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Heysham driving test centre

North West, England

Heysham at a glance

Pass rate
59.2%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
17.3 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
3,692
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
23.3%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Heysham compares

Heysham passes 59.2% of car tests, which is 9.1 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 17.3 weeks, 5.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 3,692 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 60% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

The map below shows the Heysham area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Heysham

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 60.0%

50%59%68%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Heysham driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
60%
60.5%
68.1%
68.3%
61.4%
59%
56.1%
59.3%
58.9%
54%
49.5%
59.5%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 17.3w

7w12w17wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Heysham, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
17.3 weeks
12.1 weeks
15.6 weeks
15.1 weeks
14.9 weeks
16 weeks
14.5 weeks
12.9 weeks
9.9 weeks
10.9 weeks
12.9 weeks
12.9 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 345

179273367Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Heysham, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
345
301
339
205
241
346
371
270
350
302
321
301

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Heysham driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 3,692 2,187 59.2%
2024-25 3,735 2,054 55%
2023-24 3,641 1,989 54.6%
2022-23 3,017 1,669 55.3%
2021-22 2,685 1,382 51.5%
2020-21 876 493 56.3%
2019-20 2,669 1,315 49.3%
2018-19 2,834 1,394 49.2%
2017-18 3,109 1,658 53.3%
2016-17 3,110 1,577 50.7%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Heysham driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

Practice makes perfect

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