Test Centre Stats

Updated monthly from DVSA and RSA open data

How long is the wait at your driving test centre?

Waiting times, pass rates and nearby alternatives for every DVSA car test centre in Great Britain and every RSA centre in Ireland. Plain numbers, no sign-up, nothing to sell you.

Median wait, Great Britain

11.6weeks

September 2026; 12.4 weeks a year earlier

Pass rate, Great Britain

50.0%

2025–26, 1,998,621 tests

Shortest wait now

Enfield (Innova Business Park)

2.4 weeks in September 2026

Where the waits are

Each dot is a test centre, shaded by its median wait in September 2026. Darker means longer. Half of British centres had a median wait under 12.4 weeks; the longest was Arbroath at 29.9 weeks.

Irish centres use the RSA's own measure (estimated weeks to a test invite) and are shaded on the same scale for orientation only.

Shortest median waits

Centres with at least 500 tests a year.

  1. Enfield (Innova Business Park)London2.4 weeks
  2. HerefordWest Midlands2.9 weeks
  3. ScarboroughYorkshire and The Humber2.9 weeks
  4. Yeading (London)London3 weeks
  5. BedfordEast of England3.3 weeks
  6. BostonEast Midlands3.6 weeks

Longest median waits

  1. ArbroathScotland29.9 weeks
  2. ForfarScotland28.2 weeks
  3. Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)East of England25.1 weeks
  4. Cambridge (Brookmount Court)East of England24.3 weeks
  5. PeeblesScotland24.1 weeks
  6. HaddingtonScotland23.9 weeks
  • Under 7 wk
  • 7–15
  • 15–22
  • 22+ wk
Athlone (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksBallina (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksBirr (Ireland, RSA measure): 7 weeksBuncrana (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksCarlow (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksCarlow Talbot Hotel (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksCarrick On Shannon (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksCastlebar (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksCavan (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksClifden (Ireland, RSA measure): 15 weeksClonmel (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksCork (Wilton) (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksDonegal (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksDun Laoghaire / Deansgrange (Ireland, RSA measure): 19 weeksDundalk (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksDungarvan (Ireland, RSA measure): 15 weeksEnnis (Ireland, RSA measure): 10 weeksFinglas (Ireland, RSA measure): 14 weeksGalway (Carnmore) (Ireland, RSA measure): 9 weeksGorey (Ireland, RSA measure): 16 weeksKilkenny (Govt Buildings) (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksKilkenny (O'Loughlin Gaels) (Ireland, RSA measure): 10 weeksKillarney (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksKillester (Ireland, RSA measure): 15 weeksKilrush (Ireland, RSA measure): 8 weeksLetterkenny (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksLimerick - Castlemungret (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksLimerick - Woodview (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksLongford (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksLoughrea (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksMallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow) (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksMonaghan (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksMulhuddart (Ireland, RSA measure): 17 weeksMulhuddart Maple House (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksMullingar (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksNaas (Ireland, RSA measure): 9 weeksNavan (Ireland, RSA measure): 9 weeksNenagh (Ireland, RSA measure): 10 weeksNewcastle West (Ireland, RSA measure): 14 weeksNewcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) (Ireland, RSA measure): –Portlaoise (Maldron Hotel) (Ireland, RSA measure): 17 weeksRaheny (Ireland, RSA measure): –Roscommon (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksShannon (Ireland, RSA measure): 8 weeksSkibbereen (Ireland, RSA measure): 