John's Motors Limited
Old Forge Garage, Watling Street East, Fosters Booth, Near Towcester, NN12 8LB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Near Towcester. Site number 2369BT.
Old Forge Garage, Watling Street East, Fosters Booth, Near Towcester, NN12 8LB
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 NN (Northampton) postcode area failed 24.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 420,554 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.14% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.24% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.51% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.79% | 6.1% |
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.
School Road, Pattishall, Towcester, NN12 8NE
The Garage, 17 Blisworth Road, Gayton, Northampton, NN7 3HL
A5 Roundabout, Greens Norton Road, Greens Norton, Towcester, NN12 8QE
Old Tiffield Road, Silverstone, Towcester, NN12 6PF
168 To 170 Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6DB