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UK Driving Test Waiting Times

Official DVSA median waiting times for 314 UK test centres (Sep 2026). Lower is better — search your centre or find a shorter-wait one nearby.

314centres
12.9 wkmean of centre medians
0.6 wkshortest · Carlisle LGV (Cars)
29.9 wklongest · Arbroath

All centres by region

London 25

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Enfield (Innova Business Park)2.4 wk4.7%53.9%
Enfield (Brancroft Way)2.6 wk0.0%46.1%
Yeading (London)3.0 wk3.7%52.8%
Belvedere (London)4.3 wk2.7%40.5%
Southall (London)5.4 wk3.8%44.8%
West Wickham (London)6.0 wk5.0%51.6%
Tottenham6.7 wk2.0%48.9%
Bromley (London)7.9 wk3.0%52.9%
Erith (London)8.6 wk4.7%51.6%
Goodmayes (London)11.8 wk2.7%43.7%
Wood Green (London)11.8 wk3.5%46.8%
Chingford (London)12.6 wk3.1%39.9%
Wanstead (London)13.0 wk2.7%44.4%
Mitcham (London)16.1 wk2.3%47.0%
Uxbridge (London)16.3 wk2.8%52.3%
Mill Hill (London)16.4 wk3.9%51.4%
Greenford (Horsenden Lane)18.4 wk5.5%41.4%
Barnet (London)19.1 wk2.6%49.9%
Morden (London)19.1 wk4.7%51.0%
Isleworth (Fleming Way)20.9 wk4.8%50.4%
Hendon (London)21.1 wk2.8%51.4%
Hornchurch (London)22.3 wk4.1%46.3%
Sidcup (London)23.0 wk4.6%58.7%
Pinner (London)23.1 wk3.4%49.7%
Tolworth (London)23.1 wk4.6%53.6%

South East 32

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Chichester3.7 wk13.2%61.6%
Bletchley4.0 wk4.7%51.5%
Oxford (Cowley)4.4 wk3.1%50.6%
Canterbury5.4 wk30.7%45.8%
High Wycombe6.1 wk4.7%51.5%
Reading6.3 wk4.8%55.4%
Ashford (Kent)7.1 wk23.8%46.2%
Folkestone7.1 wk45.3%42.4%
Newport (Isle of Wight)7.1 wk47.7%54.1%
Aylesbury7.3 wk4.0%49.3%
Guildford7.8 wk3.2%57.1%
Herne Bay8.6 wk34.8%55.9%
Greenham8.7 wk5.7%56.5%
Maidstone9.7 wk16.4%60.2%
Basingstoke10.1 wk6.5%56.8%
Tunbridge Wells10.6 wk6.3%64.5%
Winchester11.3 wk6.0%52.2%
Gillingham12.0 wk7.4%56.4%
Banbury12.1 wk3.3%41.3%
Burgess Hill12.1 wk5.4%45.5%
Redhill Aerodrome13.3 wk4.8%53.9%
Eastbourne13.4 wk6.2%55.4%
Worthing13.7 wk5.2%59.8%
Southampton (Maybush)14.4 wk17.3%47.1%
Sevenoaks15.0 wk6.1%59.0%
Portsmouth16.1 wk23.1%52.8%
Hastings (Ore)17.1 wk5.1%52.4%
Crawley17.8 wk4.7%42.7%
Lee On The Solent18.9 wk4.7%63.2%
Farnborough19.6 wk4.9%59.7%
Chertsey (London)21.7 wk5.2%52.9%
Slough (London)22.1 wk4.0%50.8%

South West 22

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Weston-super-Mare4.0 wk34.1%56.5%
Camborne4.4 wk21.4%40.6%
Bodmin5.4 wk39.8%47.5%
Trowbridge5.6 wk23.3%55.2%
Bristol (Kingswood)5.9 wk29.9%51.9%
Salisbury6.1 wk33.0%48.5%
Exeter6.4 wk49.6%46.8%
Launceston6.4 wk53.7%46.3%
Plymouth7.1 wk44.6%40.7%
Barnstaple7.4 wk55.5%51.4%
Poole8.8 wk12.2%53.4%
Dorchester10.6 wk10.9%69.0%
Penzance10.7 wk1.2%46.5%
Chippenham11.7 wk34.9%56.4%
Bristol (Avonmouth)12.1 wk37.6%55.5%
Swindon12.1 wk13.0%51.1%
Taunton12.6 wk30.0%59.5%
Yeovil13.1 wk7.0%63.4%
Isles of Scilly15.9 wk0.0%87.5%
Newton Abbot16.0 wk12.4%53.8%
Gloucester16.2 wk4.1%47.8%
Cheltenham17.0 wk4.1%43.2%

