Lakeside MOT Centre
Unit 1 Hedley Avenue, West Thurrock, Grays, RM20 4EL
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Grays. Site number V100455.
Unit 1 Hedley Avenue, West Thurrock, Grays, RM20 4EL
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 RM (Romford) postcode area failed 12.8% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 9.8 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 250,617 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 4.07% | 6.95% |
| Suspension | 4.02% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 3.93% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 2.55% | 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 3, Manor Road, West Thurrock, Grays, RM20 4BA
611 London Road, Grays,essex, RM20 3BJ
680 London Road, Thurrock, RM20 3LX
Unit 4 Translink House, Askews Farm Lane, Grays, RM17 5XR
Lakeside Estate, Heron Way, West Thurrock, Grays, RM20 3WJ