Ridings Auto Services
- Car servicing and repairs
- MOT testing
- DVSA-approved MOT test station
Great Harwood is a Hyndburn town where many garages describe their work as Blackburn work. This page covers 16 businesses, 14 with Hyndburn postcodes and 2 with Ribble Valley postcodes. Ridings Auto Services, Nightingales Garage and John Allens Motorsport all place themselves in or around Blackburn, so anyone looking for garages in Lancashire between Blackburn, Accrington and the Ribble Valley will find the cluster here. Across the 16 businesses there are 797 Google reviews, with an average rating of 4.8.
MOT testing is the most common service. Ridings Auto Services combines a petrol station with a garage that services, repairs and carries out MOTs, and the forecourt has a jet wash, vacuum and air line. Great Harwood M O T Centre, Mill Street MOT Centre Limited and Petre Garage Ltd are MOT centres, each with wheelchair accessible parking and entrance. They are rated 4.8 from 60 reviews, 5.0 from 25 and 4.8 from 25. Unit 7 MOT & Tyre Centre is a women owned MOT centre and tyre shop rated 4.8 from 87 reviews. Of the 16 garages on this page, 5 matched DVSA's list of active MOT test stations in November 2026, and 1 of those also tests class 7 vans.
Nightingales Garage is a small modern workshop behind the petrol station on Whalley Road. It works on cars and vans of most makes, from diagnostics, suspension and exhausts to cambelts, clutches and brakes, and the team is trained in hybrid and electric vehicle systems. It is rated 4.7 from 105 reviews. All Cars Garage Ltd works from The Old Boiler House on Park Road and specialises in Bentley, Lotus and MG, with recovery and light commercial vehicles also covered. National Auto Services cleans diesel particulate filters on cars, lorries and vans as an alternative to replacing the filter.
Featured garages in Great Harwood
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Best garages in Great Harwood
Nightingales Garage
- Car servicing and repairs
- MOT testing
- Diagnostics
John Allens Motorsport
- Car servicing and repairs
- MOT testing
- Diagnostics
National Auto Services
- Car servicing and repairs
- Diagnostics
- Vans and light commercials
All Cars Garage Ltd
- Car servicing and repairs
- Diagnostics
- Breakdown recovery
Unit 7 MOT & Tyre Centre
- DVSA-approved MOT test station
Great Harwood M O T Centre
- MOT testing
- DVSA-approved MOT test station
Mill Street MOT Centre Limited
- MOT testing
- DVSA-approved MOT test station
Petre Garage Ltd
- MOT testing
- DVSA-approved MOT test station
Great Harwood Service Centre (GHSC LTD)
01254 887440Salesbury Autos
07803 541334Able Auto Electrics
07831 474420PW Motors Autos and Logistics Ltd
07725 107684Firms nearby that say they cover Great Harwood
Gillibrand Accident Repair Centre
- Electric and hybrid cars
- Bodywork and paint
- Make specialist
Bodywork and commercial repair are well represented. John Allens Motorsport has worked in Blackburn since 1971 as body repairers, motorsport specialists and car modifiers, and it is an insurance approved repairer that also does MOT testing on the premises. It is rated 4.9 from 48 reviews. The Vella Group Great Harwood is an accident repair centre and one of five LV Sole Supply Sites, rated 4.8 from 89 reviews. It repairs accident damaged vehicles rather than carrying out general servicing. Hyndburn Commercials Ltd has traded since 1983 and repairs and refinishes commercial vehicles, from rigid trucks and articulated lorries to box vans and flatbeds. It is rated 4.3 from 8 reviews.
Great Harwood Tyre Centre, on the same side of the road as Aldi and 100 yards down, has 232 Google reviews at 4.8, with 210 of them five stars and 4 one star. Some businesses have very few reviews. Able Auto Electrics is rated 5.0 from 4 reviews and PW Motors Autos and Logistics Ltd is rated 5.0 from 2, and a perfect score from so few reviews says little about consistency. Salesbury Autos, near Clitheroe, is rated 5.0 from 7 reviews.
Gillibrand Accident Repair Centre, based in Blackburn, names Great Harwood as an area it covers. Hyndburn is the local authority for the town, and drivers in the town pay no clean air zone charge, as no zone on the gov.uk list is in this area. Padiham, Accrington, Blackburn, Clitheroe and Burnley each have their own page.
Common questions about garages in Great Harwood
Where can I get an MOT in Great Harwood?
Great Harwood M O T Centre, Mill Street MOT Centre Limited and Petre Garage Ltd are MOT centres, and all three have wheelchair accessible parking and entrance. Unit 7 MOT & Tyre Centre and Ridings Auto Services also carry out MOTs. John Allens Motorsport runs MOT testing on its premises alongside bodywork and servicing.
Is there a Great Harwood garage trained on hybrid and electric cars?
Nightingales Garage on Whalley Road has a team trained in hybrid and electric vehicle systems that can diagnose faults and replace components. It also services and repairs cars and vans of most makes. The Vella Group Great Harwood is an accident repair centre that also works on electric and hybrid vehicles.
Who repairs commercial vehicles in Great Harwood?
Hyndburn Commercials Ltd repairs and refinishes commercial vehicles including rigid trucks, articulated lorries, box vans, curtainsiders and flatbeds, from minor dents to major structural work. It has traded since 1983. National Auto Services cleans diesel particulate filters on cars, lorries and vans.
Which Great Harwood garage works on Bentley, Lotus or MG?
All Cars Garage Ltd works from The Old Boiler House on Park Road and specialises in Bentley, Lotus and MG, with diagnostics, maintenance and repair work for those makes. Recovery and light commercial vehicles are covered too, and it is rated 5.0 from 13 reviews.
Who does accident repairs and bodywork near Great Harwood?
The Vella Group Great Harwood is an accident repair centre and one of five LV Sole Supply Sites. John Allens Motorsport is an insurance approved repairer offering accident repair, professional resprays and custom bodywork. Hyndburn Commercials Ltd handles body repair and paint on commercial vehicles.
Which nearby towns have their own garage page?
Padiham, Accrington, Blackburn, Clitheroe and Burnley each have a page. Most garages around Great Harwood name Blackburn as where they work, so the Blackburn page is the closest match for a wider search.