Woods Motors
12 Moss Road, Southport, PR8 4HZ
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Southport. Site number 8171AX.
12 Moss Road, Southport, PR8 4HZ
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 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.
29 Bedford Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 4HU
114a Southbank Road, Southport, PR8 6QL
151 Shakespeare Street, Southport, PR8 5AN
32 Linaker Street, Southport, PR8 6RP
77c Portland Street, Southport, PR8 6QX