Driving test centres for SS postcodes
The SS postcode area covers Southend-on-Sea and its surroundings. It has 2 DVSA car test centres, and 6 more sit within 35 km of the area’s centre. Pass rates are for 2025/26; waits for August 2026. The highest pass rate within reach is Gillingham at 56.4%, 7.3 points above the best in-area option, Basildon.
In the SS area
- BasildonSS14 3JS49.1%-0.9 vs GB4.8 wkswait
- Southend-on-SeaSS2 6LL47.0%-3.0 vs GB7.5 wkswait
Within 35 km
- TilburyRM18 7AE · 21 km50.4%+0.4 vs GB7.1 wkswait
- Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)Chelmsford · CM1 2PZ · 21 km55.4%+5.4 vs GB17 wkswait
- Brentwood (London)Brentwood · CM14 5JN · 21 km48.5%-1.5 vs GB3.6 wkswait
- GillinghamME8 0EZ · 23 km56.4%+6.4 vs GB9.9 wkswait
- Hornchurch (London)Romford · RM12 6JX · 26 km46.3%-3.7 vs GB23 wkswait
- Erith (London)Erith · DA17 6LJ · 31 km51.6%+1.6 vs GB7 wkswait