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Blackpool driving test centre

Unit 8, The Pavillions, Avroe Crescent, Blackpool, Fylde, FY4 2DP

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Pass rate 2025/26
51.8%
GB 50.0% · North West 49.0%
Median wait, Aug 2026
8.9weeks
Free slots 14.2 weeks ahead
Tests a year
8,948
4,633 passed

Key facts

  • Blackpool's pass rate was 51.8% in 2025/26 from 8,948 tests, 1.8 points above the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 15 of 31 centres in North West (North West average 49.0%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 2.8 points above it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 4 points, from 47.8% to 51.8%.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 8.9 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 14.2 weeks ahead.

Blackpool is one of the easier centres in the North West to get a date at. A third of the standard slots in the booking window were still free in the summer, the median wait sat under nine weeks against a national figure of about twelve, and the pass rate has climbed four points since 2021. None of that is true of Preston or Southport up the coast, where the pass rates are higher but the waits are roughly twice as long. The test itself is not a promenade test. The centre sits at the south end of the town by the airport, and the loops run into the residential grid of St Annes rather than along the front, so trams and holiday traffic are barely part of it.

Drive the Blackpool test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 50 km in all, with 9 roundabouts and 85 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Blackpool; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

Drive all 5 loops around Blackpool 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 · 85 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 Clifton Drive North
    11.4 km loop with 1 roundabout, 10 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Queensway.
    11.4 km · 15 turns · 1 roundabout
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  2. Route 2 · via Squires Gate Lane
    8.5 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Clifton Drive North.
    8.5 km · 23 turns · 2 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via Amy Johnson Way
    5.5 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Squires Gate Lane.
    5.5 km · 19 turns · 4 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Clifton Drive North
    11.2 km loop with 1 roundabout, 9 right turns, 2 left turns and a stretch of Queensway.
    11.2 km · 12 turns · 1 roundabout
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  5. Route 5 · via Queensway
    13.3 km loop with 1 roundabout, 7 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Blackpool Road North.
    13.3 km · 16 turns · 1 roundabout
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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.

Mini-roundabouts are the signature of this area. There are 17 of them in the streets the loops use, against only two conventional roundabouts, Royal Oak on Common Edge Road and the one at Parkinson Way. Any test from here is likely to meet several in a row, and the faults they produce are always the same two: no signal on the exit, and a wheel across the painted circle when the road looks empty.

The other thing to know is the speed limit. Around 55 per cent of the tagged streets within a mile and a half of the centre are 20 mph, and only 6 per cent run at 40. That is a low-speed test with a lot of junctions in it, which is harder than it sounds. Holding 20 without drifting takes deliberate work, and examiners see the drift on every straight.

Squires Gate Lane and Clifton Drive North are the two roads that break the pattern. Both are wider, both carry buses, and both feed the residential streets where manoeuvres are usually asked for: Abbey Road, Headroomgate Road, Highbury Road East and the smaller roads off St Annes Road. Fletcher Drive and Christal Avenue are the same kind of street on the Blackpool side, while Amy Johnson Way and Avroe Crescent are the wide, quiet estate roads at the door, so the drive normally starts calmly. There is one level crossing inside the area the routes cover; stop behind the line if the lights start, and do not try to beat the barrier.

Pass rate at Blackpool, 2007/08 to 2025/26

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

35%45%55%GB 50%51.8%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%30%60%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/268,94851.8%51.6%52.0%
2024/256,27149.6%49.7%49.4%
2023/246,86240.8%40.9%40.7%
2022/237,11245.0%46.8%43.0%
2021/227,17147.8%50.5%45.1%
2020/211,91948.0%52.0%44.0%
2019/206,42346.5%50.6%42.6%
2018/196,85045.7%49.0%42.4%

North West average 49% · GB 50%

Waiting time for a test at Blackpool

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

07.515GB 11.9 wks8.9Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 20268.914.2437.4%
Jul 20268.912.3459.2%
Jun 20268.916.6457.7%
May 20261018.54214.7%
Apr 20269.119.54114.1%
Mar 20268.419.2458.2%

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Test day at Blackpool

The centre moved in April 2026, and getting that right matters more here than at most centres. Tests now run from Unit 8 in The Pavilions on Avroe Crescent, on the business area beside Blackpool Airport at Squires Gate. A lot of older listings, and some sat navs, still point at the previous site on the other side of town. Set the postcode, check the unit number, and do not trust a page you found last year.

The address is easier to find than the door. Units here look alike, so allow a couple of minutes to walk the row rather than arriving on the hour and hunting.

Parking for candidates is not something DVSA publishes for this site. On an estate unit of this kind there are normally shared bays for the whole terrace rather than reserved test centre spaces, so treat a space as likely rather than promised and let your instructor decide where to leave the car.

DVSA does confirm you can get into this centre if you use a wheelchair. Car tests, motorcycle module 2 and ADI part 3 are conducted here. Booking, moving and cancelling a test is done only through GOV.UK.

What DVSA publishes about Blackpool

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

Tests conducted here
carmotorcycle module 2 (on-road)ADI part 3
Wheelchair access
DVSA states you can access this centre in a wheelchair.
On the day
Blackpool Test Centre is moving to a new site. From Wednesday 15th April 2026 all tests will be conducted from: Unit 8, The Pavillions, Avroe Crescent, Blackpool FY4 2DP

Other tests at Blackpool

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.

Motorcycle

Module 2 2018/19
72.3%65 tests

Year by year at this site

Learner reports from Blackpool

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 Blackpool.

  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

Unit 8, The Pavillions, Avroe Crescent, Blackpool
Fylde FY4 2DP

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

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Questions learners ask about Blackpool

Is Blackpool an easy test centre?
By the numbers, yes: 51.8% 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 Blackpool?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Blackpool was 8.9 weeks, and you had to look about 14.2 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 Blackpool driving test centre?
Blackpool test centre is at Unit 8, The Pavillions, Avroe Crescent, Blackpool, Fylde, FY4 2DP. 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 Blackpool do a year?
8,948 car tests were conducted at Blackpool in 2025/26, of which 4,633 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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