Leeds driving test centre
DVSA name: Leeds (Fearnville) · The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, LS9 6NL
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Key facts
- Leeds's pass rate was 51.8% in 2025/26 from 4,676 tests, 1.8 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 14 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 54.2% and female candidates at 48.9%, a gap of 5.3 points.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 9.6 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 22.6 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 14.9 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 5.3 weeks.
- 21.1% 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.
Leeds (Fearnville) passes 51.8 per cent of its candidates, 157th of the 302 centres ranked and fourteenth of the twenty-seven in Yorkshire and The Humber. The centre moved to a new site on Gipton Approach in June 2026, so check the address on your booking. The practice loops on this page are unusually mixed for city driving: forty-six per cent of the distance is at 40 mph and thirty-six per cent at 20, with only seventeen per cent at the 30 that most learners spend their lessons in. Forty-seven sets of traffic signals and thirty-four pieces of traffic calming sit on the set.
Drive the Leeds test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 53 km in all, with 15 roundabouts and 108 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 · 53 km · 108 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 Road12.0 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of York Road.12.0 km · 25 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via York Road10.0 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Fearnville Road.10.0 km · 18 turns · 3 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via York Road11.5 km loop with 1 roundabout, 11 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Pontefract Lane.11.5 km · 23 turns · 1 roundabout
- Route 4 · via Oakwood Lane11.3 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Selby Road.11.3 km · 22 turns · 4 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Harehills Lane7.8 km loop with 1 roundabout, 11 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of York Road.7.8 km · 20 turns · 1 roundabout
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
The speed mix is the first thing to notice. Forty-six per cent of the distance is at 40 mph, thirty-six per cent at 20 and only seventeen per cent at 30. That is close to the opposite of most town centres, and it means the drive keeps swinging between a 20 zone and a 40 road with very little of the familiar middle.
The lights match it. Forty-seven sets of traffic signals and thirty-three signalled crossings, with ten zebras alongside, across five practice loops and fifty-three kilometres.
Roundabouts are thinner on the ground. Eight are named — Ivy Street, York Road, Lupton Avenue, Oak Tree Drive, Amberton Road, Oakwood Lane, Easterly Road and Cartmell Drive — with four mini-roundabouts, and two of the loops carry only one roundabout each. Those two fill the distance with junctions instead: eleven right turns and eleven lefts on one of them, in eleven and a half kilometres. Twenty-nine give-way junctions sit across the set.
Thirty-four pieces of traffic calming go with the 20 zones, so humps and tables are constant through the residential parts.
Gipton Approach, York Road, Oakwood Lane, Wykebeck Valley Road, Selby Road, Oak Tree Drive, Cartmell Drive, Primrose Lane, Ivy Street, Lupton Avenue and Harehills Lane carry most of the driving. The A639 and B6159 appear, and there is a dual-carriageway section. Five level crossings sit in the area, and fifty-eight schools — a lot of school-time restriction to keep track of.
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 | 4,676 | 51.8% | 54.2% | 48.9% |
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 | 9.6 | 22.6 | 41 | 21.1% |
| Jul 2026 | 9.6 | 22.3 | 41 | 17.4% |
| Jun 2026 | 7.7 | 21.6 | 48 | 19.8% |
| May 2026 | 4 | 24 | 63 | 15.1% |
| Apr 2026 | 5.1 | 22.8 | 58 | 15.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 3.1 | 21.2 | 67 | 15% |
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Test day at Leeds
The centre is at The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, LS9 6NL. It moved here from Fearnville Leisure Centre on Oakwood Lane on 1 June 2026, so if your paperwork is older than that, check it. Car tests and ADI parts 2 and 3 run from here, and DVSA says you can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.
No station is recorded close by; most people arrive by car or bus.
Nothing is published about parking at the new site.
The wait has grown but is still shorter than the national figure. A median of 9.6 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, against 11.9 weeks across Great Britain, and 5.5 weeks here a year earlier — so it has nearly doubled. The first week with a tenth of its appointments still free was 22.3 weeks out.
Leeds (Colton Mill) is four kilometres away and passes exactly the same 51.8 per cent, with an 8.4-week wait. Horsforth is 49.7 per cent, Wakefield 45.4 with a 7.6-week wait. There is no obviously better option nearby: Fearnville and Colton Mill are the two strongest in reach, and they are level.
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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
- carADI part 2ADI part 3
- Wheelchair access
- DVSA states you can access this centre in a wheelchair.
- On the day
- Leeds Fearnville is moving to a new BCP site from Monday 1st June 2026. The new addess is: The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, LS96N
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
The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, LeedsLeeds LS9 6NL
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
- Leeds (Colton Mill)Leeds · LS15 9JN · 4.4 km51.8%+1.8 vs GB8.4 wkswait
- HorsforthLeeds · LS18 5NY · 9.3 km49.7%-0.3 vs GB10.7 wkswait
- WakefieldOssett · WF5 9TR · 14 km45.4%-4.6 vs GB7.6 wkswait
- Bradford (Thornbury)Bradford · BD3 7AY · 14 km47.8%-2.2 vs GB6.5 wkswait
- PontefractCastleford · WF10 5HW · 15 km46.9%-3.1 vs GB13.9 wkswait
- HeckmondwikeWF16 0AS · 16 km45.8%-4.2 vs GB10.1 wkswait
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 9.6 weeks, and you had to look about 22.6 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 The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, LS9 6NL. 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?
- 4,676 car tests were conducted at Leeds in 2025/26, of which 2,422 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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