Test centre · Penzance
Penzance Driving Test Centre
A test from Penzance can go out through Wherrytown, Treneere, Heamoor and Newlyn, and on the roads between them.
46.5%
Pass rate in 2025-26, from only 507 tests. Every figure
Penzance 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 · 46.5%
From only 507 tests, too few to rank or to compare fairly with Great Britain (50.0%). We rank centres with 1,000 or more.
- Tests taken
- 507
- 236 passed
- First attempts
- 43.4%
- 109 of 251
- Median wait
- 21.0 weeks
- tests taken in July 2026
- Automatic
- 37.7%
- 53 tests
- Manual
- 47.6%
- 454 tests
- Women · men
- 45.8% · 47.5%
- Aged 17
- 48.5%
- Aged 17 to 25
- 46.6%
- Car tests start from
- Driving Test Centre Penzance, 1 Alverton Terrace, Penzance, TR18 4JH
- 50.1183, -5.54212
Source: DVSA tables DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E, DRT122F, DRT121G. Manual is our arithmetic: all tests minus automatic. DVSA withheld 2 months of this centre's figures. 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 | 46.5% | 507 | 236 | 3.5 points below (50.0%) |
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 671 | 330 | 0.5 points above (48.7%) |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 661 | 345 | 4.3 points above (47.9%) |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 929 | 442 | 0.8 points below (48.4%) |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 662 | 341 | 2.6 points above (48.9%) |
| 2019-20 | 47.3% | 1,561 | 738 | 1.4 points above (45.9%) |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 1,518 | 753 | – |
| 2017-18 | 51.4% | 1,583 | 813 | – |
| 2016-17 | 52.7% | 1,492 | 787 | – |
| 2015-16 | 54.1% | 1,489 | 805 | – |
| 2014-15 | 53.4% | 1,268 | 677 | – |
| 2013-14 | 51.9% | 1,317 | 683 | – |
| 2012-13 | 52.5% | 1,542 | 809 | – |
| 2011-12 | 50.7% | 1,451 | 735 | – |
| 2010-11 | 48.4% | 1,709 | 828 | – |
| 2009-10 | 49.8% | 1,704 | 849 | – |
| 2008-09 | 50.4% | 1,940 | 977 | – |
| 2007-08 | 49.8% | 2,137 | 1,065 | – |
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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Penzance beside Great Britain and nearby centres
| Centre | Pass rate | First attempts | Tests | Median wait | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penzance | 46.5% | 43.4% | 507 | 21.0 wks | – |
| Great Britain | 50.0% | – | 1,998,621 | 11.1 wks | – |
| Camborne | 40.6% | 37.8% | 6,271 | 5.6 wks | 22.8 km |
| Isles of Scilly | 75.0% | – | 8 | – | 59.7 km |
| Bodmin | 47.5% | 45.2% | 6,392 | 3.6 wks | 70.5 km |
| Plymouth | 40.7% | 38.8% | 11,167 | 7.0 wks | 102.0 km |
| Newton Abbot | 53.8% | 54.5% | 6,591 | 6.8 wks | 145.4 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 Penzance in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 21.0 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 8.0 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 9 tests here in 2025-26, 1.8 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 Penzance test centre
What is the pass rate at Penzance driving test centre?
46.5% of driving tests at Penzance were passes in 2025-26: 236 of 507, according to DVSA. That is from only 507 tests, too few to compare fairly with the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.
How many driving tests were taken at Penzance in the latest year?
DVSA records 507 car driving tests at Penzance in 2025-26, of which 236 were passed.
Is the first-time pass rate at Penzance different?
For first attempts the pass rate was 43.4% (109 of 251) in 2025-26, against 46.5% for all attempts.
What is the waiting time for a driving test at Penzance?
DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Penzance was 21.0 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 Penzance driving test centre?
Car tests start from Driving Test Centre Penzance, 1 Alverton Terrace, Penzance, TR18 4JH. On a map it is at 50.1183, -5.54212.
Is there an official list of routes for Penzance 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 Penzance compare with nearby test centres?
In 2025-26 the pass rate at Penzance was 46.5%. The nearest centres with a page here: Camborne 40.6% (22.8 km away); Isles of Scilly 75.0% (59.7 km away); Bodmin 47.5% (70.5 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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