Motorcare
Unit 1, Groveley Road Business Centre, Groveley Road, Christchurch, BH23 3HB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Christchurch. Site number 4591B3.
Unit 1, Groveley Road Business Centre, Groveley Road, Christchurch, BH23 3HB
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 BH (Poole) postcode area failed 26.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 323,755 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.04% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 9.21% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.85% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.84% | 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.
7b Somerford Road, Christchurch, BH23 3PH
67 - 69 Somerford Road, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3QA
Stony Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1EZ
Unit 2, Penton Business Park, Stony Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1EZ
Unit 3 Penton Business Park, Stony Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1EZ