The 21 test centres nearest to Great Tey, 7 of them within 3 miles. All approved by DVSA. Call them direct, no booking fees.
21 centres · nearest to Great Tey first
Spendpenny Forge, Tey Road, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Marks Tey Motor Works, London Road, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1EB
4/5 Unit Prince of Wales Industrial Estate, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1ED
The Barn Garage, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2PH
Aldford Service Station, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PU
9 Priors Way, Coggeshall Industrial Estate, Coggeshall, CO6 1TW
Colchester Road, Coggeshall, CO6 1RP
187 London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8PB
Westside Centre, London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8PH
Unit 1 Westside Centre, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8PH
Workshop and MOT Centre, Unit 8, Westside Centre, London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8PH
8 - 12 Riverside, Station Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2ER
Unit 3 Tollgate East, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8RQ
Unit 3 Grove Farm, Wormingford, Essex, CO6 3AJ
Maldon Road, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0LT
Unit A, Angora Business Park, Peartree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0AB
Railway Garage, Kelvedon, Colchester, CO5 9NR
55 Colchester Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JQ
Unit 7, Moss Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0LF
Units 3 - 4, Goldkey Industrial Estate, High Street, Kelvedon, CO5 9JT
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28.1% of cars in CO postcodes failed their MOT in 2025, about the same as the 27.3% across Great Britain. The usual reasons:
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Tatams of Chappel in Colchester (CO6 2EE) is about 0.8 miles from the middle of Great Tey in a straight line. There are 7 centres within 3 miles.
The most a test centre can charge for a car MOT is £54.85, wherever you are. Many charge less, so ring two or three and ask if the retest is free.
Every centre here tests vans up to 3,000 kg, the same test as a car. For a bigger van (3,000 to 3,500 kg, class 7), 1 centre within 3 miles can test it. Use the Test vans filter above.
We don't rank centres. Every one here is approved by DVSA. Use the filters to find main dealers, which know your make, or chains, which often have online deals.
MOT centres: DVSA list of active MOT test stations, updated 30 September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of Great Tey as placed by OS Open Names. Fail rates: DVSA anonymised MOT results 2025, cars, normal tests. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Kick the Tyres is not linked to DVSA or any centre listed.
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