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Horsforth driving test centre

Room 013 Woodside House, 261 Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NY

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Pass rate 2025/26
49.7%
GB 50.0% · Yorkshire and The Humber 50.4%
Median wait, Aug 2026
10.7weeks
Free slots 13.2 weeks ahead
Tests a year
12,466
6,193 passed

Key facts

  • Horsforth's pass rate was 49.7% in 2025/26 from 12,466 tests, in line with the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 15 of 27 centres in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4%), a mid-table pass rates in the region.
  • The rate has been stable since 2021/22, moving between 48.9% (2021/22) and 51.3% (2024/25).
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 10.7 weeks since booking; the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 13.2 weeks ahead.
  • A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 15.3 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 4.6 weeks.

Horsforth sits on the north-western edge of Leeds, and the test here is shaped by two things that do not sit easily together: the outer ring road and a set of old village lanes nobody ever widened. The centre is a room inside an office block on Low Lane with a roundabout at the end of the road, so the first junction of the test is often a roundabout taken cold, before you have settled into the car. The practice loops on this page show the same pattern everywhere. Right turns outnumber left turns by almost two to one, and every loop spends time on Low Lane, Otley Old Road or the dual carriageway stretch of the ring road. Candidates come from Cookridge, Rawdon, Yeadon and Adel as well as Horsforth itself.

Drive the Horsforth test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 58 km in all, with 15 roundabouts and 110 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Horsforth; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

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Drive all 5 loops around Horsforth 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 · 110 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 Spen Lane
    12.4 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 17 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Low Lane.
    12.4 km · 29 turns · 3 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Otley Old Road
    11.3 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 11 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Ring Road West Park.
    11.3 km · 22 turns · 3 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via Outwood Lane
    9.5 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Low Lane.
    9.5 km · 19 turns · 3 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Broadway
    12.3 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 13 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Low Lane.
    12.3 km · 21 turns · 4 roundabouts
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  5. Route 5 · via Abbey Road
    12.5 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of New Road Side.
    12.5 km · 19 turns · 2 roundabouts
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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.

Two roads do most of the work at Horsforth. Low Lane runs past the door and appears on every one of the practice loops on this page. The ring road at West Park supplies the fast, multi-lane driving. Between them they cover the whole range an examiner needs to see, which is why the loops here are six to eight miles rather than longer.

The roundabouts are the thing to prepare. Fifteen of them appear across the five loops, so on the busier ones you can meet several in quick succession before the test has properly settled. Broadway, Lawnswood and the roundabouts off Broadlea Hill are the named ones in this area. The ring road roundabouts are the awkward ones: several lanes, faster traffic and no room for a late change of mind about which lane you wanted. Choose the lane on the approach rather than at the give-way line.

Low Lane itself is the opposite problem. It bends, it has parked cars along parts of it, and in places oncoming traffic has to be negotiated at walking pace. Meeting traffic, and deciding early whether to hold back or press on, produces more faults here than anything else on the route.

The estates supply the manoeuvres. Iveson Drive, Tinshill Lane, Spen Lane and the roads off Long Row are quiet, wide enough to be fair and close enough to reach in a few minutes. If you practise one sequence before a Horsforth test, make it coming off the ring road into a built-up limit and turning right almost immediately, because the loops use that combination again and again.

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

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

30%42.5%55%GB 50%49.7%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%35%70%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/2612,46649.7%49.0%50.5%
2024/2511,93551.3%52.7%49.5%
2023/2411,32650.3%52.4%48.2%
2022/239,23649.8%53.4%46.3%
2021/228,62948.9%51.5%46.3%
2020/212,03845.7%46.8%44.8%
2019/2010,40945.1%49.0%41.7%
2018/199,82244.9%47.5%42.5%

Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4% · GB 50%

Waiting time for a test at Horsforth

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

012.525GB 11.9 wks10.7Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202610.713.2479.5%
Jul 202610.7144212.5%
Jun 20269.414.44611.9%
May 20268.615.34819.2%
Apr 20267.115.34923.1%
Mar 20267.9164921.9%

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Test day at Horsforth

The centre is a room in Woodside House at 261 Low Lane, an office block with several tenants, so look for the building number rather than a sign at the kerb. Candidate parking is available on site, the entrance has ramp access, and there are male, female and accessible toilets.

Horsforth station is a little over half a mile away and buses run along Low Lane, so arriving without a car works if you allow extra time. Most candidates are dropped at the door by their instructor and picked up in the same place.

Waits here have shortened a lot over the past year and plenty of slots go unbooked, so a cancellation is worth watching for. The examiner calls you by name from the waiting area, checks your licence and asks you to sign the insurance declaration before you walk out to the car. The eyesight check is done outside on Low Lane, reading a plate on a parked car. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK. Alongside car tests the centre runs motorcycle module 2 and ADI parts 2 and 3. The drive then starts on Low Lane, with the roundabout at the end of the road arriving almost immediately.

What DVSA publishes about Horsforth

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 2 (on-road)ADI part 2ADI part 3
Wheelchair access
DVSA states you can access this centre in a wheelchair.

Other tests at Horsforth

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.

Motorcycle

Module 2 2025/26
75.5%163 tests

Year by year at this site

Learner reports from Horsforth

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 Horsforth.

  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

Room 013 Woodside House, 261 Low Lane, Horsforth
Leeds LS18 5NY

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

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Questions learners ask about Horsforth

Is Horsforth an easy test centre?
It is close to the national average: 49.7% of tests were passed in 2025/26 against 50.0% across Great Britain.
How long is the wait for a driving test at Horsforth?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Horsforth was 10.7 weeks, and you had to look about 13.2 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 Horsforth driving test centre?
Horsforth test centre is at Room 013 Woodside House, 261 Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NY. 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 Horsforth do a year?
12,466 car tests were conducted at Horsforth in 2025/26, of which 6,193 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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