Ford & Vauxhall Centre
Unit 23 Waldegraves Bus Park, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8SE
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Colchester. Site number 1ALD84.
Unit 23 Waldegraves Bus Park, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8SE
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 CO (Colchester) postcode area failed 23.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 245,314 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 8.93% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.69% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.93% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.64% | 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.
9 Rushmere Close, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8QQ
Langenhoe Hall, Langenhoe, Colchester, CO5 7NA
84 Church Road, Brightlingsea,essex, CO7 0QH
Hurst Green Garage, 43 To 45 Hurst Green, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0EZ
25 Morses Lane, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0SF