Redhill Aerodrome Driving Test Centre
Redhill Aerodrome in Redhill Aerodrome records a 49.4% pass rate against a UK average of 48.7%, with a median wait of 5.6 weeks. This page covers the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, and a like-for-like comparison with other centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Redhill Aerodrome sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 42%, rank #189 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Tolworth (London), about 12.9 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 14.3K passed, 14.5K failed, 28.8K total
How Redhill Aerodrome compares
With a gap of under one point to the national average, Redhill Aerodrome (ranked 189 of 323 in its category) neither helps nor hurts; treat any difference you have heard about as noise.
Where Redhill Aerodrome ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Redhill Aerodrome has climbed 3.5 points across the series, 45.9% in 2018-19 to 49.4% now; the weakest year on record was 45.9% in 2018-19.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Redhill Aerodrome
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Redhill Aerodrome in May 2026 had waited 5.6 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 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. Your examiner picks the route on the day without telling you which, and the DVSA does not publish them. 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 area. Local instructors know which nearby junctions are demanding 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.
Other test centres nearby
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 16 to 20 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 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.
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.