Comprehensive MOT Test Centre Information Near Me

Find the nearest MOT Test Centres. Enter your postcode in the search box and we'll find all the MOT Stations near you ordered by distance. In addition to a handy map we will also include booking telephone numbers and, where possible, opening times. If you have a car, van, motor bike, private passenger vehicle or, even, a trike, we'll list all the M.O.S. Test Centers near you.

MOT Test Centre Counties

UK MOT Test Centres in Lancashire

Charnock Green
Blacko
Blackpool
Old Wennington
Claughton
Horton
Sabden
Church
Inglewhite
Whalley Banks
Sowerbutt's Green
Broughton
Crag Foot
Crow Trees
Becconsall
Nab's Head
Marshaw
Hunger Hill
Lumb
Padiham
Balderstone
Waterside
Over Kellet
West Bradford
Runshaw Moor
Lower Green Bank
Over Leck
Kirkham
Barrowford
Lower Copthurst
Water
Tarlscough
Bashall Eaves
Green
Bracewell
Earby
Poulton-le-Fylde
Haighton Green
Stodday
Gisburn
Bickerstaffe
Formby
Newburgh
Harrop Fold
Oakenclough
Overton
Sawley
Abbeystead
Aughton
Tatham
Catterall
Stubbins
Woodplumpton
Clayton-le-Dale
Lathom
Lewth
Scronkey
Leck
Worden
Higher Wheelton
Scorton
Langho
Singleton
Halsall
Tewitfield
Priest Hutton
Cockden
Heapey
Nateby
Glasson
Wrayton
Barton
Holmeswood
Hale Nook
Sand Side
Green Haworth
Twiston
Accrington
Hampson Green
Crawford
Nook
Brierfield
Hornby
Walthew Green
Jack's Mere
Wheatley Lane
Lowgill
Mellor Brook
Withnell Fold
New Gate
Bangor's Green
Hill Dale
Windy Harbour
Swarthdale
Ireby
Belthorn
White Stake
Winewall
Lower Bartle
Knowle Green
Hurlston
Samlesbury
Yealand Redmayne
Bottom of Hutton
Dunsop Bridge
Rufford
Catlow
Whalley
Skitham
Halton Green
Parbold
Rimington
Wesham
Whittingham
Thorney Holme
Bilsborrow
Warton
Lower Ballam
Hall Cross
Walker Fold
Great Harwood
Holden
Nelson
Mere Syke
Longridge
Fleetwood
Clifton
Whin Lane End
Mawdesley
Hoscar
Crossgill
Lower Lee
Tottleworth
Stalmine
Pudding Pie Nook
Hare Appletree
Bolton Houses
Nar
Orrell
Spen Brook
Dalton
Elswick Leys
Barrow Nook
Capernwray
Galgate
Chatburn
Fisher's Row
Hey
Bryning
Appley Bridge
Hoyle Bottom
Ewood Bridge
Rawtenstall
Cow Ark
Moss Edge
Shaw Green
Scarth Hill
Higher Copthurst
Abbey Village
Gressingham
Medlar
Nether Burrow
Mellor
Caton
Higham
Woodsfold
Worsthorne
Burscough
Silverdale
Hurstwood
Bispham Green
High Moor
Euxton
Barley
Potters Brook
Heaton
Bonds
Chipping
Melling
Turner Green
Bashall Town
Hoghton
Stake Pool
Barrow
Cowpe
Grimeford Village
Staynall
Royal Oak
Cabus
Newchurch in Pendle
Treales
Matshead
Bescar
Coppull
Sharneyford
Bailrigg
Rising Bridge
Wray
Forton
Kelbrook
Myerscough Smithy
Churchtown
Gisburn Cotes
Nethertown
Lytham St Anne's
Bowker's Green
Arkholme
Monkroyd
Haskayne
Shirdley Hill
Roseacre
Andertons Mill
Hutton
Bowgreave
Shevington Vale
Pilling
Carnforth
Barnoldswick
Blackburn
Samlesbury Bottoms
Limbrick
Blaguegate
