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MOT stations / Leighton Buzzard

Essential Fleet Services Limited

DVSA-approved MOT test station in Leighton Buzzard. Site number S005657.

Essential Fleet Services Limited

Unit 18b- 20 Double Arches Business Park, Eastern Way, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF

01582 235284DirectionsCarBusVan

What Essential Fleet Services Limited can test

  • Class 4: Cars, vans and minibuses
  • Class 5: Larger minibuses and buses
  • Class 7: Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg

Before you book

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.

MOT results around Leighton Buzzard

Cars and light vans tested in the LU (Luton) postcode area failed 16.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 6.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 204,494 tests.

What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:

Area of the carHereNationally
Suspension5.71%8.93%
Tyres5.05%5.95%
Lights and electrics4.93%6.95%
Brakes3.85%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.

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