The Garage Ongar Limited
Unit 13, Halsford Bridge Industrial Estate, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9RB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Essex. Site number 9346BE.
Unit 13, Halsford Bridge Industrial Estate, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9RB
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.
24 High Street, Chipping Ongar, Essex, CM5 9DZ
High Street, Ongar, CM5 9AE
Unit 7, Paslow Hall Farm, King Street, High Ongar, CM5 9QZ
Crownlands Garage, Chelmsford Road, Ongar, CM5 9NW
143 London Road, Stanford Rivers, Little End, Ongar, CM5 9PP