Exeter Auto Keys

Auto Locksmith Heavitree, Exeter

Mobile car key and vehicle entry specialist covering Heavitree, Magdalen Road, Wonford and the eastern Exeter suburbs — on-site, fast, fixed price

Heavitree is one of Exeter's largest and most densely populated residential districts, stretching east along the B3183 from the city centre through to the edge of the East Devon boundary. We attend more callouts in Heavitree than in almost any other Exeter suburb — from the Victorian terraces off Heavitree Road to the hospital car parks on Wonford Road, we know every part of this area and we come directly to you.

Why Choose Us in Heavitree

RD&E Hospital car park cover
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital at Wonford borders Heavitree directly. Visitor and staff lockouts in the hospital car parks are among the most frequent call types we attend in this part of the city — at any hour.
Heavitree Road to Rifford Road
We cover the full Heavitree district — the B3183 arterial, the residential grid off Magdalen Road, Burnthouse Lane, Rifford Road and every connecting street. Response typically 15–25 minutes from dispatch.
All vehicles, on your street
From the family hatchbacks and SUVs that dominate Heavitree's residential streets to NHS staff vehicles and the full range of makes in the hospital car parks — we carry equipment for all of them.
24 hours, no call-out fee
Fixed price before we arrive. No call-out charge, no out-of-hours premium. This matters most at 3am when a hospital night-shift worker finds themselves locked out in the Wonford car park.

Heavitree — Exeter's Easternmost Inner Suburb

Heavitree was a separate parish until its annexation into Exeter in 1900. More than a century later it retains a distinct identity — its own high street, its own park, and a dense residential community that generates a consistently high volume of auto locksmith callouts year-round.

Heavitree Road and the B3183 arterial

Heavitree Road is the main eastern artery out of Exeter city centre, running from the junction with Magdalen Road in the west through the heart of the district towards the Pinhoe Road intersection at the eastern end. The road carries heavy mixed traffic — commuters, delivery vehicles, school runs and NHS staff heading to the hospital. On-street parking along Heavitree Road and the perpendicular residential streets is where the majority of lockout callouts in this district occur. The parade of shops around the Church Street and Well Street junctions forms a natural focal point, and we know exactly where to park a mobile unit to reach any address in this stretch quickly.

Magdalen Road — Exeter's independent high street

Magdalen Road is one of Exeter's most celebrated local shopping streets — a dense strip of independent food shops, cafes, a greengrocer, a butcher and a post office that has resisted the homogenisation seen on many comparable streets. The surrounding residential grid of Mount Pleasant Road, Union Road and Church Lane forms one of Heavitree's most sought-after living areas. Parking on and around Magdalen Road is consistently pressured, making lockouts and key faults a regular occurrence. We attend the area regularly and know its access limitations well.

The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital at Wonford

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust operates the Royal Devon & Exeter (RD&E) Hospital on Barrack Road at Wonford — immediately south of Heavitree. With thousands of staff and visitors using the hospital's multi-storey and surface car parks every day, lockouts and key faults at the RD&E are one of the most consistent call types we attend in this part of Exeter. This applies around the clock — NHS shift patterns mean the car parks are in use and incidents occur at 2am just as they do at 2pm. We treat every hospital callout with urgency and understand that the person calling may have just finished or be about to start a long shift.

Heavitree Pleasure Ground and the eastern residential grid

Heavitree Pleasure Ground on Burnthouse Lane is the district's main public park, used daily by residents of the surrounding streets. Burnthouse Lane itself, Rifford Road, Hamlin Lane, Whipton Lane and the network of connecting residential streets to the north and east of the park form the outer ring of Heavitree. These areas are further from the city centre and represent the quieter, more suburban face of the district. Response times here are slightly longer than for the Heavitree Road core — but we cover all of them as standard.

Coverage area
Heavitree — EX1 / EX2
We cover the full Heavitree district including Heavitree Road (B3183), Magdalen Road, Church Street, Well Street, Mount Pleasant Road, Union Road, Burnthouse Lane, Rifford Road, Hamlin Lane, Whipton Lane, Wonford Road and all connecting residential streets. The RD&E Hospital car parks at Wonford are included as standard.
Response times
Heavitree and surrounds
Heavitree Road core: 15–25 min  ·  Magdalen Road area: 15–25 min  ·  RD&E Hospital: 20–30 min  ·  Burnthouse Lane: 20–30 min  ·  Rifford Road: 20–30 min
Part of wider Exeter cover
All 20 Exeter districts
For the full city coverage including St Thomas, Pinhoe, Polsloe and all other districts see our Exeter main page.

