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UK Driving Test Centre Rankings

All 250 DVSA test centres ranked by pass rate from highest to lowest.

Rank	Centre	Region	Pass Rate	Tests/Year
#1	Wick	Scotland	68.1%	2,200
#2	Fort William	Scotland	67.8%	2,800
#3	Thurso	Scotland	67.3%	2,400
#4	Aviemore	Scotland	66.5%	2,500
#5	Oban	Scotland	65.3%	3,100
#6	Dolgellau	Wales	64.5%	2,600
#7	Inverness	Scotland	63.4%	5,800
#8	Caernarfon	Wales	62.8%	3,400
#9	Elgin	Scotland	62.7%	3,800
#10	Penzance	South West	62.1%	4,300
#11	Aberystwyth	Wales	61.3%	3,900
#12	Dumfries	Scotland	61.2%	4,300
#13	Kendal	North West	60.7%	5,300
#14	Haverfordwest	Wales	60.4%	4,100
#15	Truro	South West	60.3%	5,800
#16	King's Lynn	East of England	59.4%	5,700
#17	Boston	East Midlands	58.9%	5,200
#18	Great Yarmouth	East of England	58.6%	5,400
#19	Perth	Scotland	58.6%	6,400
#20	Stroud	South West	58.4%	5,900
#21	Bangor	Wales	58.4%	5,200
#22	Hereford	West Midlands	58.1%	5,900
#23	Salisbury	South West	57.8%	6,500
#24	Berwick-upon-Tweed	North East	57.8%	3,200
#25	Enniskillen	Northern Ireland	57.8%	5,100
#26	Penzance	South West	57.8%	4,500
#27	Carmarthen	Wales	57.6%	5,100
#28	Barrow-in-Furness	North West	57.4%	6,100
#29	Richmond (North Yorkshire)	Yorkshire and the Humber	57.4%	3,500
#30	Bury St Edmunds	East of England	57.3%	6,100
#31	Yeovil	South West	57.2%	6,800
#32	Ayr	Scotland	57.2%	5,400
#33	Weston-super-Mare	South West	56.9%	7,100
#34	Oswestry	Wales	56.9%	4,400
#35	Omagh	Northern Ireland	56.9%	5,800
#36	Grantham	East Midlands	56.7%	6,700
#37	Barnstaple	South West	56.7%	5,400
#38	Taunton	South West	56.4%	7,200
#39	Dungannon	Northern Ireland	56.4%	5,700
#40	Skegness	East Midlands	56.4%	4,100
#41	Stirling	Scotland	56.3%	5,900
#42	Alnwick	North East	56.2%	3,600
#43	Carlisle	North West	55.9%	7,300
#44	Kilmarnock	Scotland	55.9%	5,900
#45	Downpatrick	Northern Ireland	55.9%	5,500
#46	Torquay	South West	55.8%	7,600
#47	Aberdeen North	Scotland	55.8%	9,200
#48	Llanelli	Wales	55.7%	6,700
#49	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	55.6%	7,200
#50	Dunfermline	Scotland	55.4%	6,800
#51	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	55.3%	8,200
#52	Hexham	North East	55.3%	4,100
#53	Truro	South West	55.3%	7,100
#54	Armagh	Northern Ireland	55.2%	6,400
#55	Chippenham	South West	55.1%	7,400
#56	Aberdeen South	Scotland	54.9%	8,800
#57	Dover	South East	54.8%	7,200
#58	Stafford	West Midlands	54.8%	7,800
#59	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	54.8%	6,100
#60	Southport	North West	54.7%	7,500
#61	Ballymena	Northern Ireland	54.7%	9,400
#62	Loughborough	East Midlands	54.6%	7,600
#63	Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	54.6%	4,200
#64	Lancaster	North West	54.3%	7,700
#65	Antrim	Northern Ireland	54.3%	6,200
#66	Mansfield	East Midlands	54.2%	7,900
#67	Edinburgh Musselburgh	Scotland	54.2%	11,800
#68	Weymouth	South West	54.2%	6,500
#69	Bath	South West	54.1%	8,100
#70	Telford	West Midlands	53.9%	8,400
#71	Scarborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	53.8%	5,600
#72	Rhyl	Wales	53.8%	5,600
#73	Lincoln	East Midlands	53.7%	9,100
#74	Newbury	South West	53.6%	7,800
#75	Kettering	East Midlands	53.4%	8,300
#76	Edinburgh Currie	Scotland	53.4%	13,600
#77	Newry	Northern Ireland	53.4%	7,700
#78	Yeovil	South West	53.4%	7,200
#79	Exeter	South West	53.2%	10,300
#80	Tunbridge Wells	South East	53.1%	8,700
#81	Macclesfield	North West	53.1%	8,200
#82	Newtownards	Northern Ireland	53.1%	6,800
#83	Eastbourne	South East	52.9%	8,400
#84	Chippenham	South West	52.9%	7,100
#85	Chesterfield	East Midlands	52.8%	8,800
#86	Londonderry	Northern Ireland	52.8%	10,600
#87	Isle of Wight	South East	52.8%	4,900
#88	Cheltenham	South West	52.7%	9,200
#89	Boston	East Midlands	52.7%	6,400
#90	Crewe	North West	52.6%	8,700
