Allington sits on the edge of Maidstone beside the River Medway, and plenty of drivers there are happy to head south for their garage work. Cranbrook Cars is run by John as a small family business, with over 30 years behind it, keeping cars and vans of every make on the road.
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At Cranbrook Cars, we use a specialist piece of machinery to clean your engine, called the Engine Decontamination Machine. Created by EDT Automotive, the Engine Decontamination Machine cleans out your engine using bespoke mineral oil.
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We can help you with your brake pads, brake discs and ABS which is essential to your safety. We will offer you a friendly quotation on any brake repair or brake servicing job for drivers in Allington and the surrounding area.
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We are able to offer our services for all makes and models of cars including vintage vehicles. If you need more information about the services we can offer, please get in touch with us and we will be pleased to talk to you.
See All Car ServicesYou can get car MOTs, servicing & repairs in Allington at Cranbrook Cars: our family garage at The Common, Sissinghurst (TN17 2AF) is about 14 miles south of Allington, with MOTs by appointment.
From Allington the drive to our workshop is about 14 miles and roughly half an hour. You pick up the A20 London Road, cut across Maidstone and then stay on the A229 all the way south. Our yard is on The Common in Sissinghurst, so there is no hunting down side streets when you arrive. It is further than nipping round the corner, we know, but people who want straightforward car MOTs, servicing & repairs in Allington from a garage where they can speak to the person doing the work often find the trip worthwhile.
Allington is a busy spot for traffic. With the M20 just to the north and the A20 carrying vehicles in and out of Maidstone, a lot of local cars do a mix of motorway miles and stop-start town driving. That combination works clutches, brakes and engines hard in different ways. We service to the manufacturer's schedule, check brake pads, discs and fluid properly, and can run diagnostics if a warning light has appeared. Higher-mileage drivers may also want to ask about EDT carbon cleaning, which is worth repeating about every 15,000 miles on cars that cover a lot of ground.
Close neighbours such as Aylesford, East Barming and Boxley all sit within a couple of miles, and this corner of Maidstone borough is an easy run down the A229 to us. Whatever you bring us, from a family estate to a works van, everyone working on it holds City & Guilds qualifications, and we handle all makes and models. For car MOTs, servicing & repairs in Allington, MOTs are by appointment and there is no charge for the retest when we do the repair work, so if your car needs welding, an exhaust or work on an emissions fault to get through, we can sort it and put it back through the test.
Our workshop at The Common, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook (TN17 2AF) is about 14 miles south of Allington, usually around 30 minutes by car via the A229 and A20. There is space to drop your car off, and if you would rather we explain the work face to face, just ask when you book.
Cranbrook Cars provides car MOTs, servicing & repairs in Allington from our workshop on The Common, Sissinghurst. These are the jobs we carry out for Allington drivers in our own workshop in Sissinghurst. Ring us first if you are unsure what is wrong, and we can talk through the symptoms before you book anything.
Roughly 30 minutes for the 14 miles or so. The usual route is the A20 London Road into Maidstone, then the A229 south. Our workshop is at postcode TN17 2AF, so a sat nav will take you straight to it.
Regular motorway driving is fairly kind to an engine, but it piles up mileage quickly, so service intervals come round fast and cambelt change dates can creep up. We can check your cambelt history, fit a full kit when it is due, and keep the servicing on schedule.
It depends on the light. Our diagnostics read the fault codes and help us track down the cause, whether it is an engine, emissions or ABS warning. We then explain the problem in plain terms so you can decide what to do next.
Every booking at our Sissinghurst workshop (TN17 2AF) is handled by our City & Guilds qualified mechanics at our CVTS-registered garage. We inspect your vehicle, explain any findings clearly before starting work, and include a free MOT retest when the repairs are carried out with us.
To book car MOTs, servicing & repairs in Allington, call us on 01580 715007 or send us a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Last reviewed: November 2026 by Cranbrook Cars
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“John & his team have been servicing my car for a number of years now. Guaranteed to always be professional and on time but more importantly he is cheaper than other garages or main dealers. I always recommend him to family & my friends.”
January 2020
“As an electrician I need my van on the road at all times. John has always serviced and maintained it for me and with him being local to us, it’s always at a place and time that’s convenient to me to work around my business. Highly Recommended!”
December 2019
“John replaced the cracked and leaking power steering pump in my focus for £388. He used genuine ford parts and was £150 LESS than I’d been quoted by my local garage. He did a great job. Thanks!”
September 2019
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