Rear of Cooperative Terrace, Station Road, Fencehouses, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6AA
MOT test stations in Houghton Le Spring
17 garages in Houghton Le Spring (North East, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 4 of them can test motorcycles, and 3 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.
Herrington Burn, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4JW
103 Brickgarth, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0LE
14 Catherine Road, New Herrington Ind Estate, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7BG
Newbottle Street, Newbottle, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4AS
Woodstone Village, Industrial Estate, Fencehouses, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6DU
Unit 3, Pearsons Industrial Estate, Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0BG
Units 4-8, The Former British Coal Power Station, Philadeplhia Lane, Newbottle, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4TG
Stoney Gate, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4NJ
Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8AN
Unit 10, Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8AN
Unit 1a, Marketplace Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8AN
Station Road, Mount Pleasant, Washington, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7PW
Quarry Row, Newbottle Street, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4AU
Shiney Row Garage, Front Street, Shiney Row, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7DX
Back Smiths Terrace, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0JH
Newbottle Street, Houghton-Le-Spring, DH4 4AS
MOT results around Houghton Le Spring
Cars and light vans tested in the DH (Durham) postcode area failed 22% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 153,480 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.21% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 7.33% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.39% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.81% | 5.95% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 5,657 | 26.9% | 27.3% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 4,577 | 28.6% | 28.5% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 4,065 | 17.8% | 20.9% |
| Ford Focus | 3,640 | 22.3% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 2,900 | 26.3% | 27% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 2,845 | 26.3% | 26.6% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 2,690 | 25.5% | 27.6% |
| Nissan Juke | 2,325 | 30.3% | 25.6% |
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 Houghton Le Spring
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 4 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 4 |
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 2 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 17 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 1 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 3 |
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