Comprehensive MOT Test Centre Information Near Me

Find the nearest MOT Test Centres. Enter your postcode in the search box and we'll find all the MOT Stations near you ordered by distance. In addition to a handy map we will also include booking telephone numbers and, where possible, opening times. If you have a car, van, motor bike, private passenger vehicle or, even, a trike, we'll list all the M.O.S. Test Centers near you.

MOT Test Centre Counties

UK MOT Test Centres in Cambridgeshire

Easton
Weald
Fitton End
Burwell
West Wratting
Hauxton
Cambourne
River Bank
Soham
Gamlingay
March
Snailwell
Fen Ditton
Hardwick
Earith
Wimblington
Northstowe
Broad Green
Upend
Mepal
Comberton
Stetchworth
Colne
Little Abington
Harlton
Spaldwick
Great Paxton
Madingley
Cheveley
Welches Dam
Brinkley
Pymoor
Hildersham
Wicken
Upware
Kennett
Reach
Ramsey Forty Foot
Milton
Grafham
Rogues Alley
Ramsey St Mary's
Sutton
Morden Green
Impington
Tetworth
Wilburton
West End
Oxlode
Stow cum Quy
Heydon
Down Field
Saxon Street
Alconbury
Newton-in-the-Isle
Cambridge
Elsworth
Woodhurst
Willingham
Camps End
Little Ouse
North Brook End
Pertenhall
Fenstanton
Teversham
Westley Waterless
Stuntney
Childerley Gate
Wenny Severals
Thorney Toll
Weston Colville
Newton
Rampton
Woodditton
Castle Camps
Commercial End
Steeple Gidding
Isleham
Great Green
Benwick
Great Abington
Barrington
Swaffham Prior
Six Mile Bottom
Linton
Chatteris
Houghton
Black Horse Drove
Brandon Creek
Mill Green
Oakington
Norman Cross
Little Gransden
Westwick
Orwell
Abbots Ripton
Wansford
Fenton
Keyston
Upton
Hamerton
Little Shelford
Whittlesford
Southoe
Duxford
Denton
Molesworth
Wood Walton
Tydd St Giles
Chittering
Godmanchester
Needingworth
Girton
Histon
Hilton
Arrington
Hinxton
Tholomas Drove
Wimpole
Yelling
Whaddon
Begdale
Carlton
Kings Ripton
Queen Adelaide
Peterborough
Great Stukeley
Aldreth
Guilden Morden
Murrow
Offord Cluny
Streetly End
Papworth St Agnes
Foul Anchor
Dyer's Green
Babraham
Boxworth
Ditton Green
Hail Weston
Great Wilbraham
Crow End
Eastrea
Bury
Kirtling Green
Swavesey
Bar Hill
Little Stukeley
Throckenholt
Horningsea
Christchurch
Great Shelford
Elton
Eldernell
Fowlmere
Bassingbourn
Fordham
Ashley
Haslingfield
Tadlow
Croydon
Longstanton
Balsham
Melbourn
Somersham
Stonely
Croxton
Caxton
Guyhirn
Purls Bridge
Winwick
Westlands
Kirtling
Little Downham
Ickleton
Pondersbridge
Upthorpe
The Lipneas
Heathfield
Great Gransden
Willingham Green
Waterbeach
Stretham
Foxton
Brington
Barcham Corner
Wintringham
Bunker's Hill
Thriplow
Doddington
Over
Ramsey
Wennington
Toft
Coates
West Wickham
Caldecote
Tydd Gote
Nosterfield End
Meldreth
Flint Cross
Shingay
Haddenham
Wardy Hill
Littleport
Covington
Odsey
Little Paxton
Sibson
Little Raveley
Graveley
St Ives
Shudy Camps
Parson Drove
Steeple Morden
Haroldsbridge
Leighton Bromswold
Downham Hythe
Long Meadow
Lode
Offord D'Arcy
Diddington
Dunkirk
Pampisford
Badlingham
Shepreth
Waresley
Grantchester
Folksworth
Glatton
Warboys
Little Ditton
Broughton
Cottenham
Burrough End
East Perry
Sutton Gault
Lark Hall Corner
Chippenham
Abbotsley
Broad Hill
Horseheath
Fen Drayton
Chettisham
Dullingham Ley
Bartlow
Bythorn
Newmarket
Friday Bridge
Little Gidding
Wisbech St Mary
Black Bank
Ramsey Mereside
Woodbury
Ellington
Barway
Ramsey Hollow
Burrough Green
Harston
Swaffham Bulbeck
Cardinal's Green
Woolley
Eltisley
East Hatley
Ely
Bluntisham
Coppingford
Manea
Bottisham
Hemingford Abbots
Gold Hill
St Neots
Witcham
Hook
Hatley St George
Wendy
King's Dyke
Leverington
Bourn
Stapleford
Tipps End
Abington Pigotts
Toseland
Cross Green
Pidley
Westry
Tilbrook
Redmere
Swingbrow
Wistow
Frog End
Ramsey Heights
Wisbech
Dullingham
Quy Waters
Gamlingay Great Heath
Great Gidding
Farcet
Little Catworth
Huntingdon
Whittlesey
Lolworth
Haddon
Holme
West Perry
Dillington
Great Raveley
Water Newton
Longstowe
Childerley
Upwood
Coveney
Elm
Yaxley
Great Chishill
Landbeach
Mile End
Clayhithe
Wentworth
Little Chishill
Brampton
Sawston
Buckden
Ring's End
Litlington
Dry Drayton
Roman Hill
Buckworth
Prickwillow
Papworth Everard
Stilton
Barham
Ellington Thorpe
Alconbury Weston
Wyton
Horseway
Holywell
Sawtry
Stow Longa
Kneesworth
Morborne
Conington
Fulbourn
Kentford
Old Hurst
Westley bottom
Little Wilbraham
Witchford
Great Staughton
Stirtloe
Little Thetford
Way Head
Carlton Green
Stibbington
Gorefield
Great Eversden
Bridgefoot
Old Weston
Church End
Catworth
Hemingford Grey
Chainbridge
Kingston
Turves
Weston Green
Steventon End
Little Green
Old Wimpole
Coton
Barton
Oldeamere
Little Eversden
Knapwell
Coldham
Kimbolton

