North Cowton Service Station
Richmond Road, North Cowton, Northallerton, DL7 0HB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Northallerton. Site number 1ALS44.
Richmond Road, North Cowton, Northallerton, DL7 0HB
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.
Entercommon, Near Great Smeaton, Northallerton, DL6 2JA
27 Hurworth Road, Hurworth Place, Darlington, DL2 2DF
High Street, Catterick Village, Richmond, DL10 7LD
Unit 2&3 Bridge Garage, Gatherley Road, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7HZ
Unit2, Richmond Road, Scotch Corner, Richmond, DL10 6NS