Royal Mail Group PLC Fleet and Maintenance Services
Vehicle Services Workshop, Faverdale Industrial Estate, Faverdale West, Darlington, DL3 0QG
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Darlington. Site number 4285AU.
Vehicle Services Workshop, Faverdale Industrial Estate, Faverdale West, Darlington, DL3 0QG
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 DL (Darlington) postcode area failed 25.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 179,025 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.71% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 8.28% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.69% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.52% | 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.
Unit 4 Grange Units, Faverdale North, Faverdale Industrial Estate, Darlington, DL3 0PH
Unit 14, Levy Industrial Estate, Faverdale, Darlington, DL3 0QA
West Auckland Road, Faverdale, Darlington, DL3 0UX
410 Whessoe Road, Darlington, DL3 0RP
Percy Road, Darlington, DL3 0RX