Where they are Each dot is a business; driving schools are highlighted.
Share Kind Bishop Auckland County Durham % United Kingdom Repair shops 54 510 10.6 68,661 Car dealers 19 195 9.7 33,928 Fuel stations 18 118 15.3 13,004 Driving schools 12 74 16.2 9,628 Tyre shops 7 69 10.1 7,958 Car washes 7 59 11.9 9,356 Parts stores 5 44 11.4 7,741 Body shops 4 31 12.9 5,313 Tuning & customisation 4 16 25.0 2,509 Towing 3 16 18.8 1,708 Rental & leasing 2 22 9.1 5,568 Motorcycle shops 2 34 5.9 4,801 Auto glass 1 9 11.1 1,523
% = Bishop Auckland / County Durham
Overture Maps Places (release 2026-10-21.0) · CDLA Permissive 2.0 / Apache 2.0 / CC0
MOT test stations 20 20 garages in Bishop Auckland are approved by DVSA to carry out MOT tests, all of them on cars; 6 also test larger vans up to 3,500 kg and 5 test motorcycles.
Station Address Postcode Classes Auckside Motors Limited 21A Auckland Crescent, St Helens Industrial Estate DL14 9AD 1, 2, 4 Bishi-Tech Motors Mill Garage, Station Road, West Auckland DL14 9HE 1, 2, 4 Bishop Auckland Tyres N Tests Ltd Chester Street DL14 7LP 4, 5, 7 Bondisle Garage Bondisle Way, Stanhope DL13 2YT 4 Brookside Garage Brookside Garage, Evenwood DL14 9RA 4 Carsa 5 West Auckland Road DL14 9TW 4 Chester Garage Chester Street DL14 7LP 4 Crown Garage Cockfield Ltd Cockfield DL13 5EN 4 Formula One Autocentres Unit 3 & 4 Heritage Park DL14 9AE 4 G W Holmes and Son Etherley Moor Garage, Etherley Moor DL14 0JU 4 Holdforth MOT and Auto Centre Holdforth Garage, Holdforth Crescent DL14 6DU 1, 2, 4 J L Veitch Dene View Garage, Satley DL13 4HT 1, 2, 4 John Pye Motors Tindale Crescent DL14 9SX 4, 7 Kwik Fit Cockton Hill Road DL14 6JN 4 Marshall and Spanners Automotive Ltd The Old Foundry, North Road DL13 4JS 4, 7 Motor Tek Eden Garage, Collingwood Street, Coundon DL14 8LL 4 Oakley Service Station Ltd Staindrop Road, West Auckland DL14 9PB 4 Ridley Exhausts Brickflats Garage, Tow Law DL13 4AX 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 RMH Car Sales Abraham Enterprise Park, St Helen Aukland DL14 9TT 4, 5, 7 S & S Auto Repairs Unit 1D Agl Business Park, Coundon DL14 8NR 4, 7
DVSA, Active MOT test stations (September 2026) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · classes: 1–2 motorcycles, 3 three-wheelers, 4 cars and vans up to 3,000 kg, 5 vehicles with more than 12 passenger seats, 7 goods vehicles 3,000–3,500 kg
Brands and chains
EG On the Move 2
JET 2
Applegreen 1
Asda 1
Carsa 1
Central Tyres Wakefield 1
Enterprise 1
First Stop Tyres & Car Services UK 1
Formula One Autocentres 1
Halfords 1