Erith driving test centre
DVSA name: Erith (London) · Crabtree, Manor Way North, Erith, DA17 6LJ
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Key facts
- Erith's pass rate was 51.6% in 2025/26 from 5,809 tests, 1.6 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 7 of 24 centres in London (London average 49.1%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 2.5 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 23.2 points, from 28.4% to 51.6%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 7 weeks since booking (shorter 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 11.2 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 4.2 weeks.
- 22.1% 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 Erith centre is not in Erith town and it is not on a high street. It sits on Crabtree Manorway North, on the flat industrial land between Belvedere and the Thames, among haulage yards and distribution units. That setting shapes almost everything about the test.
On the published figures it is one of the better centres in London, seventh of twenty-four, and the improvement has been dramatic. The pass rate has climbed more than twenty points in four years. Waits are short as well, shorter than the national median, which is unusual for this part of the city. Belvedere, barely two kilometres away, passes ten points fewer candidates. Given a choice between the two, this is the one to want.
Drive the Erith test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 34 km in all, with 32 roundabouts and 93 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Erith; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Erith from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 34 km · 93 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 Crabtree Manorway North6.5 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Picardy Manorway.6.5 km · 20 turns · 7 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Norman Road6.7 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Crabtree Manorway North.6.7 km · 17 turns · 7 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Crabtree Manorway North8.1 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Norman Road.8.1 km · 23 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Crabtree Manorway North6.2 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Picardy Manorway.6.2 km · 14 turns · 5 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Crabtree Manorway North6.8 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Picardy Manorway.6.8 km · 19 turns · 7 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
What sets this area apart is speed. Around a quarter of the roads within a couple of miles of the centre are signed at 50, which is very unusual for a London test centre, and only about one in twenty is a 20 zone. The rest are 30s. You will move between those limits repeatedly, and reading each change early is a large part of the job here.
The second signature is roundabouts without traffic lights. There are only six sets of signals in the whole area, far fewer than a typical London centre, but thirteen mini-roundabouts and a run of larger ones: Bronze Age Way, Yarnton Way, Lower Road, Fraser Road. You are judged on observation and on picking the right lane at speed, rather than on creeping through junction after junction on green.
The names worth learning are Picardy Manorway, Anderson Way, Church Manorway, Mulberry Way and Norman Road. Picardy Manorway comes up again and again. Norman Road is the residential contrast, an ordinary street of parked cars and give-way junctions where the pace drops right back.
Only about ten schools sit inside the area, far fewer than most urban centres, so the pedestrian pressure is lighter than you would expect in London. Heavy goods traffic replaces it. The practice loops on this page are short, six to eight kilometres, but each carries five to seven roundabouts, and that density is the honest picture of driving around here.
Pass rate at Erith, 2008/09 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 | 5,809 | 51.6% | 52.0% | 51.1% |
| 2024/25 | 4,921 | 49.3% | 49.5% | 49.0% |
| 2023/24 | 4,536 | 41.4% | 41.4% | 41.5% |
| 2022/23 | 3,871 | 34.5% | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021/22 | 4,797 | 28.4% | 29.8% | 26.8% |
| 2020/21 | 1,654 | 29.8% | 31.4% | 28.4% |
| 2019/20 | 4,918 | 31.6% | 34.3% | 29.5% |
| 2018/19 | 6,232 | 33.0% | 35.5% | 31.1% |
London average 49.1% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Erith
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 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 22.1% |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 24 | 50 | 24% |
| Jun 2026 | 7.1 | 24 | 50 | 25.1% |
| May 2026 | 3.1 | 24 | 69 | 15.5% |
| Apr 2026 | 4.4 | 24 | 59 | 17.5% |
| Mar 2026 | 6 | 24 | 53 | 20.5% |
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Test day at Erith
Getting there is the first thing to plan. The centre is a unit on a working estate and the estate roads are shared with lorries, so allow for slow going over the last few hundred metres. Listings put the on-site parking at around thirteen candidate bays plus one for disabled drivers, which is generous by London standards but not endless at a busy hour.
Inside there are male and female toilets and a drinks machine. The building is an industrial unit rather than a purpose-built office, and the listings do not agree on step-free access, so ring ahead if that matters to you.
Public transport deserves saying plainly. Belvedere station is about 1.3 kilometres away, a fifteen-minute walk through the estate with no shops or shelter along the route. Most candidates arrive with an instructor or get dropped off. If you are walking it, add time and dress for it rather than arriving cold and rushed.
Your first minute of driving is on estate roads, over speed humps, with lorries pulling out of yards on either side. Be settled and belted before you move off, because there is no gentle residential warm-up here.
What DVSA publishes about Erith
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 1 (off-road)motorcycle module 2 (on-road)ADI part 3
- Wheelchair access
- Not published. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.
Other tests at Erith
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 Erith
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 Erith.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Crabtree, Manor Way NorthErith DA17 6LJ
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
- Belvedere (London)Belvedere · DA17 5EE · 2.5 km40.5%-9.5 vs GB9.4 wkswait
- Hornchurch (London)Romford · RM12 6JX · 7.5 km46.3%-3.7 vs GB23 wkswait
- Goodmayes (London)Goodmayes · IG3 9UZ · 7.7 km43.7%-6.3 vs GB21 wkswait
- Sidcup (London)Sidcup · DA14 5AG · 9.6 km58.7%+8.7 vs GB17.9 wkswait
- Wanstead (London)Wanstead · E11 2AW · 13 km44.4%-5.6 vs GB20.3 wkswait
- Bromley (London)BROMLEY · BR1 5AB · 13 km52.9%+2.9 vs GB9.3 wkswait
Questions learners ask about Erith
- Is Erith an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 51.6% 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 Erith?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Erith was 7 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 Erith driving test centre?
- Erith test centre is at Crabtree, Manor Way North, Erith, DA17 6LJ. 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 Erith do a year?
- 5,809 car tests were conducted at Erith in 2025/26, of which 3,000 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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