UK Driving Test Waiting Times

Latest DVSA waiting time data for 240 UK test centres.

240Centres with Data
14.8wAverage Wait
4.1wShortest Wait
23.4wLongest Wait

Top 10 Shortest Waits

Top 10 Longest Waits

Waiting Times Map

Under 10 weeks 10–20 weeks Over 20 weeks
London South East South West East of England East Midlands West Midlands Yorkshire North West North East Wales Scotland

London

30 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Yeading (London) 8.4 weeks
Mitcham (Redhouse Road) 9.9 weeks
Chertsey (London) 10.2 weeks
Tolworth (London) 12.2 weeks
Brentwood (London) 12.4 weeks
Slough (London) 12.4 weeks
Isleworth (Fleming Way) 12.6 weeks
Uxbridge (London) 12.7 weeks
Loughton (London) 13.0 weeks
Barnet (London) 13.2 weeks
West Wickham (London) 13.3 weeks
Greenford (London) 13.9 weeks
Bromley (London) 14.9 weeks
Borehamwood (London) 15.5 weeks
Belvedere (London) 15.6 weeks
Wanstead (London) 15.8 weeks
Enfield (Innova Business Park) 15.9 weeks
Morden (London) 16.1 weeks
Erith (London) 16.2 weeks
Southall (London) 16.6 weeks
Barking (Tanner Street) 16.7 weeks
Hornchurch (London) 17.1 weeks
Sidcup (London) 17.5 weeks
Chingford (London) 17.6 weeks
Tottenham 17.6 weeks
Wood Green (London) 18.6 weeks
Mill Hill (London) 21.5 weeks
Goodmayes (London) 21.9 weeks
Pinner (London) 22.5 weeks
Hendon (London) 23.1 weeks

South East

28 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Redhill Aerodrome 7.2 weeks
Canterbury 8.0 weeks
Farnborough 8.5 weeks
Newport (Isle Of Wight) 9.2 weeks
Lancing (Closed 6th August 2024) 9.4 weeks
Chichester 10.2 weeks
Tunbridge Wells 10.7 weeks
Folkestone 11.0 weeks
Basingstoke 11.1 weeks
Hastings (Ore) 11.1 weeks
Banbury 11.4 weeks
Burgess Hill 11.6 weeks
Guildford 12.0 weeks
Maidstone 12.3 weeks
Eastbourne 13.3 weeks
Crawley 14.2 weeks
Aylesbury 14.4 weeks
Sevenoaks 14.9 weeks
Ashford (Kent) 15.1 weeks
Gillingham 15.1 weeks
Oxford (Cowley) 15.2 weeks
Winchester 15.2 weeks
Reading 15.3 weeks
Portsmouth 15.5 weeks
Lee On The Solent 16.7 weeks
Herne Bay 17.7 weeks
Southampton (Maybush) 20.0 weeks
Bletchley 20.4 weeks

South West

19 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Launceston 8.6 weeks
Bodmin 10.6 weeks
Salisbury 10.7 weeks
Dorchester 10.9 weeks
Bristol (Avonmouth) 13.0 weeks
Newton Abbot 13.7 weeks
Exeter 14.0 weeks
Camborne (Carn Brea Hubb) 15.2 weeks
Chippenham 16.2 weeks
Yeovil 16.3 weeks
Weston-super-Mare 16.4 weeks
Taunton 16.9 weeks
Plymouth 17.0 weeks
Gloucester 17.2 weeks
Barnstaple 18.1 weeks
Poole 19.2 weeks
Swindon 19.4 weeks
Cheltenham 19.6 weeks
Bristol (Kingswood) 20.3 weeks

East of England

22 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Norwich (Jupiter Road) 4.9 weeks
Bury St Edmunds 8.4 weeks
Ipswich 9.1 weeks
Norwich (Peachman Way) 9.3 weeks
Basildon 12.1 weeks
Bedford (Manton Lane) 12.4 weeks
Kings Lynn 12.7 weeks
Peterborough 12.7 weeks
Lowestoft (Mobbs Way) 13.2 weeks
Southend-on-Sea 14.8 weeks
Tilbury 16.3 weeks
St Albans 16.4 weeks
Clacton-on- Sea 17.5 weeks
Watford 17.6 weeks
Bishops Stortford 17.7 weeks
Luton 17.9 weeks
Letchworth 18.6 weeks
Chelmsford 18.7 weeks
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road) 18.8 weeks
Stevenage 19.2 weeks
Cambridge (Brookmount Court) 20.2 weeks
Colchester 20.5 weeks

East Midlands

17 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Watnall (Nottingham) 5.0 weeks
Buxton 7.7 weeks
Grantham (Somerby) 8.5 weeks
Boston 8.9 weeks
Loughborough 11.2 weeks
Nottingham (Chilwell) 12.2 weeks
Leicester (Cannock Street) 12.7 weeks
Lincoln 13.0 weeks
Hinckley 13.8 weeks
Nottingham (Colwick) 14.3 weeks
Leicester (Wigston) 14.9 weeks
Chesterfield 15.5 weeks
Kettering 15.8 weeks
Northampton 19.5 weeks
Derby (Alvaston) 20.5 weeks
Worksop 21.5 weeks
Ashfield 22.1 weeks

