Swindon driving test centre
1 Fenn Close, Peatmoor, Swindon, SN5 5BL
Drive the 5 routes around Swindon before test day →
Key facts
- Swindon's pass rate was 51.1% in 2025/26 from 12,857 tests, in line with the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 12 of 21 centres in South West (South West average 51.7%), a mid-table pass rates in the region.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has risen by 4.5 points, from 46.6% to 51.1%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 11.7 weeks since booking; the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 22 weeks ahead.
- 31.5% 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.
Count the roundabouts before you book. The five practice loops on this page run to between ten and twelve kilometres each, and they contain 22, 20, 20, 14 and 22 roundabouts respectively. That is a roundabout every few hundred metres for the whole of the test. The mapping within 2.5 km of Fenn Close backs it up: 21 mini-roundabouts and eight named ones, including Mannington, Fiveways, Windmill and Tewkesbury Cross. Almost three quarters of the roads in that radius are 30 limits, so the speeds are moderate and it is the approaches that decide the test. The pass rate sits close to the national average and has risen since 2021. The wait is around eleven weeks.
Drive the Swindon test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 54 km in all, with 98 roundabouts and 161 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Swindon; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Swindon 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 · 161 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 Mead Way10.2 km loop with 22 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 5 left turns and a stretch of Rivermead Drive.10.2 km · 32 turns · 22 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Mead Way11.3 km loop with 20 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Tewkesbury Way.11.3 km · 34 turns · 20 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Purton Road10.7 km loop with 20 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Roughmoor Way.10.7 km · 34 turns · 20 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Mead Way11.6 km loop with 14 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Tewkesbury Way.11.6 km · 24 turns · 14 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Purton Road10.7 km loop with 22 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Roughmoor Way.10.7 km · 37 turns · 22 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
West Swindon is built as a set of estates hung off distributor roads, and the joins are almost all roundabouts. Mead Way, Tewkesbury Way, Roughmoor Way, Peatmoor Way and Whitehill Way carry most of the driving on the loops, and each of them meets the next at a roundabout rather than a junction. On the busiest of the practice loops on this page that adds up to 22 roundabout entries in a little over ten kilometres.
Worth practising specifically before a Swindon test:
- Reading the lane markings and the sign on the approach, then choosing the lane early enough that the choice is not being made in the last car length.
- Holding the correct line all the way round a multi-lane roundabout and signalling off at the right moment.
- Roundabouts in series, where the exit of one is the approach to the next and there is no time to reset between them.
- Mini-roundabouts, of which 21 are mapped within 2.5 km. Give way to the right, signal the exit, and drive round the painted circle rather than over it.
- Keeping moving. Where roundabouts come this thickly, undue hesitation is marked as often as anything else.
Away from the distributor roads the driving is ordinary. Purton Road, Rivermead Drive and the residential streets off Middleleaze Drive and Tamworth Drive are 30 and 20 limits with parked cars, side turnings and 21 schools scattered across the area. Two level crossings are mapped nearby. Manoeuvres are usually asked for on those quieter estate roads, where the kerbs run straight and the parking sits on one side.
Pass rate at Swindon, 2008/09 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 | 12,857 | 51.1% | 51.6% | 50.5% |
| 2024/25 | 9,470 | 49.3% | 50.2% | 48.2% |
| 2023/24 | 9,117 | 47.5% | 48.9% | 46.0% |
| 2022/23 | 8,010 | 46.7% | 48.3% | 45.0% |
| 2021/22 | 8,438 | 46.6% | 47.9% | 45.2% |
| 2020/21 | 2,751 | 53.2% | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| 2019/20 | 8,613 | 47.5% | 49.9% | 45.0% |
| 2018/19 | 7,921 | 50.6% | 54.6% | 46.8% |
South West average 51.7% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Swindon
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 | 11.7 | 22 | 37 | 31.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 40 | 31.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 9.4 | 22.6 | 45 | 28% |
| May 2026 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 31% |
| Apr 2026 | 9 | 24 | 45 | 25.7% |
| Mar 2026 | 10.1 | 24 | 44 | 26.4% |
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Test day at Swindon
The centre is at 1 Fenn Close in Peatmoor, on the western side of Swindon rather than anywhere near the town centre. The nearest station recorded near the centre is a small halt about two kilometres away, so this is not a place people reach by train. Nearly everyone arrives by car with an instructor.
The tests taken here are car, motorcycle module 1 off road, motorcycle module 2 on the road, and ADI part 3. Nothing is published about step-free access, toilets or the waiting room, so if any of that matters to you, ring the centre and ask before the day rather than finding out at the door. Parking is not published either, and the usual arrangement at a centre in a residential setting like this is a drop at the door with a space found on a nearby road, which is typical rather than confirmed.
Arrive about ten minutes before your slot. 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 is done outside before you get in, and the drive begins on the estate roads, so the first roundabout comes early. Booking, moving and cancelling all go through GOV.UK.
What DVSA publishes about Swindon
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 1 (off-road)motorcycle module 2 (on-road)ADI part 3
- Wheelchair access
- Not published. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.
Other tests at Swindon
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 Swindon
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 Swindon.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
1 Fenn Close, PeatmoorSwindon SN5 5BL
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Swindon
- Is Swindon an easy test centre?
- It is close to the national average: 51.1% of tests were passed in 2025/26 against 50.0% across Great Britain.
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Swindon?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Swindon was 11.7 weeks, and you had to look about 22 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 Swindon driving test centre?
- Swindon test centre is at 1 Fenn Close, Peatmoor, Swindon, SN5 5BL. 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 Swindon do a year?
- 12,857 car tests were conducted at Swindon in 2025/26, of which 6,567 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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