Test centre · Bolton (Manchester)

Bolton, Manchester Driving Test Centre

A test from Bolton, Manchester can go out through Farnworth, Great Lever, Burnden and The Haulgh, and on the roads between them.

51.8%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 1.8 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 9

DVSA does not publish test routes. These are shown for visualisation and practice only.

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 18

Mini-roundabout 29

Emerging at a junction 2

Traffic lights 137

Bus lane merge 7

Buses only 3

One-way street 57

Turn banned 103

Compulsory turn 2

Pedestrian crossing 9

Signal-controlled crossing 28

Speed limit change 36

Road humps 29

Dual carriageway 12

Bridge 58

STOP sign 1

Crossroads 116

Slip road 16

Junction 373

Central reservation 9

Speed limit 186

School 90

Bolton, 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 · 51.8%

1.8 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).

Joint 113th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 11,570; 5,996 passed
First attempts: 52.8%; 3,060 of 5,792
Median wait: 16.2 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 46.7%; 4,167 tests
Manual: 54.7%; 7,403 tests
Women · men: 50.0% · 53.5%
Aged 17: 69.9%
Aged 17 to 25: 58.0%
Car tests start from: Weston Street, Bolton, BL3 2AW; 53.56498, -2.42774

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	51.8%	11,570	5,996	1.8 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	56.7%	11,879	6,730	8.0 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	54.6%	12,037	6,574	6.7 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	58.5%	10,831	6,339	10.1 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	56.7%	9,627	5,454	7.8 points above (48.9%)
2020-21	58.2%	2,158	1,256	8.4 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	51.6%	9,316	4,805	5.7 points above (45.9%)
2018-19	50.7%	9,557	4,843	–
2017-18	49.7%	10,314	5,126	–
2016-17	52.3%	9,833	5,139	–
2015-16	51.4%	7,362	3,786	–
2014-15	51.1%	7,090	3,620	–
2013-14	52.0%	6,460	3,358	–

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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Bolton, Manchester beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Bolton, Manchester	51.8%	52.8%	11,570	16.2 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Atherton, Manchester	44.3%	45.1%	13,035	15.3 wks	6.6 km
Bury, Manchester	46.3%	45.7%	7,024	7.6 wks	10.1 km
Cheetham Hill, Manchester	44.7%	44.1%	10,207	10.4 wks	14.2 km
Chorley	52.8%	54.0%	5,415	12.0 wks	16.3 km
Blackburn with Darwen	46.6%	45.5%	12,205	8.6 wks	16.8 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 Bolton, Manchester in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 16.2 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 271 tests here in 2025-26, 2.3 for every 100 it conducted, most often for examiner leave. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.

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Questions about Bolton, Manchester test centre

What is the pass rate at Bolton, Manchester driving test centre?

51.8% of driving tests at Bolton, Manchester were passes in 2025-26: 5,996 of 11,570, according to DVSA. That is 1.8 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Bolton, Manchester in the latest year?

DVSA records 11,570 car driving tests at Bolton, Manchester in 2025-26, of which 5,996 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Bolton, Manchester different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 52.8% (3,060 of 5,792) in 2025-26, against 51.8% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Bolton, Manchester?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Bolton, Manchester was 16.2 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 Bolton, Manchester driving test centre?

Car tests start from Weston Street, Bolton, BL3 2AW. On a map it is at 53.56498, -2.42774.

Is there an official list of routes for Bolton, 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 Bolton, Manchester compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Bolton, Manchester was 51.8%. The nearest centres with a page here: Atherton, Manchester 44.3% (6.6 km away); Bury, Manchester 46.3% (10.1 km away); Cheetham Hill, Manchester 44.7% (14.2 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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