Johnstones Garage
North Road, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4RP
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Cumbria. Site number 8842BM.
North Road, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4RP
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 CA (Carlisle) postcode area failed 23.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 183,545 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.07% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 6.98% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.21% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5% | 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.
St Lukes Road, Kirkby Stephen Business Park, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4HT
Unit 9, St Lukes Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4HT
Unit 21, Hartley Fold, Hartley, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4JA
Unit 3, Station Yard, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4LA
Nateby Service Station, Nateby, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4JP