Mark Armstrong Motor Repairs
Unit 6b Haltwhistle Industrial Estate, West End, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 9HA
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Northumberland. Site number V103084.
Unit 6b Haltwhistle Industrial Estate, West End, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 9HA
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 NE (Newcastle Upon Tyne) postcode area failed 22% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 516,415 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.92% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 6.53% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.73% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 4.96% | 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.
Old Council Yard, Avenue St Meen, Haltwhistle, NE49 0ND
Bardon Mill, Hexham, NE47 7EL
Low Row Service Station, Low Row, Brampton, CA8 2JE
Fell View Garage, Hallbankgate, Brampton, CA8 2NJ
Unit Dc112/1b, Haydon Bridge Industrial Estate, Church Street, Hexham, NE47 6JG