Brookside Garage, Skipton Road, Trawden, Colne, BB8 8QU
MOT test stations in Colne
16 garages in Colne (North West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 2 of them can test motorcycles, and 4 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.
Unit 17, Primet Business Park, Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8DR
The Butts, Barnoldswick, Colne, BB18 5HP
Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8DY
Unit 1 Spring Garden Mill Business Park, Spring Gardens Road, Colne, BB8 8FP
Back Brown Street, Colne, BB8 9NE
Unit 3b, Waterside Industrial Estate, Mill Green, Colne, BB8 0TA
Station Garage, Bridge Street, Colne, BB8 0DR
North Valley Business & Retail Park, North Valley Road, Colne, BB8 9HH
Ravenscroft Way, Crownest Industrial Estate, Barnoldswick, Colne, BB18 6JA
Crown Way Colne, Colne, BB8 9NP
Skipton Road Garage, Skipton Road, Barnoldswick, Colne, BB18 5EG
Warehouse Lane, Foulridge, Colne, BB8 7PP
Boundary Garage, Burnley Road, Colne, BB8 8LF
North Valley Retail Park, North Valley Road, Colne, BB8 9HH
North Valley Road Garage, Windsor Street, Colne, BB8 9LJ
MOT results around Colne
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 Colne
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 2 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 2 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 16 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 2 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 4 |
Nearby towns
- Nelson 17
- Barnoldswick 4
- Burnley 37
- Padiham 3
- Clitheroe 11
- Skipton 18
- Keighley 44
- Hebden Bridge 3
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