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

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

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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