MOT centres in Birmingham
611 test centres approved by DVSA in B postcodes. Call them direct, no booking fees.
611 centres · A to Z
Unit 3, Rear of 296 Short Heath Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6LB
1d Woods Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 7AA
1163 Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2SL
65a Cheapside, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0RP
18 Forster Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4JD
Unit 7a, Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4AD
65b High Street, Dosthill, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 1LG
20 Mallard Close, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6BN
Unit 2 Bangor Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B9 4TX
Wood Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9QL
107 to 109 Shutt Lane, Earlswood, Solihull, B94 6DA
Unit 15, Wynford Ind Estate, Wynford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6JP
1 to 5 Gravelly Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6UJ
Plot 4a Wattville Road, Smethwick, Warley, B66 2NU
Unit 9, Greets Green Industrial Estate, Greets Green Road, West Bromwich, B70 9EW
Unit 1, 62 Bannister Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 5EQ
2 Leominster Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 3BJ
1 to 3 Woodthorpe Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 6EE
Unit G10, Grice Street, West Bromwich, B70 7EZ
Unit 3, Bordesley Trading Estate, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B8 1BZ
Before you book
What fails most in Birmingham
23.7% of cars here failed their MOT in 2025, lower than the 27.3% across Great Britain (No. 100 of 118 areas). The usual reasons:
- 1Headlight aim
- 2Damaged tyres
- 3Empty screen washerMuch more common here than across Britain
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MOT centres by town and neighbourhood
Pick a place to see the centres nearest to it, wherever the postcode border falls.
- Abbeydale
- Acocks Green
- Albion
- Alcester
- Alcester Lane's End
- Alum Rock
- Alvechurch
- Alvecote
- Ardens Grafton
- Aston
- Aston New Town
- Astwood Bank
- Balsall Heath
- Bartley Green
- Bassetts Pole
- Bateman's Green
- Bearwood
- Belgrave
- Billesley
- Birches Green
- Birchfield
- Birchmoor
- Birmingham
- Blackheath
- Blossomfield
- Boldmere
- Bordesley (B9)
- Bordesley (B97)
- Bordesley Green East
- Bournville
- Brades Village
- Brandhall
- Brandwood End
- Bristnall Fields
- Bromford
- Bromsgrove
- Brookfields
- Browns Lane
- Buckland End
- California
- Cape Hill
- Castle Bromwich
- Catherine-de-Barnes
- Chester Road
- Cheswick Green
- Churchfield
- Clarke's Green
- Coleshill
- Coombeswood
- Copt Heath
- Copyholt
- Coton Farm
- Cotteridge
- Coughton
- Crabbs Cross
- Cradley
- Cradley Heath
- Curdworth
- Darby's Hill
- Dayhouse Bank
- Digbeth
- Drayton Bassett
- Earlswood
- Edgbaston
- Elmdon
- Erdington
- Fairfield
- Fazeley
- Fordbridge
- Frankley
- Gib Heath
- Gilbertstone
- Glascote
- Glebe Farm
- Golds Green
- Grace Mary Estate
- Gravelly Hill
- Greenlands
- Greet
- Griffin's Hill
- Grove Vale
- Guns Village
- Halesowen
- Hall End
- Hall Green
- Ham Green
- Hamstead
- Handsworth
- Handsworth Wood
- Harborne
- Hardwick
- Harvills Hawthorn
- Hasluck's Green
- Hawkesley
- Hay Mills
- Hayley Green
- Headley Heath
- Highgate
- Highter's Heath
- Hill Top
- Hilltop
- Hints
- Hockley
- Hockley Heath
- Hodgehill
- Hoggrill's End
- Hollywood
- Hopwood
- Hurst Green
- Illey
- Kettlebrook
- Kineton Green
- King's Norton
- Kingstanding
- Kitt's Green
- Ladywood (B16)
- Ladywood (B74)
- Langley
- Lapal
- Lea Marston
- Lickey
- Lickey End
- Lifford
- Little Bromwich
- Lodge Hill
- Londonderry
- Lozells
- Lyndon Green
- Marlcliff
- Marston
- Marston Green
- Matchborough
- Merry Hill
- Middleton
- Mile Oak
- Monkspath
- Moor Green
- Moseley
- Nechells
- Nechells Green
- New End
- New Town Row
- Newtown
- Northfield
- Oakham
- Old Hill
- Old Oscott
- Oldbury
- Olton
- Oscott
- Over Green
- Perry Barr
- Piccadilly
- Pink Green
- Portway
- Pype Hayes
- Redditch
- Rednal
- Ridgacre
- Riverside
- Rounds Green
- Rowley Regis
- Rowney Green
- Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Saltley
- Sandwell
- Selly Park
- Shard End
- Sharmans Cross
- Sheldon
- Shirley
- Shirley Heath
- Short Heath
- Showell Green
- Small Heath
- Smethwick
- Soho
- Solihull
- South Yardley
- Sparkbrook
- Spring Vale
- Springfield
- Stirchley
- Stockland Green
- Streetly
- Swan Village
- Tamworth
- Tardebigge
- Tat Bank
- Terry's Green
- Tidbury Green
- Tilehouse Green
- Tippity Green
- Titford
- Tividale
- Turves Green
- Two Gates
- Ullenhall
- Upper Bentley
- Vauxhall
- Wake Green
- Walkwood
- Walmley
- Ward End
- Warstock
- Warton
- Washwood Heath
- Water Orton
- Weatheroak Hill
- Weethley Gate
- West Bromwich
- West Smethwick
- Whitlock's End
- Wigginton
- Winson Green
- Winyates
- Witton
- Wood End
- Woodcote Green
- Woodgate
- Woodrow
- Wythall
- Yardley Fields
MOT centres in nearby areas
Questions people ask
How much is an MOT in Birmingham?
The most a test centre can charge for a car MOT is £54.85, wherever you are. Many charge less, so ring two or three and ask if the retest is free.
How many MOT centres are there in Birmingham?
611 centres in B postcodes are approved by DVSA to test cars. 210 of them also test vans.
How early can I book my MOT?
Up to a month (minus a day) before your current MOT runs out. You keep the same renewal date.
Which is the best MOT centre in Birmingham?
We don't rank centres. Every one here is approved by DVSA. If you want a test with nothing to sell you, there are 3 council-run centres here. Councils don't sell repairs, but some only test their own vehicles, so call first.
MOT centres: DVSA list of active MOT test stations, updated 30 September 2026. Fail rates: DVSA anonymised MOT results 2025, cars, normal tests. Map positions from postcodes.io. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Kick the Tyres is not linked to DVSA or any centre listed.
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