Widnes driving test centre
DVSA name: Widnes (Liverpool) · Everite Road, Widnes, WA8 8PT
Drive the 5 routes around Widnes before test day →
Key facts
- Widnes's pass rate was 42.7% in 2025/26 from 6,846 tests, 7.3 points below the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 28 of 31 centres in North West (North West average 49.0%), one of the lower pass rates in the region, 6.3 points below it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 7.2 points, from 49.9% to 42.7%.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 6.9 weeks since booking (shorter than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 17.4 weeks ahead.
Widnes is one of the very few centres where mini-roundabouts barely exist. There is a single one in the whole area, against eight conventional roundabouts, and that flips the usual advice. The skill being tested here is lane choice and observation on a full-size roundabout, not the painted-circle discipline most learners drill. Three of the five practice loops on this page have no roundabout on them at all and are made entirely of turns, sixteen rights on one. Just over half the roads tagged nearby are 20 mph. The pass rate has fallen since 2021 and now sits below the North West average, but the wait is short and a quarter of the slots in the booking window were still free this summer.
Drive the Widnes test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 44 km in all, with 8 roundabouts and 123 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Widnes; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Widnes from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 44 km · 123 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 Speke Road9.0 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 13 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Newstead Road.9.0 km · 30 turns · 4 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Coronation Drive8.2 km loop with 4 roundabouts, 12 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Speke Road.8.2 km · 23 turns · 4 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Hale Road10.5 km loop with 16 right turns, 13 left turns and a stretch of Ditchfield Road.10.5 km · 29 turns
- Route 4 · via Ditchfield Road7.8 km loop with 12 right turns, 12 left turns and a stretch of Ditton Road.7.8 km · 24 turns
- Route 5 · via Hale Road8.7 km loop with 8 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of Hale Gate Road.8.7 km · 17 turns
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
The roundabouts here are the real kind. Eight named ones sit in the area, among them Newstead Farm Interchange and the Prescot Road, Lingwell Avenue, Galway Avenue, Lanark Gardens and Desoto Road roundabouts, and there is exactly one mini-roundabout in the whole radius. That is close to unique. At most centres the mini-roundabouts outnumber the conventional ones several times over. Here the preparation that pays is approach lane, lane discipline through the circle, and a signal timed to the exit.
Two of the practice loops on this page use those roundabouts, four apiece. The other three have none at all and are built from turns instead: sixteen right turns on one, twelve on two more. Ditchfield Road, Ditton Road and Newstead Road carry that work, and it comes densely, because the loops are short. The whole set runs between 7.8 and 10.5 km.
Just over half the roads tagged nearby are 20 mph and another thirty-seven per cent are 30. Hale Road, Liverpool Road and Coronation Drive are the busier stretches. Only twenty-four sets of traffic signals sit in the area, which is low, so most junctions are give-way and the decision is yours rather than a light's.
There is faster driving at the edges. A small share of the roads nearby carry 60 and 70 limits, and where a loop reaches them the change of pace is abrupt after streets that have been 20 for ten minutes.
Two level crossings sit in the area and only twelve schools, so the low limits here are residential rather than school-driven, which means they apply all day and not just at the ends of it.
Pass rate at Widnes, 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 | 6,846 | 42.7% | 42.0% | 43.7% |
| 2024/25 | 5,673 | 40.1% | 41.6% | 38.3% |
| 2023/24 | 5,729 | 41.4% | 44.1% | 38.7% |
| 2022/23 | 5,607 | 41.8% | 44.2% | 39.2% |
| 2021/22 | 5,230 | 49.9% | 53.0% | 46.8% |
| 2020/21 | 1,635 | 54.4% | 61.0% | 48.7% |
| 2019/20 | 4,035 | 45.7% | 51.4% | 41.3% |
| 2018/19 | 3,994 | 42.6% | 48.3% | 37.8% |
North West average 49% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Widnes
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 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 51 | 5.7% |
| Jul 2026 | 6.9 | 17.3 | 51 | 7.3% |
| Jun 2026 | 9 | 18.4 | 44 | 7.5% |
| May 2026 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 49 | 11.7% |
| Apr 2026 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 49 | 12.2% |
| Mar 2026 | 6.1 | 19 | 55 | 8.1% |
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Test day at Widnes
The centre is on Everite Road, an industrial road on the western side of Widnes. It is a unit on the estate rather than a building with its own frontage, so allow a minute to find it rather than expecting a sign from the main road.
Car tests are conducted here along with ADI part 2 and part 3. Nothing is published about wheelchair access or other arrangements, so if you need step-free entry, or anything agreed in advance, ring the centre rather than assuming.
Parking is not published either. Estate units of this kind normally have bays on site shared with the neighbouring businesses. Take that as typical rather than confirmed and arrive with time to look.
Hough Green station is about a kilometre away, a walk of roughly fifteen minutes, though most candidates still arrive with an instructor.
The examiner calls you by name, checks your licence and asks you to sign the declaration that the car is insured for the test. The eyesight check is done outside on the estate road. Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK.
Booking here is comparatively easy. The median wait ran under seven weeks this summer, and a quarter of the standard slots in the booking window were unbooked, so a cancellation or a fresh date is realistic here.
What DVSA publishes about Widnes
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. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.
Learner reports from Widnes
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 Widnes.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Everite RoadWidnes WA8 8PT
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Widnes
- Is Widnes an easy test centre?
- Its 42.7% 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 Widnes?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Widnes was 6.9 weeks, and you had to look about 17.4 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 Widnes driving test centre?
- Widnes test centre is at Everite Road, Widnes, WA8 8PT. 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 Widnes do a year?
- 6,846 car tests were conducted at Widnes in 2025/26, of which 2,922 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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