Parkway Autos
156 Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XQ
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Manchester. Site number 8952BX.
156 Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XQ
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 M (Manchester) postcode area failed 20.9% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.7 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 463,568 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.66% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.71% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.22% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 5.62% | 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.
268 - 271 Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4ET
4 Queens Street West, Withington, Manchester, M20 3BQ
158 Wellington Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 3FU
Unit 11 Wearlee Works, Harling Road, Sharston, Manchester, M22 4WT
Rear of 483, Barlowmoor Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester, M21 8AG