DVSA driving test centre
See live DVSA cancellations at Eastbourne, its official pass rate, and the 3 nearest centres you can switch your test to under the 2026 rules — then get a free instant alert the moment an earlier slot drops.
Newly released DVSA slots for Eastbourne, refreshed every minute.
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Illustrative loops reconstructed on current maps to show the kind of roads a test around Eastbourne tends to use. These are not the official current DVSA route — DVSA stopped publishing routes in 2010, and examiners vary them and use ~20 minutes of independent driving.
Routes reconstructed from older published data · map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Since 9 June 2026, DVSA only lets you move a booked test to one of its 3 nearest centres (or back to your original). From Eastbourne those are:
Max 2 changes per booking · distances use the quickest driving route · full 2026 rules →
Official DVSA pass rate at Eastbourne for every year since 2016-17 — it has risen (+7.3 points over the period), ending at 55.4% in 2025-26.
Source: DVSA table DRT122A (car practical tests), Open Government Licence v3.0.
The official DVSA car practical test pass rate at Eastbourne is 55.4% (based on 6,031 tests in 2025–26), versus the national average of about 50%.
Eastbourne driving test centre is at 1 Coastguard Cottages, 84 Wartling Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7PT. It runs: car, motorcycle module 2 (on-road), ADI part 2, ADI part 3.
Based on official DVSA data, the median wait between booking and sitting a car test at Eastbourne was about 7.4 weeks in Jun 2026 (the median for people who took their test that month). It moves month to month — catching a cancellation is how learners get tested sooner.
Two ways. Turn on free alerts for Eastbourne and we notify you the moment a cancellation is released, so you can book it yourself on GOV.UK before it’s gone. Or, if you’d rather leave it to us, we can find and book an earlier test for you on WhatsApp →.
Under the 2026 DVSA rules you can move a booked test to one of the 3 nearest centres — Hastings (Ore), Tunbridge Wells, Burgess Hill — or back to your original centre.
Data updated: 12 Jul 2026 · live slots refresh every minute · Median waiting time = the median weeks between booking and sitting a car test, for people who took their test in Jun 2026 (official DVSA figure; it varies month to month). Pass rates & waiting times contain public sector information from DVSA, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About our data →
