DVSA authorised testing facility
Your Nearest HGV MOT Lane to Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa is about eight miles from Aston Fields, straight up the A38 — no motorway needed unless you want it. For a town of Droitwich’s size that proximity is worth something: annual testing is not a facility most small towns have on the doorstep, and the alternatives are a good deal further from a Droitwich yard than we are.
Why Droitwich Spa operators test with us
Droitwich is a small town and the transport based there is mostly small operations — a couple of rigids, a builder’s tipper, a trailer or two, sometimes a single lorry that is effectively the whole business. When you run one or two vehicles, an annual test is not a routine line on a fleet calendar; it is a day you have planned the week around. A test at a distant site that fails and then has to go somewhere else again for the repair does not cost you a morning, it costs you the week. Here the DVSA lane, the workshop and the fitters are all on one site, so the fix and the retest happen where the test happened. And there is nothing to work out on the day: the test fee is set by the class of vehicle — axle count on a lorry or a trailer, seating capacity on a coach — and you see the exact figure for yours before you confirm anything.
HGV MOT questions from Droitwich Spa
Which way do I come from Droitwich?
The A38 runs north straight into Bromsgrove; Aston Fields Industrial Estate is at B60 3EX. It is about eight miles and avoids the motorway entirely, which is often easier with a tipper or a plant trailer.
I only run one lorry. Are you set up for that?
Very much so. A single vehicle goes on the same lane, in front of the same examiner, and is charged exactly as one out of a fleet of thirty. Call 01527 870400 and we will find a slot that fits round the work you have on.
Will the price change once you have seen the vehicle?
The test fee will not. It is set by the class of vehicle — the axle count on a lorry or a trailer, the seating capacity on a coach — and it is shown to you before you confirm rather than worked out afterwards. If the vehicle fails and needs work, that is quoted separately and you decide before anything is done. A retest is charged separately again, and at a fraction of a full test.
What should I bring on the day?
Bring the vehicle clean, loaded to the correct test weight where that applies, and the registration document or trailer identification plus any plating certificate. If anything has been modified since the last test, bring the paperwork covering it. If you are unsure, ring us before you set off rather than after you arrive.