Gorton Fold Testing Station
Gorton Fold Testing Station, Gorton Fold, Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7BX
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Bolton. Site number 0039BQ.
Gorton Fold Testing Station, Gorton Fold, Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7BX
The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.
Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.
Cars and light vans tested in the BL (Bolton) postcode area failed 20.7% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.9 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 235,908 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.4% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.37% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 5.82% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 5.55% | 5.95% |
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.
Harrisons Yard, Harrison Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AH
Unit 5, Pearlbrook Industrial Estate, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5PX
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Rear of 101, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5QQ
Unit 20 Horwich Loco Ind Est, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 5UE