B.A.R. MOT Test Centre
- Car servicing and repairs
- MOT testing
- Diagnostics
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Poulton-le-Fylde sits among the garages in Lancashire that serve the Fylde coast, and its trade is spread across a town centre, a busy industrial estate and the neighbouring villages of Hambleton and Carleton. The page covers 24 businesses. Most are in the Wyre district, with two in Fylde, and the work ranges from MOT testing and servicing to tyres, auto electrics, accident repair and van conversions.
Poulton Industrial Estate is where a good share of the mechanical work happens. B.A.R. MOT Test Centre has run from Unit 8 on Aldon Road since 2009. It tests cars, services cars and vans, handles diagnostics and air conditioning, and offers a courtesy car and breakdown recovery. It is rated 4.4 from 177 reviews, the biggest review history of any garage here. Redman Autos is a family run garage at Unit V on Cocker Avenue, where two mechanics handle servicing, repairs and MOTs, and it holds 4.9 from 64 reviews. Blackpool Service Centre has traded from the estate for over 12 years and tests classes 4, 5 and 7, so vans and larger vehicles are covered. It is rated 4.9 from 56 reviews.
Hambleton, just outside the town, has its own cluster. Gornalls Garage LTD repairs cars and commercial vehicles, works on all makes and models and also maintains classic vehicles, with a rating of 4.7 from 65 reviews. Saltcoat Motors has been a car garage there since 1992 and covers car and van servicing, MOTs, tyres and wheel alignment, rated 4.9 from 53 reviews. Auto-Tech on Shard Lane describes over 30 years as a petrol and diesel specialist, and it also supplies and fits towbars. Its rating is 4.3, but from only 7 reviews, so it carries less weight than the larger totals around it.
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Carleton adds two more names. Carleton Crossroads Garage Limited has been established for over 20 years as an MOT testing station and vehicle service centre, rated 4.6 from 68 reviews. Carleton Tyre & Exhausts was established in 2000 and fits tyres from Bridgestone, Continental, Dunlop, Goodyear, Pirelli, Michelin and GT Radial for cars, 4x4s, vans, run flats and winter use, with next day fitting and same day fitting on most. It is rated 4.8 from 92 reviews.
Bodywork is a different strand of the local trade. Jim Clancy & Sons Ltd is a family run, independent accident repair centre with over 70 years of experience, working on dents, scratches and paint through to extensive accident damage and handling insurance claims for cars and light commercial vehicles. It is rated 4.0 from 73 reviews. Autobahn Paintworks LTD is a car body shop rated 4.8 from 10 reviews. For drivers who want something other than repairs, SM Conversions turns vans into campers, including DIY self build conversions, and sells camper vans.
Poulton-le-Fylde is also covered by garages based in the towns around it. Slaters Service Centre and NFC Autocare are based in Thornton-Cleveleys, Chris Allen Garages and MAC WHEELS in Fleetwood, and Greenwood MOT Test Centre, The Garage and JSA Cars Garage in Blackpool, all of which name Poulton-le-Fylde as an area they cover. Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Kirkham and Lytham St Annes each have their own page. There is no clean air zone charge anywhere in Lancashire, so a trip into town for a repair carries no zone fee.
Blackpool Service Centre tests classes 4, 5 and 7 from Poulton Industrial Estate, so vans and larger vehicles are covered. It is rated 4.9 from 56 reviews. Saltcoat Motors in Hambleton handles car and van servicing and MOTs, and is rated 4.9 from 53 reviews.
Carleton Tyre & Exhausts fits tyres for cars, 4x4s, vans, run flats and winter use, with next day fitting. Tyres R Us offers tyres, four-wheel alignment, brakes and exhausts, and is rated 5.0 from 18 reviews. Blackpool Service Centre also lists tyres alongside its MOT work.
Jim Clancy & Sons Ltd is an accident repair centre that works with insurance claims on cars and light commercial vehicles. Autobahn Paintworks LTD is a car body shop in town. Fylde Coast Accident Repair Centre Ltd is based in Blackpool and names Poulton-le-Fylde as an area it covers.
B.A.R. MOT Test Centre, Redman Autos and Blackpool Service Centre each offer a courtesy car alongside servicing and MOT testing. Jim Clancy & Sons Ltd also provides one for accident repair work.
Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Kirkham and Lytham St Annes each have a page. Poulton-le-Fylde sits in the Fylde coast area, and garages from Blackpool, Fleetwood and Thornton-Cleveleys name it as part of the ground they cover.