Worcester driving test centre
Stanier Road, Warndon, Worcester, WR4 9FE
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Key facts
- Worcester's pass rate was 51.9% in 2025/26 from 11,590 tests, 1.9 points above the national average of 50.0%.
- That puts it 9 of 26 centres in West Midlands (West Midlands average 46.2%), one of the higher pass rates in the region, 5.7 points above it.
- Since 2021/22 the pass rate has fallen by 2.7 points, from 54.6% to 51.9%.
- Male candidates passed at 54% and female candidates at 49.6%, a gap of 4.4 points.
- On waiting times, learners who took a test in August 2026 had waited a median of 11.1 weeks since booking; the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 24 weeks ahead.
- 28.7% 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.
Warndon is built on roundabouts, and the Worcester test centre is in the middle of it. The busiest of the practice loops on this page takes in fourteen roundabouts in about six and a half miles, and the quietest still manages eight. Woodgreen Drive, Warndon Way, Brindley Road and Berkeley Way account for most of them. Nothing else about this test is unusual, which is rather the point: if you can read a roundabout early, choose a lane and hold it, Worcester will suit you, and if you cannot, the routes give you no long straight stretch to hide on. Beyond the estates the loops reach the ring road and the lanes out towards Hindlip and Offerton. Worcester passes rather more candidates than most West Midlands centres.
Drive the Worcester test routes before test day
5 loops from the centre, 57 km in all, with 50 roundabouts and 102 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Worcester; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.
Drive it before test day
Drive all 5 loops around Worcester from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.
- 5 routes · 57 km · 102 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 Offerton Lane10.3 km loop with 14 roundabouts, 3 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Woodgreen Drive.10.3 km · 21 turns · 14 roundabouts
- Route 2 · via Woodgreen Drive11.6 km loop with 12 roundabouts, 4 right turns, 2 left turns and a stretch of Berkeley Way.11.6 km · 18 turns · 12 roundabouts
- Route 3 · via Cotswold Way11.9 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Hindlip Lane.11.9 km · 27 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 4 · via Pershore Lane11.9 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 1 left turn and a stretch of Droitwich Road.11.9 km · 14 turns · 8 roundabouts
- Route 5 · via Hindlip Lane11.2 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Cotswold Way.11.2 km · 22 turns · 8 roundabouts
The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.
Count on a roundabout every few minutes. Every one of the practice loops on this page has at least eight, and many sit close enough together that the exit of one is the approach to the next. That is the thing to rehearse: not a single roundabout from a standing start, but three in a row, where the signal for the last exit and the observation for the next entry overlap.
The one that matters most is Warndon Island, a large, busy roundabout close to the centre that most routes touch at some point. The Warndon roundabouts are also mostly multi-lane. Lane choice has to be made on the approach, from the road markings and the signs rather than from what the car in front is doing, and the lane has to be held all the way round. Drifting wide on the exit is the fault that this layout produces more than any other.
The ring road supplies the fast driving. Joining it, holding a lane at a higher limit and leaving it again is on most of the loops, and the drop back into a built-up limit afterwards is where speed creeps.
Away from the estates the loops use Pershore Lane and the lanes towards Hindlip and Offerton, which are narrower, unlit in places and bendy enough that the safe speed sits well below the limit. Blackpole Road and Cotswold Way link the two halves. Manoeuvres are usually asked for inside the Warndon estates, where the streets are wide, the kerbs straight and there is normally somewhere sensible to pull up on the right.
Pass rate at Worcester, 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 | 11,590 | 51.9% | 54.0% | 49.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10,516 | 50.6% | 51.5% | 49.5% |
| 2023/24 | 10,652 | 49.3% | 50.1% | 48.5% |
| 2022/23 | 10,013 | 50.0% | 50.7% | 49.3% |
| 2021/22 | 7,931 | 54.6% | 56.9% | 52.4% |
| 2020/21 | 2,283 | 54.4% | 57.1% | 51.9% |
| 2019/20 | 7,270 | 47.7% | 50.7% | 44.9% |
| 2018/19 | 7,757 | 48.2% | 50.8% | 45.9% |
West Midlands average 46.2% · GB 50%
Waiting time for a test at Worcester
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 | 11.1 | 24 | 41 | 28.7% |
| Jul 2026 | 11.1 | 24 | 39 | 29.9% |
| Jun 2026 | 10.4 | 24 | 41 | 27.8% |
| May 2026 | 10.3 | 24 | 42 | 30.2% |
| Apr 2026 | 10.7 | 24 | 41 | 27.9% |
| Mar 2026 | 13.1 | 24 | 36 | 32.1% |
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Test day at Worcester
The centre is on Stanier Road in Warndon, on an industrial estate on the north-eastern edge of Worcester. Candidate parking is available on site. Male and female toilets are inside. Accounts of step-free access disagree, and at least one describes the building as having no ramp, so if you use a wheelchair or find steps difficult, say so when you book rather than on the day. DVSA make separate arrangements for candidates with a disability.
The estate roads around Stanier Road are wide and used by lorries, so give yourself room when you park and again when you pull away with the examiner beside you.
Inside, the examiner calls you by name, checks your licence and asks you to sign the insurance declaration. The eyesight check happens outside, reading a number plate at the roadside, before you get into the car. Car tests, motorcycle module 2 and ADI part 2 and part 3 are conducted here.
Worcester's railway stations are all a good way from Warndon, so most candidates arrive by car. The wait for a slot here runs longer than at many centres, so book early rather than hoping to move a date, and tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK. The drive begins on the industrial estate and reaches the first Warndon roundabout quickly.
What DVSA publishes about Worcester
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 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.
Other tests at Worcester
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 Worcester
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 Worcester.
- 1Junctions - observation
- 2Mirrors - change direction
- 3Junctions - turning right
- 4Response to signs - traffic lights
- 5Control - steering
- 6Move off - safely
Getting there
Stanier Road, WarndonWorcester WR4 9FE
Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK
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Questions learners ask about Worcester
- Is Worcester an easy test centre?
- By the numbers, yes: 51.9% 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 Worcester?
- In August 2026 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Worcester was 11.1 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 Worcester driving test centre?
- Worcester test centre is at Stanier Road, Warndon, Worcester, WR4 9FE. 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 Worcester do a year?
- 11,590 car tests were conducted at Worcester in 2025/26, of which 6,019 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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