East of England 24

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Bedford3.3 wk3.4%53.7%
Basildon3.7 wk6.5%49.1%
Stevenage3.7 wk3.7%55.3%
Tilbury5.2 wk7.4%50.4%
Brentwood (London)5.3 wk3.3%48.5%
Ipswich5.3 wk21.5%62.3%
Bishops Stortford5.9 wk5.4%51.3%
St Albans6.0 wk4.3%50.7%
Clacton-on-Sea6.4 wk20.4%47.4%
Norwich (Peachman Way)9.0 wk9.1%61.7%
Luton9.9 wk1.6%39.2%
Colchester12.1 wk10.8%50.6%
Bury St Edmunds12.7 wk11.9%46.2%
Watford15.1 wk4.5%46.2%
Peterborough15.4 wk3.7%52.8%
Borehamwood (London)15.6 wk4.1%50.8%
Kings Lynn16.0 wk4.8%51.9%
Southend-on-Sea17.6 wk3.7%48.1%
Lowestoft (Mobbs Way)18.4 wk8.1%43.3%
Chelmsford20.9 wk6.3%55.4%
Loughton (London)20.9 wk4.4%47.0%
Letchworth21.0 wk6.4%57.5%
Cambridge (Brookmount Court)24.3 wk4.2%53.8%
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)25.1 wk6.1%49.9%

East Midlands 20

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Boston3.6 wk10.1%50.7%
Kettering4.7 wk6.3%49.1%
Nottingham (Chilwell)5.1 wk4.3%49.9%
Chesterfield7.9 wk20.3%56.2%
Leicester (Cannock Street)7.9 wk6.2%40.2%
Northampton8.6 wk5.2%52.1%
Louth9.0 wk7.6%53.9%
Hinckley9.6 wk7.0%46.4%
Loughborough10.5 wk6.5%42.3%
Worksop12.1 wk19.9%55.2%
Derby (Alvaston)12.3 wk5.0%51.8%
Leicester (Wigston)12.7 wk7.7%51.2%
Lincoln12.7 wk7.9%52.1%
Nottingham (Colwick)13.3 wk5.5%46.4%
Ashfield15.3 wk4.9%57.3%
Buxton17.4 wk2.6%58.7%
Skegness17.9 wk6.1%55.9%
Wellingborough18.0 wk0.7%60.0%
Grantham (Somerby)18.4 wk18.2%57.9%
Melton Mowbray20.0 wk0.4%69.7%

West Midlands 26

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Hereford2.9 wk17.6%58.8%
Redditch4.0 wk2.2%51.4%
Birmingham (Cocks Moors)4.7 wk3.7%53.5%
Nuneaton9.0 wk6.5%53.2%
Warwick (Wedgenock House)9.8 wk5.1%48.5%
Ludlow10.0 wk13.7%58.7%
Birmingham (Kings Heath)10.1 wk4.3%46.8%
Shrewsbury10.1 wk5.1%51.0%
Rugby10.8 wk3.0%51.4%
Birmingham (Garretts Green)11.4 wk16.3%44.4%
Oswestry11.7 wk0.5%52.4%
Birmingham (South Yardley)11.9 wk8.9%42.8%
Coventry11.9 wk4.1%40.0%
Featherstone11.9 wk4.4%36.4%
Wednesbury13.1 wk4.2%35.0%
Burton on Trent13.9 wk6.1%54.7%
Stoke-on-Trent (Cobridge)14.0 wk8.6%38.8%
Worcester14.0 wk10.4%51.9%
Wolverhampton15.9 wk5.1%34.3%
Telford16.0 wk5.0%48.9%
Birmingham (Kingstanding)16.1 wk4.1%48.5%
Stafford16.2 wk5.2%45.8%
Lichfield17.0 wk4.9%53.0%
Dudley18.0 wk4.0%45.2%
Birmingham (Shirley)19.0 wk4.0%56.6%
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)19.1 wk9.4%40.7%

