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Irvine driving test centre

Century Court, 11 Riverside Way, Riverside Business Park, Irvine, KA11 5DJ

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Pass rate 2025/26
55.7%
GB 50.0% · Scotland 49.3%
Median wait, Aug 2026
18.3weeks
Free slots 24 weeks ahead
Tests a year
4,941
2,752 passed

Key facts

  • Irvine's pass rate was 55.7% in 2025/26 from 4,941 tests, 5.7 points above the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 39 of 67 centres in Scotland (Scotland average 49.3%), a mid-table pass rates in the region, 6.4 points above it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 5.4 points, from 50.3% to 55.7%.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 18.3 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.
  • A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 15.3 weeks, so waits have grown by about 3 weeks.
  • 45.7% 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.

Irvine passes 55.7 per cent of its candidates, 92nd of the 302 centres ranked and well above the Scottish average of 49.3. It is improving too, up 5.4 points since 2021/22. The practice loops on this page look like nothing else in the country: they are made almost entirely of roundabouts. One loop takes in fifteen of them in twelve kilometres and asks for only four right turns in the whole distance. There are no traffic signals on the set at all, and no zebra crossings. Irvine is a new town and it drives like one. The wait, though, has climbed to 18.3 weeks.

Drive the Irvine test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 49 km in all, with 68 roundabouts and 98 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Irvine; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

Drive all 5 loops around Irvine 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 · 98 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 Long Drive
    12.2 km loop with 15 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 3 left turns and a stretch of Annick Road.
    12.2 km · 22 turns · 15 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Long Drive
    10.2 km loop with 14 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Towerlands Road.
    10.2 km · 24 turns · 14 roundabouts
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  3. Route 3 · via Corsehill Mount Road
    10.3 km loop with 13 roundabouts, 2 right turns, 1 left turn and a stretch of Long Drive.
    10.3 km · 16 turns · 13 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Long Drive
    7.0 km loop with 11 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Shewalton Road.
    7.0 km · 19 turns · 11 roundabouts
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  5. Route 5 · via Long Drive
    8.7 km loop with 15 roundabouts, 1 right turn, 1 left turn and a stretch of Moss Drive.
    8.7 km · 17 turns · 15 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.

These loops are roundabouts and very little else. Each of the five practice loops on this page takes in between eleven and fifteen roundabouts, and the shortest of them — seven kilometres — still has eleven. Eight are named: Long Drive, Annick Road, Oldhall Roundabout, Riverside Way, St Andrews Way, Towerlands Road, Moss Drive and Shewalton Road.

Because the roundabouts do the joining, ordinary turning almost disappears. One loop asks for a single right turn and a single left in eight and a half kilometres. There are no traffic signals on the whole set, no zebra crossings, no give-way junctions and no traffic calming — three signalled crossings are the only controlled pedestrian points anywhere on it.

The speeds are the other half of the story, and they run higher than at most centres. Forty-one per cent of the distance is at 40 mph and only thirty per cent at 30, with fifteen per cent at 70, eight at 50 and six at 60. There is no dual carriageway on the loops, so the 70 is single-carriageway road. Nearly a third of a test here is spent above 40 mph.

The A71 and A736 appear, along with the B730 and B7081. Long Drive, Annick Road, Riverside Way, Corsehill Mount Road, Golffields Road, Annick Drive, St Andrews Way, Turnberry Wynd, Towerlands Road, Moss Drive, Dunlop Crescent and Shewalton Road carry the driving. One level crossing sits in the area, and eleven schools.

Waiting time for a test at Irvine

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

012.525GB 11.9 wks18.3Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202618.3242245.7%
Jul 202618.3242238.1%
Jun 202618.3241537.2%
May 202616241741.2%
Apr 202611243528.6%
Mar 202614.520.23430.5%

Pass rate at Irvine, 2011/12 to 2025/26

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

45%52.5%60%GB 50%55.7%11/1214/1518/1921/2225/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%35%70%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/264,94155.7%56.8%54.5%
2024/255,30649.2%50.9%47.4%
2023/246,62248.8%49.4%48.0%
2022/235,55552.8%56.0%49.8%
2021/224,33650.3%51.4%49.3%
2020/211,04855.1%60.0%51.0%
2019/204,25751.6%56.0%47.8%
2018/194,33454.2%57.3%51.6%

Scotland average 49.3% · GB 50%

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Test day at Irvine

The centre is at Century Court, 11 Riverside Way, on the Riverside Business Park, KA11 5DJ. Car tests only.

No station is recorded within the usual radius, so plan to arrive by car.

Nothing is published about parking or about step-free access. A business park normally means space nearby rather than at the door; ring ahead if you need access arranged.

The wait has grown sharply. A median of 18.3 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, against 11.9 weeks across Great Britain, and 13.1 weeks here a year earlier — five weeks added in twelve months. The first week with a tenth of its appointments still free was twenty-four weeks out.

Ayr is fourteen kilometres away, passes 57.5 per cent against Irvine's 55.7, and was waiting 13.1 weeks. That is five weeks sooner for a slightly better rate, and it is the comparison most Irvine candidates should make. Cumnock passes 67.4 per cent, the highest anywhere in reach, but it is twenty-nine kilometres out and was waiting 21.6 weeks.

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What DVSA publishes about Irvine

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. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from Irvine

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 Irvine.

  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

Century Court, 11 Riverside Way, Riverside Business Park
Irvine KA11 5DJ

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

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Questions learners ask about Irvine

Is Irvine an easy test centre?
By the numbers, yes: 55.7% 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 Irvine?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Irvine was 18.3 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 Irvine driving test centre?
Irvine test centre is at Century Court, 11 Riverside Way, Riverside Business Park, Irvine, KA11 5DJ. 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 Irvine do a year?
4,941 car tests were conducted at Irvine in 2025/26, of which 2,752 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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