West Midlands

23 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Stafford 7.7 weeks
Stoke on Trent (Cobridge) 8.1 weeks
Ludlow 9.3 weeks
Nuneaton 10.8 weeks
Warwick (Wedgenock House) 12.6 weeks
Telford 13.7 weeks
Redditch 14.2 weeks
Birmingham (Shirley) 14.9 weeks
Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme) 15.0 weeks
Coventry 15.1 weeks
Rugby 15.3 weeks
Burton on Trent 15.5 weeks
Shrewsbury 15.8 weeks
Wednesbury 16.4 weeks
Hereford 16.5 weeks
Worcester 16.5 weeks
Lichfield 17.0 weeks
Dudley 17.7 weeks
Birmingham (Kingstanding) 18.7 weeks
Birmingham (Garretts Green) 19.8 weeks
Wolverhampton 19.9 weeks
Birmingham (Kings Heath) 20.1 weeks
Birmingham (South Yardley) 21.2 weeks

Yorkshire

24 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Grimsby Coldwater 11.9 weeks
Bridlington 12.6 weeks
Scunthorpe 13.8 weeks
Scarborough 14.4 weeks
Pontefract 15.1 weeks
Northallerton 15.2 weeks
Doncaster 16.8 weeks
Huddersfield 17.1 weeks
Barnsley 17.3 weeks
Rotherham 17.5 weeks
Halifax 17.8 weeks
Knaresborough 18.1 weeks
Horsforth (Leeds) 18.3 weeks
Heckmondwike 19.0 weeks
York 19.0 weeks
Bradford (Heaton) 19.3 weeks
Hull 19.7 weeks
Skipton 20.0 weeks
Sheffield (Handsworth) 20.2 weeks
Featherstone 20.8 weeks
Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 22.2 weeks
Wakefield 22.4 weeks
Steeton 22.5 weeks
Bradford (Thornbury) 23.4 weeks

North West

29 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Macclesfield 6.0 weeks
Rochdale (Manchester) 10.6 weeks
Sale (Manchester) 10.6 weeks
Upton 10.7 weeks
Wallasey 10.8 weeks
Atherton (Manchester) 10.9 weeks
Chorley 10.9 weeks
Barrow In Furness 11.2 weeks
Crewe 11.2 weeks
Bury (Manchester) 11.5 weeks
Workington 11.5 weeks
Carlisle 11.9 weeks
Chadderton (Manchester) 13.1 weeks
Widnes (Liverpool) 13.9 weeks
Blackburn with Darwen 14.7 weeks
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 15.4 weeks
West Didsbury (Manchester) 16.0 weeks
Chester 16.3 weeks
Nelson 17.2 weeks
Speke (Liverpool) 17.2 weeks
St Helens (Liverpool) 17.6 weeks
Heysham 18.0 weeks
Preston 18.1 weeks
Bredbury (Manchester) 18.8 weeks
Southport (Liverpool) 18.9 weeks
Norris Green (Liverpool) 19.8 weeks
Warrington 21.6 weeks
Cheetham Hill (Manchester) 21.9 weeks
Bolton (Manchester) 23.3 weeks

North East

8 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Darlington 9.0 weeks
Gateshead (Newcastle) 12.0 weeks
Blyth 14.7 weeks
Gosforth 15.8 weeks
Hartlepool 16.8 weeks
Sunderland 17.6 weeks
Durham 18.1 weeks
Middlesbrough 18.3 weeks

Wales

16 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Cardigan 4.1 weeks
Carmarthen 4.5 weeks
Llanelli 6.1 weeks
Wrexham 6.2 weeks
Newtown 6.5 weeks
Pembroke Dock 6.7 weeks
Bangor 7.5 weeks
Bridgend 8.5 weeks
Llantrisant 8.5 weeks
Abergavenny 9.1 weeks
Merthyr Tydfil 9.2 weeks
Monmouth 9.4 weeks
Rhyl 9.9 weeks
Newport 11.6 weeks
Cardiff (Llanishen) 12.7 weeks
Swansea 13.8 weeks

Scotland

24 centres
Test Centre Average Wait
Inverness (Seafield Road) 6.0 weeks
Elgin 6.5 weeks
Peterhead 8.6 weeks
Galashiels 10.4 weeks
Dumfries 11.1 weeks
Perth (Arran Road) 12.2 weeks
Kirkcaldy 12.3 weeks
Livingston 13.6 weeks
Dundee 14.3 weeks
Stirling 14.5 weeks
Irvine 14.9 weeks
Aberdeen North 15.2 weeks
Aberdeen South (Cove) 16.0 weeks
Greenock 17.0 weeks
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) 17.6 weeks
Airdrie 19.3 weeks
Edinburgh (Currie) 19.9 weeks
Dumbarton 20.4 weeks
Paisley 21.0 weeks
Glasgow (Anniesland) 21.4 weeks
Glasgow (Baillieston) 22.5 weeks
Glasgow (Bishopbriggs) 22.9 weeks
Glasgow (Shieldhall) 23.0 weeks
Hamilton 23.2 weeks