Stevenage driving test centre
3 Drapers Way, Stevenage, SG1 3DT
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Key facts
- Stevenage's pass rate was 55.3% in 2025/26 from 4,622 tests, 5.3 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 5 of 24 centres in East of England (East of England average 51.4%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 3.9 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 8.2 points, from 47.1% to 55.3%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 6.7 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 24 weeks ahead.
- A year earlier (August 2025) the median wait was 19.3 weeks, so waits have shortened by about 12.6 weeks.
- 30.6% 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.
Stevenage drives like the new town it is. More than four fifths of the roads mapped within 2.5 km of Drapers Way are 30 limits and barely one road in a hundred is a 20, so you spend the test at a single speed and the examiner is watching what you do at the junctions instead. There are a lot of those. The mapping shows 31 mini-roundabouts and eight named roundabouts in that radius against only 24 signalled junctions, which is an unusually low count of traffic lights, and the practice loops on this page carry between six and eleven roundabouts each. The pass rate is well above the national average and has risen since 2021, and the wait has shortened sharply over the past year.
Drive the Stevenage test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 51 km in all, with 45 roundabouts and 113 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Stevenage; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Stevenage from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 51 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 North Road11.6 km loop with 11 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Lytton Way.11.6 km · 23 turns · 11 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Julian's Road11.1 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Grace Way.11.1 km · 24 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Fairlands Way9.8 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of High Street.9.8 km · 27 turns · 10 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Clovelly Way8.4 km loop with 10 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Fairlands Way.8.4 km · 22 turns · 10 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Grace Way10.2 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Fairview Road.10.2 km · 17 turns · 6 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Roundabouts do the work that traffic lights do in an older town. Only 24 signalled junctions are mapped within 2.5 km of the centre, which is low for a town this size, and against that sit 31 mini-roundabouts and eight named roundabouts including Six Hills, Gunnels Wood Road, Martins Way and James Way. The practice loops on this page take in six to eleven roundabouts each over eight to twelve kilometres. There is no long stretch on which to reset.
Fairlands Way, Lytton Way and Six Hills Way are the fast frame around the town. They are wide, they flow, and the roundabouts on them are approached at a speed that leaves little time to read the lane markings late. Getting into the correct lane early, then holding the line round to the exit without drifting, is the single most useful thing to practise before a test here.
The mini-roundabouts are a different discipline. They sit on the residential and distributor roads, they are often approached from a 30 with parked cars, and they are marked strictly. Give way to the right, signal for your exit, and keep off the painted circle.
The old town gives the contrast. High Street, Hitchin Road, North Road and the streets around them are older, narrower and busier than anything on the new town grid, with parked cars and pedestrians who cross between them.
Thirty schools are mapped in the area, so an afternoon slot is likely to meet a school run. Manoeuvres are usually set on the quieter residential roads off Clovelly Way, Primett Road and Rectory Lane, where the kerbs run straight and parking is steady on one side.
Pass rate at Stevenage, 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 | 4,622 | 55.3% | 55.9% | 54.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4,208 | 44.9% | 44.5% | 45.3% |
| 2023/24 | 4,388 | 42.7% | 42.9% | 42.5% |
| 2022/23 | 3,673 | 46.3% | 47.9% | 44.6% |
| 2021/22 | 5,589 | 47.1% | 48.7% | 45.2% |
| 2020/21 | 962 | 52.0% | 54.9% | 49.2% |
| 2019/20 | 4,888 | 48.7% | 51.6% | 45.9% |
| 2018/19 | 4,827 | 48.8% | 51.8% | 46.0% |
East of England average 51.4% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Stevenage
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 | 6.7 | 24 | 57 | 30.6% |
| Jul 2026 | 6.7 | 24 | 51 | 35.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 14.6 | 24 | 38 | 39.9% |
| May 2026 | 8.2 | 24 | 48 | 32.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 16.1 | 24 | 35 | 40% |
| Mar 2026 | 12.4 | 24 | 39 | 34.9% |
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Test day at Stevenage
The centre is at 3 Drapers Way, on the industrial side of town west of the railway. Stevenage station is about a kilometre away, which is walkable, though most candidates arrive with an instructor.
GOV.UK lists car tests only here. There are no motorcycle, lorry or instructor tests. On access, DVSA publishes that it will make arrangements for you at this centre if you have a disability, but nothing is published about step-free entry, toilets or the waiting room. If you need to know what to expect at the door, ring the centre and ask. Parking is not published either, and for a unit on an estate like this the usual arrangement is bays on site or a space on the service road, which is typical rather than confirmed.
Arrive about ten minutes early. The examiner calls you by name, checks your licence and takes the signed declaration that the car is insured for the test. The eyesight check happens outside before you get in, and the drive starts on the estate roads, which means your first roundabout arrives within a minute or two of moving off. Booking, moving and cancelling are done only through GOV.UK.
What DVSA publishes about Stevenage
Taken from the GOV.UK test centre finder, checked 3 September 2026. Where DVSA says nothing, this site says nothing.
- Tests conducted here
- car
- 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 Stevenage
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 Stevenage.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
3 Drapers WayStevenage SG1 3DT
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Stevenage
- Is Stevenage an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 55.3% 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 Stevenage?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Stevenage was 6.7 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 Stevenage driving test centre?
- Stevenage test centre is at 3 Drapers Way, Stevenage, SG1 3DT. 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 Stevenage do a year?
- 4,622 car tests were conducted at Stevenage in 2025/26, of which 2,557 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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