Base Garage (east Anglia) LTD
Lower Farm Road, Great Bricett, Ipswich, IP7 7DR
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Ipswich. Site number 3801B9.
Lower Farm Road, Great Bricett, Ipswich, IP7 7DR
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 IP (Ipswich) postcode area failed 23.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 368,391 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.33% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.58% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.96% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.7% | 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.
Nedging Tye Service Station, Nedging Tye, Ipswich, IP7 7BN
The Service Station, The Tye, Barking, Ipswich, IP6 8HU
Stowmarket Business Park, Ernest Nunn Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2ED
Gladstone Car Centre, 8 Needham Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2AW
Unit 21 Maitland Road, Lion Barn Industrial Estate, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8NZ