Leeds driving test centre
DVSA name: Leeds (Colton Mill) · Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS15 9JN
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Key facts
- Leeds's pass rate was 51.8% in 2025/26 from 6,432 tests, 1.8 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 13 of 27 centres in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4%), a mid-table pass rates in the region.
- Male candidates passed at 53.9% and female candidates at 49.1%, a gap of 4.8 points.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 8.4 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 15.4 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 11.9 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 3.5 weeks.
The routes out of Colton Mill have two halves that barely resemble each other. Close to the centre, roughly six in ten roads tagged within two and a half kilometres are 20 mph, and Colton Lane, Whitkirk Lane and the streets off them are where the slow, careful driving and most of the manoeuvres happen. Then there is the other side of Bullerthorpe Lane: Selby Road, the ring road and the Thorpe Park development, where named roundabouts arrive one after another. Every practice loop on this page carries at least eight roundabouts and three of them carry ten. The pass rate sits a little above the national average, and the wait has come down by close to four weeks in a year, so a date here is easier to get than it was.
Drive the Leeds test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 49 km in all, with 46 roundabouts and 122 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Leeds; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Leeds 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 · 122 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 Selby Road11.3 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Swillington Lane.11.3 km · 26 turns · 10 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Selby Road10.3 km loop with 9 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Bullerthorpe Lane.10.3 km · 29 turns · 9 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Selby Road9.0 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Thorpe Park Link Road.9.0 km · 26 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Selby Road8.8 km loop with 9 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Stile Hill Way.8.8 km · 24 turns · 9 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Selby Road9.7 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 2 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of William Parkin Way.9.7 km · 17 turns · 10 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Named roundabouts are the spine of every route here. Barwick Road, Manston Lane, Brown Moor, Skyliner and the Thorpe Park roundabouts sit within a short distance of each other, and the practice loops on this page take in eight to ten roundabouts apiece over eight to eleven kilometres. That is a roundabout roughly every kilometre for the whole test, which leaves very little recovery time between one and the next.
They are also modern roundabouts on modern roads: multiple lanes on the approach, signs that tell you which lane to take, and enough width that drifting between lanes on the way round is easy and heavily marked. Pick the lane early, hold it, and signal off at the exit rather than at the entry.
Thirty-two signal-controlled junctions are tagged within two and a half kilometres of the centre, most of them on Selby Road and the ring road. Around one road in seven in the same radius is 40 mph, so the routes step between 20, 30 and 40 limits repeatedly, and the sign is often just past a roundabout exit where your attention is still behind you.
The rest is quiet. Around six roads in ten tagged near the centre are 20 mph, and the estate streets off Colton Lane and Meynell Road are where manoeuvres are usually asked for: straight kerbs, parked cars on one side, and enough space to be slow about it.
No level crossings sit in the area, and eight schools do, which matters if your slot lands near the start or end of the school day.
Pass rate at Leeds, 2025/26 to 2025/26
Share of car tests passed each April-to-March year. Dashed line: Great Britain average for 2025/26.
Not enough data to draw a chart.
Month by month, 2025/26
By year and gender
| Year | Tests | Pass rate | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 6,432 | 51.8% | 53.9% | 49.1% |
Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Leeds
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 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 37 | 10.8% |
| Jul 2026 | 8.4 | 16 | 47 | 15% |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6 | 16.2 | 51 | 18.9% |
| May 2026 | 9 | 17.5 | 44 | 29.1% |
| Apr 2026 | 12.8 | 18 | 41 | 35.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 8.3 | 19 | 48 | 28.2% |
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Test day at Leeds
The centre is part of the ground floor of Unit 1 at Colton Mill Office Park on Bullerthorpe Lane, on the eastern edge of Leeds. It is an office park rather than a standalone DVSA building, so look for the unit number once you are on the site instead of a sign from the road.
GOV.UK lists car tests here and nothing else, which makes this a single-purpose centre. Nothing is published about wheelchair access or other arrangements, so if you need step-free entry or anything agreed in advance, ring the centre before your date rather than assuming.
Parking is not published either. Office parks of this kind normally have shared bays, but they are shared with the other tenants, so treat a space by the door as luck rather than a plan and arrive early enough to walk in from further out.
Cross Gates is the nearest station at about two kilometres, which is a walk rather than a stroll, so most candidates come with an instructor. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled through GOV.UK only.
The examiner calls you by name, checks your licence and asks you to sign the insurance declaration, then does the eyesight check on the office park before you get in the car.
What DVSA publishes about Leeds
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 Leeds
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 Leeds.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe LaneLeeds LS15 9JN
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Leeds
- Is Leeds an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 51.8% 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 Leeds?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Leeds was 8.4 weeks, and you had to look about 15.4 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 Leeds driving test centre?
- Leeds test centre is at Part Ground Floor, Unit 1, Colton Mill Office Park, Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS15 9JN. 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 Leeds do a year?
- 6,432 car tests were conducted at Leeds in 2025/26, of which 3,332 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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