Berwick-On-Tweed Driving Test Centre
The Berwick-On-Tweed driving test centre is located in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. Below are the official pass-rate statistics, multi-year trend, demographic breakdown, and how this centre compares against the UK average and its neighbours, all drawn from the DVSA quarterly statistical release.
Pass vs fail at a glance
588 passed, 311 failed, 899 total
How Berwick-On-Tweed compares
Berwick-On-Tweed performs well above the UK average. Learners passing here are more likely to pass than at most other UK centres, though this can also reflect quieter test routes and fewer challenging junctions.
Where Berwick-On-Tweed ranks among 152 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Most common faults at this centre
The fault categories most frequently recorded against learners on test. Knowing them lets you target practice on the things examiners are most likely to penalise.
- 1Junctions - observation10
- 2Mirrors - change direction9
- 3Move off - safely8
- 4Junctions - turning right7
- 5Response to signs - traffic lights6
Per-centre fault breakdowns are derived from the DVSA national fault distribution applied to centre-level test outcomes.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Wait times at Berwick-On-Tweed have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is comparatively quick: learners booking at Berwick-On-Tweed typically wait around 6 weeks from booking to test day.
Wait time is estimated from regional demand patterns reported in the National Audit Office investigation into car driving test waiting times (Dec 2024) and the DVSA Despatch blog updates, combined with this centre's test volume. Real availability fluctuates with examiner staffing and cancellations, always check the official DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Tests offered at Berwick-On-Tweed
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Berwick-On-Tweed is in Berwick-upon-Tweed, North East and runs DVSA hgv/lgv tests for learners across the local area. The routes are the same fixed set every day; your examiner picks one without telling you which. Berwick-On-Tweed is a low-volume centre, 899 tests through 2014-15-2022-23. PassRates aggregates the multi-year total because the per-quarter figures are too noisy to draw conclusions from in isolation.
Out of 152 UK hgv/lgv test centres, Berwick-On-Tweed ranks 52, which lands it in the upper half nationally. The 65.4% pass rate is 16.7 points clear of the UK figure of 48.7%. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for Berwick-On-Tweed in DRT122C, so the split between first-time and retake pass rates isn't published for this centre.
All figures shown are aggregated from the DVSA quarterly statistical release covering the most recent reporting periods available. Pass-rate calculations exclude tests cancelled by the candidate or examiner. Sample sizes and methodology are described in the source attribution at the foot of this page.
What learners should know about Berwick-On-Tweed
- Berwick-On-Tweed passes higher than the UK average, but the marking sheet is identical to every other DVSA centre. The bias is in the routes (less traffic, simpler junction geometry); the standard is national.
- With 899 tests on record at Berwick-On-Tweed, the per-quarter pass rates are noisy. The trend chart on this page is more informative than any specific number from a specific period.
- Practising the test routes is the single thing that most reliably moves a candidate's pass odds. Most ADI instructors in Berwick-upon-Tweed will have a working knowledge of which routes Berwick-On-Tweed uses.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Berwick-On-Tweed. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Berwick-On-Tweed
Ten minutes early is the right target at Berwick-On-Tweed. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder the day before. Demand sits at low with a modelled wait of about 6 weeks, which generally leaves more room to choose a date. Bring the provisional photocard licence, the examiner checks for it first, and make sure your car is roadworthy with L plates and a working interior mirror.
Once underway the test takes around 40 minutes and is the same wherever you sit it. The examiner verifies your eyesight at 20 metres, puts one show-me and one tell-me question to you, then accompanies the drive. About 20 minutes is independent driving, sat nav or road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and an emergency stop on roughly one test in three. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across recent DVSA marking, the fault logged most often at this centre is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
Results come immediately on return to the centre. The examiner talks you through any faults marked, prints the DL25 feedback form, and (if you passed) takes your provisional licence so the full one can be issued by post. A pass needs no more than 15 driving faults and zero serious or dangerous faults, the standard 65.4% of candidates at Berwick-On-Tweed meet under current DVSA marking.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRates.uk aggregates DVSA centre-level totals across reporting periods.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2022-23.