When to get an MOT

The MOT test is designed to check that your vehicle meets road safety and environmental standards defined by the Department for Transport.

The rules that determine when you need to MOT your vehicle depend on the type of vehicle you have and what you use it for. These rules are grouped into Classes which currently include 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 5a and 7. Broardly speaking you need to MOT your vehicle on;

  • the third anniversary of its registration
  • the anniversary of its last MOT, if it's over 3 years old
The exception to this is vehicles that are categorised as Class 4, 5 and 5a which need to be MOT tested every 12 months.

Driving a vehicle without an MOT can attract a fine of up to £1,000

Expired MOT certificate

It is not acceptable to drive a vehicle if its MOT has certificate expired. Doing so can result in a prosecution. Exceptions to this rule are;

  • to or from somewhere to be repaired,
  • to a pre-arranged MOT test1.

1A pre-arranged MOT test is one that has been arranged in advance. If you are stopped on the way to a drop in MOT test centre without an appointment you may not qualify for an exemption.

MOT renewal

An MOT lasts for a calendar year. The MOT expiration date is printed on the MOT pass certificate.

It is important to ensure your vehicle's MOT test certificate is renewed before the MOT test due date. This is can be done as early as a month minus 1 day before the expiration of the current certificate or anniversary of the registration of the vehicle. It is acceptable to get a new MOT test certificate at any time, however, the start date of the certificate will change if the renewal date is more than a month minus a day before the expiration of the current certificate.

MOT Test Fees and Class Descriptions

The Department for Transport has specified maximum fees that MOT test centres can charge. These are broken down by the Class of the vehicle as this roughly equates to the amount of effort required by the MOT Test Centre to carry out the test. The following table explains the Classes and associated costs.

ClassVehicle TypeAge before
MOT (years)
Maximum
Fee
1Motorcycle (engine size up to 200cc)3£ 29.65
1Motorcycle with sidecar (engine size up to 200cc)3£ 37.80
2Motorcycle (engine size over 200cc)3£ 29.65
2Motorcycle with sidecar (engine size over 200cc)3£ 37.80
33-wheeled vehicles (up to 450kg unladen weight)3£ 37.80
43-wheeled vehicles (over 450kg unladen weight)3£ 54.85
4Cars (up to 8 passenger seats)3£ 54.85
4Motor caravans3£ 54.85
4Quads (max unladen weight 400kg - for goods vehicles 550kg and max net power of 15kw)3£ 54.85
4Dual purpose vehicles3£ 54.85
4Private hire and public service vehicles (up to 8 seats)3£ 54.85
4Ambulances and taxis1£ 54.85
4Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (9 to 12 passenger seats)1£ 57.30
4Goods vehicles (up to 3,000kg design gross weight)3£ 54.85
4aClass 4 vehicles (9 to 12 passenger seats) with a seat belt installation check£ 64.00
5Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13 to 16 passenger seats)1£ 59.55
5Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (more than 16 passenger seats)1£ 80.65
5Playbuses1£ 80.65
5aClass 5 vehicles (13 to 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check£ 80.50
5aClass 5 vehicles (more than 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check£ 124.50
7Goods vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight)3£ 58.60

Test Failures and Retests

If your vehicle has failed its MOT Test you may qualify for a free or reduced retest.