How It Works

1
Call with your location
Street name, car park level or hospital block — give us your position and vehicle registration. We confirm a fixed price before we move.
2
We come to you
A fully equipped mobile technician dispatched to your exact location. No recovery, no garage visit, no towing. You stay with your vehicle.
3
Resolved on site
Key cut and programmed, vehicle opened or fault fixed at your location. Payment on completion once you are satisfied.

Streets and Areas We Cover in Heavitree

We cover every street in the Heavitree district from the Magdalen Road end in the west to the Rifford Road and Hamlin Lane residential areas in the east. If your street is not listed, call us — we cover it.

Heavitree Road
B3183 arterial
Magdalen Road
Independent high street
Church Street
Central Heavitree
Well Street
Central Heavitree
Mount Pleasant Road
Residential, EX1
Union Road
Residential, EX1
Burnthouse Lane
East Heavitree
Rifford Road
East Heavitree
Hamlin Lane
Outer Heavitree
Wonford Road
South boundary / RD&E
Barrack Road
RD&E Hospital approach
Whipton Lane
North boundary

Heavitree borders Wonford and the RD&E Hospital to the south, Whipton to the north, Polsloe to the northwest and St Leonards to the west. All neighbouring districts are covered. For the full list of all 20 Exeter sub-areas see our Exeter coverage page.

All Services Available in Heavitree

Every service is available across Heavitree, Wonford and the surrounding EX1/EX2 area. The same equipment and process whether you are on Magdalen Road, in the RD&E car park or on Rifford Road.

All Makes Covered

Heavitree's vehicle population reflects a densely residential inner suburb with a large NHS workforce nearby. You will find the full spread of family cars — Ford, Volkswagen and BMW are among the most common makes we programme in this area — alongside the Mercedes and Land Rover models frequent among Exeter's professional population. We carry programming and cutting equipment for virtually every make and model sold in the UK.

Frequently Asked Questions — Heavitree, Exeter

For the Heavitree Road core and Magdalen Road area, our target response time is 15–25 minutes. Heavitree sits on the main eastern approach corridor into Exeter and is straightforward to reach from multiple directions. For the outer streets — Burnthouse Lane, Rifford Road, Hamlin Lane — allow 20–30 minutes. If you are at the RD&E Hospital car park on Wonford Road, give us the car park name or level and we will navigate directly there. We will always give you an honest estimated arrival time when you call.

Yes — the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital car parks on Barrack Road and Wonford Road are within our standard coverage. Staff and visitor lockouts at the RD&E are one of the most frequent call types we receive from this part of Exeter. The hospital operates 24 hours and so do we — a night-shift worker locked out at 4am gets the same response as any daytime callout. Tell us which car park you are in and we will come directly to your vehicle.

Yes — Magdalen Road and the surrounding residential grid of Mount Pleasant Road, Union Road and Church Lane are within our Heavitree coverage. On-street parking in this area is pressured and incidents are frequent. We know the access constraints on these streets — the width restrictions on some junctions and the residential permit zones — and we can position our mobile unit efficiently to get to your vehicle quickly.

Yes — the residential grid behind Heavitree Road includes a number of short terraced streets that are easy to describe but sometimes difficult to locate quickly. If you are on one of these streets, give us the street name and the nearest junction or house number. We cover the full grid including Well Street, Church Street, Fore Street (Heavitree end), Polsloe Road and all connecting lanes. We will come directly to your vehicle without needing you to navigate us in.

Yes — in the vast majority of cases we can cut and programme a fully working replacement key at your vehicle in Heavitree without needing to take it anywhere. This covers transponder keys, remote fobs, proximity keys and smart keys for most mainstream makes. For all-keys-lost situations we can generate a new key directly from the vehicle ECU using our diagnostic equipment. We confirm exactly what is needed and agree a fixed price before starting any work.

Yes — Heavitree is fully covered under our 24 hour Exeter auto locksmith service. Night-time and early-morning callouts are handled at the same fixed price with the same response process. Given the volume of NHS staff using the RD&E Hospital car parks, out-of-hours callouts in this part of Exeter are a regular part of our work — not an exception.

No — there is no call-out fee for Heavitree or anywhere else in Exeter. We quote a single fixed all-in price on the phone before we travel. That price covers everything — travel, labour and parts. You pay on completion once the job is done and you are satisfied. There are no additions for out-of-hours callouts, residential streets or hospital car parks.

Yes — Wonford sits immediately south of Heavitree and is covered as a directly adjacent area. The RD&E Hospital straddles the Heavitree–Wonford boundary and we treat both sides as a single coverage zone. Wonford Road, Barrack Road, Rifford Road and the hospital car parks are all included. See our Wonford coverage page for more detail on the southern part of this area, and our Exeter main page for the full city overview.

Need Help in Heavitree?

Call now for an immediate response across Heavitree, Magdalen Road and the RD&E Hospital area. Fixed price before we arrive, no call-out fee, available 24 hours.