Where they are Each dot is a business; driving schools are highlighted.
Share Kind Stanley County Durham % United Kingdom Repair shops 25 510 4.9 68,661 Tyre shops 8 69 11.6 7,958 Fuel stations 7 118 5.9 13,004 Car dealers 6 195 3.1 33,928 Car washes 4 59 6.8 9,356 Parts stores 3 44 6.8 7,741 Driving schools 2 74 2.7 9,628 Body shops 1 31 3.2 5,313 Auto glass 1 9 11.1 1,523 Tuning & customisation 1 16 6.3 2,509 Motorcycle shops 1 34 2.9 4,801 Towing 1 16 6.3 1,708
% = Stanley / County Durham
Overture Maps Places (release 2026-10-21.0) · CDLA Permissive 2.0 / Apache 2.0 / CC0
MOT test stations 15 15 garages in Stanley are approved by DVSA to carry out MOT tests, 14 of them on cars; 5 also test larger vans up to 3,500 kg and 5 test motorcycles.
Station Address Postcode Classes Beamish Street Garage Anthony Street DH9 8AF 4 Charlotte Street Garage Southmoor DH9 7AT 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 Daleside MOT Ltd Brookside Works, Craghead Industrial Estate DH9 6HA 4 Durham County Council Morrison Busty Depot, Annfield Plain DH9 7RX 4, 5, 7 General Garage South View, Annfield Plain DH9 7HS 4, 7 Neil Willis Tyre & Exhausts Fernwood Cottages, Quaking Houses DH9 7HJ 4 North Road Garage North Road, Catchgate DH9 8HA 1, 2, 3, 4 Oxhill Garage Eden Terrace, Oxhill DH9 7LN 4 P & J L Stobbs Southlands Garage, Chester Road DH9 0DQ 1, 2, 4, 7 R & R Barnett Hare Law Garage, Catchgate DH9 8DT 1, 2, 3, 4 Rooster Motorcycles & Salvage Unit 6 A Morrison Industrial Estate, New Kyo, Stanley DH9 7RU 1, 2 South Moor MOT Centre Rydal Avenue, South Moor DH9 7RQ 4 Staglyn Commercials Ltd Site 2, Morrisons Industrial Estate, Annfield DH9 7RU 4, 5, 7 Steve Wilson Auto Repairs 18 Clowes Terrace, Annfield Plain DH9 8QN 4 View Lane Garage Unit 1, View Lane DH9 0DZ 4
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
Esso 1
Penny on the Move 1
TotalEnergies 1
Texaco 1