Driving test centres in South-west England
21 DVSA car test centres, with what each one passes and how long it makes you wait. Every figure is DVSA's own.
21
51.7%
7.7 weeks
Every centre in South-west England
Ranked by pass rate for 2025-26, with the year before and the median wait in weeks. The last column is the live board, and updates as learners list.
| Centre | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | Tests | Wait, weeks | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | 69.0% | 66.7% | 4,353 | 10.9 | … |
| Yeovil | 63.4% | 59.7% | 7,493 | 16.3 | … |
| Weston-super-Mare | 61.0% | 56.5% | 4,443 | 5.0 | … |
| Taunton | 59.5% | 56.3% | 8,259 | 11.9 | … |
| Chippenham | 56.4% | 50.6% | 9,629 | 7.7 | … |
| Bristol (Avonmouth) | 55.5% | 53.7% | 9,400 | 8.0 | … |
| Trowbridge | 55.2% | 51.1% | 3,074 | 8.9 | … |
| Newton Abbot | 53.8% | 51.9% | 6,591 | 6.8 | … |
| Poole | 53.4% | 48.4% | 10,375 | 7.1 | … |
| Bristol (Kingswood) | 51.9% | 52.0% | 14,863 | 5.3 | … |
| Barnstaple | 51.4% | 54.7% | 5,562 | 8.0 | … |
| Swindon | 51.1% | 49.3% | 12,857 | 11.7 | … |
| Salisbury | 48.5% | 52.5% | 6,630 | 5.3 | … |
| Gloucester | 47.8% | 49.6% | 7,420 | 19.0 | … |
| Bodmin | 47.5% | 46.1% | 6,392 | 3.6 | … |
| Exeter | 46.8% | 47.9% | 8,679 | 7.6 | … |
| Penzance | 46.5% | 49.2% | 507 | 21.0 | … |
| Launceston | 46.3% | 48.3% | 3,991 | 7.0 | … |
| Cheltenham | 43.2% | 46.7% | 5,161 | 13.5 | … |
| Plymouth | 40.7% | 40.8% | 11,167 | 7.0 | … |
| Camborne | 40.6% | 41.3% | 6,271 | 5.6 | … |
Which of these are linked
A swap is always between two centres DVSA allows for both learners: your own, one of your three nearest, or one you first booked at. Chained through a neighbour, these are the groups that connect. Each centre page lists its own direct partners.
20 centres, linked
On its own in South-west England
- Barnstaple reaches no other centre, so a swap here is with somebody booked at the same one
Holding a date in South-west England?
Somebody nearby wants it, and has one you would rather have. Put yours on the board and see. It is free, it takes a minute, and nothing is committed until you both say yes.
South-west England: questions
Which South-west England driving test centre has the highest pass rate?
Dorchester, at 69.0% in 2025-26 against a national 50%. The lowest in the region is Camborne at 40.6%. A pass rate mostly describes the roads and the traffic around a centre rather than the marking, which is the same everywhere.
How long is the wait for a driving test in South-west England?
The median across 21 South-west England centres is 7.7 weeks, from DVSA's monthly figures for July 2026. That is shorter than the 11.9 week national median. The spread inside a region is usually wider than the gap between regions, so the centre matters more than the region does.
Can I swap a driving test between South-west England centres?
Only where DVSA allows the move. A swap has to leave both learners at their own centre, at one of their three nearest, or at a centre they first booked at, and it has to work in both directions. Being in the same region is not enough on its own: 1 of the 21 centres here reach nowhere else at all. Each centre page lists the ones it can actually reach.
How many driving test centres are there in South-west England?
21. 21 of them have a published pass rate, covering 153,117 car tests in 2025-26.