Kings Lynn Driving Test Centre
Kings Lynn in King's Lynn currently passes 46% of tests, 2.7 points below the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Kings Lynn sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 21%, rank #255 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Skegness, about 27.0 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 42.0K passed, 42.0K failed, 84.0K total
How Kings Lynn compares
Kings Lynn is 2.7 points behind the national figure and ranked 255 of 323 in its category, a difference most candidates will not feel on the day.
Where Kings Lynn ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Kings Lynn ends the series about where it started, yet the spread between 2020-21 (65.2%) and 2024-25 (46%) runs to 19.2 points; read a single year here with caution.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Kings Lynn
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Kings Lynn in May 2026 had waited 18.7 weeks from booking to test day.
Official DVSA data, May 2026. The median is the time between booking and taking the test; for live availability use the DVSA booking service.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Kings Lynn
- car
- motorcycle module 1 (off-road)
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- ADI part 3
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 PE30 4LS, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Of the DVSA car centres across England, Kings Lynn is the one covering King's Lynn, Norfolk and the surrounding PE30 1BJ area. The routes are built around the roads the centre's examiners can reach inside the test's time budget. If you're cross-checking this pass rate against other sources, the sample size matters. 84.0K tests over 2017-18-2024-25 is large enough that any rounding you see between sites is just rounding, not disagreement on the underlying data.
If you've been told Kings Lynn is "an easy centre" or "a hard one", the data won't fully back that. 46% is 2.7 points below the UK car average of 48.7%, which is rank #255 out of 323. First-attempt figure: 46.2%. UK first-attempt average: 49%. Kings Lynn runs 2.8 points behind, candidates who succeed here on the first try are usually the ones who've practised the local road mix.
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 Kings Lynn
- Kings Lynn doesn't deviate much from the national curve, so generic preparation advice (mock tests, mirror discipline, junction observation) applies here in the same shape it would anywhere.
- 84.0K tests through this centre over the published window. At that throughput, competition for short-notice slots is constant, so make a habit of checking the official booking page often.
- Ask any instructor working Kings Lynn about the centre's "usual fails", they'll have two or three specific junctions or manoeuvres in mind. Practise those until they're automatic before your date.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Kings Lynn, cancellations appear on the official DVSA booking service throughout the day. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for the best chance of catching one.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Kings Lynn
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to Kings Lynn, and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode PE30 1BJ) shows the exact location. This is a very high-demand centre, modelled at roughly 18 to 22 weeks to a slot, so book as far ahead as you can and keep an eye on cancellations. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Skegness is fully booked, Kings Lynn is the next closest centre, roughly 27 miles away.
Expect about 40 minutes once you set off, to the same national DVSA script. It opens with an eyesight check at 20 metres and one tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive and asks one show-me question on the move. Around 20 minutes of that is independent driving, guided either by a sat nav the examiner provides or by road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and a one-in-seven chance of an emergency stop. The drive works through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within about a twenty-minute radius, and at a centre this busy that usually means heavier traffic to read. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests 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 46% of candidates at Kings Lynn 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: 2024-25.