Simon Hartwell Limited
236-240 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9AR
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Ferndown. Site number V108974.
236-240 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9AR
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 BH (Poole) postcode area failed 26.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 323,755 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.04% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 9.21% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.85% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.84% | 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.
1 Library Road, Ferndown, BH22 9JP
441 Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, BH22 9NA
Cobham Road, Ferndown, Wimbourne, Dorset, BH21 7PT
Unit 4 Bedrock Park, Vulcan Way, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Dorset, BH21 7PT
554 Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, BH22 9NQ