Halfords Autocentre
Cot Hill, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 3SB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Plymouth. Site number 9199AY.
Cot Hill, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 3SB
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 PL (Plymouth) postcode area failed 31.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 8.6 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 316,288 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 13.7% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 11% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 10.03% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 7.6% | 5.95% |
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 14, Lister Mill Business Park, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4BA
Strode Road, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4AY
7a Strode Business Centre, Huxley Close, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4AY
G & J Boringdon, Mill Business Park, Galileo Close, Plymouth, PL7 4JW
Unit B, 12 Galileo Close, Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 4JW