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 Kent

Church Whitfield
Greet
Hartlip
Newenden
Culmers
West Hougham
Hastingleigh
Sturry
Moor Street
Pipsden
Norton Ash
Brasted
West Kingsdown
Buckhurst
Upper Ruxley
West Cliffe
Chalksole
Boyden Gate
Ham
Marlpit Hill
Devil's Den
Daniel's Water
Little Mill
Harvel
Snoadhill
Grafty Green
Swanton
Aylesham
Kettle Corner
Stockbury
The Pinnock
Snargate
Swingfield Street
Bough Beech
Acol
Upstreet
Rhode Common
Appledore
Standen
Eynsford
Heaverham
Troy Town
Wetham Green
The Quarter
Sevington
Potten Street
Rhodes Minnis
Dungate
Hucking
South Alkham
Crundale
Lydden
Nackington
Walter's Green
Napchester
Mereworth
Bethersden
Loose
Little Betteshanger
Hollingbourne
Sibertswold and Shepherdswell
Brenchley
Sole Street
Wickhambreaux
Graveney
West Street
Sutton Valence
Stonehill Green
Green Street Green
Cop Street
Folkestone
Golford
Pittswood
Five Wents
Orlestone
Finglesham
Underriver
Oare
Tyler Hill
Stone Street
Bossingham
Colt's Hill
Congelow
Clapper Hill
Herne
Snodland
Hunton
New Pound
Brookland
South Darenth
Denstroude
Selson
Sandling
Otford
Great Mongeham
Littlebourne
Wilgate Green
Sutton
Cranbrook
Culverstone Green
Platt's Heath
Glassenbury
Yewhedges
Wissenden
West Malling
Pye Corner
Deerton Street
Benover
The Stocks
Deans Hill
Wilsley Pound
Acton
Wheelbarrow Town
Grubb Street
Hearnden Green
Chart Sutton
Smarden
Sellindge
Durlock
Bullockstone
Coombe
Westbere
Newchurch
Blean
Wittersham
Flimwell
Worth
Seed
Four Elms
Round Green
Lamberhurst
Trottiscliffe
Rabbit's Cross
Hawley
Rusthall
Tonge Corner
Wouldham
Summerfield
Kemsley Street
Charing Heath
West Hythe
Thong
Offham
Ansdore
West Peckham
Force Green
Lenham Heath
Warden
Tilmanstone
Cock Street
Eythorne
Matfield
Beltring
Platt
Cowden
Reading Street
Mud Row
Moorstock
Mystole
East Street
Tickenhurst
Shelvin
Sandwich Bay Estate
Burham
Eastchurch
Weller's Town
Shalmsford Street
Horseshoe Green
Ratling
Westmarsh
The Lees
Istead Rise
Park Side
Monk's Hill
Gun Green
Peening Quarter
Wootton
Pested
Pratling Street
Millbank
Scragged Oak
Eccles
Doddington
Wye
Tickham
Calcott
Stone Corner
Lower Halstow
Egerton Forstal
Boughton Under Blean
Bridge
Bekesbourne Hill
Wierton
Boughton Aluph
Bluetown
Highsted
Well Street
Perry
Hodsoll Street
Milstead
Gravel Castle
Ridgeway
Twitton
Larkfield
Little Chart Forstal
Tong Green
Radfield
Shatterling
Chalksole Green
Chilham
Erriottwood
Lamb's Cross
Guilton
Patrixbourne
Cross-at-Hand
Coursehorn
Felderland
Stone
Farningham
Densole
Twitham
Kingsnorth
Riseden
Otham
Scarborough
Newington
Frogholt
Dingleden
Stocker's Head
Acrise
Boughton Corner
Southborough
Great Stonar
Waterham
Speldhurst
Bramling
Hartley
Chillenden
Mersham
Guston
Waltham
Shoreham
Lower Cox Street
Bredgar
Conyer
The Valley
Lower Hartlip
Selsted
Bloodden
Fordwich
Pembles Cross
Ham Green
Bonnington
Hemsted
How Green
Lilyvale
Hamstreet
Bishopsbourne
Sarre
Benenden
Friningham
Sepham Heath
Shorne Ridgeway
Southernden
Dryhill
High Knocke
Crockenhill
Biddenden Green
Sutton at Hone
Swattenden
Fostall
Boughton Monchelsea
Out Elmstead
Broad Oak
Maplescombe
Hamlet of Shellness
Ashford
Rolvenden Layne
Lower Haysden
Woolage Village
Boxley
Ottinge
Old Wives Lees
Hersden
Oversland
Rodmersham
Bekesbourne
North Elham
Ivy Hatch
Hale Street
Littlestone-on-Sea
Hassell Street
Horton Kirby
Red Hill
Paramour Street
Chislet
Potter's Forstal
Shottenden
Three Chimneys
Hothfield
Chambers' Green
Langton Green
Wolverton
Stelling Minnis
Bicknor
New Hythe
Chartway Street
Martin
Bliby
Langley
Penshurst
Yalding
