The 40 test centres nearest to Ponsanooth, 13 of them within 3 miles. All approved by DVSA. Call them direct, no booking fees.
40 centres · nearest to Ponsanooth first
Perranwell Station, Truro, TR3 7PT
Blowinghouse Garage, Treliever Road, Penryn, TR10 8HL
Hawkins Motors Penryn, Browns Hill, Penryn, TR10 8DW
Unit 1a, West End Industrial Estate, Penryn, TR10 8RT
Unit 1, Parkengue Road, Kernick Bus Park, Penryn, TR10 9EP
Point Mills Garage, Point Mills, Bissoe, Truro, TR4 8RA
Unit E1, North Grange Industrial Estate, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6RF
11 Kernick Business Park, Annear Road, Penryn, TR10 9EW
Unit 1, Herniss Road, Longdowns, Penryn, TR10 9DU
Lanner, Redruth, TR16 6HT
United Road, St Day, Redruth, TR16 5HT
Comfort Road, Mylor Bridge, Falmouth, TR11 5SE
Glasney Terrace, Penryn, TR10 8LD
Falmouth Road, Penryn, TR10 8AD
The Workshops, Carnkie, Helston, TR13 0DS
Unit 14, Triplet Business Park, Poldice, St Day, Redruth, TR16 5PZ
Bickland Water Road, Tregoniggie, Falmouth, TR11 4SN
Unit 3, Tregoniggie Industrial Estate, Falmouth, TR11 4SN
Feock, Truro, TR3 6RE
Danlock Garage, Boslowick Road, Falmouth, TR11 4EY
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Perranwell Garage in Truro (TR3 7PT) is about 1.5 miles from the middle of Ponsanooth in a straight line. There are 13 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 Ponsanooth 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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