Church View Garage, Mutfordwood Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8HD
MOT test stations in Lowestoft
21 garages in Lowestoft (East of England, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 3 of them can test motorcycles, and 5 are approved for class 7 vans up to 3,500kg.
From the DVSA list published 30 Sep 2026. Ring ahead to book; prices are set by the garage, capped at £54.85 for a car.
Church Road, Kessingland, Lowestoft, NR33 7SG
Unit 2b Colville Road Works, Colville Road, Lowestoft, NR33 9QT
10 Haddenham Road, Lowestoft, NR33 7NF
Horn Hill, Lowestoft, NR33 0PX
Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2EF
1 & 3 Harvest Drive, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, NR33 7NJ
Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1NN
76 High St, Kessingland, Lowestoft, NR33 7QF
Battery Green Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1DH
Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1UR
50-58 Long Rd, Lowestoft, NR33 9DQ
91 Norwich Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2BN
No 14 Hadenham Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Est, Lowestoft, NR33 7NF
2 Cooke Road, South Lowestoft Industrial Estate, Lowestoft, NR33 7NA
21-29 Raglan Street, Lowestoft, NR32 2JP
211 Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1UL
97-101 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0AS
Clapham Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1RQ
37 Pinbush Road, South Lowestoft Ind Est, Lowestoft, NR33 7NL
Mobbs Way, Gorleston Road Industrial Estate, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, NR32 3AL
MOT results around Lowestoft
Cars and light vans tested in the NR (Norwich) postcode area failed 25% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.4 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 425,064 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 10.36% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.92% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.88% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 6.63% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 19,800 | 28.9% | 27.3% |
| Ford Focus | 13,157 | 27.3% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 11,944 | 23.9% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 10,414 | 30.5% | 28.5% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 8,846 | 29.1% | 26.6% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 8,024 | 30% | 27.6% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 7,616 | 29.5% | 27% |
| Ford Kuga | 5,302 | 16.5% | 16.3% |
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.
What they can test in Lowestoft
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 3 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 3 |
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 1 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 21 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 4 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 5 |
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