Test centre · Farnborough

Farnborough Driving Test Centre

A test from Farnborough can go out through Aldershot, North Town, Ash Vale and Mytchett, and on the roads between them.

59.7%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 9.7 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 7

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 57

Mini-roundabout 32

Emerging at a junction 15

Traffic lights 61

Bus lane merge 11

One-way street 23

Turn banned 35

Compulsory turn 5

Pedestrian crossing 17

Signal-controlled crossing 1

Speed limit change 60

Road humps 25

Dual carriageway 13

Bridge 40

STOP sign 4

Crossroads 14

Slip road 9

Junction 86

Central reservation 6

Speed limit 39

School 38

Level crossing 1

Farnborough 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 · 59.7%

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

20th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 10,482; 6,258 passed
First attempts: 60.1%; 3,565 of 5,929
Median wait: 16.0 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 52.2%; 2,892 tests
Manual: 62.6%; 7,590 tests
Women · men: 57.6% · 61.7%
Aged 17: 72.2%
Aged 17 to 25: 65.5%
Car tests start from: 35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Unit C1, Cirrus, Farnborough, GU14 6UU; 51.27452, -0.77126

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	59.7%	10,482	6,258	9.7 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	58.3%	8,041	4,689	9.6 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	58.4%	10,712	6,253	10.5 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	55.8%	8,889	4,957	7.4 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	57.2%	8,257	4,719	8.3 points above (48.9%)
2020-21	58.6%	2,988	1,752	8.8 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	51.4%	10,871	5,588	5.5 points above (45.9%)
2018-19	54.0%	10,779	5,822	–
2017-18	58.4%	10,435	6,090	–
2016-17	54.3%	12,807	6,952	–
2015-16	55.2%	10,139	5,594	–
2014-15	54.0%	10,359	5,597	–
2013-14	53.3%	9,364	4,987	–
2012-13	50.5%	9,115	4,599	–
2011-12	53.7%	9,464	5,082	–
2009-10	49.3%	9,529	4,694	–
2008-09	49.7%	3,026	1,503	–

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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Farnborough beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Farnborough	59.7%	60.1%	10,482	16.0 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Guildford	57.1%	56.8%	4,542	9.6 wks	14.5 km
Reading	55.4%	55.4%	9,237	13.9 wks	21.4 km
Chertsey, London	52.9%	52.5%	9,082	15.6 wks	21.9 km
Basingstoke	56.8%	57.7%	5,009	19.6 wks	24.0 km
Slough, London	50.8%	48.4%	10,509	6.0 wks	30.4 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 Farnborough in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 16.0 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 371 tests here in 2025-26, 3.5 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 Farnborough test centre

What is the pass rate at Farnborough driving test centre?

59.7% of driving tests at Farnborough were passes in 2025-26: 6,258 of 10,482, according to DVSA. That is 9.7 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Farnborough in the latest year?

DVSA records 10,482 car driving tests at Farnborough in 2025-26, of which 6,258 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Farnborough different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 60.1% (3,565 of 5,929) in 2025-26, against 59.7% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Farnborough?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Farnborough was 16.0 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 Farnborough driving test centre?

Car tests start from 35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Unit C1, Cirrus, Farnborough, GU14 6UU. On a map it is at 51.27452, -0.77126.

Is there an official list of routes for Farnborough 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 Farnborough compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Farnborough was 59.7%. The nearest centres with a page here: Guildford 57.1% (14.5 km away); Reading 55.4% (21.4 km away); Chertsey, London 52.9% (21.9 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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