Valley Road, Harmans Cross, Swanage, BH19 3DZ
MOT test stations in Swanage
3 garages in Swanage (South West, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. None of them tests motorcycles.
From the DVSA list published 30 Sep 2026. Ring ahead to book; prices are set by the garage, capped at £54.85 for a car.
Valley Road, Swanage, BH19 3DX
Swanage Auto Centre Limited, Unit 1d, Victoria Avenue Industrial Estate, Swanage, BH19 1AU
MOT results around Swanage
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% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 11,374 | 28.4% | 27.3% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 7,971 | 27.1% | 20.9% |
| Ford Focus | 7,753 | 30.7% | 25.4% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,574 | 30.8% | 28.5% |
| Volkswagen Transporter | 6,665 | 31.6% | 27.2% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 6,524 | 32.3% | 27% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 5,646 | 32.1% | 26.6% |
| Honda Jazz | 5,540 | 21.4% | 19.5% |
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.
What they can test in Swanage
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 3 |
Nearby towns
- Wareham 5
- Poole 83
- Dorset 19
- Bournemouth 42
- Christchurch 30
- Ferndown 5
- Wimborne 27
- New Milton 9
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