Watling Test Centre LTD
88 Park Street, St Albans, AL2 2LR
DVSA-approved MOT test station in St Albans. Site number 3542BD.
88 Park Street, St Albans, AL2 2LR
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 AL (St Albans) postcode area failed 19.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 3.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 136,354 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.58% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 5.86% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.7% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 3.72% | 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.
Paynes Yard, Park Street Lane, St Albans, AL2 2NE
51 Radlett Road, Frogmore, St Albans, AL2 2JX
Unit 6, North Orbital Commercial Park, Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1XB
Unit 13, North Orbital Commercial Park, Napsbury Lane, St Albans, AL1 1XB
Unit 8, Ivorys Estate, Harper Lane, Radlett, WD7 7HU