West Stourmouth
Appledore Heath
Crouch
Lympne
Newtown
Waterman Quarter
Leeds
Broadstairs
Maypole
Nettlestead Green
Ashurst
Laddingford
South Green
East End
Church Hougham
Saltwood
Mile Oak
Brasted Chart
Deal
Maidstone
Gillingham
Southfleet
Swift's Green
Bilsington
Burmarsh
Borden Hill
Small Hythe
Burlings
Whetsted
Cheeseman's Green
Bearsted
Winchet Hill
Tudeley Hale
Maxted Street
Whitfield
Swingfield Minnis
Shorne
Broadstone
St Nicholas at Wade
St Margarets
Dartford
Chainhurst
Smallbridge
Ware
Mundy Bois
Richborough Port
Marlpit
Ramsgate
Farthingloe
Barnes Street
Sandhurst
The Moor
St Mary in the Marsh
Horsmonden
Pett Bottom
Coldharbour
Haviker Street
Barnsole
Haine
Windmill Hill
Further Quarter
Chislet Forstal
Ringlestone
Teston
Little Conghurst
Stiff Street
Newbarn
Lynsted
Hill Hoath
Pratt's Bottom
Headcorn
Standen Street
Hockley
Little Mongeham
Stone Hill
Underling Green
Challock
London Beach
Greenhill
Ringwould
Oldbury
Great Chart
Thurnham
Adisham
Chegworth
Brabourne Lees
Sandway
Bogle
Hacklinge
Dymchurch
Staplestreet
Westwood
Mount Pleasant
Shadoxhurst
Bullingstone
Hall's Green
Cobham
Dunn Street
Nash
Bexley
Woolage Green
Hunters Forstal
Monkton
Marley
Goudhurst
West Farleigh
Peene
Borough Green
Elvington
Winterbourne
Whitehill
Hever
Swanton Street
Leigh
Badgers Mount
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Kilndown
Bobbing
Smarden Bell
Ditton
Statenborough
Tutt Hill
West Cross
Knockholt Pound
Clap Hill
Preston
Payden Street
Borden
Gibraltar
Woodnesborough
Shirkoak
Printstile
Painter's Forstal
Fordcombe
Court-at-Street
Lower Goldstone
East Langdon
Priestwood
Frittenden
Barham
Stalisfield Green
Bean
Frinsted
St Margaret's at Cliffe
Ash
Five Oak Green
Gadshill
Lenham Forstal
Lashenden
Detling
Brenzett Green
Milebush
Northbourne
Darenth
Petham
Bossington
Greatstone-on-Sea
Dunkirk
Seal
Whitstable
Stonebridge Green
Hook Green
Meopham
Green Hill
Parkgate
Ripple
Westenhanger
Sheldwich
Warren Street
Potters Corner
Sundridge
Palmer's Green
Biddenden
Slutshole
Westwell Leacon
Broad Street
Maltman's Hill
Sixmile
Styants Bottom
Kingswood
Wrotham
Bexon
Gold Street
Gill's Green
West Langdon
High Halden
Lower Luddesdown
Wingmore
Elmstone
Hinxhill
Swanley
Stowting Common
Egerton
Herne Common
Aylesford
Martin Mill
Luddenham
Farthing Green
Teynham
Herne Bay
Hollybushes
Derringstone
Harbourland
Tonbridge
Rolvenden
Leybourne
Garlinge Green
Herne Pound
Strood
Worten
South Street
Stonecrouch
Warehorne
Pineham
Broad Ford
Stowting
Parker's Green
Hextable
Sheldwich Lees
Highstreet
Hareplain
Coxheath
Bax
Luddesdown
Radfall
Lyminge
Ridley
Charcott
Faversham
Lewson Street
Cold Harbour
Snoll Hatch
Ightham
Hill Street
Bidborough
Ram Lane
Eyhorne Street
Capel
Ridge Row
Brissenden Green
Harrietsham
Bromley Green
Woolpack Corner
Livesey Street
Carter's Hill
Newingreen
Bilting
Addlestead
Pluckley Thorne
Dargate
Drellingore
Beal's Green
Reculver
Hoath
Well Hill
Fosten Green
Staple
Iwade
Hoaden
Stede Quarter
North Street
Brandfold
Knockholt
Upper Harbledown
New Street
Bodsham
Halstead
Wichling
Molash
Hilden Park
Gushmere
Goathurst Common
Mockbeggar
Froghole
Woodchurch
Old Romney
Pizien Well
Northfleet
Stonestreet Green
Smeeth
Yorkletts
Upper Ifield
Chartham
Hoo
Horns Green
Clement Street
St Ann's Green
New Romney
Pearson's Green
Sheerness
Selling
Romney Street
Speed Gate
Snowdown
Upchurch
Whitley Row
Capel-le-Ferne
Goodnestone
Henhurst
Pembury
Sevenoaks
Key's Green
Manston
Woodland
St Mary's Bay
Curteis' Corner
Arpinge
East Studdal
Flemings
Leaveland
Lidsing
Three Tees
Brenzett