#91	Weston-super-Mare	South West	52.6%	7,900
#92	Ashford	South East	52.4%	9,300
#93	Worcester	West Midlands	52.4%	9,800
#94	Colchester	East of England	52.3%	9,600
#95	Chichester	South East	52.3%	8,100
#96	Burton upon Trent	West Midlands	52.1%	8,600
#97	Morpeth	North East	52.1%	5,100
#98	Falkirk	Scotland	52.1%	7,200
#99	Gloucester	South West	51.9%	9,800
#100	St Albans	East of England	51.8%	9,400
#101	Taunton	South West	51.8%	8,800
#102	Worthing	South East	51.7%	9,100
#103	Burnley	North West	51.7%	9,400
#104	Dundee	Scotland	51.7%	10,100
#105	Newbury	South East	51.7%	7,500
#106	Redditch	West Midlands	51.6%	8,900
#107	Hamilton	Scotland	51.6%	7,600
#108	Ipswich	East of England	51.4%	10,700
#109	Belfast	Northern Ireland	51.4%	18,200
#110	Tunbridge Wells	South East	51.4%	9,200
#111	Torquay	South West	51.4%	8,300
#112	Chester	North West	51.3%	10,100
#113	Paisley	Scotland	51.3%	8,200
#114	Grantham	East Midlands	51.3%	6,800
#115	Bedford	East of England	51.2%	10,200
#116	Northampton	East Midlands	50.9%	11,600
#117	Eastbourne	South East	50.9%	8,800
#118	Fareham	South East	50.8%	9,500
#119	Norwich	East of England	50.8%	12,100
#120	Ebbw Vale	Wales	50.8%	5,300
#121	Solihull	West Midlands	50.7%	11,200
#122	Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	50.7%	8,300
#123	Chelmsford	East of England	50.6%	10,800
#124	Wrexham	Wales	50.6%	8,900
#125	Swindon	South West	50.4%	11,400
#126	Blyth	North East	50.4%	5,800
#127	Maidstone	South East	50.3%	11,100
#128	Warrington	North West	50.2%	11,700
#129	Ashford	South East	50.2%	9,800
#130	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	50.1%	10,100
#131	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	49.8%	11,200
#132	Blackpool	North West	49.8%	11,100
#133	Folkestone	South East	49.8%	8,600
#134	Lincoln	East Midlands	49.8%	9,200
#135	Peterborough	East of England	49.7%	11,300
#136	Consett	North East	49.7%	4,800
#137	Motherwell	Scotland	49.7%	7,900
#138	Worthing	South East	49.7%	9,600
#139	Milton Keynes	South East	49.6%	12,400
#140	Exeter	South West	49.6%	11,800
#141	Corby	East Midlands	49.6%	7,900
#142	Derby	East Midlands	49.5%	12,700
#143	Basingstoke	South East	49.4%	10,600
#144	Stockport	North West	49.4%	11,500
#145	Stevenage	East of England	49.3%	10,900
#146	Bridgend	Wales	49.3%	7,800
#147	Crawley	South East	49.2%	12,800
#148	Loughborough	East Midlands	49.2%	8,600
#149	Plymouth	South West	49.1%	11,900
#150	Preston	North West	49.1%	11,800
#151	Cambridge	East of England	48.9%	11,400
#152	Hartlepool	North East	48.9%	6,200
#153	Guildford	South East	48.7%	11,200
#154	Wigan	North West	48.7%	11,600
#155	Mansfield	East Midlands	48.7%	8,700
#156	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	48.6%	12,900
#157	High Wycombe	South East	48.4%	10,800
#158	Hastings	South East	48.4%	7,900
#159	Newcastle-under-Lyme	East Midlands	48.4%	9,600
#160	Nottingham	East Midlands	48.3%	14,800
#161	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	48.3%	10,600
#162	Dover	South East	48.3%	7,800
#163	Aldershot	South East	48.2%	11,200
#164	Medway (Chatham)	South East	48.1%	11,600
#165	Rochdale	North West	48.1%	10,800
#166	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	48.1%	6,200
#167	Chesterfield	East Midlands	48.1%	9,400
#168	Dudley	West Midlands	47.9%	11,700
#169	Blackburn	North West	47.9%	12,200
#170	Guildford	South East	47.9%	12,300
#171	Oxford	South East	47.8%	11,700
#172	Swansea	Wales	47.8%	12,800
#173	Bristol	South West	47.6%	15,600
#174	Durham	North East	47.6%	8,400
#175	Glasgow Anniesland	Scotland	47.6%	15,400
#176	Maidstone	South East	47.6%	11,400
#177	Bolton	North West	47.5%	12,300
#178	Coventry	West Midlands	47.4%	13,800
#179	Reading	South East	47.3%	13,500
#180	Northampton	East Midlands	47.3%	12,400
#181	Pontypridd	Wales	47.2%	7,400
