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The Shotover Garage, Shotover Kilns, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8ST
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Oxford. Site number 61529.
The Shotover Garage, Shotover Kilns, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8ST
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 OX (Oxford) postcode area failed 23.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 346,127 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.56% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.43% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.09% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.33% | 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.
Kiln Garage, Shotover Kilns, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8ST
Eastern by Pass, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8LA
Margaret Road Garage, 2 Margaret Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8NG
Peterley Road, Horspath Industrial Estate, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2TZ
21 Peterley Road, Horspath Industrial Estate, Oxford, OX4 2TZ