23,085 approved stations
Find an MOT test station
Every garage DVSA has authorised to carry out MOT tests in England, Scotland and Wales, with a phone number and which vehicle classes it can test.
Browse by town
The busiest towns first. Every town with an approved station has a page.
- London 606
- Birmingham 314
- Bristol 297
- Manchester 293
- Glasgow 279
- Nottingham 268
- Leicester 223
- Sheffield 222
- Leeds 216
- Liverpool 192
- Hull 165
- Southampton 159
- Norwich 158
- Derby 156
- Preston 148
- Bradford 146
- Stoke on Trent 140
- Cardiff 135
- Edinburgh 130
- Coventry 127
- Peterborough 127
- Doncaster 117
- Stockport 114
- Newcastle Upon Tyne 113
- Wolverhampton 113
- York 113
- Northampton 112
- Plymouth 112
- Swansea 111
- Bolton 106
- Lincoln 105
- Swindon 96
- Exeter 91
- Huddersfield 91
- Milton Keynes 90
- Aberdeen 88
Which class does your vehicle need?
An MOT station is only approved for particular classes. Most garages do class 4 (cars, vans up to 3,000kg, minibuses with up to 12 seats). Motorcycles need a class 1 or 2 station, and vans between 3,000kg and 3,500kg gross weight need class 7. Turn up at the wrong one and they can’t test you.
| Class | What it covers |
|---|---|
| 1 | Motorcycles up to 200cc |
| 2 | Motorcycles over 200cc |
| 3 | Three-wheelers up to 450kg |
| 4 | Cars, vans and minibuses |
| 5 | Larger minibuses and buses |
| 7 | Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg |
Where this list comes from
DVSA publishes the register of active MOT test stations on GOV.UK every 3 months under the Open Government Licence. This copy is the 26 Feb 2026 release. Coordinates for the distance search come from postcodes.io, using ONS postcode centroids, so a distance is to the postcode, give or take a couple of hundred metres.
Northern Ireland runs MOT testing through DVA test centres rather than private garages, so it isn’t in this list.