Scarborough driving test centre
10/11 Falsegrave Community Resource Centre, Scarborough, YO12 4AY
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Key facts
- Scarborough's pass rate was 45.1% in 2025/26 from 3,595 tests, 4.9 points below the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 24 of 27 centres in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4%), one of the lower pass rates in the region, 5.3 points below it.
- The rate has been stable since 2021/22, moving between 45.1% (2025/26) and 51.7% (2024/25).
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 7 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 21.4 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 9.1 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 2.1 weeks.
Scarborough passes 45.1 per cent of its candidates, 258th of the 302 centres ranked and twenty-fourth of the twenty-seven in Yorkshire and The Humber. The practice loops on this page are all one speed: every kilometre of the fifty-six is at 30 mph. There are only two named roundabouts across the whole set, no zebra crossings and no traffic calming at all — the work is ordinary turning, ten or eleven right turns on the busier loops. The one thing clearly in Scarborough's favour is the queue: a seven-week median wait, well under the national 11.9.
Drive the Scarborough test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 56 km in all, with 4 roundabouts and 86 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Scarborough; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Scarborough from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 56 km · 86 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 Seamer Road11.0 km loop with 11 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Mere Lane.11.0 km · 19 turns
- Route 2 · via Valley Road12.1 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Seamer Road.12.1 km · 15 turns · 2 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Queen Margaret's Road10.7 km loop with 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Seamer Road.10.7 km · 17 turns
- Route 4 · via Seamer Road8.2 km loop with 8 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Mere Lane.8.2 km · 14 turns
- Route 5 · via Stepney Road14.4 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Seamer Road.14.4 km · 21 turns · 2 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Every kilometre of these loops is at 30 mph. Not a stretch at 20, not a stretch at 40 — one hundred per cent of the distance at a single speed, which is rarer than it sounds and changes what the drive asks of you. There is no open road to settle into and no 20 zone to slow you down. The speed is decided, and the rest is junctions.
Roundabouts barely feature. Two named ones, Stepney Road and Valley Road, plus four mini-roundabouts, and three of the five practice loops on this page contain no roundabout at all. What those loops contain is turning: eleven right turns and eight lefts on one, ten and nine on the longest.
Eight sets of traffic signals and eight signalled crossings, with no zebra crossings and no traffic calming anywhere on the set. Five give-way junctions. For a seaside town the road furniture is unusually light — most of what you meet is a plain junction you have to read for yourself.
The A64, A165, A170 and A171 all appear, with the B1364 and B1427, and there is a dual-carriageway section. Seamer Road, Lismore Road, Ingle Close, Stepney Road, Valley Road, Stoney Haggs Rise, Queen Margaret's Road, Filey Road, Seamer Moor Lane, Stepney Hill and The Esses carry the driving. There are no level crossings, and twenty schools in the area.
Pass rate at Scarborough, 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 | 3,595 | 45.1% | 44.8% | 45.4% |
| 2024/25 | 2,658 | 51.7% | 53.4% | 49.8% |
| 2023/24 | 2,483 | 51.5% | 53.8% | 48.8% |
| 2022/23 | 2,942 | 45.8% | 48.6% | 42.6% |
| 2021/22 | 2,366 | 46.7% | 51.0% | 42.6% |
| 2020/21 | 551 | 53.7% | 59.3% | 49.2% |
| 2019/20 | 1,812 | 51.6% | 58.1% | 45.5% |
| 2018/19 | 1,956 | 52.3% | 59.2% | 47.1% |
Yorkshire and The Humber average 50.4% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Scarborough
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 | 7 | 21.4 | 56 | 16.3% |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 11.5 | 51 | 19.1% |
| Jun 2026 | 7.6 | 14 | 49 | 10.9% |
| May 2026 | 7.3 | 18.5 | 50 | 11.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 9.4 | 22.5 | 39 | 16.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 8.6 | 23.6 | 45 | 15.3% |
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Test day at Scarborough
The centre is at 10/11 Falsegrave Community Resource Centre, YO12 4AY. Car tests, motorcycle module 2 and ADI part 3 run from here, and DVSA says you can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.
Scarborough station is 2.1 kilometres away.
Nothing is published about parking.
The wait is the good news. A median of seven weeks for tests taken in July 2026, against 11.9 weeks across Great Britain, and the first week with a tenth of its appointments still free was 11.5 weeks out — early by national standards. If you want a date rather than the best odds, Scarborough gives you one.
The odds are the other side of it. Malton is twenty-eight kilometres away, passes 64.3 per cent against Scarborough's 45.1, and was waiting ten weeks. That is nineteen points for three extra weeks and a drive inland. Bridlington passes 55.5 per cent at twenty-four kilometres; Whitby 56.7 per cent, but it was waiting nineteen weeks.
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What DVSA publishes about Scarborough
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)ADI part 3
- Wheelchair access
- DVSA states you can access this centre in a wheelchair.
Other tests at Scarborough
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 Scarborough
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 Scarborough.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
10/11 Falsegrave Community Resource CentreScarborough YO12 4AY
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
Nearby centres
- BridlingtonYO16 4SF · 24 km55.5%+5.5 vs GB11.9 wkswait
- WhitbyYO22 4ET · 27 km56.7%+6.7 vs GB19 wkswait
- MaltonYO17 7LB · 28 km64.3%+14.3 vs GB10 wkswait
Questions learners ask about Scarborough
- Is Scarborough an easy test centre?
- Its 45.1% pass rate in 2025/26 is below the 50.0% national average. Busy urban roads and complex junctions usually explain lower rates; knowing the local routes closes most of that gap.
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Scarborough?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Scarborough was 7 weeks, and you had to look about 21.4 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 Scarborough driving test centre?
- Scarborough test centre is at 10/11 Falsegrave Community Resource Centre, Scarborough, YO12 4AY. 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 Scarborough do a year?
- 3,595 car tests were conducted at Scarborough in 2025/26, of which 1,620 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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