Halstead Street, Burnley, BB11 4HU
MOT test stations in Burnley
37 garages in Burnley (North West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 4 of them can test motorcycles, and 10 are approved for class 7 vans up to 3,500kg.
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.
Glen View Garage, Reynolds Street, Burnley, BB11 2NL
1 Forbes Court, Billington Road, Burnley, BB11 5UB
Cardinal Street Garage, Cardinal Street, Burnley, BB10 1RY
Brun Terrace Worsthorne, Burnley, BB10 3JR
Unit 18, Hargher Street, Burnley, BB11 4EG
197 Colne Road, Burnley, BB10 1EA
Newchurch Garage, Rear of 129 Briercliffe Road, Burnley, BB10 1XA
Chapel Yard, Helena Street, Burnley, BB10 4AP
Westgate, Burnley, BB11 1RZ
Plantation Street, Burnley, BB10 3AE
Brookside Garage, Burnley Road, Cliviger, Burnley, BB10 4SH
Marlborough Street, Healey Wood Ind Est, Burnley, BB11 2HW
Queens Park Garage, Eastern Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2AP
93 Church Street, Burnley, BB11 2RS
Unit 1 Burnley Retail Park, 11 Active Way, Canning Street, Burnley, BB12 0AD
Unit 1 & 2 Lutner Street Works, Lutner Street, Burnley, BB11 3AN
Unit 1, Stanhope St Garage, Stanhope Street, Burnley, BB12 0EN
Parker Lane, Burnley, BB11 2BY
Unit 1 Balderstone Lane, Heasandford Industrial Estate, Burnley, BB10 2TS
Unit 3 Jubilee Garage, Arthur Street, Burnley, BB11 1SB
Caldervale Road, Burnley, BB12 0EJ
Units A & B, Brindley Close, Network 65 Business Park, Burnley, BB11 5TD
Unit 2, Arthur Street, Burnley, BB11 1SB
Trafalgar Street, Burnley, BB11 1TQ
Unit 3, Cow Lane, Burnley, BB11 1NN
2 Arthur Street, Burnley, BB11 1SB
Park Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8ED
Accrington Road, Burnley, BB11 5EX
21 Travis Street, Burnley, BB10 1DG
Friendship Mill, Unit 3, Whalley Road, Read, Burnley, BB12 7PN
Wheatley Lane Road, Fence, Burnley, BB12 9EE
Cobden Street, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2JP
4 Phoenix Way, Smallshaw Ind Estate, Burnley, BB11 5SX
Unit One, Turf Street, Burnley, BB11 3BP
Unit 1 Abinger Street, Burnley, BB10 3ED
Lane Ends Garage, Lowerhouse, Burnley, BB12 6LN
MOT results around Burnley
Cars and light vans tested in the BB (Blackburn) postcode area failed 19% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 268,571 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.86% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 5.72% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.28% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.76% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 10,284 | 23.6% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 8,783 | 15.7% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,248 | 24.3% | 28.5% |
| Ford Focus | 6,092 | 22.4% | 25.4% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 5,253 | 24.2% | 26.6% |
| Toyota Yaris | 4,976 | 20.4% | 20.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 4,783 | 24.1% | 27% |
| Audi A3 | 4,758 | 15.4% | 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 Burnley
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 4 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 4 |
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 3 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 35 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 6 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 10 |
Nearby towns
- Padiham 3
- Nelson 17
- Accrington 17
- Colne 16
- Rossendale 10
- Oswaldtwistle 3
- Bacup 3
- Clitheroe 11
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