Unit 9-10, 2-6 Stowmarket Road, Old Newton, Stowmarket, IP14 4EE
MOT test stations in Stowmarket
16 garages in Stowmarket (East of England, England) are on the DVSA register of approved MOT test stations. 1 of them can test motorcycles, and 4 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.
Gladstone Car Centre, 8 Needham Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2AW
Camp Green, Kenton Road, Debenham, Stowmarket, IP14 6LA
Unit 4, Tomo Business Park, Tomo Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5EP
Station Garage, Broad Road, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4HP
Unit 7a, Charles Industrial Estate, Stowupland Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5AH
Block A, Atex Business Park, Gun Cotton Way, Stowmarket, IP14 5XE
Stowuplands Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5AG
Shop Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4LG
Unit 21 Lewis Farm, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, IP14 6AU
Unit 2, Old Station Yard, Station Road, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, IP14 5QJ
Mototechniks LTD, Tothill Services, Tothill, Bury Road, Stowmarket, IP14 3QQ
Plot 1, Tomo Industrial Estate, Tomo Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5AY
Mill Street, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 5BJ
Haughley Service Area, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3PY
Stowmarket Business Park, Ernest Nunn Road, Stowmarket, IP14 2ED
MOT results around Stowmarket
Cars and light vans tested in the IP (Ipswich) postcode area failed 23.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 0.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 368,391 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 9.33% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 7.58% | 6.95% |
| Tyres | 6.96% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 5.7% | 6.1% |
The most common cars tested here
| Model | Tests here | Fail rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta | 17,069 | 27.2% | 27.3% |
| Ford Focus | 11,168 | 26.2% | 25.4% |
| Volkswagen Golf | 10,647 | 22.8% | 20.9% |
| Vauxhall Corsa | 7,657 | 26.7% | 28.5% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 6,742 | 27.1% | 26.6% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 6,696 | 25.9% | 27% |
| Vauxhall Astra | 5,720 | 28% | 27.6% |
| BMW 3 Series | 5,417 | 24.2% | 19.8% |
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 Stowmarket
| Class 1 · Motorcycles up to 200cc | 1 |
| Class 2 · Motorcycles over 200cc | 1 |
| Class 4 · Cars, vans and minibuses | 15 |
| Class 5 · Larger minibuses and buses | 3 |
| Class 7 · Goods vehicles 3,000 to 3,500kg | 4 |
Nearby towns
- Suffolk 22
- Eye 9
- Ipswich 82
- Diss 18
- Bury St Edmunds 66
- Woodbridge 13
- Sudbury 23
- Harleston 4
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