Virginia Street Garage
30 Virginia Street, Southport, PR8 6RU
Virginia Street Garage
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Southport. Site number 44514.
What Virginia Street Garage can test
- Class 1: Motorcycles up to 200cc
- Class 2: Motorcycles over 200cc
- Class 4: Cars, vans and minibuses
Before you book
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.
MOT results around Southport
Cars and light vans tested in the PR (Preston) postcode area failed 22.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, about the same as the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 283,544 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.53% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.62% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.31% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 6.22% | 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.
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