Greater Manchester driving test centres
All nine centres, with their real 2025/26pass rates from the DVSA's own data — hardest first. If you have a test booked, this is where you find out what your centre actually asks of you: the address, the practical rules, and — where we have verified footage — the exact local trouble spots that catch drivers who can genuinely drive.
National average for 2025/26: 50% across 1,998,621 tests (DVSA).
Atherton
Manchester · M46 0SU
44.3%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
Cheetham Hill
Manchester · M8 0AL
44.7%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
Signature fault: Bus lanes — verified hot-spot guide inside
Bury
Bury · BL9 6HH
46.3%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
Chadderton
Oldham · OL9 9XA
46.8%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
West Didsbury
West Didsbury · M21 7QY
47.7%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
Rochdale
Rochdale · OL16 5EB
48.3%
pass rate 2025/26 · below the 50% average
Sale
Sale · M33 7ER
51.4%
pass rate 2025/26 · above the 50% average
Signature fault: Road markings and late lane changes — verified hot-spot guide inside
Bolton
Bolton · BL3 2AW
51.8%
pass rate 2025/26 · above the 50% average
Bredbury
Stockport · SK6 2QT
56%
pass rate 2025/26 · above the 50% average
Pass rates and test counts: DVSA, car driving tests by test centre, April 2025 to March 2026 — published August 2026. Addresses as listed by GOV.UK's find a driving test centre service. A pass rate measures the local roads and how prepared candidates are — not how strict the examiners are, and not your odds. Preparation moves your number; picking a “lucky” centre doesn't.
Learning near one of these centres?
We teach manual and automatic across Manchester, Salford and Trafford — including the areas around the Cheetham Hill, Sale and West Didsbury centres — door to door, 7 days a week.
An independent product by a DVSA-Approved Driving Instructor. Not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by DVSA. DVSA does not publish test routes; your test may use any local roads, and no specific route, question or result is promised. This trains hazard awareness at known local trouble spots. It does not replace professional driving lessons.