Driving Test Centres in Greater Manchester: 18 DVSA Centres Ranked
18 DVSA driving test centres across Greater Manchester, part of England. Average pass rate 50.6% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.
About Greater Manchester
Across Greater Manchester, 18 DVSA test centres serve learners between Castle Hill, Atherton and Failsworth. The county's 824.5K recorded car tests put it among the larger sub-regional networks in England, and the volume-weighted current pass rate sits at 50.6% (UK average 48.7%).
On the 1.9 pp above the UK comparison (2024-25 DVSA data), Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester sits between Failsworth (Manchester) (79.3%) at the top of the league and Rochdale (Manchester) (41.2%) at the bottom, a gap of 38.1 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 Greater Manchester
Top 5 lowest pass rates in Greater Manchester
All test centres in Greater Manchester
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.