Guildford L & LGV Driving Test Centre
The Guildford L & LGV driving test centre is located in Guildford, 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
2.7K passed, 3.0K failed, 5.7K total
How Guildford L & LGV compares
Guildford L & LGV performs notably better than the UK average. This often correlates with rural or suburban routes that have fewer multi-lane roundabouts and complex urban scenarios.
Where Guildford L & 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 Guildford L & LGV have been gradually shortening as DVSA recovers post-pandemic capacity. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Guildford L & LGV typically wait around 15 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
Tests offered at Guildford L & LGV
- 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
Guildford L & LGV is a DVSA-operated hgv/lgv test centre located in Guildford, Surrey (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 (2007-08-2010-11), Guildford L & LGV has hosted 5.7K practical tests, a meaningful sample for percentage comparisons.
Ranking #132 of 152 by pass rate places Guildford L & LGV in the bottom quarter of UK hgv/lgv test centres, meaningfully above 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 Guildford L & LGV
- Pass rates at Guildford L & LGV run ahead of the UK average, but don't take that as licence to under-prepare. Centres with higher pass rates often still fail learners on the same fundamentals (observation, signalling, junctions).
- 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 Guildford L & LGV
Plan to arrive at Guildford L & 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 54.7% of candidates at Guildford L & 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: 2010-11.