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East Kilbride driving test centre

John Wright Sports Centre, Calderwood Road, East Kilbride, G74 3EU

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Pass rate 2025/26
57.7%
GB 50.0% · Scotland 49.3%
Median wait, Aug 2026
18.3weeks
Free slots 24 weeks ahead
Tests a year
1,976
1,140 passed

Key facts

  • East Kilbride's pass rate was 57.7% in 2025/26 from 1,976 tests, 7.7 points above the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 29 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 8.4 points above it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 11.2 points, from 46.5% to 57.7%.
  • Male candidates passed at 55.7% and female candidates at 59.8%, a gap of 4.1 points.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 18.3 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 11.4 weeks, so waits have grown by about 6.9 weeks.

East Kilbride was laid out around roundabouts, and its driving test is too. There are 29 mini-roundabouts and eight named roundabouts within a mile and a half of the centre, and the practice loops on this page carry between eight and twelve roundabouts each. Whitemoss, Birniehill, The Murray, Righead and Greenhills come up again and again. The centre itself is unusual: it is inside the John Wright Sports Centre on Calderwood Road, in the middle of the town rather than on an industrial estate, so the drive begins in traffic instead of easing into it from a quiet yard. Pass rates here are well above the Scottish average and have been climbing for four years, which is not what most candidates expect from a town with this many junctions.

Drive the East Kilbride test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 50 km in all, with 48 roundabouts and 135 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of East Kilbride; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

Drive all 5 loops around East Kilbride 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 · 135 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 Blacklaw Drive
    9.4 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 13 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of High Common Road.
    9.4 km · 28 turns · 10 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via St Leonards Road
    9.5 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of High Common Road.
    9.5 km · 28 turns · 8 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via West Mains Road
    12.4 km loop with 12 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Strathaven Road.
    12.4 km · 28 turns · 12 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Calderwood Road
    8.9 km loop with 9 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of High Common Road.
    8.9 km · 26 turns · 9 roundabouts
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  5. Route 5 · via Kingsway
    9.5 km loop with 9 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of East Mains Road.
    9.5 km · 25 turns · 9 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.

The town is built as a set of distributor roads with roundabouts where they meet, and about one road in nine near the centre carries a 50 mph limit, which is high for a town test. That combination is what makes East Kilbride distinctive. You leave a 30 mph residential street, join a faster distributor, and meet a roundabout within a few hundred metres.

The ones worth knowing before the day:

  • Whitemoss and Birniehill, on the routes east of the centre.
  • The Murray Roundabout, where the residential streets meet the through route.
  • Righead and The Centre, closest to the shops and busiest around lunchtime.
  • Greenhills and Stroud, on the southern loops, taken at higher approach speeds.

Lane discipline is the single biggest source of faults. Choose the lane early, hold it through the roundabout, and signal out as you pass the exit before yours.

Away from the distributors, Calderwood Road, St Leonards Road, High Common Road, West Mains Road and East Mains Road do the ordinary work: 30 mph, side turnings, parked cars, and 23 schools within the same radius. Manoeuvres are usually set on the quieter streets off these, where the road is wide enough to reverse without blocking traffic but there are enough parked cars to make the reference points harder. Only about 9 per cent of the roads around the centre are 20 mph, so unlike most Scottish town tests there is very little of the 30-to-20 transition work that catches people out elsewhere.

Waiting time for a test at East Kilbride

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

012.525GB 11.9 wks18.3Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202618.3242250.3%
Jul 202618.3242543.8%
Jun 202620241748.5%
May 202621.6241552%
Apr 202612.9243727.8%
Mar 202617.919.82434.7%

Pass rate at East Kilbride, 2013/14 to 2025/26

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

35%47.5%60%GB 50%57.7%13/1416/1719/2022/2325/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%35%70%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/261,97657.7%55.7%59.8%
2024/252,45146.4%45.6%47.2%
2023/243,46645.6%45.6%45.5%
2022/233,31246.9%47.8%46.0%
2021/222,76246.5%46.6%46.4%
2020/2121738.7%40.9%37.1%
2019/201,75547.1%46.6%47.4%
2018/191,69041.8%43.8%40.4%

Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%

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Test day at East Kilbride

The centre is inside the John Wright Sports Centre on Calderwood Road, which makes it easier to find than most: you are looking for a leisure building, not a unit number on an estate. Sports centres have public car parks and that is what candidates and instructors normally use, which also means sharing the car park with people arriving for the pool and the gym. Expect it to be busy at the start of a slot, and expect pedestrians behind you when you reverse out.

DVSA lists car tests only at this centre. It publishes nothing about wheelchair access at East Kilbride, so if you need step-free access or any other arrangement, ring DVSA and ask instead of assuming that the sports centre's own access applies to the test centre.

The rest is standard: your name called, licence checked, the insurance and residency declaration signed, and the eyesight check outside before you get in. One thing to weigh up is the wait, which runs to around eighteen weeks here. A date at East Kilbride is not one you can easily replace, so if you have one, plan your lessons around keeping it.

What DVSA publishes about East Kilbride

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

Tests conducted here
car
Wheelchair access
Not published. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

  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

John Wright Sports Centre, Calderwood Road
East Kilbride G74 3EU

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

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Questions learners ask about East Kilbride

Is East Kilbride an easy test centre?
By the numbers, yes: 57.7% 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 East Kilbride?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at East Kilbride was 18.3 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 East Kilbride driving test centre?
East Kilbride test centre is at John Wright Sports Centre, Calderwood Road, East Kilbride, G74 3EU. 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 East Kilbride do a year?
1,976 car tests were conducted at East Kilbride in 2025/26, of which 1,140 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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