Grantown-On-Spey driving test centre
Grantown-on-Spey Fire Station, Woodside Avenue, Grantown on Spey, PH26 3JR
Drive the 5 routes around Grantown-On-Spey before test day →
Key facts
- Grantown-On-Spey's pass rate was 56.9% in 2025/26 from 137 tests, 6.9 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 36 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 7.6 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 2.4 points, from 59.3% to 56.9%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 21.6 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.
- 44.4% 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.
Grantown-on-Spey passes 56.9 per cent of candidates, from 137 tests in 2025/26. That is 6.9 points above the national average and 76th of 302 centres, and it has barely moved in four years — down 2.4 points since 2021/22, when it was 59.3. A steady centre, in other words, on roads that are anything but uniform. Fifty-two per cent of the distance on the practice loops on this page is at 60 mph and 33 per cent at 20, with very little in between: you are either on an open road through the Spey valley or crawling through a town where the limit has been dropped hard. The one figure that has moved is the wait, now a median of 21.6 weeks.
Drive the Grantown-On-Spey test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 45 km in all, with 17 roundabouts and 100 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Grantown-On-Spey; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Grantown-On-Spey from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 45 km · 100 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 Old Military Road7.2 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Woodlands Terrace.7.2 km · 21 turns · 3 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Mackay Avenue6.7 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Woodside Avenue.6.7 km · 24 turns · 2 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Seafield Avenue11.7 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 11 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Old Military Road.11.7 km · 27 turns · 5 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Seafield Avenue10.4 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Gortons Road.10.4 km · 15 turns · 3 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Glenbeg Road9.4 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Woodside Avenue.9.4 km · 13 turns · 4 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
The speed profile is split in two. Fifty-two per cent of the distance is at 60 mph, 33 per cent at 20 and only 15 per cent at 30. There is almost no middle ground, so the drive keeps swinging between open valley road and a town centre where the limit has been dropped to 20 and held there. Reading the change early, and settling to the new limit before the sign rather than after it, is worth more here than anything else you can practise.
Roundabouts do the sequencing. There are no named roundabouts in the area, but the loops carry them all the same — five on an 11.7 kilometre loop, four on a 9.4 kilometre one, three on each of two others and two on the fifth. Against that, only one set of traffic signals, three give-way junctions and two signalled crossings across 45.3 kilometres, with no zebra crossings, no traffic calming and no level crossings.
The turn counts are heaviest on the shorter town loops: a 6.7 kilometre loop asks for nine right turns and 13 left, and a 7.2 kilometre loop asks for eight and ten. The longer loops thin out to five or six of each, because most of their length is open road.
Woodside Avenue, South Street, Grant Road, Castle Road, Forest Road, Glenbeg Road, Burnfield Avenue, Woodlands Terrace, Mackay Avenue, Cairngorm Avenue and the Old Military Road carry most of the driving. There are 2 schools in the area and no dual carriageway.
Waiting time for a test at Grantown-On-Spey
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 | 21.6 | 24 | 11 | 44.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 21.6 | 24 | 29 | 57.1% |
| Jun 2026 | 20.3 | 24 | 15 | 46.2% |
| May 2026 | 15.7 | 24 | 21 | 21.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 7.9 | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 2026 | 17.9 | 24 | 25 | 39.3% |
Pass rate at Grantown-On-Spey, 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 | 137 | 56.9% | 53.3% | 61.3% |
| 2024/25 | 180 | 62.2% | 62.5% | 61.9% |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 58.7% | 54.8% | 62.7% |
| 2022/23 | 169 | 54.4% | 59.2% | 50.5% |
| 2021/22 | 123 | 59.3% | 60.0% | 58.6% |
| 2020/21 | 15 | 73.3% | 75.0% | 72.7% |
| 2019/20 | 92 | 70.7% | 65.1% | 75.5% |
| 2018/19 | 150 | 52.7% | 50.7% | 54.2% |
Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%
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Test day at Grantown-On-Spey
Tests are conducted from Grantown-on-Spey Fire Station on Woodside Avenue, PH26 3JR. 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 rather than turning up hoping.
There is no railway station in the town and parking is not published for the site. A fire station has to keep its doors and approaches clear at every hour, so park on a nearby street well back from the appliance bay and walk the last part.
The wait is the thing to plan around. Learners tested in July 2026 had waited a median of 21.6 weeks, against a national 11.9, and it has been getting worse — a year earlier the median was 16.7 weeks, so nearly five weeks have been added. The first week with a tenth of its slots still free was 24 weeks ahead.
Kingussie is the only centre within reach, 38.4 kilometres away, passing 59.1 per cent with an 18.3 week wait. That is a slightly higher pass rate and a shorter wait, but it is also a drive of the best part of an hour each way for lessons. Booking and cancelling is on GOV.UK only.
What DVSA publishes about Grantown-On-Spey
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 Grantown-On-Spey
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 Grantown-On-Spey.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Grantown-on-Spey Fire Station, Woodside Avenue, Grantown on SpeyGrantown-on-Spey PH26 3JR
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
- KingussiePH21 1EN · 38 km59.1%+9.1 vs GB18.3 wkswait
Questions learners ask about Grantown-On-Spey
- Is Grantown-On-Spey an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 56.9% 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 Grantown-On-Spey?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Grantown-On-Spey was 21.6 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 Grantown-On-Spey driving test centre?
- Grantown-On-Spey test centre is at Grantown-on-Spey Fire Station, Woodside Avenue, Grantown on Spey, PH26 3JR. 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 Grantown-On-Spey do a year?
- 137 car tests were conducted at Grantown-On-Spey in 2025/26, of which 78 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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