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Alde Garage, Ford Dealers, Stoke by Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4SA
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Colchester. Site number 66172.
Alde Garage, Ford Dealers, Stoke by Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4SA
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.
Calais Street Farm, Calais Street, Boxford, Sudbury, CO10 5JB
4 Ellis Street, Boxford, Sudbury, CO10 5HH
Unit 10 School Farm Buildings, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PB
Upper Street, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, CO7 6LW
The Causeway, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4EJ