed by our team.

No. Open the map, see who is live, and call. If the driver takes the job you get a six-digit code and can watch them on their way.

Anywhere a driver is live. Drivers in London regularly cover Croydon, Ilford, Romford, Enfield, Ealing, Wembley, Bromley, Kingston and Heathrow, and the main routes — the M25, M1, M4, M11, A406 North Circular, A205 South Circular and A40.

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