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Grovesend Garage, Gloucester Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3TU
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Bristol. Site number 4596AC.
Grovesend Garage, Gloucester Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3TU
The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.
Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.
Cars and light vans tested in the BS (Bristol) postcode area failed 28.6% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 534,522 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.99% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 10.27% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 7.36% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 7.05% | 6.1% |
From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.
Castle Quarry, West Street, Tytherington, GL12 8UH
Grovesend Road, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2EF
Unit C4, Ashville Park, Shortway, Thornbury, BS35 3UU
Mead Court, Cooper Road, Thornbury, BS35 3UW
Unit 1b Cooper Road, Thornbury Industrial Estate, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3UP