Guidance

Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) test centre locations

Updated 16 April 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This is a list of test centres that carry out Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA).

You need to say which of these centres you want to use when you apply for an MSVA test.

London and the South East

There are 3 test centres in London and the South East:

Gillingham

Ambley Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME8 0SJ

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Southampton

Unit R Centurion Industrial Estate
Bitterne Road West
Southampton
SO18 1UB

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Yeading

Cygnet Way
Willow Tree Lane
Yeading
Hayes
Middlesex
UB4 9BS

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

South West

There are 2 test centres in the South West:

Bristol

Merebank Road
Avonmouth
Bristol
BS11 8AQ

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Exeter

Grace Road West
Marsh Barton Trading Estate
Exeter
Devon
EX2 8PU

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

West Midlands

Kidderminster

Worcester Road
Kidderminster
DY11 7RD

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

East Midlands

There are 2 test centres in the East Midlands:

Castle Donington (My Car Import)

This is a privately owned testing facility.

My Car Import
Willow Park Industrial Estate
Trent Lane
Castle Donington
Derbyshire
DE74 2PY

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can only test 2-wheeled vehicles.

Derby

Bellmore Way
off Raynesway
Alvaston
Derby
DE21 7AY

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

East of England

There are 3 test centres in the East of England:

Chelmsford

Chelmsford: Widford Industrial Estate
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 3AE

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Leighton Buzzard

Stanbridge Road
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 4QG

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Norwich

Jupiter Road
Hellesden
Norwich
NR6 6SS

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Yorkshire and Humberside

Beverley

Oldbeck Road
Beverley
East Yorkshire
HU17 0JW

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

North West

Chadderton

Broadway Business Park
Broadgate
Chadderton
Oldham
OL9 9XA

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

North East

Newcastle

Sandy Lane
Gosforth
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE3 5HB

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Scotland

Edinburgh

Grange Road
Houston Industrial Estate
Livingston
Edinburgh
West Lothian
EH54 5DE

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles

Wales

Cardiff

School Road
Miskin
Pontyclun
Mid Glamorgan
CF72 8YR

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MSVA vehicle categories

It can test these types of vehicles:

  • 2-wheeled vehicles
  • 3-wheeled vehicles
  • 4-wheeled vehicles