Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) Driving Test Centre
Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) posts a 69.5% pass rate, with Gosforth the nearest alternative about 7 miles away. Read on for its full DVSA history, first-time pass rate, waiting time and demographic breakdown.
DVSA data last updated September 2026
Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) sits in the top half of hgv/lgv pass rates nationally (Top 27%, rank #34 of 124). The strongest hgv/lgv alternative nearby is Teesside LGV, about 30.5 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 3.4K passed, 1.5K failed, 5.0K total
How Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) compares
At 9.3 points above the UK figure and ranked 34 of 124 in its category, Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) offers a modest but real edge, typically a product of its local road layout rather than the venue itself.
Where Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) ranks among 124 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) ends the series about where it started, yet the spread between 2019-20 (76.2%) and 2024-25 (66.8%) runs to 9.4 points; read a single year here with caution.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking is comparatively quick: on this estimate, learners booking at Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) would typically wait around 6 to 10 weeks from booking to test day.
This wait is an estimate modelled from regional demand and this centre's test volume, not a live booking figure. See how it is worked out on our methodology page, and check the DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Tests offered at Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling)
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Of the DVSA hgv/lgv centres across England, Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) is the one covering Tyne and Wear, North East. The routes are built around the roads the centre's examiners can reach inside the test's time budget. Volume here sits at 5.0K over 2017-18-2024-25. That's the territory where a noisy quarter can shift the rate by two or three percentage points, so read the trend chart in context rather than reacting to any single bar.
If you've been told Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) is "an easy centre" or "a hard one", the data won't fully back that. 69.5% is 9.3 points clear of the UK hgv/lgv average of 60.2%, which is rank #34 out of 124. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) in DRT122C, so the split between first-time and retake pass rates isn't published for this centre.
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 Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling)
- Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) 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.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Tyne and Wear will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling), cancellations appear on the official DVSA booking service throughout the day. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for the best chance of catching one.
Whether you pass at Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) is not decided by the centre. It is decided by the 15 things an examiner can mark you on, and junctions, observation is one of the ones that ends attempts early.
A fair amount of what goes wrong is settled before the engine starts: the documents, the car, the 2 vehicle safety questions and whichever habit you have not drilled, junctions, observation being a common one. Working through it as a list beats remembering it in the car park.
Full head turn at every junction. Hold the look until you have processed both directions. Time the look so it gives usable information for the move you are about to make. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
Other test centres nearby
You cannot book a practical test at Tyne & Wear LGV (Felling) until you hold a theory pass, and it has to still be valid on the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% of candidates pass the theory.
Observation, anticipation, concentration and avoiding distractions at the wheel. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.