Test centre · Horsforth

Horsforth Driving Test Centre

A test from Horsforth can go out through Farsley, Yeadon, Tinshill and Ireland Wood, and on the roads between them.

49.7%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 0.3 points below 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 24

Mini-roundabout 25

Emerging at a junction 10

Traffic lights 88

Bus lane merge 12

Buses only 4

One-way street 38

Turn banned 52

Compulsory turn 13

Pedestrian crossing 44

Signal-controlled crossing 46

Speed limit change 64

Road humps 52

Dual carriageway 14

Bridge 39

Crossroads 65

Slip road 7

Junction 252

Central reservation 13

Speed limit 214

School 77

Horsforth 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 · 49.7%

0.3 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).

Joint 155th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 12,466; 6,193 passed
First attempts: 51.1%; 3,040 of 5,945
Median wait: 10.7 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 45.2%; 3,841 tests
Manual: 51.7%; 8,625 tests
Women · men: 50.5% · 49.0%
Aged 17: 63.9%
Aged 17 to 25: 56.0%
Car tests start from: Room 013 Woodside House, 261 Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NY; 53.83993, -1.62186

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	49.7%	12,466	6,193	0.3 points below (50.0%)
2024-25	51.3%	11,935	6,119	2.6 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	50.3%	11,326	5,702	2.4 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	49.8%	9,236	4,600	1.4 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	48.9%	8,629	4,218	level with (48.9%)
2020-21	45.7%	2,038	932	4.1 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	45.1%	10,409	4,697	0.8 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	44.9%	9,822	4,408	–
2017-18	45.3%	10,492	4,756	–
2016-17	46.3%	9,300	4,307	–
2015-16	47.1%	9,195	4,333	–
2014-15	45.6%	9,437	4,303	–
2013-14	46.5%	8,481	3,947	–
2012-13	46.5%	7,350	3,415	–
2011-12	46.3%	8,306	3,845	–
2010-11	43.0%	8,971	3,859	–
2009-10	41.1%	7,417	3,045	–
2008-09	42.2%	9,301	3,926	–
2007-08	34.9%	9,833	3,428	–

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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Horsforth beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Horsforth	49.7%	51.1%	12,466	10.7 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Bradford, Thornbury	47.8%	47.5%	10,831	6.5 wks	7.1 km
Leeds, Fearnville	51.8%	52.8%	4,676	9.6 wks	9.3 km
Bradford, Heaton	56.1%	54.3%	8,354	15.1 wks	11.2 km
Leeds, Colton Mill	51.8%	53.4%	6,432	8.4 wks	13.7 km
Heckmondwike	45.8%	45.8%	5,471	10.1 wks	15.1 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 Horsforth in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 10.7 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 14.0 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 615 tests here in 2025-26, 4.9 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 Horsforth test centre

What is the pass rate at Horsforth driving test centre?

49.7% of driving tests at Horsforth were passes in 2025-26: 6,193 of 12,466, according to DVSA. That is 0.3 points below the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 12,466 car driving tests at Horsforth in 2025-26, of which 6,193 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Horsforth different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 51.1% (3,040 of 5,945) in 2025-26, against 49.7% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Horsforth was 10.7 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 Horsforth driving test centre?

Car tests start from Room 013 Woodside House, 261 Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NY. On a map it is at 53.83993, -1.62186.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Horsforth was 49.7%. The nearest centres with a page here: Bradford, Thornbury 47.8% (7.1 km away); Leeds, Fearnville 51.8% (9.3 km away); Bradford, Heaton 56.1% (11.2 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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