Russwood
2 Goshawk Units, Osprey Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7JG
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Exeter. Site number 8957B8.
2 Goshawk Units, Osprey Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7JG
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 EX (Exeter) postcode area failed 30.4% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 7.8 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 348,712 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 12.99% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 11.19% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 8.26% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 7.53% | 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.
Unit 2 Bittern Industrial Units, Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LW
Unit 4, Kestrel Way, Sowton, Exeter, EX2 7JS
The Chelsea Trading Centre, Heron Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LL
Exeter College Technology Centre, College Way, Exeter, EX1 3PZ
Honiton Road, Clyst Honiton, Exeter, EX5 2AN