Cliffs Service Station
17 Hemming Street, Grangetown, Sunderland, SR2 9RH
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Sunderland. Site number 29803.
17 Hemming Street, Grangetown, Sunderland, SR2 9RH
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 SR (Sunderland) postcode area failed 27.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 4.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 102,512 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 12.75% | 8.93% |
| Brakes | 9.54% | 6.1% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.94% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.51% | 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.
Ocean Road Garage, Ocean Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, SR2 9RZ
Ryhope Road Service Station, Ryhope Road, Sunderland, SR2 9SX
21 Sandmere Road, Leechmere Industrial Estate, Sunderland, SR2 9TP
86 Toward Road, Hendon, Sunderland, SR2 8JF
5-7 the Parade, Hendon, Sunderland, SR2 8NT