8 weeksSligo (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksTallaght (Ireland, RSA measure): 22 weeksThurles (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksTipperary (Ireland, RSA measure): 10 weeksTralee (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksTuam (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksTullamore (Ireland, RSA measure): 12 weeksWaterford (Ireland, RSA measure): 13 weeksWexford (Ireland, RSA measure): 14 weeksWicklow (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksGalway (Clybaun Hotel) (Ireland, RSA measure): 9 weeksDrogheda – Southgate (Ireland, RSA measure): 11 weeksMitchelstown (Ireland, RSA measure): 8 weeksLeixlip - Springfield Hotel (Ireland, RSA measure): 9 weeksAshfield: 15.3 weeksBoston: 3.6 weeksBuxton: 17.4 weeksChesterfield: 7.9 weeksDerby (Alvaston): 12.3 weeksGrantham (Somerby): 18.4 weeksHinckley: 9.6 weeksKettering: 4.7 weeksLeicester (Cannock Street): 7.9 weeksLeicester (Wigston): 12.7 weeksLincoln: 12.7 weeksLoughborough: 10.5 weeksLouth: 9 weeksMelton Mowbray: 20 weeksNorthampton: 8.6 weeksNottingham (Chilwell): 5.1 weeksNottingham (Colwick): 13.3 weeksSkegness: 17.9 weeksWellingborough: 18 weeksWorksop: 12.1 weeksBasildon: 3.7 weeksBedford: 3.3 weeksBishops Stortford: 5.9 weeksBorehamwood (London): 15.6 weeksBrentwood (London): 5.3 weeksBury St Edmunds: 12.7 weeksCambridge (Brookmount Court): 24.3 weeksChelmsford: 20.9 weeksClacton-on-Sea: 6.4 weeksColchester: 12.1 weeksIpswich: 5.3 weeksKings Lynn: 16 weeksLeighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road): 25.1 weeksLetchworth: 21 weeksLoughton (London): 20.9 weeksLowestoft(Mobbs Way): 18.4 weeksLuton: 9.9 weeksNorwich (Peachman Way): 9 weeksPeterborough: 15.4 weeksSouthend-on-Sea: 17.6 weeksSt Albans: 6 weeksStevenage: 3.7 weeksTilbury: 5.2 weeksWatford: 15.1 weeksBarnet (London): 19.1 weeksBelvedere (London): 4.3 weeksBromley (London): 7.9 weeksChingford (London): 12.6 weeksEnfield (Brancroft Way): 2.6 weeksEnfield (Innova Business Park): 2.4 weeksErith (London): 8.6 weeksGoodmayes (London): 11.8 weeksGreenford (Horsenden Lane): 18.4 weeksHendon (London): 21.1 weeksHornchurch (London): 22.3 weeksIsleworth (Fleming Way): 20.9 weeksMill Hill (London): 16.4 weeksMitcham (London): 16.1 weeksMorden (London): 19.1 weeksPinner (London): 23.1 weeksSidcup (London): 23 weeksSouthall (London): 5.4 weeksTolworth (London): 23.1 weeksTottenham: 6.7 weeksUxbridge (London): 16.3 weeksWanstead (London): 13 weeksWest Wickham (London): 6 weeksWood Green (London): 11.8 weeksYeading (London): 3 weeksAlnwick: 14.6 weeksBerwick-On-Tweed: 22.1 weeksBlyth: 11.7 weeksDarlington: 7.6 weeksDurham: 15.9 weeksGateshead: 11.1 weeksGosforth: 21.1 weeksHartlepool: 15.1 weeksHexham: 17.9 weeksMiddlesbrough: 15.9 weeksSunderland: 9 weeksAtherton (Manchester): 10 weeksBarrow In Furness: 6.4 weeksBlackburn with Darwen: 13.1 weeksBlackpool: 9.1 weeksBolton (Manchester): 12.4 weeksBredbury (Manchester): 16.1 weeksBury (Manchester): 5.7 weeksCarlisle: 13.8 weeksCarlisle LGV (Cars): 0.6 weeksChadderton: 16.1 weeksCheetham Hill (Manchester): 10 weeksChester: 7.5 weeksChorley: 5.4 weeksCrewe: 12.1 weeksHeysham: 18.3 weeksKendal (Oxenholme Road): 8.9 weeksMacclesfield: 16.4 weeksNelson: 18.9 weeksNorris Green (Liverpool): 18 weeksNorthwich: 7.3 weeksPreston: 14.4 weeksRochdale (Manchester): 5.6 weeksSale (Manchester): 18.3 weeksSouthport (Liverpool): 18 weeksSpeke (Liverpool): 7.5 weeksSt Helens (Liverpool): 11.4 weeksUpton: 12.1 weeksWallasey: 12.6 weeksWarrington: 17.1 weeksWest Didsbury (Manchester): 19.9 weeksWidnes: 9.1 weeksWorkington: 7.8 weeksAshford (Kent): 7.1 weeksAylesbury: 7.3 weeksBanbury: 12.1 weeksBasingstoke: 10.1 weeksBletchley: 4 weeksBurgess Hill: 12.1 weeksCanterbury: 5.4 weeksChertsey (London): 21.7 weeksChichester: 3.7 weeksCrawley: 17.8 weeksEastbourne: 13.4 weeksFarnborough: 19.6 weeksFolkestone: 7.1 weeksGillingham: 12 weeksGreenham: 8.7 weeksGuildford: 7.8 weeksHastings (Ore): 17.1 weeksHerne Bay: 8.6 weeksLee On The Solent: 18.9 weeksMaidstone: 9.7 weeksMedway Ambley Road: 1 weekNewport (Isle of Wight): 7.1 weeksOxford (Cowley): 