Melton Mowbray Driving Test Centre
Melton Mowbray posts a 63.9% pass rate, with Nottingham (Colwick) the nearest alternative about 15 miles away. Read on for its full DVSA history, first-time pass rate, waiting time and demographic breakdown.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Melton Mowbray sits in the top 10% of UK car pass rates nationally (Top 9%, rank #30 of 323). No nearby car centre currently posts a higher pass rate.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 21.7K passed, 15.9K failed, 37.6K total
How Melton Mowbray compares
The 15.2-point gap in candidates' favour at Melton Mowbray (ranked 30 of 323 in its category) is among the wider spreads in the network, consistent with quieter local roads rather than any difference in how examiners mark.
Where Melton Mowbray ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Melton Mowbray has climbed 8.5 points across the series, 55.4% in 2017-18 to 63.9% now; the weakest year on record was 55.4% in 2017-18.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Melton Mowbray
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 Melton Mowbray
- 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 LE13 0UL, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at LE13 0PU, that's Melton Mowbray in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. Over 2017-18-2024-25, 37.6K candidates sat tests here. The figures are statistically usable for centre-to-centre comparisons, which is most of what people land on this page wanting to do.
Rank: #30 of 323. Pass rate: 63.9%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a top decile centre by the DVSA's own published figures. The DVSA's first-attempt figure for Melton Mowbray sits at 64.2%, 15.2 points clear of the 49% UK average. The gap is wide enough to matter when you're deciding which local centre to book.
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 Melton Mowbray
- Melton Mowbray passes higher than the UK average, but the marking sheet is identical to every other DVSA centre. The bias is in the local road mix (less traffic, simpler junction geometry); the standard is national.
- First-time pass rate of 64.2% at Melton Mowbray is on the forgiving side. A well-prepared first booking has a reasonable shot; don't over-correct by booking a "practice" test you don't actually need.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Melton Mowbray will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Melton Mowbray. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Melton Mowbray
Aim to be at Melton Mowbray ten minutes early. Because parking and waiting facilities are not the same at every DVSA centre, check the approach on the DVSA centre finder (postcode LE13 0PU) before the day. Demand is high and the modelled wait is close to 12 to 16 weeks, so an early booking and a cancellation alert are both worth setting up. The examiner needs to see your provisional photocard licence to begin, and the car you bring must be roadworthy, fitted with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Nottingham (Colwick) is fully booked, Melton Mowbray is the next closest centre, roughly 15 miles away.
The test runs for around 40 minutes and follows the same DVSA format used at every centre. The examiner checks your eyesight at 20 metres, asks you a tell-me safety question, then sits in for the drive, with one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes of it is independent driving, either following a sat nav the examiner sets up or following road signs to a named place. You will do one of four set manoeuvres, and roughly one in seven candidates is asked to perform 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 Melton Mowbray. 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; 63.9% 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.