Chorley driving test centre
Rossall Road, Chorley, PR6 0BT
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Key facts
- Chorley's pass rate was 52.8% in 2025/26 from 5,415 tests, 2.8 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 12 of 31 centres in North West (North West average 49.0%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 3.8 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 4.5 points, from 57.3% to 52.8%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 12 weeks since booking; the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 23.8 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 9.2 weeks, so waits have grown by about 2.8 weeks.
- 21.5% 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.
The shortest of the practice loops on this page is 8.8 km long and has thirteen roundabouts in it. That is the rhythm of a Chorley test: give way, choose a lane, move off, do it again. Fourteen mini-roundabouts sit within a mile and a half of the centre on Rossall Road, so a good share of those are the small painted kind that come up before you have finished reading the road.
The limits are low to match. Roughly two thirds of the roads tagged near the centre carry a 20 mph limit and most of the rest are 30. Chorley station is under half a mile away, which makes this one of the easier centres to reach without a car. The pass rate is above the national average, though it has slipped since 2021.
Drive the Chorley test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 53 km in all, with 44 roundabouts and 113 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Chorley; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Chorley from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 53 km · 113 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 Froom Street8.8 km loop with 13 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Eaves Lane.8.8 km · 25 turns · 13 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Millennium Way10.9 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Park Road.10.9 km · 20 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Higher House Lane10.9 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Eaves Lane.10.9 km · 26 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Eaves Lane12.4 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Euxton Lane.12.4 km · 20 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Eaves Lane10.3 km loop with 9 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Crosse Hall Lane.10.3 km · 22 turns · 9 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Roundabouts are the shape of a Chorley test. Fourteen mini-roundabouts sit within a mile and a half of the centre, alongside thirty-one sets of traffic signals, and the loops pick up a good share of both. The shortest loop, 8.8 km, has thirteen roundabout entries. The longest, 12.4 km out towards Euxton, has eight. Either way you are giving way, reading a wide entry and choosing a lane every few hundred metres.
The streets the loops lean on are Eaves Lane, Rossall Road, Preston Street, Harpers Lane, Park Road and Millennium Way. Around two thirds of the roads tagged near the centre are 20 mph, with most of the rest at 30, so the fault this produces is not speeding on an open road. It is carrying a 30 into a 20 that began at a side turning you were not watching.
There is no dual carriageway near the centre and no level crossing, so this is not a test that asks you to join fast traffic and settle into it. What it asks instead is patience: repeated give ways, short gaps, and estate roads narrow enough that oncoming traffic has to be managed. Twenty-nine schools sit inside the area the loops cover, so an afternoon slot brings the school run with it.
Manoeuvres are usually set on the quieter residential streets rather than on the through routes. If you practise one thing, make it the mini-roundabout. Signal for the exit, keep the wheels off the painted circle if the car will fit round it, and do not roll towards the give way line while you are still looking right.
Pass rate at Chorley, 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 | 5,415 | 52.8% | 52.5% | 53.2% |
| 2024/25 | 5,257 | 48.3% | 47.6% | 49.2% |
| 2023/24 | 3,527 | 56.2% | 57.1% | 55.0% |
| 2022/23 | 3,393 | 57.8% | 58.4% | 57.1% |
| 2021/22 | 3,943 | 57.3% | 58.4% | 56.0% |
| 2020/21 | 1,285 | 55.0% | 58.2% | 51.8% |
| 2019/20 | 3,496 | 56.9% | 59.2% | 54.7% |
| 2018/19 | 3,109 | 57.5% | 59.8% | 55.1% |
North West average 49% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Chorley
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 | 12 | 23.8 | 40 | 21.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 23.3% |
| Jun 2026 | 11.1 | 23 | 35 | 21.9% |
| May 2026 | 8.8 | 23 | 45 | 24.9% |
| Apr 2026 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 32 | 33.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 16.4 | 24 | 33 | 35.9% |
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Test day at Chorley
The centre is on Rossall Road, in a residential part of Chorley rather than on a business park. Chorley station is under half a mile away, so arriving by train and meeting an instructor at the door is realistic here in a way it is not at most centres.
DVSA publishes that you can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair. It publishes nothing about candidate parking or the waiting room. On a residential street of this kind, expect to leave the car on the road and walk the last part, and give yourself a few minutes to do it. That is what is typical, not something confirmed for Rossall Road.
Car tests are held here, along with ADI part 3. There are no motorcycle tests and no ADI part 2 at Chorley. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled through GOV.UK and nowhere else.
Ten minutes before your slot is early enough. The examiner calls you by name, checks your licence and asks you to sign the declaration confirming the car is insured for the test. The eyesight check is done outside at the roadside, reading a number plate, before either of you gets in.
What DVSA publishes about Chorley
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
- DVSA states you can access this centre in a wheelchair.
Other tests at Chorley
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 Chorley
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 Chorley.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Rossall RoadChorley PR6 0BT
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Chorley
- Is Chorley an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 52.8% 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 Chorley?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Chorley was 12 weeks, and you had to look about 23.8 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 Chorley driving test centre?
- Chorley test centre is at Rossall Road, Chorley, PR6 0BT. 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 Chorley do a year?
- 5,415 car tests were conducted at Chorley in 2025/26, of which 2,860 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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