Gidea Park Motoring Centre
226-232 Main Road, Romford, RM2 5HA
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Romford. Site number 9059AA.
226-232 Main Road, Romford, RM2 5HA
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 RM (Romford) postcode area failed 12.8% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 9.8 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 250,617 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 4.07% | 6.95% |
| Suspension | 4.02% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 3.93% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 2.55% | 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.
77 Balgores Lane, Gidea Park, Romford, RM2 5JP
Unit 1 the Parade, Southend Arterial Road, Romford, RM3 0EX
376-382 Brentwood Road, Romford, RM2 5TD
Gallows Corner, A127 Southend Arterial Road, Romford, RM3 0EZ
8 Avenue Industrial Estate, A(127) Southend Arterial Road, Gallows Corner, Romford, RM3 0BY