Test centre · Winchester

Winchester Driving Test Centre

A test from Winchester can go out through Lower Stanmore, St Cross, Sleepers' Hill and West Hill, and on the roads between them.

52.2%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 2.2 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

On the map

Routes 8

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

1234–56+ routes on the road

Road signs

Roundabout 18

Mini-roundabout 10

Emerging at a junction 2

Traffic lights 34

Bus lane merge 2

One-way street 19

Turn banned 13

Compulsory turn 2

Pedestrian crossing 9

Signal-controlled crossing 3

Speed limit change 54

Road humps 6

Dual carriageway 6

Bridge 38

Crossroads 14

Slip road 1

Junction 89

Central reservation 3

Speed limit 39

School 18

Winchester 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 · 52.2%

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

105th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken: 4,602; 2,404 passed
First attempts: 50.0%; 1,135 of 2,269
Median wait: 7.1 weeks; tests taken in July 2026
Automatic: 45.3%; 1,150 tests
Manual: 54.5%; 3,452 tests
Women · men: 51.0% · 53.4%
Aged 17: 60.6%
Aged 17 to 25: 56.4%
Car tests start from: Christchurch Road, Winchester, SO23 9SY; 51.05628, -1.32279

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	52.2%	4,602	2,404	2.2 points above (50.0%)
2024-25	47.9%	3,839	1,838	0.8 points below (48.7%)
2023-24	49.1%	6,218	3,051	1.2 points above (47.9%)
2022-23	49.1%	6,707	3,292	0.7 points above (48.4%)
2021-22	56.5%	5,793	3,273	7.6 points above (48.9%)
2020-21	59.2%	1,186	702	9.4 points above (49.8%)
2019-20	49.6%	3,334	1,654	3.7 points above (45.9%)
2018-19	50.0%	3,427	1,714	–
2017-18	51.3%	3,292	1,689	–
2016-17	46.2%	3,754	1,733	–
2015-16	43.1%	3,186	1,372	–
2014-15	43.0%	3,288	1,414	–
2013-14	45.2%	3,114	1,407	–
2012-13	50.0%	2,994	1,496	–
2011-12	48.7%	3,489	1,700	–
2010-11	45.5%	3,928	1,786	–
2009-10	44.1%	3,135	1,382	–
2008-09	45.3%	3,882	1,759	–
2007-08	39.8%	4,233	1,683	–

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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Winchester beside Great Britain and nearby centres

Centre	Pass rate	First attempts	Tests	Median wait	Distance
Winchester	52.2%	50.0%	4,602	7.1 wks	–
Great Britain	50.0%	–	1,998,621	11.1 wks	–
Basingstoke	56.8%	57.7%	5,009	19.6 wks	25.6 km
Lee On The Solent	63.2%	65.5%	8,502	20.0 wks	28.5 km
Portsmouth	52.8%	52.9%	13,518	13.0 wks	28.5 km
Salisbury	48.5%	48.3%	6,630	5.3 wks	32.5 km
Greenham	56.5%	55.9%	3,931	5.2 wks	35.6 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 Winchester in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 7.1 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 60 tests here in 2025-26, 1.3 for every 100 it conducted, most often for examiner leave. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.

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Questions about Winchester test centre

What is the pass rate at Winchester driving test centre?

52.2% of driving tests at Winchester were passes in 2025-26: 2,404 of 4,602, according to DVSA. That is 2.2 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

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

DVSA records 4,602 car driving tests at Winchester in 2025-26, of which 2,404 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Winchester different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 50.0% (1,135 of 2,269) in 2025-26, against 52.2% for all attempts.

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

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Winchester was 7.1 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 Winchester driving test centre?

Car tests start from Christchurch Road, Winchester, SO23 9SY. On a map it is at 51.05628, -1.32279.

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

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Winchester was 52.2%. The nearest centres with a page here: Basingstoke 56.8% (25.6 km away); Lee On The Solent 63.2% (28.5 km away); Portsmouth 52.8% (28.5 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.

Every centre's figures as CSV or JSON.

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