A.m MOT & Service Centre LTD
Units 1 & 2, Ruffit Wood Farm, Chilsham Lane, Herstmonceux, Hailsham, BN27 4QH
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Hailsham. Site number S006135.
Units 1 & 2, Ruffit Wood Farm, Chilsham Lane, Herstmonceux, Hailsham, BN27 4QH
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 BN (Brighton) postcode area failed 27.8% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 5.2 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 373,174 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 10.07% | 6.95% |
| Suspension | 9.4% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 8.2% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 6.66% | 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 51, Granary Business Centre, Broad Farm, Hellingly, BN27 4DU
Top Road, Hooe, Battle, TN33 9EX
Unit 16, Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, BN27 2EY
Unit 3 Avocet Way, Diplocks Way, Hailsham, BN27 3JF
Unit 7, The Martlets, Diplocks Industrial Estate, Hailsham, BN27 3JF