If the MOT Test Centre carries out the repair then ordinarily they would retest the vehicle at a reduced cost or no cost at all, depending on the nature of the work and the time between the two MOT tests.

If you decide to take your vehicle away for repair you will need to ensure that your vehicle's current certificate is still valid. If your certificate is no longer valid then you will only be able to take your vehicle to a repair agent to get the defects corrected and to an MOT Test Centre with a pre-arranged MOT test appointment. You will not be able to take your vehicle to any other location.

If you have taken your vehicle away for repair and manage to return it to the same test centre before the end of the next working day for a retest, the MOT Test Centre will not charge for the partial retest, assuming the repair is one or more of the following items;

  • access panels
  • battery
  • bonnet
  • bootlid
  • brake pedal antislip
  • break glass hammer (class 5 vehicles only)
  • doors (including hinges, catches and pillars)
  • door open warning device (class 5 vehicles only)
  • dropsides
  • electrical wiring
  • emergency exits and signs (class 5 vehicles only)
  • entrance door remote control (class 5 vehicles only)
  • entrance/exit steps (class 5 vehicles only)
  • fuel filler cap
  • headlamp cleaning or levelling devices (that doesn’t need a headlamp aim check)
  • horn
  • lamps (excluding headlamp aim)
  • loading door
  • main beam 'tell-tale'
  • mirrors
  • rear reflectors
  • registration plates
  • seatbelts (but not anchorages), seatbelt load limiter and seatbelt pre-tensioner
  • seats
  • sharp edges or projections
  • stairs (class 5 vehicles only)
  • steering wheel
  • tailboard
  • tailgate
  • trailer electrical sockets
  • towbars (excluding body around anchorage points)
  • tyre pressure monitoring system
  • vehicle identification number (VIN)
  • windscreen glass, wipers and washers
  • wheels and tyres (excluding motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecar)
If the repair is for another fault or you do not get your vehicle back within the time period then you are eligible for a charge.

If you return your vehicle, after a repair, within 10 working days of the original test then the MOT Test Centre can complete a partial test which may be free or at a reduce charge. If it is not within this period then the MOT Text Centre will need to carry out a full test for which a full charge can be made.

Booking an MOT

MOT Test Centres offer a variety of methods for booking your vehicle in for a test. The primary means of booking is by phone. Our website offers a handy click to call facility if you are using a compatible device saving the need to save or write the number down. It is also worth noting that many sites now have online booking capabilities making it quick and easy for you to book your car in for a test.

MOT Test Centre maximum fees are controlled. Familiarise yourself with the Class of your vehicle and ensure that the MOT Test Centre does not charge you more than the maximum fee specified.

How does the MOT Test work?

An MOT test is an annual check of qualifying vehicles by an approved agent of items the Department of Transport has deemed essential for the safe operation of the vehicle on the public highway. Checks vary by vehicle category but all include essential items like headlights, seatbelt and tyres.

The MOT Test is designed to ensure the vehicle meets road safety and emission standards as defined by the Department for Transport. The test ensures your vehicle is in appropriate condition for use on the road. The MOT Test focuses on elements of the vehicle that ensure the safety of the driver, passengers and other road users. The Test does not concern itself with the condition of the vehicle's engine or gearbox, for example, but does focus on items such as seat belts, breaks and lights. For a full guide please read the MOT Inspection Manual.

Whilst the MOT Test is being performed you are allowed to view the Test from the MOT Public viewing area. You are not, however, allowed to interact with the Tester during the course of their duties.

MOT Test Completion

When the MOT Tester has completed the inspection you will be issued with a certificate. This can be an MOT Certificate, if the vehicle has passed, or a refusal of an MOT Test Certificate. In either case the outcome, along with the vehicles odometer reading will be recorded in the MOT test database, which is a national register.

If the vehicle has passed the MOT Test the MOT Certificate will be issued with, amoungst other things, the epiration date of the Certificate. You will need to repeat this process again before this date.

If the vehicle has NOT passed the MOT Test the refusal of an MOT Test Certificate will be issued which contains the reasons why the vehicle failed the test. If you decide to take the vehicle away for repair then please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the rules related to retesting your vehicle, especially if your MOT Test Certificate has expired.

If you feel you vehicle has been incorrectly failed then you may lodge an appeal with the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) by calling them on 0300 123 9000 week days between 7:30am to 6pm. You should also contact them if you think your MOT Test Certificate is not geniune or if you think your vehicle has passed when it shouldn't have.

Driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition can attract a fine of up to £2,000, a driving ban and 3 penalty points
Information on this site is correct at time of publication. We assume no responsibility for any incorrect data, ommissions or errors.
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