The 21 test centres nearest to Hendra, 8 of them within 3 miles. All approved by DVSA. Call them direct, no booking fees.
21 centres · nearest to Hendra first
Gwendra Road, St Stephen, St Austell, PL26 7LB
Hewaswater, St Austell, PL26 7JF
21 Cooperage Road, Trewoon, St Austell, PL25 5SH
Treswallen Garage, Grampound, Truro, TR2 4SW
Trevarrick, Truro Road, St Austell, PL25 5JN
Carnemough Farm, Grampound Road, Truro, TR2 4EL
West Hill, St Austell, PL25 5EY
Kingswood, London Apprentice, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 7AR
Unit 2b, Pentewan Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 5BU
East Hill Garage, East Hill, St Austell, PL25 4TR
Penwyn Garage, Hendra Road, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 8EQ
Woodland Road, St Austell, PL25 4QY
14 Lytton Place, St Austell, PL25 4PE
20 Mount Charles Road, Mount Charles, St Austell, PL25 3LD
37 Mount Charles Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3LB
Cleers, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8ND
Unit 1, Stennack Road, Holmbush, St Austell, PL25 3JQ
Bucklers Lane, St Austell, PL25 3JN
Penhale, Fraddon, St Columb, TR9 6NA
The Garage, Tregony Road, Probus, Truro, TR2 4TE
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34.7% of cars in PL postcodes failed their MOT in 2025, higher than the 27.3% across Great Britain. The usual reasons:
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Hawkins Motors Ltd in St Austell (PL26 7LB) is about 1.2 miles from the middle of Hendra in a straight line. There are 8 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), 3 centres 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 Hendra 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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