St Pauls Garage Sobo Limited
14 Carbery Lane, Southbourne, BH6 3QG
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Southbourne. Site number 90777.
14 Carbery Lane, Southbourne, BH6 3QG
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 BH (Poole) postcode area failed 26.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 323,755 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.04% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 9.21% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.85% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.84% | 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.
10 To 14 Portman Terrace, Bournemouth, BH5 2HP
52-54 Kimberley Road, Bournemouth, BH6 5BX
78 Tuckton Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 3HT
1191-1201 Christchurch Road, Boscombe East, Bournemouth, BH7 6BW
31 Hambledon Road, Pokesdown Hill, Bournemouth, BH7 6PL