Driving test waiting times in West Midlands, August 2026

26 test centres in West Midlands, shortest wait first. For tests taken in August 2026 the median learner here had booked 11.4 weeks earlier, against 11.9 weeks across Great Britain. The shortest wait in the region was Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre) at 3.1 weeks. 3 of them sat at 20 weeks or more, close to the 24-week limit of the booking window.

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#	Test centre	Region	Median wait	Weeks to free slots	Still free	Pass rate
1	Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre)	West Midlands	3.1 wks	18.8	0.6%	53.5%
2	Redditch	West Midlands	4.4 wks	20	19%	51.4%
3	Hereford	West Midlands	5.6 wks	23.4	15.1%	58.8%
4	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	6.3 wks	16.4	22.3%	51%
5	Coventry	West Midlands	6.8 wks	24	27.6%	40%
6	Birmingham (Garretts Green)	West Midlands	7 wks	23	29.6%	44.4%
7	Rugby	West Midlands	9.4 wks	24	36%	51.4%
8	Birmingham (South Yardley)	West Midlands	10 wks	23.8	34.8%	42.8%
9	Ludlow	West Midlands	10.1 wks	23	25.8%	58.7%
10	Wednesbury	West Midlands	10.3 wks	24	39.9%	35%
11	Stoke on Trent (Cobridge)	West Midlands	10.4 wks	22	21.6%	40.6%
12	Worcester	West Midlands	11.1 wks	24	28.7%	51.9%
13	Nuneaton	West Midlands	11.4 wks	24	33.3%	53.2%
14	Oswestry	West Midlands	11.4 wks	10.8	13.1%	52.4%
15	Birmingham (Kings Heath)	West Midlands	11.7 wks	24	37.2%	46.8%
16	Featherstone	West Midlands	11.9 wks	24	31.1%	36.4%
17	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	12.7 wks	24	44.5%	34.3%
18	Dudley	West Midlands	14.3 wks	24	42.9%	45.2%
19	Birmingham (Shirley)	West Midlands	16.2 wks	24	46.7%	56.6%
20	Burton on Trent	West Midlands	17 wks	24	44.9%	54.7%
21	Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)	West Midlands	17.6 wks	23.2	37.2%	41.6%
22	Stafford	West Midlands	17.7 wks	24	36.3%	45.8%
23	Warwick (Wedgenock House)	West Midlands	18 wks	24	42.1%	48.5%
24	Lichfield	West Midlands	20.4 wks	24	49.4%	53%
25	Telford	West Midlands	22.6 wks	24	39.5%	48.9%
26	Birmingham (Kingstanding)	West Midlands	23 wks	24	50.4%	48.5%

Reading the waiting time numbers

DVSA opens the booking window 24 weeks ahead. The median wait counts back from the test date to the day it was booked, so a 20-week median means most people at that centre took whatever date they could get when they first looked. A low “weeks to free slots” figure with a long median usually means slots are opening up now after a long backlog, and it is worth checking again.

Tests are booked only at GOV.UK. Cancellation-finder apps that log in on your behalf breach DVSA’s terms and can get a booking cancelled; the honest route is to check the official site in the morning, when cancelled slots tend to be released.

A centre a little further out is often months quicker, so it is worth comparing against neighbouring regions on the national waiting time table. Addresses and route notes for these centres are in the West Midlands test centre directory.