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Ashford driving test centre

DVSA name: Ashford (London Middlesex) · 18/19 Fir Tree Place, Church Road, Ashford, TW15 2PJ

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Pass rate 2021/22
50.5%
GB 50.0% · South East 52.9%
Median wait, Mar 2022
21.4weeks
Free slots 24 weeks ahead
Tests a year
4,429
2,238 passed

Key facts

  • Ashford's pass rate was 50.5% in 2021/22 from 4,429 tests, in line with the national average of 50.0%.
  • The rate has been stable since 2017/18, moving between 48.5% (2019/20) and 51.2% (2020/21).
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in March 2022 had waited a median of 21.4 weeks since booking (longer than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 24 weeks ahead.
  • 50.2% of the standard slots in the booking window were still unbooked in March 2022, which usually means a cancellation or new date is realistic here.

Ashford's most recent published pass rate is 50.5 per cent, in line with the national average — but that figure is from 2021/22, the last full year DVSA has published for this centre. Treat it as background rather than as this year's form. What is current is the road picture. The practice loops on this page are town driving almost throughout, eighty-two per cent of the distance at 30 mph, with six named roundabouts, eight mini-roundabouts and twenty-five pieces of traffic calming across fifty kilometres. Seven A and B roads run through the set, which is more than most centres this size.

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5 loops from the centre, 50 km in all, with 22 roundabouts and 111 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Ashford; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

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Drive all 5 loops around Ashford from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.

  • 5 routes · 50 km · 111 marked turns
  • Examiner-style marking on signalling and observation
  • Street View tour of each route
  • Every roundabout and junction, in the order you'll meet them
  • The four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios, included
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  1. Route 1 · via Stanwell Road
    11.0 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Church Road.
    11.0 km · 23 turns · 3 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Feltham Road
    12.0 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 11 right turns, 12 left turns and a stretch of Stanwell Road.
    12.0 km · 27 turns · 4 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via Clockhouse Lane
    8.7 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Fordbridge Road.
    8.7 km · 18 turns · 6 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Stanwell Road
    11.2 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 11 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Staines Road.
    11.2 km · 25 turns · 5 roundabouts
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  5. Route 5 · via Church Road
    6.7 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Convent Road.
    6.7 km · 18 turns · 4 roundabouts
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The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.

Almost all of a test here is at town speed. Eighty-two per cent of the distance is at 30 mph, twelve per cent at 40 and six per cent at 50 — there is no 20 zone anywhere on the set, and no long fast stretch either.

The junction work splits between roundabouts and ordinary turns. Six named roundabouts — Convent Road, Church Road, Feltham Road, Kingston Road, Fordbridge Road and Clockhouse Lane — plus eight mini-roundabouts, with each of the five practice loops on this page carrying three to six of them. Fifteen give-way junctions sit alongside.

There are fifteen sets of traffic signals and fifteen signalled crossings, against a single zebra crossing on the whole set. Twenty-five pieces of traffic calming means humps are a regular feature of the residential sections.

The turning is heavy for the distance: eleven right turns and twelve lefts on the longest loop, in twelve kilometres.

The A30, A244, A308 and A315 all appear, with the B377, B378 and B3003, and there is a dual-carriageway section. Church Road, Convent Road, Elmcroft Drive, Stanwell Road, Fordbridge Road, Town Tree Road, Kingston Road, Clockhouse Lane, Feltham Hill Road, Ashford Road, Staines Road and Chertsey Road carry the driving. There are no level crossings, and twenty schools in the area.

Waiting time for a test at Ashford

Median weeks between booking and taking the test, for tests taken each month. Dashed line: GB median for August 2026.

02040GB 11.9 wks21.4Apr 2019Dec 2019Sep 2020Jun 2021Mar 2022
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Mar 202221.4243650.2%
Feb 202223242362.7%
Jan 202222.3242855.2%
Dec 202119.919.52244.2%
Nov 20212119.41949.4%
Oct 202120.310.82245.9%

Pass rate at Ashford, 2013/14 to 2021/22

Share of car tests passed each April-to-March year. Dashed line: Great Britain average for 2025/26.

45%50%55%GB 50%50.5%13/1417/1821/22

Month by month, 2021/22

0%40%80%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2021/224,42950.5%51.5%49.4%
2020/211,33851.2%52.6%49.7%
2019/205,63648.5%51.8%45.4%
2018/196,36549.0%51.2%47.1%
2017/186,73650.8%53.1%48.8%
2016/175,84647.5%49.9%45.4%
2015/166,96048.6%50.8%46.5%
2014/157,45849.6%52.2%47.2%

South East average 52.9% · GB 50%

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Test day at Ashford

The centre is at 18/19 Fir Tree Place, Church Road, TW15 2PJ. Car tests and ADI part 3 run from here. DVSA says it will make arrangements at this test centre for candidates with a disability, so ask when you book rather than on the day.

Ashford station is 600 metres away.

Nothing is published about parking. Fir Tree Place sits off Church Road in a residential part of town, so instructors use the surrounding streets.

On waiting times, the published figure for this centre is old — a median of 21.4 weeks for tests taken in March 2022. It is not a guide to what you would wait today, and the only reliable check is the booking service itself.

The nearby centres do have current figures. Chertsey is six kilometres away, passes 52.9 per cent and was waiting 15.6 weeks. Slough is ten kilometres out at 50.8 per cent with a six-week wait, the shortest queue in reach. Isleworth (Fleming Way) is 50.4 per cent and 16.3 weeks.

Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK.

What DVSA publishes about Ashford

Taken from the GOV.UK test centre finder, checked 3 September 2026. Where DVSA says nothing, this site says nothing.

Tests conducted here
carADI part 3
Wheelchair access
Not published. DVSA says it will make arrangements for candidates with a disability, which is not the same as step-free access. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from Ashford

No reports yet for this centre. If you tested here, the first one is yours to write.

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What examiners mark most often

DVSA does not publish faults by centre, but it does publish them nationally. These collected the most marks across every car test in Great Britain in 2025/26, and they are the same ones you will be marked on at Ashford.

  1. 1Junctions - observation
  2. 2Mirrors - change direction
  3. 3Junctions - turning right
  4. 4Response to signs - traffic lights
  5. 5Control - steering
  6. 6Move off - safely

All ten, and what each one means

Getting there

18/19 Fir Tree Place, Church Road
Ashford TW15 2PJ

Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK

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Questions learners ask about Ashford

Is Ashford an easy test centre?
It is close to the national average: 50.5% of tests were passed in 2021/22 against 50.0% across Great Britain.
How long is the wait for a driving test at Ashford?
In March 2022 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Ashford was 21.4 weeks, and you had to look about 24 weeks ahead to find a week with at least 10% of slots free. DVSA publishes this monthly; the figure above updates when they do.
Where is Ashford driving test centre?
Ashford test centre is at 18/19 Fir Tree Place, Church Road, Ashford, TW15 2PJ. Arrive at least 10 minutes early with your provisional licence; parking rules vary by centre, so check the learner reports below.
How many driving tests does Ashford do a year?
4,429 car tests were conducted at Ashford in 2021/22, of which 2,238 were passed.

Source: DVSA tables DRT122A (pass rates by centre and month) and DRT122F (waiting times and availability), Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRank adds the comparisons and rankings.

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