Halfords Autocentre
Castle Street, Taunton, TA1 4AB
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Taunton. Site number 3469B0.
Castle Street, Taunton, TA1 4AB
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 TA (Taunton) postcode area failed 27.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 4.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 202,447 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.66% | 8.93% |
| Lights and electrics | 9.52% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 6.91% | 6.1% |
| Tyres | 6.7% | 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.
Castle Street, Tangier, Taunton, TA1 4AU
Greenbrook Terrace, Taunton, TA1 1UU
Wellington Road, Taunton, TA1 5AX
37a St James Street, Taunton, TA1 1JR
Priory Bridge Road, Taunton, TA1 1PP