Kirkby Motors
Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2HH
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Carnforth. Site number 28834.
Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2HH
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 LA (Kendal) postcode area failed 24.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 167,430 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.27% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.37% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 7.15% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.15% | 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.
Town End Garage, Casterton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2RX
Unit 2a, Old Station Yard, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HP
Melling, Carnforth, LA6 2RB
Bobbin Mill Lane, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NN
Auto & Body Repairs, Old Cooperage Yard, Gatebeck, Kendal, LA8 0HW