Arrow Service Centre
Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LF
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Epping. Site number 5405BD.
Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LF
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 CM (Chelmsford) postcode area failed 18.7% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.9 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 370,820 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.08% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 5.81% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.48% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 3.91% | 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 6 Esgors Business Centre, High Road, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LY
30 Bower Hill, Epping, CM16 7AD
284 High Road, North Weald, Epping, CM16 6EG
Barkers Farm, Mount End, Epping, CM16 7PS
17 Perry Road, Harlow, CM18 7PN