Wheelton
Trawden
Wrightington
Inskip
Clayton-le-Moors
Dinckley
Newton
Shevington Moor
Sower Carr
Ellel
Wycoller
Moor Side
Middleforth Green
Roby Mill
Drummersdale
Wrea Green
Bolton Green
Billington
Weeton
Garstang
Burnley
Waddington
Hest Bank
Hundred End
Newsham
Freckleton
Little Singleton
Halton
Rochdale
Out Rawcliffe
Mere Brow
Tarleton
Roach Bridge
Thornton
White Coppice
Little Plumpton
Ring o' Bells
Winmarleigh
Westby
Cliviger
Osbaldeston
Ribby
Mere Side
Hurlston Green
Huncoat
Eccleston
Fence
Farleton
Altham
Ollerton Fold
Higher Walton
Copster Green
Little Hoole Moss Houses
Waterslack
Higher Penwortham
Irwell Vale
Cow Hill
Horwich
Hoghton Bottoms
Haighton Top
Hud Hey
Higher Bartle
Eskrigge
Larbreck
Brighouse Green
Burscough Bridge
Red Bridge
Cribden Side
Esprick
Read
Cockerham
Great Mitton
Up Holland
Sollom
Worston
Chorley
Oswaldtwistle
Colne
Whittle-le-Woods
Sough
Top o' th' Lane
Towngate
Newsholme
Adlington
Higher Ballam
Wymott
Eagland Hill
Sunderland
Jack Green
Catforth
Heath Charnock
Osbaldeston Green
Coup Green
Thorpe Green
Hesketh Lane
Acre
Simonstone
New Longton
Pincock
Preston
Bay Horse
Rishton
Ormskirk
Dolphinholme
Chatterton
Grindleton
Gregson Lane
Bolton-le-Sands
Strongstry
Grimsargh
Ford Green
Hambleton
Roughlee
Whitewell
Much Hoole
Greenhalgh
Heysham
Forest Becks
Shireshead
Robin Hood
Downholland Cross
Great Altcar
Cumeragh Village
New Lane
Blackleach
Corner Row
Newton-with-Scales
Pilling Lane
Lane Ends
Great Eccleston
Nether Kellet
Cold Row
Dam Side
Mythop
Slaidburn
Brindle
Carr Cross
Fulwood
Street
Wharles
Bretherton
Downham
Leyland
Pendleton
Moss Side
Smallwood Hey
Four Lane Ends
Little Eccleston
Dunnockshaw
Cuerden
Skelmersdale
The Row
Clitheroe
Caton Green
Paythorne
Charnock Richard
Crossmoor
Coppull Moor
Ward Green Cross
Quernmore
Foulridge
Ribchester
Whitworth
Southport
Easington
Middleton
Upper Thurnham
Slyne
Brinscall
Hesketh Bank
Howgill
Haslingden
Riley Green
Elston
Copp
Old Langho
Bolton-by-Bowland
Thistleton
Farington
Black Pole
Kingsfold
Salwick
Calder Vale
Preesall
Beverley
Peel
Yealand Conyers
Cleveleys
Pippin Street
Croston
Salterforth
Bacup
Tarnbrook
Borwick
Whittington
Johnson's Hillock
Rivington
Staining
Whitechapel
Heskin Green
Bruna Hill
Tosside
Thursden
Cuddy Hill
Lower Thurnham
St Michael's on Wyre
Bamber Bridge
Wiswell
Cottam
Weir
Myerscough
Tunstall
Ulnes Walton
Turn
Swillbrook
Mossy Lea
Scarisbrick
Wrightington Bar
Knott End-on-Sea
Goosnargh
Southfield
Hapton
Aldcliffe
Over Burrow
Longton
Stanley Gate
Lower Penwortham
Elswick
Inskip Moss Side
Hothersall
Carleton
Wennington
Withnell
Morecambe
Great Plumpton
Newby
Ratten Row
Knotts
Lea Town
Westhead
Brook
Lancaster

When to get an MOT

The MOT test is designed to check that your vehicle meets road safety and environmental standards defined by the Department for Transport.

