# Kendal (Oxenholme Road) Driving Test Centre Pass Rates

> Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre has a 65.1% pass rate and an average 10.7 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/kendal-oxenholme-road/

# Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre

North West, England · Oxenholme Road, Heron Hill, Westmorland and Furness · LA9 7RL

## Kendal (Oxenholme Road) at a glance

Pass rate

65.1%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

10.7 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

2,231

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

9%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Kendal (Oxenholme Road) compares

Kendal (Oxenholme Road) passes **65.1%** of car tests, which is **15 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **10.7 weeks**, 2.1 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **2,231** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **57%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Kendal (Oxenholme Road)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **57.0%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 57% |
| February 2026 | 63.1% |
| January 2026 | 67.6% |
| December 2025 | 65.8% |
| November 2025 | 68% |
| October 2025 | 63.2% |
| September 2025 | 65.3% |
| August 2025 | 66.9% |
| July 2025 | 64.8% |
| June 2025 | 65.9% |
| May 2025 | 68.1% |
| April 2025 | 69.3% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **10.7w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Kendal (Oxenholme Road), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 10.7 weeks |
| July 2026 | 10.7 weeks |
| June 2026 | 9.3 weeks |
| May 2026 | 8.1 weeks |
| April 2026 | 9.1 weeks |
| March 2026 | 4.4 weeks |
| February 2026 | 4.4 weeks |
| January 2026 | 6.5 weeks |
| December 2025 | 6.4 weeks |
| November 2025 | 6.7 weeks |
| October 2025 | 12.6 weeks |
| September 2025 | 9 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **244**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Kendal (Oxenholme Road), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 244 |
| February 2026 | 255 |
| January 2026 | 250 |
| December 2025 | 190 |
| November 2025 | 178 |
| October 2025 | 193 |
| September 2025 | 101 |
| August 2025 | 118 |
| July 2025 | 179 |
| June 2025 | 164 |
| May 2025 | 160 |
| April 2025 | 199 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 2,231 | 1,453 | 65.1% |
| 2024-25 | 2,149 | 1,393 | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 2,288 | 1,482 | 64.8% |
| 2022-23 | 1,695 | 1,158 | 68.3% |
| 2021-22 | 2,090 | 1,314 | 62.9% |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 432 | 67.7% |
| 2019-20 | 2,171 | 1,369 | 63.1% |
| 2018-19 | 2,263 | 1,425 | 63% |
| 2017-18 | 2,255 | 1,412 | 62.6% |
| 2016-17 | 2,478 | 1,558 | 62.9% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Barrow In Furness](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/barrow-in-furness/)
    
    40 km away
    
    69.6% pass · 4.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Blackpool](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/blackpool/)
    
    60 km away
    
    51.8% pass · 8.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Skipton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/skipton/)
    
    61 km away
    
    57.3% pass · 11 weeks wait
    
-   [Nelson](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/nelson/)
    
    61 km away
    
    51.7% pass · 19.7 weeks wait
    
-   [Preston](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/preston/)
    
    61 km away
    
    56.3% pass · 18.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Workington](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/workington/)
    
    64 km away
    
    61.9% pass · 10.9 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets [DRT122A and DRT122F](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to August 2026. This page was last updated 14 September 2026.