Driving test centres in Manchester
2 DVSA car test centres in Manchester area, with 6 more within 30 km. Pass rates are for 2025/26; waits for August 2026.
Pass rate, Manchester
44.5%
GB 50.0%
Median wait
12.9weeks
GB 11.9
Tests a year
23,242
Where the odds are best in Manchester
Cheetham Hill (Manchester) tops the area at 44.7%, 0.4 points ahead of Atherton (Manchester) at 44.3%. The shortest wait is at Cheetham Hill (Manchester), where learners tested in Aug 2026 had booked a median of 10.4 weeks earlier. Taken together, Manchester's centres pass 44.5% of candidates, 5.5 points below the national figure.
Centres in Manchester
- Cheetham Hill (Manchester)Manchester · M8 0AL44.7%-5.3 vs GB10.4 wkswait
- Atherton (Manchester)Manchester · M46 0SU44.3%-5.7 vs GB15.3 wkswait
Within 30 km of Manchester
- Bolton (Manchester)Bolton · BL3 2AW · 6.4 km51.8%+1.8 vs GB16.2 wkswait
- Bury (Manchester)Bury · BL9 6HH · 11 km46.3%-3.7 vs GB7.6 wkswait
- Sale (Manchester)Sale · M33 7ER · 11 km51.4%+1.4 vs GB15.4 wkswait
- West Didsbury (Manchester)West Didsbury · M21 7QY · 13 km47.7%-2.3 vs GB22.6 wkswait
- ChaddertonOldham · OL9 9XA · 14 km46.8%-3.2 vs GB12 wkswait
- WarringtonWA2 9EP · 18 km55.5%+5.5 vs GB10.6 wkswait