Behind Bars
Common Lane Ind Estate, Common Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2EL
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Kenilworth. Site number 2252B0.
Common Lane Ind Estate, Common Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2EL
This station is not approved for class 4, so it can’t test an ordinary car. Use a different garage in Kenilworth.
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 CV (Coventry) postcode area failed 20% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.6 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 456,440 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 7.93% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.03% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.22% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 4.98% | 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 C, Princes Industrial Estate, Kenilworth, CV8 2FD
Unit One, Farmer Ward Road, Kenilworth, CV8 2DH
Farmer Ward Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2DH
Clinton Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 1AS
Oaks Precinct, Caesar Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1DL