Driving test centres in North West
31 DVSA car test centres in the North West region. Pass rates are for 2025/26; waits for August 2026.
Pass rate, North West
49.0%
GB 50.0%
Median wait
12.1weeks
GB 11.9
Tests a year
256,739
Where the odds are best in North West
Barrow In Furness tops the region at 69.6%, 31.8 points ahead of Norris Green (Liverpool) at 37.8%. The shortest wait is at Barrow In Furness, where learners tested in Aug 2026 had booked a median of 4.4 weeks earlier. Taken together, North West's centres pass 49.0% of candidates, 1 points below the national figure.
All centres in North West
- Barrow In FurnessBarrow-In-Furness · LA14 2PN69.6%+19.6 vs GB4.4 wkswait
- Kendal (Oxenholme Road)Kendal · LA9 7RL65.1%+15.1 vs GB10.7 wkswait
- WorkingtonCumberland · CA14 3YJ61.9%+11.9 vs GB10.9 wkswait
- HeyshamLA3 2UZ59.2%+9.2 vs GB18.1 wkswait
- CarlisleCA2 7AF58.7%+8.7 vs GB8.4 wkswait
- NorthwichCW8 4BU57.6%+7.6 vs GB19.1 wkswait
- Southport (Liverpool)Southport · PR8 1HE56.5%+6.5 vs GB16.9 wkswait
- PrestonPR2 2PD56.3%+6.3 vs GB18.4 wkswait
- Bredbury (Manchester)Stockport · SK6 2QT56.0%+6.0 vs GB17.1 wkswait
- WarringtonWA2 9EP55.5%+5.5 vs GB10.6 wkswait
- WallaseyCH44 8AT54.3%+4.3 vs GB20.5 wkswait
- ChorleyPR6 0BT52.8%+2.8 vs GB12 wkswait
- UptonCH49 0UF52.6%+2.6 vs GB12.1 wkswait
- MacclesfieldSK10 1JQ51.9%+1.9 vs GB21.4 wkswait
- BlackpoolFylde · FY4 2DP51.8%+1.8 vs GB8.9 wkswait
- Bolton (Manchester)Bolton · BL3 2AW51.8%+1.8 vs GB16.2 wkswait
- NelsonBB9 9BT51.7%+1.7 vs GB19.7 wkswait
- Sale (Manchester)Sale · M33 7ER51.4%+1.4 vs GB15.4 wkswait
- Rochdale (Manchester)Rochdale · OL16 5EB48.3%-1.7 vs GB9.1 wkswait
- West Didsbury (Manchester)West Didsbury · M21 7QY47.7%-2.3 vs GB22.6 wkswait
- ChesterCH1 6LT47.3%-2.7 vs GB14.4 wkswait
- ChaddertonOldham · OL9 9XA46.8%-3.2 vs GB12 wkswait
- Blackburn with DarwenDarwen · BB3 0DB46.6%-3.4 vs GB8.6 wkswait
- Bury (Manchester)Bury · BL9 6HH46.3%-3.7 vs GB7.6 wkswait
- 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
- CreweCW2 7LL43.8%-6.2 vs GB16 wkswait
- Widnes (Liverpool)Widnes · WA8 8PT42.7%-7.3 vs GB6.9 wkswait
- St Helens (Liverpool)Liverpool · WA9 1NS40.9%-9.1 vs GB6.6 wkswait
- Speke (Liverpool)Liverpool · L19 2QR40.5%-9.5 vs GB8.3 wkswait
- Norris Green (Liverpool)Norris Green · L11 5BR37.8%-12.2 vs GB15.3 wkswait