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 East Sussex

Cross in Hand
Litlington
Polegate
Robertsbridge
Cowbeech Hill
Balls Green
Ripe
Hamsey
Rotherfield
Boarshead
Mount Ephraim
Iden
Teasley Mead
John's Cross
Norton
Burgess Hill
Etchingham
Hartwell
Golden Cross
Budlett's Common
Pounsley
Danehill
Telham
Three Oaks
Wood's Corner
South Street
Hartfield
East Chiltington
Hurst Green
Magham Down
Filching
Buxted
Down Street
Peasmarsh
Playden
Whitesmith
Upper Dicker
Lower Dicker
Friar's Hill
Nash Street
Jenkins' Green
Mott's Mill
Beckley Furnace
Crowborough
Telscombe Cliffs
Southease
Wilmington Green
Holtye
Punnett's Town
Piltdown
Nutley
Wallcrouch
Chailey
Caneheath
Chapel Row
Dodd's Bottom
Hellingly
Cottenden
Skippers Hill
East Hoathly
Ely Grange
Upper Wellingham
Hankham
Rye Foreign
Steven's Crouch
Broad Street
Normans' Bay
Oxley's Green
Salehurst
Crumbles
Shortbridge
Selmeston
Wivelsfield
Westham
Saltdean
Blackboys
Wilmington
Poundgate
Wych Cross
Winchelsea Beach
Three Leg Cross
Foul Mile
Sheffield Green
Brightling
Cowbeech
Founthill
Burnt Oak
Berwick
Cripp's Corner
Ticehurst
Pell Green
Old Heathfield
Plumpton
Willingdon
Wartling
Marsh Green
Cogger's Cross
Ditchling
Brownbread Street
Isfield
Lunsford's Cross
Fletching Common
Beckley
Chapel Cross
High Cross
East Guldeford
Newhaven
Offham
Rickney
Mark Street
Norlington
Swiftsden
Kingston near Lewes
Fairlight Cove
Blackness
Catsfield
Rusher's Cross
Houghton Green
Trolliloes
Trull's Hatch
Peter's Green
Penhurst
Henley's Down
Holmes's Hill
Mayfield
Winchelsea
Bodiam
Fletching
Pevensey
Newbury's
Marden's Hill
Lower Horsebridge
Mill Corner
Bells Yew Green
Ashton Green
Cock Marling
Hastings
Waldron
Newick
Marle Green
Friar's Gate
Vinehall Street
Churches Green
Frant
Laughton
Wellbrook
Piddinghoe
Heron's Ghyll
Milton Street
Chiltington
Chuck Hatch
Birchett's Green
Davis's Town
Northiam
Peacehaven
Ashurst Wood
Ditchling Common
Broomham
Forest Row
Broad Oak
Spithurst
Mountfield
Wadhurst
Tarring Neville
Five Ash Down
Horam
Lewes
Upper Hartfield
Groombridge
Three Cups Corner
Pett
Roser's Cross
Fairlight
Cackle Street
Eason's Green
Buckham Hill
Ninfield
Cooksbridge
Flackley Ash
Rushlake Green
Poundford
Hooe
Firle
Honey's Green
Birchden
Cousley Wood
Shortgate
Icklesham
Barcombe Cross
Lower Willingdon
Rye
Alfriston
Little Horsted
Framfield
Burwash
Stone Cross
Seaford
Glyndebourne
Cornwell's Bank
Fisher's Gate
Dukes Green
Arlington
Bodle Street Green
South Chailey
Twelve Oaks
Windmill Hill
Guestling Green
Swaile's Green
Cade Street
Brede
Chilley Green
Woolbridge
Iford
Herstmonceux
The Platt
Horney Common
Sharpsbridge
Castle Hill
Millbrook
Hailsham
Hawkhurst Common
Argos Hill
Etchingwood
Udimore
Cooper's Corner
Chiddingly
Butcher's Cross
Hooe Common
Hadlow Down
Shover's Green
Hollingrove
Coggins Mill
Laughton Common
Beddingham
Westfield
Bexhill
Westmeston
Halland
Witherenden Hill
Holton Hill
Wickstreet
Chelwood Gate
Five Ashes
Rodmell
Sweethaws
Pevensey Bay
Foxhunt Green
Horns Cross
North Corner
Tile Hurst
Wood's Green
The Pound
Burgh Hill
South Heighton
Camber
Alciston
Watermill
Eastbourne
Maynard's Green
Burwash Weald
Grove Hill
Heighton Street
Bowlers Town
Jevington
Heathfield
Park Corner
Mark Cross
Ewhurst Green
Chapman's Town
Gun Hill
Fairwarp
Vines Cross
Battle
Jury's Gap
Little London
Darwell Hole
Bishopstone
Netherfield
Wannock
Falmer
Ponts Green
Lions Green
Stonegate
Whatlington
Flowers Green
Maresfield
Boreham Street
Muddles Green
Stunts Green
Bachelor's Bump
Chelwood Common
Hale Green
Tidebrook
Little Norlington
Warbleton
Snagshall
Guestling Thorn
Little Bayham
Potter's Green
Burlow
Rose Hill
Blackham
Staplecross
Broadland Row
Brighton and Hove
Northease
Flimwell
Newbridge
Riseden
Town Littleworth
Silver Hill
Duddleswell
Palehouse Common
Broyle Side
Uckfield
Glynde
Winton
Town Row
Dodd's Hill
Earl's Down
High Hurstwood
Northbridge Street
Withyham
Dallington
North Chailey
Streat
Splayne's Green
Lunce's Common
Mount Pleasant
Folkington
Eridge Green
Furner's Green
Chalvington
Wivelsfield Green
Broadstreet Green
Telscombe
Hammerwood
Ginger's Green
Collier's Green
Goatham Green
Coleman's Hatch
Barcombe
Burwash Common
Ringmer
Sedlescombe
Plumpton Green

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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