Letchworth driving test centre
Jackmans Place, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1RF
Drive the 5 routes around Letchworth before test day →
Key facts
- Letchworth's pass rate was 57.5% in 2025/26 from 5,243 tests, 7.5 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 3 of 24 centres in East of England (East of England average 51.4%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 6.1 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 2.9 points, from 54.6% to 57.5%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 25 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 12.1 weeks, so waits have grown by about 12.9 weeks.
- 43% 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.
Letchworth is a garden city and it is laid out like one: roundabouts instead of traffic lights. Eleven named roundabouts and thirteen mini-roundabouts sit on the practice loops on this page, against four sets of traffic signals in the whole set. It passes 57.5 per cent, 68th of the 302 centres ranked and third of the 24 centres in the East of England, and the rate has risen 2.9 points since 2021/22. The problem is getting a date. The wait is 25 weeks, up 5.6 on a year ago, while Stevenage — 7.5 kilometres away, passing 55.3 per cent — was waiting 6.7 weeks. That comparison is worth making before you book anything here.
Drive the Letchworth test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 50 km in all, with 30 roundabouts and 113 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Letchworth; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Letchworth from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 50 km · 113 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 Pixmore Way10.7 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 14 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Baldock Lane.10.7 km · 29 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Baldock Road7.4 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 12 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Icknield Way.7.4 km · 22 turns · 6 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Baldock Road10.5 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Wilbury Road.10.5 km · 24 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Norton Road12.7 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of London Road.12.7 km · 19 turns · 5 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Blackhorse Road8.3 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Icknield Way.8.3 km · 19 turns · 5 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Roundabouts, and almost nothing else. Eleven are named across the practice loops on this page — Green Lane, Pixmore Way, Norton Way South, Howard Drive, Norton Way North, Baldock Road, Station Road, Station Place, Penn Way, London Road and Letchworth Gate — with thirteen mini-roundabouts on top of them, and four sets of traffic signals in 50.7 kilometres of driving. One 10.5 kilometre loop takes in eight roundabouts.
Right turns come with them. One loop asks for fourteen right turns in 10.7 kilometres, another twelve in 7.4, and that second one is the densest turning on the set — twelve rights against only four lefts, so you are crossing traffic nearly every time you leave a road.
The mini-roundabouts are what catch people. Thirteen of them means you will meet several, and the give-way rule applies at each: look right, and do not straighten across the middle because the circle is painted rather than raised.
Twenty-five give-way junctions, nine signalled crossings and eight zebras fill in the rest. Eight zebras is a high count, and with 29 schools in the area they are in use at the times tests run.
Green Lane, Baldock Road, Pixmore Avenue, Pixmore Way, Works Road, Norton Way North, Norton Way South, Jubilee Road, Weston Way and Broadway carry the driving. Seventy-eight per cent of the distance is at 30 mph and 14 per cent at 40. No A-road appears on the loops, there is no dual carriageway, and there are no level crossings.
Waiting time for a test at Letchworth
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 | 25 | 24 | 47 | 43% |
| Jul 2026 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 55.1% |
| Jun 2026 | 19.8 | 24 | 32 | 47.3% |
| May 2026 | 14.9 | 24 | 43 | 42.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 18.8 | 24 | 42 | 47.2% |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1 | 24 | 44 | 41.5% |
Pass rate at Letchworth, 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 | 5,243 | 57.5% | 57.8% | 57.0% |
| 2024/25 | 5,032 | 58.3% | 58.9% | 57.5% |
| 2023/24 | 6,907 | 54.0% | 53.7% | 54.4% |
| 2022/23 | 6,034 | 55.0% | 56.5% | 53.4% |
| 2021/22 | 3,981 | 54.6% | 53.2% | 56.0% |
| 2020/21 | 1,130 | 50.6% | 52.9% | 48.6% |
| 2019/20 | 5,067 | 46.6% | 50.4% | 43.4% |
| 2018/19 | 4,671 | 47.2% | 49.2% | 45.5% |
East of England average 51.4% · GB 50%
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Test day at Letchworth
The centre is on Jackmans Place in Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1RF. Letchworth Garden City station is 1 kilometre away, an easy walk if you are meeting an instructor there.
Car tests are conducted here, and motorcycle module 2 on-road as well. DVSA will make arrangements for you at this test centre if you have a disability, which means telling them when you book rather than turning up and hoping.
Parking is not published for this site. Jackmans Place is a residential street; the spaces belong to the people who live there, so leave a few minutes to find somewhere sensible and walk the last part.
The wait was a median of 25 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, against a national 11.9, and it has grown — a year earlier it was 19.4. The first week with a tenth of its slots still free was 24 weeks ahead, which is less than the median wait: cancellations do come up here, and it is worth checking for one.
The month makes a small difference. July returned 59.7 per cent and March 54. Stevenage, 7.5 kilometres off, was waiting 6.7 weeks at 55.3 per cent. Booking, moving and cancelling is on GOV.UK only.
What DVSA publishes about Letchworth
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)
- 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.
Other tests at Letchworth
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.
Learner reports from Letchworth
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 Letchworth.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Jackmans Place, Letchworth Garden CityLetchworth SG6 1RF
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
- StevenageSG1 3DT · 7.5 km55.3%+5.3 vs GB6.7 wkswait
- LutonLU1 5BT · 18 km39.2%-10.8 vs GB10.3 wkswait
- BedfordMK41 7NY · 26 km53.7%+3.7 vs GB27.1 wkswait
- St AlbansAL1 3JX · 26 km50.7%+0.7 vs GB6.7 wkswait
- Bishops StortfordCM23 3JQ · 29 km51.3%+1.3 vs GB10.4 wkswait
- Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)Leighton Buzzard · LU7 4QG · 29 km49.9%-0.1 vs GB16.6 wkswait
Questions learners ask about Letchworth
- Is Letchworth an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 57.5% 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 Letchworth?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Letchworth was 25 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 Letchworth driving test centre?
- Letchworth test centre is at Jackmans Place, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1RF. 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 Letchworth do a year?
- 5,243 car tests were conducted at Letchworth in 2025/26, of which 3,015 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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