Driving test centres in Wales
21 DVSA car test centres in the Wales region. Pass rates are for 2025/26; waits for August 2026.
Pass rate, Wales
52.4%
GB 50.0%
Median wait
8.9weeks
GB 11.9
Tests a year
96,367
Where the odds are best in Wales
Pwllheli tops the region at 68.1%, 27.1 points ahead of Cardigan at 41%. The shortest wait is at Llanelli, where learners tested in Aug 2026 had booked a median of 5.4 weeks earlier. Taken together, Wales's centres pass 52.4% of candidates, 2.4 points above the national figure.
All centres in Wales
- PwllheliLL53 5NT68.1%+18.1 vs GB12.7 wkswait
- AbergavennyNP7 5HT64.2%+14.2 vs GB5.9 wkswait
- BangorLL57 4YH62.2%+12.2 vs GB11.9 wkswait
- BalaLL23 7SP61.6%+11.6 vs GB11.4 wkswait
- BreconLD3 7RT58.7%+8.7 vs GB6.9 wkswait
- NewtownSY16 1JB58.0%+8.0 vs GB14 wkswait
- BarryCF62 5QN57.0%+7.0 vs GB10 wkswait
- RhylLL18 2EL56.9%+6.9 vs GB6 wkswait
- Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)Aberystwyth · SY23 1PG55.1%+5.1 vs GB10.6 wkswait
- CarmarthenSA31 1LP54.2%+4.2 vs GB9.7 wkswait
- LlantrisantCF72 8YR54.0%+4.0 vs GB8.6 wkswait
- BridgendCF31 4AD53.3%+3.3 vs GB5.7 wkswait
- WrexhamLL13 7YP51.9%+1.9 vs GB7 wkswait
- Merthyr TydfilCF48 4DR51.2%+1.2 vs GB8.9 wkswait
- LlanelliSA15 3SB51.0%+1.0 vs GB5.4 wkswait
- MonmouthNP25 3DP51.0%+1.0 vs GB11.6 wkswait
- Pembroke DockSA72 6TD50.1%+0.1 vs GB13.8 wkswait
- Newport (Gwent)Newport · NP19 4XH48.9%-1.1 vs GB6.2 wkswait
- SwanseaSA1 8QY48.2%-1.8 vs GB5.9 wkswait
- Cardiff (Llanishen)Cardiff · CF14 5GF46.5%-3.5 vs GB11.1 wkswait
- CardiganSA43 1ED41.0%-9.0 vs GB7.1 wkswait