Golspie driving test centre
Golspie Fire Station Fire Station, Back Road, Back Road, KW10 6SP
Drive the 5 routes around Golspie before test day →
Key facts
- Golspie's pass rate was 71% in 2025/26 from 93 tests, 21 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- Since 2018/19 the pass rate has risen by 6.2 points, from 61.8% to 68%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 15.6 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.
- 40% 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.
Golspie passed 71 per cent of candidates in 2025/26, 21 points above the national average of 50, and it is one of the few centres whose rate has been climbing rather than falling since 2018/19. Read it alongside the size, though: 93 tests in the year, too few for a national ranking. The drive is slow and watchful rather than fast. Fifty-two per cent of the distance on the practice loops on this page is at 20 mph and 33 per cent at 60, the A9 runs through the set, and there are three level crossings in a village of this size. The wait is a median of 15.6 weeks against a national 11.9.
Drive the Golspie test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 54 km in all, with 0 roundabouts and 76 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Golspie; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Golspie from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 54 km · 76 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 Back Road11.5 km loop with 8 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Main Street.11.5 km · 17 turns
- Route 2 · via Ferry Road10.9 km loop with 8 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Main Street.10.9 km · 19 turns
- Route 3 · via Dunrobin Glen Road12.1 km loop with 5 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Nursery Road.12.1 km · 10 turns
- Route 4 · via Back Road7.2 km loop with 6 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Dunrobin Glen Road.7.2 km · 14 turns
- Route 5 · via Ferry Road12.6 km loop with 7 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Queen's Drive.12.6 km · 16 turns
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Just over half the distance is at 20 mph, a third of it at 60, 10 per cent at 40 and 6 per cent at 30. The village is a 20 zone almost throughout and the A9 running through it is the fast part, so the drive swings between crawling past parked cars and settling onto a trunk road with traffic that is already moving. Joining and leaving the A9 cleanly, at a speed that suits what is coming, is the skill this set of loops is really testing.
Three level crossings sit in the area, which is a lot for a village. The railway runs alongside the road here and you can meet a crossing on any of the loops, so practise the whole sequence before the day — slowing early, stopping properly behind the line, and not creeping while the barrier is down.
Otherwise there is very little to work with: five give-way junctions and one signalled crossing across 54.3 kilometres, no traffic signals, no roundabouts named anywhere, no mini-roundabouts, no zebra crossings and no traffic calming.
The turning is mild. An 11.5 kilometre loop asks for eight right turns and nine left, a 10.9 kilometre loop asks for eight and 11, and a 12.1 kilometre loop asks for five of each.
Main Street, Back Road, Duke Street, Ferry Road, Station Road, Ross Street, Sibell Road, Rhives Road, Old Bank Road, Queen's Drive and Dunrobin Glen Road carry most of the driving. There are 2 schools in the area and no dual carriageway.
Pass rate at Golspie, 2007/08 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 | 93 | 71.0% | 62.3% | 82.5% |
| 2024/25 | 100 | 68.0% | 71.1% | 66.1% |
| 2023/24 | 93 | 67.7% | 65.9% | 69.2% |
| 2022/23 | 137 | 68.6% | 67.2% | 70.0% |
| 2021/22 | 104 | 76.0% | 82.0% | 70.4% |
| 2020/21 | 15 | 73.3% | 60.0% | 80.0% |
| 2019/20 | 96 | 69.8% | 75.0% | 63.6% |
| 2018/19 | 144 | 61.8% | 63.6% | 60.7% |
Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Golspie
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 | 15.6 | 24 | 20 | 40% |
| Jul 2026 | 15.6 | 24 | 40 | 0% |
| Jun 2026 | 18.4 | 24 | 20 | 10% |
| May 2026 | 16.9 | 24 | 0 | 20% |
| Apr 2026 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 20% |
| Mar 2026 | 19.1 | 24 | 10 | 10% |
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Test day at Golspie
Tests are conducted from Golspie Fire Station on Back Road, KW10 6SP. Car tests only. GOV.UK says DVSA will make arrangements for you at this test centre if you have a disability, so ring and tell them what you need before the day.
Golspie station is 0.3 kilometres away, three or four minutes on foot, so coming up by train and meeting your instructor at the centre is realistic.
Parking is not published for the site. It is a working fire station, and the appliance bay and its approach have to stay clear at every hour, so leave the car on a nearby street and walk the last part.
The wait was a median of 15.6 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, longer than the national median of 11.9, and the first week with a tenth of its slots still free was 24 weeks ahead. That gap is the thing to plan around: the median describes people who booked months ago, and the diary in front of you now is fuller than it suggests.
Alness is 35.6 kilometres away, passes 63.1 per cent and was waiting 14.9 weeks — about the same wait, a lower pass rate and the best part of an hour each way. Lairg is 24.9 kilometres and passes 50 per cent. Booking, moving and cancelling is on GOV.UK only.
What DVSA publishes about Golspie
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. 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 Golspie
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 Golspie.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Golspie Fire Station Fire Station, Back Road, Back RoadGolspie KW10 6SP
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Golspie
- Is Golspie an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 71% 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 Golspie?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Golspie was 15.6 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 Golspie driving test centre?
- Golspie test centre is at Golspie Fire Station Fire Station, Back Road, Back Road, KW10 6SP. 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 Golspie do a year?
- 93 car tests were conducted at Golspie in 2025/26, of which 66 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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