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Dunfermline driving test centre

Vine Conference Centre, 131 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline, KY11 4JU

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Pass rate 2025/26
36.4%
GB 50.0% · Scotland 49.3%
Median wait, Aug 2026
15.1weeks
Free slots 24 weeks ahead
Tests a year
5,529
2,012 passed

Key facts

  • Dunfermline's pass rate was 36.4% in 2025/26 from 5,529 tests, 13.6 points below the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 67 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), one of the lower pass rates in the region, 12.9 points below it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 15.9 points, from 52.3% to 36.4%.
  • Male candidates passed at 33.3% and female candidates at 40.6%, a gap of 7.3 points, wider than at most centres.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 15.1 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.
  • A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 8.7 weeks, so waits have grown by about 6.4 weeks.

Seven roads in ten around this centre carry a 20 mph limit, and twenty-seven mini-roundabouts sit within a mile and a half of the door. Scotland has not adopted a national 20 mph default, so every one of those limits is signed street by street and it is on you to read them. That combination, slow limits and constant small junctions, is a hard one for a candidate who has practised mainly on open roads.

It shows in the figures. Dunfermline has the lowest pass rate of the sixty-seven test centres in Scotland and it has fallen a long way since 2021. Worth knowing before you book, not to put you off, but because it should change how you prepare. The centre works out of the Vine Conference Centre on Garvock Hill, a short walk from Dunfermline Queen Margaret station.

Drive the Dunfermline test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 51 km in all, with 24 roundabouts and 150 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Dunfermline; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

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

  • 5 routes · 51 km · 150 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 Halbeath Road
    9.3 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Blacklaw Road.
    9.3 km · 30 turns · 10 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Robertson Road
    12.2 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Whitefield Road.
    12.2 km · 31 turns · 10 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via Linburn Road
    10.2 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 13 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Whitefield Road.
    10.2 km · 24 turns · 2 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Halbeath Road
    10.2 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 12 right turns, 14 left turns and a stretch of Garvock Bank.
    10.2 km · 28 turns · 2 roundabouts
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  5. Route 5 · via Linburn Road
    9.4 km loop with 19 right turns, 18 left turns and a stretch of Whitefield Road.
    9.4 km · 37 turns
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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.

Two different tests live in these loops. Two of them are roundabout drives, with ten roundabout entries in nine or twelve kilometres. The other three barely touch a roundabout at all. One 9.4 km loop has none, and gives you nineteen right turns and eighteen left instead. If that is the shape your test takes, the whole hour is junction work, and a right turn out of a residential street is where most of the marks go.

Mini-roundabouts are the local speciality. Twenty-seven sit within a mile and a half of the centre, a lot for a town this size. They are small enough to be crossed rather than driven round, and that is precisely the habit an examiner is watching for. Signal for the exit, give way to the right, and go round the circle if the car will fit.

The limits are low and unforgiving. Seven roads in ten near the centre are 20 mph and most of the rest are 30. Because Scotland has no national 20 mph default, every change is signed individually, often at a side turning, and the sign is easy to miss while you are hunting for a road name. Halbeath Road, Whitefield Road, Linburn Road and Woodmill Road are the through routes the loops use, and Garvock Hill and Garvock Bank bring you back to the door.

One level crossing sits in the area the loops cover, and nineteen schools. Given the pass rate here, treat a Dunfermline test as one that rewards over-preparation on limits and observation rather than on manoeuvres.

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

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

30%45%60%GB 50%36.4%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%25%50%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/265,52936.4%33.3%40.6%
2024/254,42243.3%42.5%44.2%
2023/244,22145.6%45.0%46.1%
2022/233,07646.6%47.6%45.6%
2021/222,55152.3%54.3%50.5%
2020/2165454.0%57.0%51.4%
2019/202,16050.5%51.9%49.3%
2018/193,04047.6%49.5%46.0%

Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%

Waiting time for a test at Dunfermline

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

01020GB 11.9 wks15.1Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202615.1243336.4%
Jul 202615.1243236.4%
Jun 202614.9243335.4%
May 202612.1243432.1%
Apr 202612.6243229.3%
Mar 202612.220.24031.3%

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Test day at Dunfermline

The centre operates from the Vine Conference Centre at 131 Garvock Hill. That means you are looking for a shared building with other things going on inside it, not a DVSA unit on an industrial estate, so allow a little time to find the right door.

GOV.UK publishes no accessibility line for Dunfermline. If you use a wheelchair or need arrangements made for a disability, contact DVSA before the day rather than assuming. Nothing is published about candidate parking or the waiting room either. A shared venue of this kind normally has a car park serving the whole building rather than bays kept for candidates, so arrive with time to find a space. That is typical rather than confirmed.

Car tests are held here, along with ADI part 2 and ADI part 3. There are no motorcycle tests at Dunfermline. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK.

Dunfermline Queen Margaret station is about half a kilometre away, which makes this one of the easier centres to reach by train. 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 on Garvock Hill before you get in.

What DVSA publishes about Dunfermline

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 2ADI part 3
Wheelchair access
Not published. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from Dunfermline

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 Dunfermline.

  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

Vine Conference Centre, 131 Garvock Hill
Dunfermline KY11 4JU

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

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Questions learners ask about Dunfermline

Is Dunfermline an easy test centre?
Its 36.4% pass rate in 2025/26 is below the 50.0% national average. Busy urban roads and complex junctions usually explain lower rates; knowing the local routes closes most of that gap.
How long is the wait for a driving test at Dunfermline?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Dunfermline was 15.1 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 Dunfermline driving test centre?
Dunfermline test centre is at Vine Conference Centre, 131 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline, KY11 4JU. 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 Dunfermline do a year?
5,529 car tests were conducted at Dunfermline in 2025/26, of which 2,012 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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