The rules that determine when you need to MOT your vehicle depend on the type of vehicle you have and what you use it for. These rules are grouped into Classes which currently include 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 5a and 7. Broardly speaking you need to MOT your vehicle on;

  • the third anniversary of its registration
  • the anniversary of its last MOT, if it's over 3 years old
The exception to this is vehicles that are categorised as Class 4, 5 and 5a which need to be MOT tested every 12 months.

Driving a vehicle without an MOT can attract a fine of up to £1,000

Expired MOT certificate

It is not acceptable to drive a vehicle if its MOT has certificate expired. Doing so can result in a prosecution. Exceptions to this rule are;

  • to or from somewhere to be repaired,
  • to a pre-arranged MOT test1.

1A pre-arranged MOT test is one that has been arranged in advance. If you are stopped on the way to a drop in MOT test centre without an appointment you may not qualify for an exemption.

MOT renewal

An MOT lasts for a calendar year. The MOT expiration date is printed on the MOT pass certificate.

It is important to ensure your vehicle's MOT test certificate is renewed before the MOT test due date. This is can be done as early as a month minus 1 day before the expiration of the current certificate or anniversary of the registration of the vehicle. It is acceptable to get a new MOT test certificate at any time, however, the start date of the certificate will change if the renewal date is more than a month minus a day before the expiration of the current certificate.

MOT Test Fees and Class Descriptions

The Department for Transport has specified maximum fees that MOT test centres can charge. These are broken down by the Class of the vehicle as this roughly equates to the amount of effort required by the MOT Test Centre to carry out the test. The following table explains the Classes and associated costs.

ClassVehicle TypeAge before
MOT (years)
Maximum
Fee
1Motorcycle (engine size up to 200cc)3£ 29.65
1Motorcycle with sidecar (engine size up to 200cc)3£ 37.80
2Motorcycle (engine size over 200cc)3£ 29.65
2Motorcycle with sidecar (engine size over 200cc)3£ 37.80
33-wheeled vehicles (up to 450kg unladen weight)3£ 37.80
43-wheeled vehicles (over 450kg unladen weight)3£ 54.85
4Cars (up to 8 passenger seats)3£ 54.85
4Motor caravans3£ 54.85
4Quads (max unladen weight 400kg - for goods vehicles 550kg and max net power of 15kw)3£ 54.85
4Dual purpose vehicles3£ 54.85
4Private hire and public service vehicles (up to 8 seats)3£ 54.85
4Ambulances and taxis1£ 54.85
4Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (9 to 12 passenger seats)1£ 57.30
4Goods vehicles (up to 3,000kg design gross weight)3£ 54.85
4aClass 4 vehicles (9 to 12 passenger seats) with a seat belt installation check£ 64.00
5Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13 to 16 passenger seats)1£ 59.55
5Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (more than 16 passenger seats)1£ 80.65
5Playbuses1£ 80.65
5aClass 5 vehicles (13 to 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check£ 80.50
5aClass 5 vehicles (more than 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check£ 124.50
7Goods vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight)3£ 58.60

Test Failures and Retests

If your vehicle has failed its MOT Test you may qualify for a free or reduced retest.

If the MOT Test Centre carries out the repair then ordinarily they would retest the vehicle at a reduced cost or no cost at all, depending on the nature of the work and the time between the two MOT tests.

If you decide to take your vehicle away for repair you will need to ensure that your vehicle's current certificate is still valid. If your certificate is no longer valid then you will only be able to take your vehicle to a repair agent to get the defects corrected and to an MOT Test Centre with a pre-arranged MOT test appointment. You will not be able to take your vehicle to any other location.

