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Sevenoaks driving test centre

45 Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1HJ

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Pass rate 2025/26
59.0%
GB 50.0% · South East 52.9%
Median wait, Aug 2026
10.4weeks
Free slots 14 weeks ahead
Tests a year
6,740
3,978 passed

Key facts

  • Sevenoaks's pass rate was 59% in 2025/26 from 6,740 tests, 9 points above the national average of 50.0%.
  • That puts it 6 of 30 centres in South East (South East average 52.9%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 6.1 points above it.
  • The rate has been stable since 2021/22, moving between 48.7% (2023/24) and 59.5% (2021/22).
  • Male candidates passed at 57.2% and female candidates at 61.3%, a gap of 4.1 points.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 10.4 weeks since booking; the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 14 weeks ahead.
  • 40.5% 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.

Sevenoaks passes fifty-nine per cent of its candidates, which puts it fiftieth of the 302 centres ranked and sixth of the thirty in the South East. Part of the reason is what the practice loops on this page do not contain. There is not a single named roundabout on them. There are two mini-roundabouts, two give-way junctions and no traffic calming at all. What there is instead is turning: between nine and thirteen right turns on each loop and as many as sixteen lefts. Sixty-two per cent of the distance is at 30 mph and thirty-two per cent at 20, with a five per cent stretch of dual carriageway at 70.

Drive the Sevenoaks test routes before test day

5 loops from the centre, 54 km in all, with 0 roundabouts and 104 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Sevenoaks; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

Drive it before test day

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

  • 5 routes · 54 km · 104 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 Knole Lane
    10.7 km loop with 13 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Brittains Lane.
    10.7 km · 18 turns
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  2. Route 2 · via Seal Hollow Road
    11.4 km loop with 9 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of London Road.
    11.4 km · 22 turns
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  3. Route 3 · via Brittains Lane
    11.0 km loop with 12 right turns, 16 left turns and a stretch of Knole Lane.
    11.0 km · 28 turns
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  4. Route 4 · via Bradbourne Vale Road
    10.8 km loop with 10 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Cold Arbor Road.
    10.8 km · 15 turns
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  5. Route 5 · via Brittains Lane
    9.6 km loop with 11 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of London Road.
    9.6 km · 21 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.

There are no roundabouts on these loops. Not one named roundabout in fifty-four kilometres, and only two mini-roundabouts and two give-way junctions across the whole set. For a centre in the South East that is unusual, and it means a Sevenoaks test is made almost entirely of turns at ordinary junctions and at lights.

Ten sets of traffic signals and seven signalled crossings sit on the loops, with ten zebra crossings alongside them. For a town this size that is a lot of pedestrian priority to read in one drive.

The turning is the work. Each of the five practice loops on this page holds between nine and thirteen right turns and between five and sixteen left, in ten to eleven kilometres. Brittains Lane, London Road, Knole Lane and Cold Arbor Road each carry one of them.

Speeds are town speeds for most of the drive, sixty-two per cent of the distance at 30 mph and thirty-two per cent at 20. The exception is a five per cent stretch of dual carriageway at 70. It is a different task from everything around it and it arrives after a run of Sevenoaks side streets, which is what makes it worth practising rather than reading about.

The A and B roads on the loops are the A224, the A225, the B2020 and the B2042. Dartford Road, Oak Lane, The Vine, Seal Hollow Road, Hitchen Hatch Lane, The Middlings and Middlings Rise carry the residential half. There is no level crossing and no traffic calming anywhere on the set, and twenty-two schools sit inside the area.

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

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

40%52.5%65%GB 50%59%07/0811/1216/1720/2125/26

Month by month, 2025/26

0%35%70%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2025/266,74059.0%57.2%61.3%
2024/256,38653.6%53.7%53.4%
2023/245,80648.7%48.8%48.5%
2022/234,92153.7%55.0%52.4%
2021/223,76559.5%59.9%59.1%
2020/2168453.5%58.1%49.7%
2019/204,39751.4%54.8%48.6%
2018/195,17350.8%54.7%47.8%

South East average 52.9% · GB 50%

Waiting time for a test at Sevenoaks

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

01020GB 11.9 wks10.4Sep 2023May 2024Feb 2025Nov 2025Aug 2026
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
Aug 202610.4143540.5%
Jul 202610.4244333.7%
Jun 202611.4244031.4%
May 202612244034.6%
Apr 20269.7244328.7%
Mar 202615.116.63237.2%

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Test day at Sevenoaks

The centre is at 45 Argyle Road, TN13 1HJ. Car tests and ADI parts 2 and 3 run from here. DVSA says it will make arrangements at this centre for candidates with a disability, so ask when you book rather than on the day.

Sevenoaks station is under a kilometre away.

Nothing is published about parking. Argyle Road is a residential street close to the town centre, so the usual pattern applies: instructors use the surrounding streets rather than expecting a space at the door.

Waits have grown. A median of 10.4 weeks for tests taken in July 2026, against 8 weeks a year earlier, and the first week with a tenth of its appointments still free was twenty-four weeks out. Tunbridge Wells, sixteen kilometres away, passes 64.5 per cent and was waiting about the same, which makes it worth checking before you commit to a date here.

One local pattern: women passed at 61.3 per cent and men at 57.2. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK.

What DVSA publishes about Sevenoaks

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
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.

Learner reports from Sevenoaks

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 Sevenoaks.

  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

45 Argyle Road
Sevenoaks TN13 1HJ

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

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Questions learners ask about Sevenoaks

Is Sevenoaks an easy test centre?
By the numbers, yes: 59% 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 Sevenoaks?
In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Sevenoaks was 10.4 weeks, and you had to look about 14 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 Sevenoaks driving test centre?
Sevenoaks test centre is at 45 Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1HJ. 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 Sevenoaks do a year?
6,740 car tests were conducted at Sevenoaks in 2025/26, of which 3,978 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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