Featherstone LGV Driving Test Centre
The Featherstone LGV driving test centre is located in Featherstone, 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
5.9K passed, 6.0K failed, 12.0K total
How Featherstone LGV compares
Featherstone LGV sits close to the UK average pass rate.
Where Featherstone LGV 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 Featherstone LGV have been gradually shortening as DVSA recovers post-pandemic capacity. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Featherstone LGV typically wait around 11 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 2025) 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
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Featherstone LGV
- HGV/LGV
Accessibility & facilities
Parking and toilet details aren't included in DVSA's published feed. For the current on-site facilities, check the DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode DG1 3PQ, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Featherstone LGV is a DVSA-operated hgv/lgv test centre located in Featherstone, West Yorkshire (England). It serves learners from across its catchment area, with test routes radiating out from the centre into surrounding residential and arterial roads. Over the available DVSA reporting periods (2007-08-2013-14), Featherstone LGV has hosted 12.0K practical tests, a meaningful sample for percentage comparisons.
Ranking #128 of 152 by pass rate places Featherstone LGV in the bottom quarter of UK hgv/lgv test centres, broadly in line with the UK national average of 48.7%. DVSA does not publish first-attempt figures for this centre in its DRT122C release, so we can't separate first-time and retake pass rates here.
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 Featherstone LGV
- Featherstone LGV sits close to the UK national pass rate, so prepare expecting a normal level of difficulty, neither unusually easy nor unusually hard.
- Always book your test through the official DVSA booking service (gov.uk). Be wary of third-party sites charging premium fees for the same booking.
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On the day at Featherstone LGV
Plan to arrive at Featherstone LGV ten minutes before your slot. Parking availability varies between DVSA centres, so check the route on the DVSA centre finder before your test day. Bring your provisional photocard driving licence, the examiner will not start the test without it. You will also need a roadworthy car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner.
The test runs for around 40 minutes and follows the same DVSA format at every centre. The examiner checks your eyesight at 20 metres, asks one show-me and one tell-me question, and then sits in for the drive. About 20 minutes of that drive is independent driving, either following a sat nav fitted by the examiner or following road signs to a named destination. You will be asked to perform one of four set manoeuvres (parallel park, bay park forward or reverse, or pull up on the right). One in three candidates is asked to do an emergency stop.
Results come immediately on return to the centre. The examiner reads through any faults marked, prints the DL25 driver feedback form, and (if you passed) takes your provisional licence so a full licence can be issued by post. A pass requires no more than 15 driving faults and zero serious or dangerous faults, the standard 49.8% of candidates at Featherstone LGV 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: 2013-14.