Cliffe Woods Garage, Town Road, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JJ
MOT test stations in Rochester
20 garages in Rochester (South East, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 3 of them can test motorcycles, and 9 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.
Jetty Road, Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Rochester, ME3 9ND
Unit 14 Maritime Close, Medway City Estate, Rochester, ME2 4DJ
Cooling Road, Frindsbury, Rochester, ME2 4RL
1 Sundridge Hill, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1LH
Fenn Garage, Sharnal Street, Rochester, ME3 8QR
Main Road, Chattenden, Rochester, ME3 8LL
Rochester Road, Burham, Rochester, ME1 3RL
Unit 23 Riverside 1, Sir Thomas Longley Road, Medway City Centre, Rochester, ME2 4DP
Hollytree Drive, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7EA
Neptune Close, Medway City Estate, Strood, Rochester, ME2 4LT
Unit 17 Castleview Business Centre, Gas House Road, Rochester, ME1 1PB
Unit 26 Castle View Business Centre, Gas House Road, Rochester, ME1 1PB
2 Priory Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2EG
Clipper Close, Rochester, ME2 4QP
Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9RD
Unit 2 & 3, Gills Court, Chaucer Close, Rochester, ME2 4NR
Victory Park, Trident Close, Medway City Estate, Unit 17 Victoria Way, Rochester, ME2 4ER
Unit 1, Maritime Close, Medway City Estate, Rochester, ME2 4DJ
118 High Street, Strood, Rochester, ME2 4TR
MOT results around Rochester
Cars and light vans tested in the ME (Maidstone) postcode area failed 19.1% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.5 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 330,105 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.52% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 6.21% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 5.41% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 4.11% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 17,493 | 23.1% | 27.3% |
| Ford Focus | 10,851 | 22.6% | 25.4% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 8,460 | 23.9% | 28.5% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 7,227 | 18.1% | 20.9% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 6,227 | 23.5% | 26.6% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 5,963 | 21.5% | 27% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 5,853 | 24% | 27.6% |
| Toyota Yaris | 5,357 | 14.1% | 20.4% |
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 Rochester
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 3 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 3 |
| Class 3 · Three-wheelers up to 450kg | 2 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 19 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 3 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 9 |
Nearby towns
- Strood 8
- Chatham 13
- Gillingham,kent 6
- Gravesend 18
- Aylesford 15
- Kent 55
- Canvey Island 6
- Northfleet 5
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