MOT test stations by postcode area 22,104 MOT test stations are licensed to test class 4 vehicles — cars, vans, motorhomes and
people carriers — across 120 postcode areas. Each area page lists them by town with the
address, postcode and phone number, so you can find one that is actually near you.
Stations
22,104
class 4 licensed, Great Britain
Fewest
WC
1 in City of London
What this list is, and what it is not
It is the DVSA's own list of active MOT test stations — the same data the agency publishes, refreshed
quarterly and taken here on 30 September 2026. If a station is on this list, it holds a current
authorisation to test class 4 vehicles.
Pulled 2026-10-31 from DVSA, who published it on 30 September 2026.
How current is this list, and what changed?
It is not a ranking , and deliberately so. The anonymised MOT data carries the
keeper's postcode area but no test-station field, so we cannot know which garage tested which car.
Any “best MOT garage in…” list built from pass rates would be invented — and a garage's pass rate
mostly reflects the cars its customers bring, not the quality of its work. The local pass rates on
this site are about cars , not businesses: see pass rates by postcode area .
London Area Main town Stations Pass rate RM Romford Romford 134 87.3% E London London 121 88.4% SE London London 119 86.6% NW London London 114 85.5% N London London 108 87.3% SW London London 73 84.2% W London London 52 83.9% EC City of London City of London 1 — WC City of London City of London 1 —
South East Area Main town Stations Pass rate PO Portsmouth Portsmouth 294 79.0% RG Reading Reading 282 82.6% TN Ashford Ashford 272 81.4% SO Southampton Southampton 260 81.2% GU Guildford Guildford 245 81.0% OX Oxford Oxford 245 81.5% BN Brighton Brighton 236 78.4% MK Milton Keynes Milton Keynes 205 82.3% RH Crawley Crawley 192 82.1% ME Maidstone Maidstone 190 83.3% CT Canterbury Canterbury 180 80.8% DA Dartford Dartford 133 86.0% KT KINGSTON upon Thames KINGSTON upon Thames 129 84.2% CR Croydon Croydon 125 86.1% TW Hounslow Hounslow 123 86.0% UB Hayes Hayes 111 88.4% SL Slough Slough 107 86.7% HA Wembley Wembley 105 86.5% EN Enfield Enfield 96 87.4% IG Ilford Ilford 67 87.5% WD Watford Watford 64 80.0% BR Bromley Bromley 59 84.0% SM Sutton Sutton 41 85.8%
South West Area Main town Stations Pass rate BS Bristol Bristol 360 77.9% EX Exeter Exeter 312 78.3% GL Gloucester Gloucester 283 79.7% PL Plymouth Plymouth 255 77.9% BH Poole Poole 215 79.6% SN Swindon Swindon 205 80.3% BA Yeovil Yeovil 197 79.0% TA Taunton Taunton 179 80.8% TR Truro Truro 154 77.6% TQ Newton Abbot Newton Abbot 137 78.8% SP Salisbury Salisbury 119 78.5% DT Dorchester Dorchester 109 81.1%
East of England Area Main town Stations Pass rate PE Peterborough Peterborough 454 82.5% NR Norwich Norwich 318 80.9% IP Ipswich Ipswich 292 82.0% CM Chelmsford Chelmsford 224 83.0% HP High Wycombe High Wycombe 190 83.5% CO Colchester Colchester 173 81.8% CB Cambridge Cambridge 159 81.9% SG Stevenage Stevenage 152 82.6% SS Basildon Basildon 152 84.8% LU Luton Luton 111 85.4% AL St Albans St Albans 70 82.2%
East Midlands Area Main town Stations Pass rate NG Nottingham Nottingham 442 80.0% LE Leicester Leicester 374 83.1% DE Derby Derby 312 82.5% NN Northampton Northampton 283 80.1% LN Lincoln Lincoln 151 78.1%
West Midlands Area Main town Stations Pass rate B Birmingham Birmingham 612 84.9% CV Coventry Coventry 301 82.9% ST Stoke On Trent Stoke On Trent 252 78.8% SY Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 195 81.2% WS Walsall Walsall 165 81.1% DY Stourbridge Stourbridge 159 83.0% WV Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 156 83.0% WR Worcester Worcester 132 81.6% HR Hereford Hereford 102 81.6% TF Telford Telford 74 80.4%
Yorkshire Area Main town Stations Pass rate S Sheffield Sheffield 497 83.1% DN Doncaster Doncaster 304 81.5% YO York York 263 78.3% LS Leeds Leeds 248 79.0% BD Bradford Bradford 239 82.2% WF Wakefield Wakefield 217 81.7% HU Hull Hull 194 77.6% HD Huddersfield Huddersfield 104 78.3% HG Harrogate Harrogate 74 78.9% HX Halifax Halifax 68 81.5%
North West Area Main town Stations Pass rate M Manchester Manchester 323 82.4% CH Chester Chester 236 79.2% L Liverpool Liverpool 230 82.0% SK Stockport Stockport 229 79.7% WA Warrington Warrington 217 80.2% PR Preston Preston 213 81.0% BB Blackburn Blackburn 200 83.6% CA Carlisle Carlisle 180 80.0% OL Oldham Oldham 180 81.4% BL Bolton Bolton 150 81.1% LA Kendal Kendal 142 80.2% CW Crewe Crewe 135 80.1% FY Blackpool Blackpool 104 78.5% WN Wigan Wigan 90 79.7%
North East Area Main town Stations Pass rate NE NEWCASTLE upon Tyne NEWCASTLE upon Tyne 398 80.3% TS Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 212 80.5% DL Darlington Darlington 164 79.2% DH Durham Durham 119 80.8% SR Sunderland Sunderland 77 77.6%
Wales Area Main town Stations Pass rate CF Cardiff Cardiff 374 78.4% SA Swansea Swansea 330 79.1% LL Wrexham Wrexham 272 81.1% NP Newport Newport 206 79.3% LD Brecon Brecon 30 78.3%
Scotland Area Main town Stations Pass rate G Glasgow Glasgow 363 77.7% EH Edinburgh Edinburgh 302 75.8% AB Aberdeen Aberdeen 214 74.1% KY Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy 156 72.8% KA Ayr Ayr 148 77.2% ML Hamilton Hamilton 136 76.4% IV Inverness Inverness 121 76.7% PA Paisley Paisley 117 75.8% FK Stirling Stirling 112 75.5% DD Dundee Dundee 110 72.5% PH Perth Perth 95 75.3% DG Dumfries Dumfries 77 81.1% TD Berwick Upon Tweed Berwick Upon Tweed 70 79.1% KW Kirkwall Kirkwall 29 80.0% HS Stornoway Stornoway 12 79.4% ZE Lerwick Lerwick 9 77.0%
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