Redhill Aerodrome Driving Test Centre
The Redhill Aerodrome driving test centre is located in Redhill Aerodrome, England (RH1 5RP). 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
14.3K passed, 14.5K failed, 28.8K total
How Redhill Aerodrome compares
Redhill Aerodrome sits very close to the UK average, within 1 percentage point.
Where Redhill Aerodrome ranks among 323 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 Redhill Aerodrome have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at Redhill Aerodrome typically wait around 17 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
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Redhill Aerodrome
- car
- ADI part 2
- 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 RH1 5JZ, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Redhill Aerodrome is in Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey (RH1 5RP) and runs DVSA car tests for learners across the local area. The routes are the same fixed set every day; your examiner picks one without telling you which. Over 2018-19-2024-25, 28.8K 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.
Out of 323 UK car test centres, Redhill Aerodrome ranks 189, which lands it in the lower half nationally. The 49.4% pass rate is within a point of the UK figure of 48.7%. 2.2K first-attempt tests, 48.9% pass rate, against a UK average of 49%. Redhill Aerodrome doesn't favour or punish first-timers relative to the national pattern.
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 Redhill Aerodrome
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Redhill Aerodrome. The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- If you can, take at least one lesson with an instructor who specifically works the Redhill Aerodrome routes. Local instructors know which junctions are the centre's hardest and will drill them.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Redhill Aerodrome. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Redhill Aerodrome
Ten minutes early is the right target at Redhill Aerodrome. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder (postcode RH1 5RP) the day before. This centre sees high demand, modelled at roughly 17 weeks to a slot; booking well ahead and watching for cancellations both help. 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 Crawley is fully booked, Redhill Aerodrome is the next closest centre, roughly 10 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; 49.4% of candidates at Redhill Aerodrome 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: 2024-25.