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Bolton theory test centre

Suite 2A, Second Floor, Knowsley House, 4-6 Knowsley Street, Bolton, BL1 2AH

Theory pass rate 2025/26
41.7%
UK 44.8% · -3.1 here
Theory tests a year
46,465
19,355 passed
Men and women
39.8 / 43.9%
25,180 men, 21,285 women

On the day

Bring your photocard provisional licence; without it the test cannot go ahead and the fee is lost. Arrive 15 minutes early: you will be photographed, your pockets checked, and your belongings locked away. The car theory test is 50 multiple-choice questions (43 to pass) followed by 14 hazard perception clips (44 out of 75 to pass), about 80 minutes in all. The result is printed before you leave and is valid for two years.

Theory tests are booked at GOV.UK for £23. This centre is run for the DVSA by a contractor; it has no examiners and no practical tests.

Pass rate at this centre

In 2025/26 this centre took 46,465 car theory tests and 19,355 candidates passed, a rate of 41.7%. The UK average was 44.8%, so this centre sits 3.1 points below it. Men passed 39.8% of their tests here and women 43.9%.

The theory test is marked by computer from a national question bank, so a difference between centres says more about who books there than about the centre itself. Compare it with every other theory centre.

35%42.5%50%UK41.7%22/2325/26
Theory pass rate by financial year, against the UK average.
YearTestsPassedPass rate
2025/2646,46519,35541.7%
2024/2544,68018,54041.5%
2023/2442,67917,77641.7%
2022/2339,33316,02240.7%

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