4.4 weeksPortsmouth: 16.1 weeksReading: 6.3 weeksRedhill Aerodrome: 13.3 weeksSevenoaks: 15 weeksSlough (London): 22.1 weeksSouthampton (Maybush): 14.4 weeksTunbridge Wells: 10.6 weeksWinchester: 11.3 weeksWorthing: 13.7 weeksBarnstaple: 7.4 weeksBodmin: 5.4 weeksBristol (Avonmouth): 12.1 weeksBristol (Kingswood): 5.9 weeksCamborne: 4.4 weeksCheltenham: 17 weeksChippenham: 11.7 weeksDorchester: 10.6 weeksExeter: 6.4 weeksGloucester: 16.2 weeksIsles of Scilly: 15.9 weeksLaunceston: 6.4 weeksNewton Abbot: 16 weeksPenzance: 10.7 weeksPlymouth: 7.1 weeksPoole: 8.8 weeksSalisbury: 6.1 weeksSwindon: 12.1 weeksTaunton: 12.6 weeksTrowbridge: 5.6 weeksWeston-super-Mare: 4 weeksYeovil: 13.1 weeksBirmingham (Cocks Moors): 4.7 weeksBirmingham (Garretts Green): 11.4 weeksBirmingham (Kings Heath): 10.1 weeksBirmingham (Kingstanding): 16.1 weeksBirmingham (Shirley): 19 weeksBirmingham (South Yardley): 11.9 weeksBurton on Trent: 13.9 weeksCoventry: 11.9 weeksDudley: 18 weeksFeatherstone: 11.9 weeksHereford: 2.9 weeksLichfield: 17 weeksLudlow: 10 weeksNuneaton: 9 weeksOswestry: 11.7 weeksRedditch: 4 weeksRugby: 10.8 weeksShrewsbury: 10.1 weeksStafford: 16.2 weeksStoke-On-Trent (Cobridge): 14 weeksStoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme): 19.1 weeksTelford: 16 weeksWarwick (Wedgenock House): 9.8 weeksWednesbury: 13.1 weeksWolverhampton: 15.9 weeksWorcester: 14 weeksBarnsley: 7.3 weeksBeverley LGV: –Bradford (Heaton): 13.4 weeksBradford (Thornbury): 9.4 weeksBridlington: 13 weeksDoncaster: 21.6 weeksGrimsby Coldwater: 5.3 weeksHalifax: 13.6 weeksHeckmondwike: 15.7 weeksHorsforth: 11.6 weeksHuddersfield: 14.3 weeksHull: 4.4 weeksKnaresborough: 6.9 weeksLeeds (Colton Mill): 13.9 weeksMalton: 12.6 weeksNorthallerton: 14.3 weeksPontefract: 15.7 weeksRotherham: 7.1 weeksScarborough: 2.9 weeksScunthorpe: 5.6 weeksSheffield (Handsworth): 6.1 weeksSheffield (Middlewood Road): 17.3 weeksSkipton: 13.8 weeksSteeton: 15.6 weeksWakefield: 13.3 weeksWalton LGV: 10.3 weeksWhitby: 15 weeksYork: 16.3 weeksAberdeen North: 16.5 weeksAberdeen South (Cove): 9.1 weeksAberfeldy: 22.6 weeksAirdrie: 7.1 weeksAlness: 14 weeksArbroath: 29.9 weeksAyr: 8 weeksBallater: 20.9 weeksBanff: 10.6 weeksBarra: –Benbecula Island: –Bishopbriggs: 21 weeksBrodick (Isle of Arran): 23.9 weeksBuckie: 9.4 weeksCallander: 29.7 weeksCampbeltown: 25.7 weeksCastle Douglas: 17.1 weeksCrieff: 29 weeksCumnock: 23 weeksDumbarton: 4.4 weeksDumfries: 16.3 weeksDundee: 14.6 weeksDunfermline (Vine): 11.6 weeksDunoon: 21.9 weeksDuns: 21.7 weeksEast Kilbride: 23 weeksEdinburgh (Currie): 20.3 weeksEdinburgh (Musselburgh): 19.7 weeksElgin: 9.7 weeksForfar: 28.2 weeksFort William: 15 weeksFraserburgh: 16 weeksGairloch: 8.3 weeksGalashiels: 5.1 weeksGirvan: 15.9 weeksGlasgow (Anniesland): 21.6 weeksGlasgow (Baillieston): 20 weeksGlasgow (Shieldhall): 18 weeksGolspie: 18.9 weeksGrangemouth: 21.9 weeksGrantown-On-Spey: 18.9 weeksGreenock: 7.9 weeksHaddington: 23.9 weeksHamilton: 19.3 weeksHawick: 15.9 weeksHuntly: 15.6 weeksInveraray: 23.3 weeksInverness (Longman Drive): 6.6 weeksInverurie: 12.4 weeksIrvine: 17.6 weeksIslay Island: –Isle of Mull: –Isle of Skye (Portree): 3.4 weeksIsle of Tiree: –Kelso: 24.7 weeksKingussie: 7.5 weeksKirkcaldy: 15.3 weeksKyle of Lochalsh: 7.7 weeksLanark: 20.4 weeksLerwick: 14.4 weeksLivingston: 8.2 weeksLochgilphead: 23.1 weeksMallaig: 22 weeksMontrose: 18.9 weeksNewton Stewart: 18.1 weeksOban: 18 weeksOrkney: 11 weeksPaisley: 18.1 weeksPeebles: 24.1 weeksPerth (Arran Road): 11.6 weeksPeterhead: 6.4 weeksPitlochry: 19.9 weeksRothesay: 21.7 weeksStirling: 12.4 weeksStornoway: 9.9 weeksStranraer: 20.3 weeksThurso: 14.5 weeksUllapool: 11.1 weeksWick: 13.1 weeksAbergavenny: 3.9 weeksAberystwyth (Park Avenue): 7 weeksBala: 16.1 weeksBangor: 10.9 weeksBarry: 9.1 weeksBrecon: 7.4 weeksBridgend: 7.3 weeksCardiff (Llanishen): 7.7 weeksCardigan: 6 weeksCarmarthen: 9.9 weeksLlanelli: 7 weeksLlantrisant: 6.4 weeksMerthyr Tydfil: 8.9 weeksMonmouth: 4.7 weeksNewport (Gwent): 6.7 weeksNewtown: 14.1 weeksPembroke Dock: 5.1 weeksPwllheli: 16.3 weeksRhyl: 9.6 weeksSwansea: 7.3 weeksWrexham: 7.1 weeks

