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Unit 2, Balderton Saw Mills, Welsh Road, Chester, CH4 9LF
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Chester. Site number S003408.
Unit 2, Balderton Saw Mills, Welsh Road, Chester, CH4 9LF
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 CH (Chester) postcode area failed 25.7% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.1 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 343,269 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.45% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.67% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 7.14% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.35% | 5.95% |
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.
The Truck Centre, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DS
Unit 10 Broughton Mills Road, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0BY
Unit 1a, Broughton Mills Road, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0BY
Unit 5, Broughton Mills Road, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0BY
6 Chesterbank Business Park, River Lane, Saltney, Chester, CH4 8RU