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Northwich driving test centre

4 Felix Road, Winnington, Northwich, CW8 4BU

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Pass rate 2025/26
57.6%
GB 50.0% · North West 49.0%
Median wait, Aug 2026
19.1weeks
Free slots 16.4 weeks ahead
Tests a year
3,529
2,032 passed

Key facts

  • Northwich's pass rate was 57.6% in 2025/26 from 3,529 tests, 7.6 points above the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 6 of 31 centres in North West (North West average 49.0%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 8.6 points above it.
  • Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 2.5 points, from 60.1% to 57.6%.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 19.1 weeks since booking (longer than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 16.4 weeks ahead.
  • A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 16 weeks, so waits have grown by about 3.1 weeks.
  • 47.2% 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.

Northwich is a 20 mph town with a great many traffic lights in it. Seven in ten of the roads tagged around the centre are 20s, there are thirty-two signal junctions in the same area, and twenty schools, which is a lot to watch inside a short drive. The test centre itself is at Winnington, on the industrial edge north-west of the town, so routes start on wide works roads and are into the town's 20s within a couple of minutes. The pass rate is comfortably above the North West average, which says something about how people are taught for these roads. The wait is the problem: around four and a half months.

Drive the Northwich test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 52 km in all, with 6 roundabouts and 133 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Northwich; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

Drive all 5 loops around Northwich from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.

  • 5 routes · 52 km · 133 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 London Road
    12.7 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 14 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Winnington Lane.
    12.7 km · 31 turns · 4 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Winnington Lane
    9.3 km loop with 15 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Chester Road.
    9.3 km · 24 turns
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  3. Route 3 · via Winnington Lane
    11.1 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 20 right turns, 14 left turns and a stretch of London Road.
    11.1 km · 36 turns · 2 roundabouts
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  4. Route 4 · via Winnington Avenue
    8.6 km loop with 14 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Winnington Lane.
    8.6 km · 23 turns
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  5. Route 5 · via Winnington Lane
    10.0 km loop with 10 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Firdale Road.
    10.0 km · 19 turns
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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.

The two halves of a Northwich route feel different. Winnington Lane, Winnington Avenue, Penrhyn Road and Felix Road are the works roads by the centre: wide, quiet in places, with heavy vehicles turning in and out and few parked cars. Moss Road and Burrows Hill link that side to the town.

Then you are into the 20s, and they are most of the area. Seven in ten of the tagged roads are 20 mph, so the discipline is holding a genuine 20 without either drifting up on a straight or crawling and getting marked for hesitation. Chester Way and Chester Road carry the town-centre traffic through the thirty-two sets of lights spread across the area, and that is where the amber decisions come. One of the loops on this page has twenty right turns in eleven kilometres, most of them at lights or into side roads across oncoming traffic.

Two level crossings sit within the area the loops cover. They are not on every route, but if you get one you get the whole sequence: stop, wait, move off with traffic behind you.

Davenham Roundabout and St Wilfrids Roundabout are the two conventional roundabouts, with five mini-roundabouts elsewhere. Armitage Way, Parry Avenue, Monarch Drive and Stephenson Street are the quieter residential and retail roads, and the usual ground for manoeuvres. Twenty schools sit inside the same area, which in term time means crossing patrols and parked cars where you least want them.

Waiting time for a test at Northwich

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

012.525GB 11.9 wks19.1Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202619.116.42847.2%
Jul 202619.1122345.3%
Jun 202621.4241652.2%
May 202617.7242138.9%
Apr 202619.4242344.5%
Mar 202620202444.6%

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

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

45%55%65%GB 50%57.6%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%35%70%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/263,52957.6%57.9%57.2%
2024/253,22654.7%54.8%54.6%
2023/243,66556.8%57.4%56.2%
2022/233,15755.9%55.7%56.2%
2021/223,20260.1%61.5%59.0%
2020/2152562.3%64.4%60.3%
2019/203,21154.7%58.9%50.9%
2018/193,43148.5%51.7%45.8%

North West average 49% · GB 50%

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Test day at Northwich

The centre is at 4 Felix Road in Winnington, on an industrial estate on the north-west side of Northwich. It is a small unit rather than a landmark, and Felix Road is easy to overshoot, so look up the approach the night before.

DVSA publishes that this centre cannot be accessed if you use a wheelchair. If access matters to you, raise it when you book and ask what the alternatives are. Warrington is the nearest other centre.

Car tests run here, along with instructor part 2 and part 3 tests, so the examiners here also assess instructors. Booking, moving and cancelling are through GOV.UK.

Nothing is published about candidate parking. On an estate like this one there is usually room on the surrounding roads, and that is what instructors generally rely on rather than a space at the unit itself. Arrive early enough to sit for a few minutes before you go in.

If you are coming by train, Greenbank is the nearer station, a little over half a mile away, rather than Northwich itself.

What DVSA publishes about Northwich

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 cannot access this centre in a wheelchair. Ring DVSA before booking to arrange an alternative.

Other tests at Northwich

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 2009/10
83.3%48 tests

Year by year at this site

Learner reports from Northwich

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 Northwich.

  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

4 Felix Road, Winnington
Northwich CW8 4BU

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

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Questions learners ask about Northwich

Is Northwich an easy test centre?
By the numbers, yes: 57.6% 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 Northwich?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Northwich was 19.1 weeks, and you had to look about 16.4 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 Northwich driving test centre?
Northwich test centre is at 4 Felix Road, Winnington, Northwich, CW8 4BU. 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 Northwich do a year?
3,529 car tests were conducted at Northwich in 2025/26, of which 2,032 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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