P C Tonkin & Son LTD
77 Fore Street, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8PD
DVSA-approved MOT test station in St Austell. Site number 77674.
77 Fore Street, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8PD
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.
Plot 1 Rosevear Industrial Estate, Rosevear Road, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8PJ
Rock Hill Depot, Higher Bugle, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8RA
Shalimar, Victoria, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8LT
Penince, St Blazey, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SU
Unit 2, Penince, Par, St Austell, PL24 2SU