Louth Driving Test Centre
Louth in Louth, England has a current pass rate of 55.8%, 7.1 points above the UK average of 48.7%. This page breaks down the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, the waiting time and how it compares with the rest of the UK, all from the DVSA quarterly data.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Louth sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 30%, rank #96 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Skegness, about 20.6 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 5.6K passed, 4.4K failed, 10.0K total
How Louth compares
Louth runs 7.1 points ahead of the national average, ranked 96 of 323 in its category. Margins in this range usually track route difficulty: fewer multi-lane roundabouts and less dense traffic.
Where Louth ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Louth has held a narrow 7.1-point range across the whole series (53.9% at the low in 2017-18, 61% at the high in 2020-21); what you see is what you get.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Louth
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 Louth
- car
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 LN11 8RS, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Louth sits in Louth, Greater Lincolnshire. It's a DVSA-run car test centre, and the routes from here work outward into the streets and arterial roads that learners from Louth tend to know already. Sample size: 10.0K tests over 2017-18-2024-25. Enough that comparisons hold up; small enough that a quiet month or a route being temporarily diverted can show in the data.
55.8% at Louth, against a UK car average of 48.7%. That puts the centre 7.1 points clear of the national figure and ranks it #96 of 323 car centres in the DVSA's network. First-attempt pass rate at Louth: 56.8%, against 49% nationally. That's a 7.8-point lead. Well-prepared candidates with no prior test attempts pass here at a noticeably higher rate than the UK average.
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 Louth
- Don't read a higher pass rate as a softer test. Louth's rate reflects route geography more than examiner discretion, DVSA marking is centrally trained. Prepare for the same fault categories you'd prepare for anywhere.
- 56.8% of first-timers pass at Louth, so the centre is on the forgiving side. If your instructor is signing you off as test-ready, your own preparation matters far more than the venue.
- Ask any instructor working Louth 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.
- The only legitimate booking route is gov.uk. Anything calling itself a "test booking concierge" is reselling the same slots at a markup, the slots aren't theirs to control.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Louth
Turn up at Louth ten minutes before your appointment, and check ahead where you can park, DVSA sites vary on that. You can preview the location on the DVSA centre finder. At moderate demand and roughly 10 to 14 weeks' wait, getting a date that works for you is usually straightforward. The examiner will ask to see your provisional photocard licence before anything else, and your car must carry L plates and a working interior mirror. If Grimsby Coldwater is fully booked, Louth is the next closest centre, roughly 15 miles away.
Plan for a drive of roughly 40 minutes, identical in structure to every other DVSA centre. First comes the 20-metre eyesight check and a tell-me vehicle-safety question, then the examiner joins you for the road section, with one show-me question while you drive. About 20 minutes is independent driving by sat nav or by following signs to a named target, you tackle one of four set manoeuvres, and around one in seven candidates get an emergency stop. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
You find out there and then, back at Louth. The examiner runs through the faults on the DL25 feedback form and, on a pass, keeps your provisional licence so a full licence follows in the post. Clearing the test means staying under 16 driving faults, that is 15 or fewer, with no serious or dangerous fault; 55.8% of candidates here manage it on the current 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.