H Q MOT Centre
Grove House, Foster Street, Penrith, CA11 7NZ
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Penrith. Site number 29583.
Grove House, Foster Street, Penrith, CA11 7NZ
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 CA (Carlisle) postcode area failed 23.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.5 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 183,545 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.07% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 6.98% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.21% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5% | 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.
Unit 44, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BL
Unit 61, Gilwilly Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BL
Unit 40, Stalker Road, Gillwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BG
Unit 9, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BN
Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BN