Warrington Driving Test Centre
Warrington in Orford, England has a current pass rate of 55.3%, 6.6 points above the UK average of 48.7%. This page breaks down the multi-year trend, the first-time and gender pass rates, the waiting time and how it compares with the rest of the UK, all from the DVSA quarterly data.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Warrington sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 31%, rank #99 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Bolton (Manchester), about 12.4 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 31.4K passed, 27.7K failed, 59.0K total
How Warrington compares
Warrington runs 6.6 points ahead of the national average, ranked 99 of 323 in its category. Margins in this range usually track route difficulty: fewer multi-lane roundabouts and less dense traffic.
Where Warrington ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Since 2017-18 the rate at Warrington has risen from 52.2% to 55.3%, a 3.1-point gain, peaking at 57.3% in 2021-22.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Warrington
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 21.5 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Warrington in May 2026 had waited 13.4 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 Warrington
- car
- 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 WA2 9EP, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
If you've got a test booked at WA2 9EP, that's Warrington in Orford, Warrington. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. 59.0K tests over 2017-18-2024-25. That's enough volume that the headline pass rate here moves slowly, a single bad quarter shifts it by a fraction of a percentage point rather than visibly.
Rank: #99 of 323. Pass rate: 55.3%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a upper half centre by the DVSA's own published figures. Across 3.3K first-attempt tests, Warrington passes 54.7% of candidates, against 49% nationally. The centre is a relatively forgiving venue for a first booking, by the DVSA's own data.
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 Warrington
- Don't read a higher pass rate as a softer test. Warrington's rate reflects route geography more than examiner discretion, DVSA marking is centrally trained. Prepare for the same fault categories you'd prepare for anywhere.
- Volume at Warrington is among the highest in the network. Don't take the first available date on faith, refreshing the DVSA booking page across a few days regularly turns up cancellations.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Orford will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Warrington. Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Warrington
Plan to arrive at Warrington about ten minutes before your slot. Parking varies between DVSA centres, so check the route and the surrounding streets on the DVSA centre finder (postcode WA2 9EP) a day or two ahead. With demand running high here and waits near 16 to 20 weeks, it is worth holding any earlier cancellation slot you are offered. Bring your provisional photocard licence; the examiner will not start without it, and you will need a roadworthy car with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Atherton (Manchester) is fully booked, Warrington is the next closest centre, roughly 9 miles away.
Expect about 40 minutes once you set off, to the same national DVSA script. It opens with an eyesight check at 20 metres and one tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive and asks one show-me question on the move. Around 20 minutes of that is independent driving, guided either by a sat nav the examiner provides or by road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and a one-in-seven chance of an emergency stop. The drive works through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within about a twenty-minute radius, and at a centre this busy that usually means heavier traffic to read. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
The result is given immediately when you get back. Whatever the outcome, the examiner reads through the marked faults and prints your DL25 feedback form; pass and they take the provisional licence to trigger your full one by post. The threshold is the national one, 15 driving faults at most and zero serious or dangerous, which 55.3% of Warrington's candidates reach right now.
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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.