Test centre · Upton

Upton Driving Test Centre

A test from Upton can go out through Moreton, Woodchurch, Noctorum and Newton, and on the roads between them.

52.6%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 2.6 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 12

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 22

Mini-roundabout 3

Emerging at a junction 4

Traffic lights 45

Buses only 2

One-way street 16

Turn banned 5

Compulsory turn 1

Pedestrian crossing 2

Signal-controlled crossing 34

Speed limit change 32

Road humps 21

Dual carriageway 8

Bridge 21

Crossroads 39

Slip road 6

Junction 150

Central reservation 11

Speed limit 41

School 47

Level crossing 1

Upton 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 · 52.6%

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

100th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 10,772; 5,667 passed
First attempts: 54.9%; 2,849 of 5,194
Median wait: 12.1 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 47.5%; 3,242 tests
Manual: 54.8%; 7,530 tests
Women · men: 52.7% · 52.5%
Aged 17: 68.6%
Aged 17 to 25: 60.4%
Car tests start from: Arrowe Park Rd, Upton, CH49 0UF; 53.37937, -3.09859

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	52.6%	10,772	5,667	2.6 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	50.0%	10,893	5,442	1.3 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	47.6%	10,289	4,899	0.3 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	48.6%	8,698	4,228	0.2 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	49.7%	7,647	3,798	0.8 points above (48.9%)
2020-21	56.0%	1,730	968	6.2 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	45.7%	6,579	3,008	0.2 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	47.0%	6,691	3,146	–
2017-18	49.0%	6,929	3,397	–
2016-17	51.0%	7,259	3,699	–
2015-16	49.2%	5,642	2,778	–
2014-15	48.6%	5,506	2,675	–
2012-13	49.2%	4,663	2,295	–
2011-12	49.8%	5,029	2,506	–
2010-11	47.7%	1,806	861	–
2009-10	47.5%	4,571	2,169	–
2008-09	45.4%	5,763	2,617	–
2007-08	45.0%	5,580	2,511	–

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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Upton beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Upton	52.6%	54.9%	10,772	12.1 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Wallasey	54.3%	54.4%	968	20.5 wks	6.4 km
Norris Green, Liverpool	37.8%	36.0%	13,472	15.3 wks	13.3 km
Speke, Liverpool	40.5%	41.5%	8,159	8.3 wks	14.6 km
Chester	47.3%	47.9%	9,212	14.4 wks	18.4 km
Widnes	42.7%	41.3%	6,846	6.9 wks	21.8 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 Upton in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 12.1 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 21.0 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 708 tests here in 2025-26, 6.6 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 Upton test centre

What is the pass rate at Upton driving test centre?

52.6% of driving tests at Upton were passes in 2025-26: 5,667 of 10,772, according to DVSA. That is 2.6 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 10,772 car driving tests at Upton in 2025-26, of which 5,667 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Upton different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 54.9% (2,849 of 5,194) in 2025-26, against 52.6% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Upton was 12.1 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 Upton driving test centre?

Car tests start from Arrowe Park Rd, Upton, CH49 0UF. On a map it is at 53.37937, -3.09859.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Upton was 52.6%. The nearest centres with a page here: Wallasey 54.3% (6.4 km away); Norris Green, Liverpool 37.8% (13.3 km away); Speke, Liverpool 40.5% (14.6 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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