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Back Smiths Terrace, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0JH
MOT stations / Houghton Le Spring
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Houghton Le Spring. Site number 27478.
Back Smiths Terrace, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0JH
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 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% |
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.
103 Brickgarth, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0LE
Kenton House, Four Lane Ends, Hetton Le Hole, DH5 0AX
Unit 3, Pearsons Industrial Estate, Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0BG
Murton Village Service Station, Station Road, Murton, SR7 9RN
Market Place Industrial Estate, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8AN