Yorkshire and The Humber 27

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Scarborough2.9 wk20.6%45.1%
Hull4.4 wk19.3%47.9%
Grimsby Coldwater5.3 wk11.8%42.8%
Scunthorpe5.6 wk20.1%45.4%
Sheffield (Handsworth)6.1 wk5.8%45.3%
Knaresborough6.9 wk44.6%58.5%
Rotherham7.1 wk21.8%53.1%
Barnsley7.3 wk20.3%58.5%
Bradford (Thornbury)9.4 wk45.0%47.8%
Walton LGV10.3 wk27.4%59.8%
Horsforth11.6 wk32.0%49.7%
Malton12.6 wk0.0%64.3%
Bridlington13.0 wk5.2%55.5%
Wakefield13.3 wk39.4%45.4%
Bradford (Heaton)13.4 wk27.5%56.1%
Halifax13.6 wk4.2%45.0%
Skipton13.8 wk20.3%57.3%
Leeds (Colton Mill)13.9 wk23.9%51.8%
Huddersfield14.3 wk27.9%49.2%
Northallerton14.3 wk17.7%60.4%
Whitby15.0 wk7.0%56.7%
Steeton15.6 wk35.2%52.8%
Heckmondwike15.7 wk28.4%45.8%
Pontefract15.7 wk14.8%46.9%
York16.3 wk20.2%54.4%
Sheffield (Middlewood Road)17.3 wk5.4%48.7%
Doncaster21.6 wk4.0%53.2%

North West 32

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Carlisle LGV (Cars)0.6 wk—61.9%
Chorley5.4 wk9.9%52.8%
Rochdale (Manchester)5.6 wk13.8%48.3%
Bury (Manchester)5.7 wk4.8%46.3%
Barrow In Furness6.4 wk59.9%69.6%
Northwich7.3 wk3.3%57.6%
Chester7.5 wk21.0%47.3%
Speke (Liverpool)7.5 wk19.7%40.5%
Workington7.8 wk15.6%61.9%
Kendal (Oxenholme Road)8.9 wk41.8%65.1%
Blackpool9.1 wk25.6%51.8%
Widnes9.1 wk15.6%42.7%
Atherton (Manchester)10.0 wk3.7%44.3%
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)10.0 wk3.8%44.7%
St Helens (Liverpool)11.4 wk38.4%40.9%
Crewe12.1 wk15.9%43.8%
Upton12.1 wk8.0%52.6%
Bolton (Manchester)12.4 wk3.3%51.8%
Wallasey12.6 wk1.0%54.3%
Blackburn with Darwen13.1 wk6.7%46.6%
Carlisle13.8 wk4.7%58.7%
Preston14.4 wk12.8%56.3%
Bredbury (Manchester)16.1 wk4.0%56.0%
Chadderton16.1 wk4.5%46.8%
Macclesfield16.4 wk6.2%51.9%
Warrington17.1 wk16.9%55.5%
Norris Green (Liverpool)18.0 wk5.1%37.8%
Southport (Liverpool)18.0 wk3.9%56.5%
Heysham18.3 wk20.7%59.2%
Sale (Manchester)18.3 wk3.5%51.4%
Nelson18.9 wk4.2%51.7%
West Didsbury (Manchester)19.9 wk3.9%47.7%

North East 11

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Darlington7.6 wk32.2%47.1%
Sunderland9.0 wk21.2%51.1%
Gateshead11.1 wk17.2%37.5%
Blyth11.7 wk8.3%50.9%
Alnwick14.6 wk8.3%55.5%
Hartlepool15.1 wk12.5%51.0%
Durham15.9 wk3.6%53.2%
Middlesbrough15.9 wk5.7%47.7%
Hexham17.9 wk0.0%53.0%
Gosforth21.1 wk4.1%48.4%
Berwick-On-Tweed22.1 wk1.1%54.3%

Wales 21

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Abergavenny3.9 wk35.0%64.2%
Monmouth4.7 wk19.9%51.0%
Pembroke Dock5.1 wk43.2%50.1%
Cardigan6.0 wk15.3%41.0%
Llantrisant6.4 wk47.0%54.0%
Newport (Gwent)6.7 wk41.7%48.9%
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)7.0 wk16.2%55.1%
Llanelli7.0 wk63.9%51.0%
Wrexham7.1 wk41.3%51.9%
Bridgend7.3 wk66.2%53.3%
Swansea7.3 wk58.3%48.2%
Brecon7.4 wk50.4%58.7%
Cardiff (Llanishen)7.7 wk34.1%46.5%
Merthyr Tydfil8.9 wk55.9%51.2%
Barry9.1 wk50.3%57.0%
Rhyl9.6 wk26.0%56.9%
Carmarthen9.9 wk43.9%54.2%
Bangor10.9 wk5.1%62.2%
Newtown14.1 wk21.8%58.0%
Bala16.1 wk0.4%61.6%
Pwllheli16.3 wk31.0%68.1%