The Leacon
Plumtree Green
Shuttlesfield
Peckham Bush
Queen Street
Plaxtol
Charing Hill
Marshborough
Betteshanger
Knowlton
Petteridge
Woodlands
Wanshurst Green
Boughton Lees
Donkey Street
Sholden
Marden Beech
Chiddingstone Causeway
Queenborough
Pootings
Fir Toll
Alkham
Linkhill
Ulcombe
Tudeley
East Malling
Winkhurst Green
South Stour
Margate
Honey Hill
Eastling
Hazel Street
Wingham Well
Kingston
Labour-in-vain
Chiddingstone Hoath
Eastry
Palmstead
Ewell Minnis
Goddard's Green
Liverton Street
Skeete
Fawkham Green
Dunton Green
Basted
Bay View
Curtisden Green
Dane Street
Marsh Green
Joyden's Wood
Goodley Stock
Kenardington
Sittingbourne
Ashley
Neames Forstal
Lower Higham
Throwley
Eastwood
Anvil Green
Kipping's Cross
Fairseat
Forstal
Priestwood Green
Worms Hill
Upper Rodmersham
Four Oaks
Modest Corner
Ashbank
Farleigh Green
Brabourne
Chitty
Dean Street
Linton
Hogben's Hill
Exted
Leigh Green
Denton
Bircholt Forstal
Hollow Street
Harbledown
Elham
Hawkinge
Castle Hill
Lenham
Etchinghill
East Peckham
Kent Street
Goose Green
Mowshurst
Little Chart
Satmar
Betsham
Middle Quarter
Durrant Green
Halfway Street
Ryarsh
Teynham Street
Nettlestead
Lodge Lees
Colliers' Green
Nash Street
Chatham
Ford
Chequertree
Snave
Silver Street
Leysdown-on-Sea
Church Street
Crockham Hill
Plucks Gutter
Tunstall
Rodmersham Green
Kings Hill
Marden Thorn
Lydd
Flete
Keycol
Wingham
Blue Bell Hill
Weddington
Vigo Village
Langley Heath
Sevenoaks Weald
Howt Green
Tenterden
Chestnut Street
Fleeden
Canterbury
Haffenden Quarter
Street End
Toy's Hill
Paddlesworth
Longfield Hill
Stocks Green
Elmsted
Old Tree
East Stourmouth
Lamberhurst Quarter
Seaton
Paddock Wood
Higham
Each End
Lydd-on-Sea
Cranbrook Common
Postling Green
Newland Green
Perrywood
Marshside
Henley Street
Throwley Forstal
Otham Hole
Lunsford
Rowling Street
Postling
Leadingcross Green
Collier Street
New Barn
Sandhurst Cross
Round Street
Lynsore Bottom
Grove
Wingham Green
Foxendown
Roughway
Ide Hill
Hildenborough
Westerham
Eddington
Cliffs End
Rough Common
Bladbean
Hocker Edge
Stockland Green
Knave's Ash
Rochester
Yopps Green
Naccolt
Kemsing
Way
Stansted
Ruckinge
Dunk's Green
Mountain Street
Badlesmere
Groombridge
Hulberry
Cooper's Corner
Gravesend
Westfield Sole
Hernhill
Hythe
Field Green
Claygate Cross
Kingsdown
Sissinghurst
Coldred
Broom Street
Chartham Hatch
Dover
Tylden
Ickham
Danaway
Hawthorn Corner
Pedlinge
Slade
West Yoke
Bedmonton
Chiddingstone
Hicks Forstal
Stubb's Cross
Folly Town
Ivychurch
Minster
Godmersham
Claygate
Addington
Watt's Cross
Stodmarsh
New Ash Green
Stanford
Frogham
Hadlow
Aldington Frith
Woodside Green
Sinkhurst Green
Four Wents
Sandwich
Heronden
Barfrestone
Kempe's Corner
Dungeness
French Street
Chevening
Edenbridge
Hawkenbury
Warmlake
Birling
Marden
Capel Cross
Lower Hardres
Lymbridge Green
Markbeech
Bogden
Breach
Flishinghurst
Iden Green
Hawkhurst
Shipbourne
Chart Hill
Nonington
Boughton Malherbe
Upper Goldstone
Golden Green
Stone in Oxney
Yelsted
Crockhurst Street
Brook
Womenswold
Upper Hardres
Bedgebury Cross
Bredhurst
Knox Bridge
Poundsbridge
Studdal
West End
Wilsley Green
Paddock
Barrowhill
East Farleigh
Oad Street
Hoath Corner
Wateringbury
Swanley Village
Swanscombe
Stone Cross
Hickmans Green
Cooper Street
Hoppers Corner
Wormshill
Caring
Kit's Coty
Four Throws
Staplehurst
Aldington
Fairbourne Heath
Newnham
Pluckley
Charing
Brook Street
Wrotham Heath
Under The Wood
Godden Green
Westwell
Stick Hill
Broomfield

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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