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Just in case anyone was interested to know if I ever managed to get to the bottom of this then I can confirm I did. A huge thanks to Terryplumb, you're one knowledgeable gent. Thanks for everyone's help, much appreciated. See you at the next electrical quandary!!

Yep correct, three individual switches, when I say "the switch in the garage I'm referring to the individual switch (1 of 3) that operates the garage light, there's also a switch in the kitchen (3 individual switches to be precise) which operates the garage light too! Thanks

So update....... Using the multi meter the 3 core cable on the right has about 230 volts passing through which is unaffected by any light switch combinations. The 4 core cable on the other hand has nothing whatsoever. Neither the live neutral or switch live seem to have any volts passing...

So I've bought a multimeter following your advice about that and I'll update shortly! Next action is to learn how to use the thing!!! It's this one for info, I havn't gone mad in price as I'm not convinced I won't end up calling an electrician in the end!

To everyone who has replied I'm really grateful and sorry its taken me so long to get back to you, work has been a little mad a the last few dayst. So to answer your questions this is where I'm at: Terryplumb- No, I don't have a multimeter currently, however tomorrow morning I'm off to Screwfix...

Hello all, So this is my first post and I need some advice as I think this is probably an obvious mistake I'm making so I'm hoping someone should be able to help! I'll try and keep this as simple as possible and I've attached a few photos for clarity! In short this is the situation. 1) I'm...

New light fitting that I'm trying to fit!!

4 core wiring on the left (any idea what the yellow cable is for??) 3 core on the right!