Cumberland, England

Driving Test Centres in Cumberland: 12 DVSA Centres Ranked

12 DVSA driving test centres across Cumberland, part of England. Average pass rate 56.2% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.

Centres
12
12 with 500+ tests
Cumberland avg
56.2%
+7.5 pp vs UK
UK average
48.7%
for comparison
Total tests
221.9K
lifetime DVSA

About Cumberland

Across Cumberland, 12 DVSA test centres serve learners between Carlisle, Walton and Gosforth. The county's 221.9K recorded car tests put it among the larger sub-regional networks in England, and the volume-weighted current pass rate sits at 56.2% (UK average 48.7%).

On the 7.5 pp above the UK comparison (2024-25 DVSA data), Cumberland looks kinder than the UK average on paper. Pass rates within the county aren't uniform though, and the spread between the easiest and hardest centre tells the real story. Plenty of candidates travel to a neighbouring centre to find a route that suits them better.

The headline spread within Cumberland sits between Workington (79.6%) at the top of the league and Gosforth (47.5%) at the bottom, a gap of 32.1 percentage points. Spreads of 10 to 15 percentage points within a single county are common, the route a centre uses matters far more than the county boundary.

Top 5 highest pass rates in Cumberland

  1. 1
    Workington
    Workington, 1.1K tests (2022-23)
    79.6%
  2. 2
    Carlisle
    Carlisle, 735 tests (2024-25)
    76.1%
  3. 3
    Carlisle
    Carlisle, 1.1K tests (2024-25)
    75.2%
  4. 4
    Walton LGV
    Walton, 582 tests (2023-24)
    71.8%
  5. 5
    Gosforth
    Gosforth, 2.9K tests (2024-25)
    67.8%

Top 5 lowest pass rates in Cumberland

  1. 1
    Gosforth
    Gosforth, 10.2K tests (2024-25)
    47.5%
  2. 2
    Gosforth LGV
    Gosforth, 2.2K tests (2013-14)
    48%
  3. 3
    Workington
    Workington, 3.0K tests (2024-25)
    48.3%
  4. 4
    Carlisle LGV
    Carlisle, 837 tests (2020-21)
    53.3%
  5. 5
    Carlisle
    Carlisle, 3.7K tests (2024-25)
    54.9%

All test centres in Cumberland

Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.

Explore further