Martin's Driver Training Driving Test Centre
The Martin's Driver Training driving test centre is located in Norfolk Showground, England (NR5 0TT). 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
165 passed, 78 failed, 243 total
How Martin's Driver Training compares
Martin's Driver Training 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 Martin's Driver Training 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 Martin's Driver Training have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Martin's Driver Training typically wait around 10 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 Martin's Driver Training
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder with postcode NR5 0TT.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode NR5 0TT, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at Martin's Driver Training report to a DVSA centre in Norfolk Showground, Norfolk, postcode NR5 0TT. The hgv/lgv routes used here are drawn from the streets the centre's examiners drive every week, so the test reflects local conditions rather than a generic syllabus. Martin's Driver Training is a low-volume centre, 243 tests through 2016-17-2016-17. PassRates aggregates the multi-year total because the per-quarter figures are too noisy to draw conclusions from in isolation.
By raw pass rate Martin's Driver Training sits at 67.9%, with the DVSA's national hgv/lgv average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (19.2 points clear of the UK figure) places the centre at rank #38 of 152, inside the top quarter of the country's hgv/lgv test centres. First-attempt data for Martin's Driver Training is missing from the DVSA's DRT122C release. It's not a low number, it's no number, the centre is small enough that DVSA omits it from that particular table.
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 Martin's Driver Training
- Above-average pass rate at Martin's Driver Training doesn't mean above-average ease. The fundamentals examiners mark are the same nationally: junctions, mirrors, observation, signal timing. A 65%+ pass rate means more candidates clear those, not that the bar is lower.
- With 243 tests on record at Martin's Driver Training, the per-quarter pass rates are noisy. The trend chart on this page is more informative than any specific number from a specific period.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Martin's Driver Training routes. Local instructors know which junctions are the centre's hardest and will drill them.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the DVSA's own cancellation feed is free.
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On the day at Martin's Driver Training
Ten minutes early is the right target at Martin's Driver Training. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder (postcode NR5 0TT) the day before. Demand sits at moderate with a modelled wait of about 10 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. If Norwich is fully booked, Martin's Driver Training is the next closest centre, roughly 5 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 pair of vehicle-safety questions, one show-me, one tell-me, then the examiner joins you for the road section. 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 a third of candidates get an emergency stop. 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.
There is no wait for the verdict, the examiner delivers it at the centre. They go over each fault recorded, hand you the DL25 feedback form, and on a pass retain your provisional licence so the full version arrives by post. To pass you need no more than 15 driving faults and not a single serious or dangerous one; 67.9% of candidates at Martin's Driver Training currently clear that.
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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: 2016-17.