Scotland 74

Test centreMedian wait% availablePass rate
Isle of Skye (Portree)3.4 wk0.0%57.0%
Dumbarton4.4 wk10.9%52.8%
Galashiels5.1 wk7.5%47.4%
Peterhead6.4 wk30.7%53.2%
Inverness (Longman Drive)6.6 wk46.9%45.8%
Airdrie7.1 wk2.6%47.4%
Kingussie7.5 wk6.7%64.1%
Kyle of Lochalsh7.7 wk0.0%57.4%
Greenock7.9 wk4.7%41.7%
Ayr8.0 wk3.9%57.5%
Livingston8.2 wk2.7%55.7%
Gairloch8.3 wk0.0%69.2%
Aberdeen South (Cove)9.1 wk20.2%52.4%
Buckie9.4 wk0.0%51.1%
Elgin9.7 wk57.7%42.3%
Stornoway9.9 wk0.0%66.6%
Banff10.6 wk8.2%57.5%
Orkney11.0 wk0.0%55.9%
Ullapool11.1 wk40.0%74.6%
Dunfermline (Vine)11.6 wk5.6%36.4%
Perth (Arran Road)11.6 wk6.0%48.8%
Inverurie12.4 wk19.4%61.9%
Stirling12.4 wk9.3%43.0%
Wick13.1 wk0.0%59.4%
Alness14.0 wk0.0%63.1%
Lerwick14.4 wk8.9%67.8%
Thurso14.5 wk0.0%63.0%
Dundee14.6 wk4.7%57.3%
Fort William15.0 wk0.0%65.5%
Kirkcaldy15.3 wk3.9%50.9%
Huntly15.6 wk0.0%63.7%
Girvan15.9 wk0.0%72.0%
Hawick15.9 wk0.0%64.3%
Fraserburgh16.0 wk2.3%64.0%
Dumfries16.3 wk5.5%53.9%
Aberdeen North16.5 wk9.9%48.2%
Castle Douglas17.1 wk0.7%53.4%
Irvine17.6 wk4.4%55.7%
Glasgow (Shieldhall)18.0 wk3.3%39.9%
Oban18.0 wk14.0%66.1%
Newton Stewart18.1 wk0.0%65.8%
Paisley18.1 wk2.9%48.6%
Golspie18.9 wk0.0%68.0%
Grantown-On-Spey18.9 wk0.0%62.2%
Montrose18.9 wk0.7%70.0%
Hamilton19.3 wk5.7%42.0%
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)19.7 wk6.0%49.4%
Pitlochry19.9 wk0.0%73.3%
Glasgow (Baillieston)20.0 wk3.8%47.4%
Edinburgh (Currie)20.3 wk3.7%41.6%
Stranraer20.3 wk0.0%71.2%
Lanark20.4 wk1.2%58.1%
Ballater20.9 wk0.0%77.1%
Bishopbriggs21.0 wk6.2%49.8%
Glasgow (Anniesland)21.6 wk3.7%44.3%
Duns21.7 wk0.0%70.2%
Rothesay21.7 wk2.5%52.0%
Dunoon21.9 wk0.0%71.5%
Grangemouth21.9 wk3.6%50.7%
Mallaig22.0 wk7.1%63.0%
Aberfeldy22.6 wk0.0%68.5%
Cumnock23.0 wk0.0%67.4%
East Kilbride23.0 wk1.7%57.7%
Lochgilphead23.1 wk0.0%56.4%
Inveraray23.3 wk0.0%69.4%
Brodick (Isle of Arran)23.9 wk0.0%—
Haddington23.9 wk0.0%57.5%
Peebles24.1 wk1.7%58.8%
Kelso24.7 wk0.0%59.2%
Campbeltown25.7 wk0.0%71.6%
Forfar28.2 wk0.0%60.3%
Crieff29.0 wk0.0%66.1%
Callander29.7 wk0.0%49.9%
Arbroath29.9 wk0.0%67.4%

The headline 12.9-week figure is the unweighted arithmetic mean of the 314 published centre medians for Sep 2026; each centre counts once. DVSA’s Great Britain median (DRT121G) was 11.6 weeks for people who took their test in the same month. A centre with no published figure for this month is left without a figure.

Data updated: 24 Oct 2026 · Median waiting time = median weeks between booking and sitting a car test, for people who took their test in Sep 2026 (varies month to month). Pass rates & waiting times contain public sector information from DVSA, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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