Cranham Garage
38-40 Front Lane, Upminster, RM14 1XW
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Upminster. Site number 16513.
38-40 Front Lane, Upminster, RM14 1XW
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.
128 Upminster Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6PL
The Moorings Garage, A127 Southend Arterial Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3UB
Sullens Farm, Sunnings Lane, Upminster, RM14 2DQ
57 Butts Green Road, Hornchurch, RM11 2JS
Unit 6 Hall Lane Farm, Little Warley, Hall Lane, West Horndon, CM13 3EN