Test centre · Atherton (Manchester)
Atherton, Manchester Driving Test Centre
A test from Atherton, Manchester can go out through Westhoughton, Tyldesley, Leigh and Westleigh, and on the roads between them.
44.3%
Pass rate in 2025-26, 5.7 points below Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure
Atherton, Manchester in DVSA's figures
DVSA figures for 2025-26, published 25 June 2026 · waiting time for July 2026, published 9 September 2026
Pass rate · 2025-26 · 44.3%
5.7 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).
Joint 220th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.
- Tests taken
- 13,035
- 5,779 passed
- First attempts
- 45.1%
- 2,573 of 5,708
- Median wait
- 15.3 weeks
- tests taken in July 2026
- Automatic
- 37.9%
- 3,925 tests
- Manual
- 47.1%
- 9,110 tests
- Women · men
- 42.4% · 45.7%
- Aged 17
- 60.4%
- Aged 17 to 25
- 50.5%
- Car tests start from
- Gibfield Park Avenue, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0SU
- 53.52946, -2.50734
Source: DVSA tables DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E, DRT122F, DRT121G. Manual is our arithmetic: all tests minus automatic. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and notes
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Pass rate by year
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Passes | Against Great Britain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.3% | 13,035 | 5,779 | 5.7 points below (50.0%) |
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 7,690 | 3,416 | 4.3 points below (48.7%) |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 6,918 | 3,065 | 3.6 points below (47.9%) |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 7,030 | 3,321 | 1.2 points below (48.4%) |
| 2021-22 | 49.9% | 5,654 | 2,823 | 1.0 points above (48.9%) |
| 2020-21 | 51.5% | 1,520 | 783 | 1.7 points above (49.8%) |
| 2019-20 | 46.5% | 6,518 | 3,032 | 0.6 points above (45.9%) |
| 2018-19 | 50.1% | 6,730 | 3,369 | – |
| 2017-18 | 50.3% | 6,554 | 3,296 | – |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 6,377 | 3,205 | – |
| 2015-16 | 50.5% | 5,084 | 2,569 | – |
| 2014-15 | 49.9% | 5,161 | 2,577 | – |
| 2013-14 | 49.7% | 5,228 | 2,597 | – |
DVSA table DRT122A, each financial year it publishes for this centre. Great Britain from DRT121G, which starts in January 2019, so a dash marks a year with no whole-year Great Britain figure to compare.
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Atherton, Manchester beside Great Britain and nearby centres
| Centre | Pass rate | First attempts | Tests | Median wait | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton, Manchester | 44.3% | 45.1% | 13,035 | 15.3 wks | – |
| Great Britain | 50.0% | – | 1,998,621 | 11.1 wks | – |
| Bolton, Manchester | 51.8% | 52.8% | 11,570 | 16.2 wks | 6.6 km |
| Warrington | 55.5% | 55.5% | 7,550 | 10.6 wks | 14.1 km |
| Chorley | 52.8% | 54.0% | 5,415 | 12.0 wks | 16.0 km |
| St Helens, Liverpool | 40.9% | 42.1% | 14,174 | 6.6 wks | 16.5 km |
| Bury, Manchester | 46.3% | 45.7% | 7,024 | 7.6 wks | 16.6 km |
Pass rates and tests for 2025-26; waits for tests taken in July 2026. A dash means DVSA publishes no figure we hold. Distances are straight lines between centres, and only centres with a page here are listed (find them from all test centres), so a centre we have not mapped yet may be nearer. You can book at any centre, but since 9 June 2026 a booked test can only be moved to one of the 3 centres nearest it, or back to the one you first booked (GOV.UK).
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Waiting times and booking
For tests taken at Atherton, Manchester in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 15.3 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 24.0 weeks until at least one in ten appointments a week was free. These are a past month's figures; the dates you can book today are on GOV.UK.
DVSA cancelled 423 tests here in 2025-26, 3.2 for every 100 it conducted, most often for medical absence. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.
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Questions about Atherton, Manchester test centre
What is the pass rate at Atherton, Manchester driving test centre?
44.3% of driving tests at Atherton, Manchester were passes in 2025-26: 5,779 of 13,035, according to DVSA. That is 5.7 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.
How many driving tests were taken at Atherton, Manchester in the latest year?
DVSA records 13,035 car driving tests at Atherton, Manchester in 2025-26, of which 5,779 were passed.
Is the first-time pass rate at Atherton, Manchester different?
For first attempts the pass rate was 45.1% (2,573 of 5,708) in 2025-26, against 44.3% for all attempts.
What is the waiting time for a driving test at Atherton, Manchester?
DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Atherton, Manchester was 15.3 weeks for tests taken in July 2026. It is a month's figure, not today's: GOV.UK shows the dates you can book now.
Where exactly is Atherton, Manchester driving test centre?
Car tests start from Gibfield Park Avenue, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0SU. On a map it is at 53.52946, -2.50734.
Is there an official list of routes for Atherton, Manchester driving test centre?
No. DVSA stopped publishing test routes in October 2010, and they are still not published, so you cannot check them before your test. The drives on this page are for visualisation and practice only: they show the kind of roads a test from here can use.
How does Atherton, Manchester compare with nearby test centres?
In 2025-26 the pass rate at Atherton, Manchester was 44.3%. The nearest centres with a page here: Bolton, Manchester 51.8% (6.6 km away); Warrington 55.5% (14.1 km away); Chorley 52.8% (16.0 km away).
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Sources and notes
- DRT122A: Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122C: Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122D: Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122E: Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122F: Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
- DRT121G: Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
All from DVSA's driving test statistics, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Analysis by Driving Mastery; DVSA does not endorse it. A pass rate is not a measure of how hard a test centre is. It reflects who books there and how prepared they are, the mix of automatic and manual tests, and local road conditions, as well as anything about the centre itself. Manual figures are all tests minus automatic tests, which is our arithmetic rather than a DVSA figure. Waiting times are a median over the tests taken that month, not a quoted booking lead time.
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