If you have taken your vehicle away for repair and manage to return it to the same test centre before the end of the next working day for a retest, the MOT Test Centre will not charge for the partial retest, assuming the repair is one or more of the following items;

  • access panels
  • battery
  • bonnet
  • bootlid
  • brake pedal antislip
  • break glass hammer (class 5 vehicles only)
  • doors (including hinges, catches and pillars)
  • door open warning device (class 5 vehicles only)
  • dropsides
  • electrical wiring
  • emergency exits and signs (class 5 vehicles only)
  • entrance door remote control (class 5 vehicles only)
  • entrance/exit steps (class 5 vehicles only)
  • fuel filler cap
  • headlamp cleaning or levelling devices (that doesn’t need a headlamp aim check)
  • horn
  • lamps (excluding headlamp aim)
  • loading door
  • main beam 'tell-tale'
  • mirrors
  • rear reflectors
  • registration plates
  • seatbelts (but not anchorages), seatbelt load limiter and seatbelt pre-tensioner
  • seats
  • sharp edges or projections
  • stairs (class 5 vehicles only)
  • steering wheel
  • tailboard
  • tailgate
  • trailer electrical sockets
  • towbars (excluding body around anchorage points)
  • tyre pressure monitoring system
  • vehicle identification number (VIN)
  • windscreen glass, wipers and washers
  • wheels and tyres (excluding motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecar)
If the repair is for another fault or you do not get your vehicle back within the time period then you are eligible for a charge.

If you return your vehicle, after a repair, within 10 working days of the original test then the MOT Test Centre can complete a partial test which may be free or at a reduce charge. If it is not within this period then the MOT Text Centre will need to carry out a full test for which a full charge can be made.

Booking an MOT

MOT Test Centres offer a variety of methods for booking your vehicle in for a test. The primary means of booking is by phone. Our website offers a handy click to call facility if you are using a compatible device saving the need to save or write the number down. It is also worth noting that many sites now have online booking capabilities making it quick and easy for you to book your car in for a test.

MOT Test Centre maximum fees are controlled. Familiarise yourself with the Class of your vehicle and ensure that the MOT Test Centre does not charge you more than the maximum fee specified.

How does the MOT Test work?

An MOT test is an annual check of qualifying vehicles by an approved agent of items the Department of Transport has deemed essential for the safe operation of the vehicle on the public highway. Checks vary by vehicle category but all include essential items like headlights, seatbelt and tyres.

The MOT Test is designed to ensure the vehicle meets road safety and emission standards as defined by the Department for Transport. The test ensures your vehicle is in appropriate condition for use on the road. The MOT Test focuses on elements of the vehicle that ensure the safety of the driver, passengers and other road users. The Test does not concern itself with the condition of the vehicle's engine or gearbox, for example, but does focus on items such as seat belts, breaks and lights. For a full guide please read the MOT Inspection Manual.

Whilst the MOT Test is being performed you are allowed to view the Test from the MOT Public viewing area. You are not, however, allowed to interact with the Tester during the course of their duties.

MOT Test Completion

When the MOT Tester has completed the inspection you will be issued with a certificate. This can be an MOT Certificate, if the vehicle has passed, or a refusal of an MOT Test Certificate. In either case the outcome, along with the vehicles odometer reading will be recorded in the MOT test database, which is a national register.

If the vehicle has passed the MOT Test the MOT Certificate will be issued with, amoungst other things, the epiration date of the Certificate. You will need to repeat this process again before this date.

If the vehicle has NOT passed the MOT Test the refusal of an MOT Test Certificate will be issued which contains the reasons why the vehicle failed the test. If you decide to take the vehicle away for repair then please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the rules related to retesting your vehicle, especially if your MOT Test Certificate has expired.

If you feel you vehicle has been incorrectly failed then you may lodge an appeal with the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) by calling them on 0300 123 9000 week days between 7:30am to 6pm. You should also contact them if you think your MOT Test Certificate is not geniune or if you think your vehicle has passed when it shouldn't have.

Driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition can attract a fine of up to £2,000, a driving ban and 3 penalty points
Information on this site is correct at time of publication. We assume no responsibility for any incorrect data, ommissions or errors.
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