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Glasgow driving test centre

DVSA name: Glasgow (Anniesland) · 351 Anniesland Road, Strathclyde, Glasgow, G13 1XS

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Pass rate 2025/26
44.3%
GB 50.0% · Scotland 49.3%
Median wait, Aug 2026
21.3weeks
Free slots 24 weeks ahead
Tests a year
6,170
2,736 passed

Key facts

  • Glasgow's pass rate was 44.3% in 2025/26 from 6,170 tests, 5.7 points below the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 60 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), one of the lower pass rates in the region, 5 points below it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 2.5 points, from 41.8% to 44.3%.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 21.3 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.
  • 59.3% 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 wait is the first thing to plan around at Anniesland. Candidates who took a test in July 2026 had waited a median of 21.3 weeks since booking, against a national median of about twelve, and the first week with much free choice in it was 24 weeks out. Book early and treat the slot as valuable.

The driving is city driving. Ninety-five signalled junctions are mapped within 2.5 km of the centre, and Great Western Road, Bearsden Road and Anniesland Road carry heavy, multi-lane traffic through the middle of them. Scotland has not adopted a blanket 20 mph default, so limits here are mixed rather than uniform: about a third of the roads mapped nearby are 20 and most of the rest are 30. Knowing which one you are on matters more than it would further south.

Drive the Glasgow test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 49 km in all, with 2 roundabouts and 92 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Glasgow; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

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

  • 5 routes · 49 km · 92 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 Archerhill Road
    10.8 km loop with 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Crow Road.
    10.8 km · 17 turns
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  2. Route 2 · via Great Western Road
    8.6 km loop with 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Anniesland Road.
    8.6 km · 17 turns
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  3. Route 3 · via Great Western Road
    8.6 km loop with 1 roundabout, 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Anniesland Road.
    8.6 km · 18 turns · 1 roundabout
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  4. Route 4 · via Anniesland Road
    10.9 km loop with 1 roundabout, 15 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Temple Road.
    10.9 km · 23 turns · 1 roundabout
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  5. Route 5 · via Anniesland Road
    9.6 km loop with 10 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Bearsden Road.
    9.6 km · 17 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.

Signals dominate. Ninety-five signalled junctions sit within 2.5 km of the centre, most of them strung along Great Western Road and Bearsden Road, and the practice loops on this page spend much of their length on that kind of road. Lane choice, keeping junctions clear and the discipline of stopping on amber are what get marked here, far more than roundabout technique.

Roundabouts barely feature. Three of the five loops have none at all and the other two have one each. Twenty-seven mini-roundabouts are mapped in the wider area, along with named roundabouts at Thornwood, Cleveden Road, Skaethorn Road and Craggan Drive, but they are not the shape of most tests. Right turns are. One loop asks for fifteen right turns in under eleven kilometres, and a right turn across two lanes of Great Western Road is a different job from a right turn in an estate.

The residential half is Knightswood Road, Westland Drive, Danes Drive and the streets around Archerhill Road, where the 20 limits are and where manoeuvres are usually set. Southbrae Drive and Cowdenhill Road appear on the loops as well. Twenty-nine schools are mapped in the area, so a mid-afternoon test on these streets is a different test from a mid-morning one. Bearsden Road and Temple Road take the routes north towards Dalsholm Road, where the limit rises and the traffic thins.

Waiting time for a test at Glasgow

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

01530GB 11.9 wks21.3Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202621.3241859.3%
Jul 202621.3242051.2%
Jun 202623241657.1%
May 202622.2242351.6%
Apr 202614.3243640.2%
Mar 202617.3243243.7%

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

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

35%45%55%GB 50%44.3%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%30%60%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/266,17044.3%45.5%43.2%
2024/258,56040.8%42.0%39.3%
2023/248,53645.0%46.6%43.3%
2022/238,59342.3%44.1%40.3%
2021/227,10841.8%44.2%39.2%
2020/211,99142.2%44.5%39.4%
2019/209,87237.7%39.5%35.8%
2018/1910,05738.2%40.2%36.3%

Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%

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Test day at Glasgow

The centre is at 351 Anniesland Road, a little under a kilometre from Anniesland station, which makes the train a realistic way to arrive.

GOV.UK does not publish a wheelchair access line for this centre. What it does say is that DVSA will make arrangements for you if you have a disability, which is not the same thing, so ring the booking line and ask about the building itself before the day. Parking and the waiting room are not published either. Plan for the usual arrangement at a centre on a main road: a drop at the door and a space found on a side street.

The centre runs car tests and ADI parts 2 and 3. There are no motorcycle, lorry or bus tests here. Booking, moving and cancelling go through GOV.UK only. Arrive about ten minutes before the slot, with your licence and a car insured for the test; you will be asked to sign a declaration confirming it. The eyesight check is done outside before you get in, and the drive begins with a move-off onto Anniesland Road, which is busy enough that the first observation of the test is also one of the hardest.

What DVSA publishes about Glasgow

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. DVSA says it will make arrangements for candidates with a disability, which is not the same as step-free access. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

  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

351 Anniesland Road, Strathclyde
Glasgow G13 1XS

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

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Questions learners ask about Glasgow

Is Glasgow an easy test centre?
Its 44.3% 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 Glasgow?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Glasgow was 21.3 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 Glasgow driving test centre?
Glasgow test centre is at 351 Anniesland Road, Strathclyde, Glasgow, G13 1XS. 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 Glasgow do a year?
6,170 car tests were conducted at Glasgow in 2025/26, of which 2,736 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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