Basingstoke driving test centre
Brighton Hill Centre, Basingstoke, RG22 4LR
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Key facts
- Basingstoke's pass rate was 56.8% in 2025/26 from 5,009 tests, 6.8 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 8 of 30 centres in South East (South East average 52.9%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 3.9 points above it.
- The rate has been stable since 2021/22, moving between 56.8% (2025/26) and 61.3% (2022/23).
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 19.6 weeks since booking (longer than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 13.2 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 12.1 weeks, so waits have grown by about 7.5 weeks.
- 43.7% of the standard slots in the booking window were still unbooked in August 2026, which usually means a cancellation or new date is realistic here.
Basingstoke is a roundabout town and the test centre sits inside it, at the Brighton Hill Centre on the south-western side. Twenty-one mini-roundabouts are mapped within two and a half kilometres of the centre, along with the bigger named ones at Thornycroft, Kempshott and Hatch Warren. The road pattern is a ring with spurs off it, so a route rarely runs for more than a minute or two without an entry decision to make. Nine in ten of the roads mapped around the centre are 30 mph, which sounds gentle and is not: the limit stays at 30 through junctions whose width invites more. The pass rate is well above the national average and among the higher ones in the South East. The wait is the price, and it has grown over the past year.
Drive the Basingstoke test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 56 km in all, with 28 roundabouts and 106 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Basingstoke; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Basingstoke from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 56 km · 106 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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- Route 1 · via Brighton Way12.7 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Winchester Road.12.7 km · 24 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Brighton Way11.2 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of The Harrow Way.11.2 km · 22 turns · 7 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Winchester Road10.7 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Ringway West.10.7 km · 23 turns · 7 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Brighton Way8.9 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 11 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Woods Lane.8.9 km · 24 turns · 4 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Farleigh Road12.3 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 3 left turns and a stretch of Brighton Way.12.3 km · 13 turns · 4 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
The loops on this page run between nine and thirteen kilometres and carry four to seven roundabouts each, but that count understates the junction work, because the mini-roundabouts between them are not in it. Winchester Road, Brighton Way and The Harrow Way take the bulk of the driving, with Ringway West on one of the longer loops.
Two things separate this from an ordinary 30 mph town test. The first is that mini-roundabouts come in quick succession on the residential distributor roads, so the exit of one is the approach to the next and there is no time to reset in between. The second is that estate roads often meet those distributors at a roundabout rather than at a T junction, which takes away the pause a normal junction gives you to look and think.
Right turns are heavily represented. One loop asks for eleven of them in under nine kilometres, and a right turn here usually means crossing a stream of traffic that is moving at the limit rather than crawling.
Woods Lane, Cliddesden Lane and the residential roads towards Kempshott are the likely places for a manoeuvre, with straight kerbs and parking down one side.
If you practise one thing before a Basingstoke test, make it the mini-roundabout: approach at a speed you can stop from, look right properly, and have the exit signal on before you are round it. That sequence turns up on all five loops, many times over.
Waiting time for a test at Basingstoke
Median weeks between booking and taking the test, for tests taken each month. Dashed line: GB median for August 2026.
| Month | Median wait | Weeks to free slots | Slots offered | Still free |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 19.6 | 13.2 | 31 | 43.7% |
| Jul 2026 | 19.6 | 9.5 | 31 | 46.4% |
| Jun 2026 | 18 | 16.4 | 18 | 43.6% |
| May 2026 | 18.9 | 14.5 | 28 | 46.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 31 | 50.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 17.1 | 22.8 | 32 | 46.4% |
Pass rate at Basingstoke, 2007/08 to 2025/26
Share of car tests passed each April-to-March year. Dashed line: Great Britain average for 2025/26.
Month by month, 2025/26
By year and gender
| Year | Tests | Pass rate | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5,009 | 56.8% | 57.0% | 56.5% |
| 2024/25 | 4,940 | 56.9% | 58.5% | 54.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4,792 | 58.0% | 59.5% | 56.2% |
| 2022/23 | 4,214 | 61.3% | 64.2% | 58.3% |
| 2021/22 | 4,388 | 58.7% | 60.4% | 56.9% |
| 2020/21 | 1,415 | 56.0% | 58.5% | 53.7% |
| 2019/20 | 4,558 | 49.7% | 54.6% | 45.3% |
| 2018/19 | 4,463 | 50.5% | 54.4% | 47.3% |
South East average 52.9% · GB 50%
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Test day at Basingstoke
The address is the Brighton Hill Centre, on the south-western edge of town. Give yourself a few minutes to find the right unit rather than assuming the first door you see is the one. The centre is a good way from Basingstoke station, about three kilometres, so arriving by train needs a bus or a lift at the other end.
On access, GOV.UK publishes only that DVSA will make arrangements for candidates with a disability. There is no statement of wheelchair access for this centre, so if you need to know what the entrance is like, ring the booking line before the day rather than finding out on it. Toilets and a waiting area are not published either. Most units of this kind have both, but treat that as typical rather than confirmed.
Parking is the usual unknown. The record does not mention candidate bays, so instructors normally park nearby and walk in rather than counting on a space at the door.
The centre runs car tests and ADI part 3. It does not do motorcycle or lorry tests, so check the test type when you book. Booking, moving and cancelling go through GOV.UK and nowhere else.
What DVSA publishes about Basingstoke
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.
Other tests at Basingstoke
This centre is not car only. DVSA publishes results for these categories separately, and they are taken by different candidates on different vehicles, so the rates are not comparable with the car figure above.
Learner reports from Basingstoke
No reports yet for this centre. If you tested here, the first one is yours to write.
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 Basingstoke.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Brighton Hill CentreBasingstoke RG22 4LR
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
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- WinchesterSO23 9SY · 26 km52.2%+2.2 vs GB7.1 wkswait
- GuildfordGU1 1SA · 38 km57.1%+7.1 vs GB9.6 wkswait
Questions learners ask about Basingstoke
- Is Basingstoke an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 56.8% of car tests were passed there in 2025/26, against 50.0% nationally. Pass rates reflect the local roads and who takes tests there as much as the examiners, so treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Basingstoke?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Basingstoke was 19.6 weeks, and you had to look about 13.2 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 Basingstoke driving test centre?
- Basingstoke test centre is at Brighton Hill Centre, Basingstoke, RG22 4LR. 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 Basingstoke do a year?
- 5,009 car tests were conducted at Basingstoke in 2025/26, of which 2,844 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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