Test centre · Wallasey

Wallasey Driving Test Centre

A test from Wallasey can go out through Liverpool, Birkenhead, Egremont and Seacombe, and on the roads between them.

54.3%

Pass rate in 2025-26, from only 968 tests. Every figure

On the map

Routes 4

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 42

Mini-roundabout 16

Emerging at a junction 12

Traffic lights 159

Bus lane merge 2

Buses only 6

One-way street 87

Turn banned 76

Compulsory turn 9

Pedestrian crossing 6

Signal-controlled crossing 76

Speed limit change 34

Road humps 30

Dual carriageway 32

Bridge 65

STOP sign 2

Crossroads 154

Slip road 17

Junction 454

Central reservation 29

Speed limit 175

School 49

Level crossing 1

Wallasey 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 · 54.3%

From only 968 tests, too few to rank or to compare fairly with Great Britain (50.0%). We rank centres with 1,000 or more.

Tests taken: 968; 526 passed
First attempts: 54.4%; 292 of 537
Median wait: 20.5 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 40.1%; 242 tests
Manual: 59.1%; 726 tests
Women · men: 56.0% · 52.9%
Aged 17: 62.8%
Aged 17 to 25: 60.9%
Car tests start from: 17c King Street, Wallasey, CH44 8AT; 53.41882, -3.02734

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	54.3%	968	526	4.3 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	49.6%	1,276	633	0.9 points above (48.7%)
2023-24	42.6%	1,816	774	5.3 points below (47.9%)
2022-23	38.3%	2,780	1,065	10.1 points below (48.4%)
2021-22	39.3%	2,772	1,089	9.6 points below (48.9%)
2020-21	46.7%	664	310	3.1 points below (49.8%)
2019-20	42.2%	2,013	849	3.7 points below (45.9%)
2018-19	42.6%	1,890	806	–
2017-18	42.1%	2,199	925	–
2016-17	41.1%	2,355	969	–
2015-16	44.0%	1,993	877	–
2014-15	44.1%	1,885	832	–
2012-13	45.9%	2,271	1,043	–
2011-12	46.1%	2,926	1,349	–
2010-11	45.2%	5,675	2,567	–
2009-10	45.8%	3,008	1,377	–
2008-09	45.9%	2,809	1,289	–
2007-08	44.7%	3,279	1,465	–

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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Wallasey beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Wallasey	54.3%	54.4%	968	20.5 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Upton	52.6%	54.9%	10,772	12.1 wks	6.4 km
Norris Green, Liverpool	37.8%	36.0%	13,472	15.3 wks	7.0 km
Speke, Liverpool	40.5%	41.5%	8,159	8.3 wks	12.2 km
Widnes	42.7%	41.3%	6,846	6.9 wks	18.1 km
Chester	47.3%	47.9%	9,212	14.4 wks	20.1 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 Wallasey in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 20.5 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 14.3 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 54 tests here in 2025-26, 5.6 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 Wallasey test centre

What is the pass rate at Wallasey driving test centre?

54.3% of driving tests at Wallasey were passes in 2025-26: 526 of 968, according to DVSA. That is from only 968 tests, too few to compare fairly with the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 968 car driving tests at Wallasey in 2025-26, of which 526 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Wallasey different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 54.4% (292 of 537) in 2025-26, against 54.3% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Wallasey was 20.5 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 Wallasey driving test centre?

Car tests start from 17c King Street, Wallasey, CH44 8AT. On a map it is at 53.41882, -3.02734.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Wallasey was 54.3%. The nearest centres with a page here: Upton 52.6% (6.4 km away); Norris Green, Liverpool 37.8% (7.0 km away); Speke, Liverpool 40.5% (12.2 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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