The national picture

Across Great Britain, people who took a test in September 2026 had booked a median of 11.6 weeks earlier, against 12.4 weeks a year before. On the last Monday of the month it would have taken about 19.7 weeks to find a week with 10% of slots free.

Median weeks between booking and taking a car test in Great Britain, October 2023 to September 2026Great Britain median wait 11.6 weeks in September 2026.051015Jan 24Jul 24Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2611.6Weeks051015Jan 24Jan 25Jan 2611.6Weeks
Show these figures as a table
Median weeks between booking and taking a car test in Great Britain, October 2023 to September 2026
MonthGreat Britain
September 202611.6
August 202611.1
July 202611.1
June 202610.7
May 20269.7
April 20269.1
March 20269.0
February 202610.4
January 202610.1
December 202510.1
November 202510.4
October 202511.6
September 202512.4
August 202511.7
July 202512.0
June 202511.0
May 202511.3
April 202510.6
March 202510.4
February 202511.4
January 202511.0
December 202410.4
November 20249.9
October 20249.7
September 20249.7
August 20249.3
July 20249.0
June 20247.7
May 20247.0
April 20246.4
March 20245.6
February 20246.0
January 20246.6
December 20236.1
November 20237.1
October 20238.7

By region

East Midlands11 weeks median wait50.8% pass rate20 centresEast of England12 weeks median wait51.4% pass rate24 centresLondon14.3 weeks median wait49.0% pass rate25 centresNorth East13.1 weeks median wait48.4% pass rate11 centresNorth West12.6 weeks median wait49.0% pass rate32 centresSouth East11.4 weeks median wait53.2% pass rate32 centresSouth West8.4 weeks median wait51.7% pass rate22 centresWest Midlands12.1 weeks median wait46.2% pass rate26 centresYorkshire and The Humber10.9 weeks median wait50.5% pass rate29 centresScotland15.1 weeks median wait49.3% pass rate79 centresWales7.4 weeks median wait52.4% pass rate21 centresIreland11.9 weeks to a test invite52.3% pass rate59 RSA centres

Highest pass rates (centres with 1,000+ tests in 2025–26)

  1. Melton MowbrayEast Midlands69.7%
  2. Barrow In FurnessNorth West69.6%
  3. DorchesterSouth West69.0%
  4. Kendal (Oxenholme Road)North West65.1%
  5. Tunbridge WellsSouth East64.5%
  6. AbergavennyWales64.2%
  7. YeovilSouth West63.4%
  8. Lee On The SolentSouth East63.2%
  9. IpswichEast of England62.3%
  10. BangorWales62.2%

A high pass rate doesn't mean a centre is "easy": rural centres with quieter roads and fewer repeat candidates tend to score higher. How to read pass rates.

Guides

How waiting times are measuredWhat DVSA's median wait and "weeks to 10% availability" actually count, and why 24 weeks is a ceiling. How to read pass ratesWhy centre pass rates differ, and what they can and can't tell you about your chances. How to change your test centreMoving your test to a centre with a shorter wait, using DVSA's own service.