#182	Watford	East of England	47.1%	11,800
#183	Darlington	North East	47.1%	9,200
#184	Oxford	South East	47.1%	12,100
#185	Derby	East Midlands	46.9%	13,800
#186	Leicester	East Midlands	46.8%	15,100
#187	Oldham	North West	46.8%	11,900
#188	Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	46.8%	10,400
#189	Plymouth	South West	46.8%	13,200
#190	Brighton	South East	46.5%	12,300
#191	Walsall	West Midlands	46.5%	12,400
#192	Birkenhead	North West	46.4%	11,400
#193	Woking	South East	46.4%	11,600
#194	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	46.3%	8,700
#195	Glasgow Shieldhall	Scotland	46.3%	14,200
#196	Manchester (Wythenshawe)	North West	46.2%	14,200
#197	Newport	Wales	46.2%	10,400
#198	Portsmouth	South East	46.1%	12,600
#199	Birmingham (Sheldon)	West Midlands	46.1%	14,200
#200	Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	46.1%	11,200
#201	Southampton	South East	45.9%	13,900
#202	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	45.8%	13,100
#203	Luton	East of England	45.7%	13,300
#204	Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	45.6%	13,400
#205	Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	45.4%	9,800
#206	Cardiff	Wales	45.3%	16,200
#207	Nottingham North	East Midlands	45.3%	14,100
#208	Liverpool (Speke)	North West	45.2%	13,600
#209	Middlesbrough	North East	45.2%	10,900
#210	Manchester City	North West	44.9%	16,800
#211	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and the Humber	44.9%	11,500
#212	Newcastle	North East	44.8%	14,200
#213	Reading	South East	44.8%	14,600
#214	Birmingham (Kingstanding)	West Midlands	44.7%	15,400
#215	Leeds North	Yorkshire and the Humber	44.7%	15,200
#216	Leicester South	East Midlands	44.7%	13,600
#217	Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	44.3%	10,200
#218	Kingston upon Thames	London	44.2%	9,600
#219	Twickenham	London	44.1%	9,800
#220	Gateshead	North East	44.1%	9,600
#221	Hornchurch	London	43.9%	10,400
#222	Salford	North West	43.8%	13,700
#223	South Shields	North East	43.7%	7,900
#224	Liverpool (Walton)	North West	43.6%	15,200
#225	Chiswick	London	43.5%	10,200
#226	Sunderland	North East	43.5%	11,800
#227	Mill Hill	London	43.2%	12,100
#228	Leeds South	Yorkshire and the Humber	43.2%	16,800
#229	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	42.9%	17,500
#230	Wanstead	London	42.8%	10,900
#231	Sutton	London	42.6%	10,700
#232	Sidcup	London	42%	11,300
#233	Henlys Corner	London	41.9%	11,600
#234	Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	41.8%	14,100
#235	Belvedere	London	41.7%	11,500
#236	Greenford	London	41.3%	13,600
#237	Slough	London	40.7%	13,100
#238	Wimbledon	London	40.5%	11,800
#239	Wembley	London	40.3%	13,400
#240	Goodmayes	London	40.1%	13,800
#241	Enfield	London	39.8%	13,200
#242	Hither Green	London	39.6%	12,200
#243	South Wimbledon	London	39.2%	12,700
#244	Catford	London	38.9%	12,400
#245	Wood Green	London	38.4%	14,200
#246	Acton	London	38.1%	13,900
#247	Croydon	London	37.6%	15,200
#248	North London	London	37.3%	15,800
#249	Barking	London	36.8%	14,700
#250	Stratford	London	35.4%	16,100

Understanding the Rankings

These rankings are based on the most recent DVSA practical driving test statistics. Pass rates can fluctuate between reporting periods, so a centre's position may change over time.

Higher-ranked centres tend to be in rural or suburban areas with quieter roads, while lower-ranked centres are typically in busy urban areas, particularly London. However, a lower pass rate doesn't necessarily mean the centre is "harder" — it can also reflect differences in candidate preparation levels.

When choosing a test centre, consider factors beyond just the pass rate: familiarity with local roads, travel time, and availability of test slots all matter.