Hawkins (berkeley Vale Motors) LTD
Thornbury Road, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 2LR
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Bristol. Site number 77568.
Thornbury Road, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 2LR
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.
Unit C4, Ashville Park, Shortway, Thornbury, BS35 3UU
Unit 16 Walker Way, Thornbury Industrial Estate, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3US
Unit 1b Cooper Road, Thornbury Industrial Estate, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3UP
Mead Court, Cooper Road, Thornbury, BS35 3UW
Unit 1 Midland Way, Thornbury Ind Estate, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2BS