Farnborough driving test centre
35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Unit C1, Cirrus, Farnborough, GU14 6UU
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Key facts
- Farnborough's pass rate was 59.7% in 2025/26 from 10,482 tests, 9.7 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 5 of 30 centres in South East (South East average 52.9%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 6.8 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 2.5 points, from 57.2% to 59.7%.
- Male candidates passed at 61.7% and female candidates at 57.6%, a gap of 4.1 points.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 16 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 18.7 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 2.7 weeks.
Farnborough is a roundabout test. There are 47 roundabout manoeuvres across the five practice loops on this page, in about 58 km of driving, which is roughly one every kilometre and a quarter. No other skill gets asked for anything like as often.
The reason is the ground. The centre is a unit on Hercules Way, inside the business park built around the old aerodrome, and the estate is laid out as wide boulevards joined by roundabouts rather than as a street grid.
None of which makes it a hard centre. Farnborough passes 59.7 per cent of its candidates, fifth of the thirty centres in the South East and well above the national average. The roundabouts are relentless, but they are well built and well signed, and candidates who have practised them do well here.
Drive the Farnborough test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 58 km in all, with 47 roundabouts and 141 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Farnborough; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Farnborough from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 58 km · 141 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 Elles Road11.7 km loop with 16 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Alexandra Road.11.7 km · 27 turns · 16 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Trenchard Way11.9 km loop with 11 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Templer Avenue.11.9 km · 30 turns · 11 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Top Terrace Road12.5 km loop with 7 roundabouts, 14 right turns, 15 left turns and a stretch of ETPS Road.12.5 km · 36 turns · 7 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Trenchard Way11.9 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Top Terrace Road.11.9 km · 25 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Farnborough Road10.2 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Clubhouse Road.10.2 km · 23 turns · 5 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
The roundabouts are the test, and around this centre they have names your instructor will use:
- Clockhouse and Queens Gate, the two large multi-lane ones
- Monkey Puzzle and Meadowgate, on the approaches to the estate
- Summit, Willems and Sulzers, out towards the wider network
- Gladiator Way, close in
Aerospace Boulevard, Hercules Way, Government House Road, Queens Gate Road and Trenchard Way link them together. What these roads have in common is width. They are engineered with long approaches and more than one lane, which means the decision has to be made early and then held. Changing lane on the roundabout itself is the fault this layout produces most often, and it is almost always caused by choosing the lane too late rather than by not knowing the rule.
Away from the boulevards the picture is ordinary. Nearly three quarters of the tagged roads within a couple of miles of the centre are 30 mph, and about one in seven is 20. Alexandra Road, Elles Road, Templer Avenue, Fowler Avenue and Berkshire Copse Road carry that part of the driving, and the manoeuvres are usually set on streets of this kind.
Left and right turns come out almost equal here, which is unusual. The route does not favour one over the other. It simply keeps handing you roundabouts and asking whether you sorted out the lane in time. If you practise one thing before a Farnborough test, make it reading a roundabout's lane markings from a distance, at the speed the approach road actually carries.
Waiting time for a test at Farnborough
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 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 47.2% |
| Jul 2026 | 16 | 24 | 31 | 39.3% |
| Jun 2026 | 14.4 | 24 | 39 | 36.9% |
| May 2026 | 10.7 | 24 | 43 | 34.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 10.4 | 24 | 42 | 32.7% |
| Mar 2026 | 7.1 | 24 | 50 | 32.2% |
Pass rate at Farnborough, 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 | 10,482 | 59.7% | 61.7% | 57.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8,041 | 58.3% | 60.8% | 55.6% |
| 2023/24 | 10,712 | 58.4% | 60.8% | 55.8% |
| 2022/23 | 8,889 | 55.8% | 59.3% | 52.1% |
| 2021/22 | 8,257 | 57.2% | 59.3% | 54.9% |
| 2020/21 | 2,988 | 58.6% | 63.1% | 55.0% |
| 2019/20 | 10,871 | 51.4% | 55.6% | 47.7% |
| 2018/19 | 10,779 | 54.0% | 59.5% | 49.4% |
South East average 52.9% · GB 50%
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Test day at Farnborough
The centre is Unit C1 in the Cirrus building, 35 Hercules Way, off Aerospace Boulevard. It is an office unit on a modern business park, so there is no shopfront to spot from the road and the unit number is what you need.
Parking is the one thing sources do not agree on. Accessible bays sit at the main entrance, and general parking is described as being a short distance before the centre on the right, but other pages say candidate parking is not provided at all. Plan for what is typical of a leased unit on an estate like this. Assume a space may not be free, let your instructor drop you at the door and park separately, and leave a few minutes in hand. Male and female toilets are available inside.
Farnborough Main station is a little under three kilometres away, so it is a bus ride or a lift rather than a walk.
Business park traffic peaks at the start and end of the working day, with delivery vehicles reversing across the boulevards. A slot in the middle of the day gives you quieter roundabouts for the opening minutes, which on this route is exactly where you want them. Waits run longer than the national median, though they have shortened over the past year.
What DVSA publishes about Farnborough
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 Farnborough
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 Farnborough
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 Farnborough.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Unit C1, CirrusFarnborough GU14 6UU
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Farnborough
- Is Farnborough an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 59.7% 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 Farnborough?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Farnborough was 16 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 Farnborough driving test centre?
- Farnborough test centre is at 35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Unit C1, Cirrus, Farnborough, GU14 6UU. 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 Farnborough do a year?
- 10,482 car tests were conducted at Farnborough in 2025/26, of which 6,258 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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