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2.9 weeks
Shortest wait
Greenham
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12.1 weeks
GB average
median booking to test
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275
Centres ranked
of 319 in GB
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June 2026
Data to
official DVSA release
Greenham currently has the shortest queue in Great Britain at about 2.9 weeks, against a national average of 12.1 weeks. Every centre in the table is quicker than that average, and the slowest of them still books about 6.4 weeks sooner than the typical centre.
Waiting times move faster than pass rates — DVSA republishes them monthly, and a centre near the top of this list can slip once word gets round. Treat it as a shortlist to check on the booking service rather than a promise. The figure is the median gap between booking and testing for people who actually sat a test that month, not the soonest slot showing today, and cancellations regularly free up much earlier dates.
The pass rate column matters here. A centre that books six weeks out but passes well below average may cost you more time overall than one with a longer queue, because a retest puts you back in the same queue.
The 25 centres, ranked
Wait figures for June 2026. Open any centre for its monthly trend, nearby alternatives and full history.
| # | Centre | Region | Wait | Pass rate | Tests a year |
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| 1 | Greenham | South East | 2.9 weeks | 56.5% | 3,931 |
| 2 | Salisbury | South West | 3.6 weeks | 48.5% | 6,630 |
| 3 | Barrow In Furness | North West | 3.7 weeks | 69.6% | 1,699 |
| 4 | Boston | East Midlands | 3.7 weeks | 50.7% | 4,784 |
| 5 | Bodmin | South West | 3.9 weeks | 47.5% | 6,392 |
| 6 | Weston-super-Mare | South West | 4 weeks | 61% | 4,443 |
| 7 | Slough (London) | South East | 4.6 weeks | 50.8% | 10,509 |
| 8 | Ashford (Kent) | South East | 4.7 weeks | 46.2% | 5,475 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury | West Midlands | 4.7 weeks | 51% | 5,064 |
| 10 | Peterhead | Scotland | 4.8 weeks | 53.2% | 2,628 |
| 11 | Launceston | South West | 4.9 weeks | 46.3% | 3,991 |
| 12 | Rhyl | Wales | 5 weeks | 56.9% | 4,011 |
| 13 | Bristol (Avonmouth) | South West | 5.1 weeks | 55.5% | 9,400 |
| 14 | Leicester (Cannock Street) | East Midlands | 5.1 weeks | 40.2% | 14,198 |
| 15 | Canterbury | South East | 5.3 weeks | 45.8% | 4,670 |
| 16 | Basildon | East of England | 5.4 weeks | 49.1% | 8,359 |
| 17 | Folkestone | South East | 5.4 weeks | 42.4% | 7,818 |
| 18 | Aberdeen South (Cove) | Scotland | 5.6 weeks | 52.4% | 4,858 |
| 19 | Chingford (London) | London | 5.6 weeks | 39.9% | 13,120 |
| 20 | Llanelli | Wales | 5.6 weeks | 51% | 4,380 |
| 21 | Maidstone | South East | 5.6 weeks | 60.2% | 8,053 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe | Yorkshire and The Humber | 5.6 weeks | 45.4% | 6,103 |
| 23 | Wrexham | Wales | 5.6 weeks | 51.9% | 4,819 |
| 24 | Birmingham (Garretts Green) | West Midlands | 5.7 weeks | 44.4% | 22,480 |
| 25 | Winchester | South East | 5.7 weeks | 52.2% | 4,602 |
250 more centres qualify for this ranking but fall outside the top 25. 44 of the 319 DVSA centres are excluded — either DVSA published no figure for them, or they run fewer than 500 car tests a year, too few for a rate to survive a handful of results. They keep their own pages with whatever was published.
What this ranking does not tell you
This is how long people waited, not what you will see the moment you log in. It is the median gap between booking and testing among candidates who sat a test that month. Slots are released 24 weeks ahead and cancellations appear continuously, so any centre here may show something much sooner — or nothing at all if the last release has just been taken.
The figures are averages across every candidate a centre tested, most of whom you know nothing about. They say a great deal about the roads and very little about your chances on the day, which turn mostly on how much you have driven the routes around the centre you booked. Our guide to test routes covers how to work them out now that DVSA no longer publishes them.
How the ranking is built
Every figure comes from the DVSA statistical tables published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence — DRT122A for pass rates and DRT122F for test availability. Pass rates are the full-year figure for April 2025 to March 2026 rather than the latest month, because a single month at one centre swings several points on ordinary variation. Waiting times are the median gap between booking and testing among candidates who sat a test in June 2026 — not the soonest slot on the booking service, which cancellations often bring much closer.
Centres qualify for a ranking only if they published the figure being ranked and conducted at least 500 car tests in the year, about ten a week. Nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted, and the order is recomputed from scratch whenever DVSA publishes.
Figures cover Great Britain. Practical tests in Northern Ireland are run by the DVA, which publishes nothing comparable at centre level, so no Northern Irish centre appears in any ranking here.
Other rankings
- Easiest driving test centres in the UK — The 25 DVSA centres with the highest car pass rates, and why quiet roads — not soft examiners — put them there.
- Hardest driving test centres in the UK — The 25 lowest pass rates in Great Britain, what their routes have in common, and how to prepare if yours is on the list.
- Longest driving test waiting times — The centres booked out furthest ahead, how close they are to DVSA’s 24-week ceiling, and what to do if yours is one.
- Busiest driving test centres in the UK — The centres conducting the most car tests, how much of the national total they handle, and what volume means for your booking.
To sort and filter every centre yourself rather than read a top 25, use pass rates by centre and waiting times by centre, both of which cover all 319 DVSA centres.
