The 40 test centres nearest to Castle Hill, 82 of them within 3 miles. All approved by DVSA. Call them direct, no booking fees.
40 centres · nearest to Castle Hill first
Victoria Automobile Engineers, 164 Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, BL2 2HN
Recreation Street Garage, Robert Street, Harwood, Bolton, BL2 3RT
228 Waterloo Street, Bolton, BL1 8HU
Unit 45, Tonge Bridge Industrial Estate, Tonge Bridge, Bolton, BL2 6BD
2 Howard Street, Bolton, BL1 8HS
301 Bury Road, Bolton, BL2 6BB
The Island, 2 Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 2HY
Unit 3, Back Blackburn Road West, Bolton, BL1 8NB
Folds Road, Bolton, BL1 2ST
134 Holland Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 8NX
92 Mill Street, Bolton, BL1 1UG
9 Bury New Road, Bolton, BL1 1UH
Morris Street, Bolton, BL2 2BL
The Yard, Warwick Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 8NS
The Palace, Bury Old Road, Bolton, BL2 2BZ
81 Bury New Road, Bolton, BL2 2BN
J & A Motors, 57 All Saints Street, Bolton, BL1 2ER
66 All Saints Street, Bolton, BL1 2ER
Clyde Mill, Stewart Street, Bolton, BL1 3PA
Brown Street, Bolton, BL1 1TZ
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Victoria Automobile Engineers in Bolton (BL2 2HN) is about 0.4 miles from the middle of Castle Hill in a straight line. There are 82 centres within 3 miles.
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.
Every centre here tests vans up to 3,000 kg, the same test as a car. For a bigger van (3,000 to 3,500 kg, class 7), 10 centres within 3 miles can test it. Use the Test vans filter above.
We don't rank centres. Every one here is approved by DVSA. Use the filters to find main dealers, which know your make, or chains, which often have online deals.
MOT centres: DVSA list of active MOT test stations, updated 30 September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of Castle Hill as placed by OS Open Names. Fail rates: DVSA anonymised MOT results 2025, cars, normal tests. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Kick the Tyres is not linked to DVSA or any centre listed.
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