Glen Service Station, Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 0NN
MOT test stations in Bacup
3 garages in Bacup (North West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. None of them tests motorcycles.
From the DVSA list published 30 Sep 2026. Ring ahead to book; prices are set by the garage, capped at £54.85 for a car.
Unit 1, Height Barn Mill, Height Barn Lane Off Newline, Bacup, OL13 0DB
Shore Service Station, Brittania, Bacup, OL13 9SL
MOT results around Bacup
Cars and light vans tested in the OL (Oldham) postcode area failed 21.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 211,946 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.67% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.83% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.62% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 5.32% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 7,105 | 26.4% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 5,872 | 20% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 5,860 | 27.9% | 28.5% |
| Toyota Yaris | 5,057 | 25.1% | 20.4% |
| Ford Focus | 4,805 | 23.1% | 25.4% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 4,749 | 26.1% | 26.6% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 4,104 | 26% | 27% |
| Audi A3 | 3,607 | 18.1% | 20.2% |
From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.
What they can test in Bacup
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 3 |
Nearby towns
- Rossendale 10
- Todmorden 7
- Littleborough 3
- Rochdale 58
- Heywood 11
- Burnley 37
- Bury 41
- Hebden Bridge 3
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