Farnborough Driving Test Centre: Pass Rate, Roads & Test-Day Tips
Our home test centre — and one of the fairer ones in the South East. Most GlideX learners from Aldershot, Farnborough, Fleet and Camberley take their test here. We teach on these roads every day, so test day feels like one more lesson.
- 58.3% Centre Pass Rate
- •Lessons on Local Test Roads
- •Test-Day Car Available
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58.3%
Pass rate
+9.6
Points above national
8,000
Car tests a year
~3 miles
From Aldershot
Farnborough Test Centre Pass Rate
DVSA car driving test statistics, 2024–25. These are the test centre's figures for all candidates, not a GlideX pass rate.
Where Is Farnborough Test Centre?
Unit C1, Cirrus35 Hercules Way, Aerospace BoulevardFarnborough, HampshireGU14 6UU- Arrive about 10 minutes before your test time
- Wheelchair accessible
- Motorcycle tests also run from here
The Roads Around Farnborough Test Centre
Five things every Farnborough test tends to include — and what we practise for each.
Illustration only. The DVSA does not publish test routes — the examiner picks one on the day.
- 1
The business-park start
You pull out into office traffic and roundabouts within the first minute. A calm start sets up the whole test.
- 2
A325 Farnborough Road
Dual-carriageway stretches where the speed limit changes more than once. Spotting the signs early is the skill.
- 3
A331 Blackwater Valley Road
A 70mph dual carriageway. Joining from the slip road at the right speed is what examiners watch for.
- 4
Multi-lane roundabouts
Lane choice has to be made before you arrive, not on the roundabout. We drill these until they are automatic.
- 5
Cove & North Camp streets
Tight residential roads with parked cars on both sides — meeting traffic, and where your manoeuvre usually happens.
Your Test in 40 Minutes
Up to 15 minor faults is still a pass. One serious or dangerous fault is not.
Eyesight & safety
Read a number plate, answer one “tell me” question.
General driving
Normal roads, one reversing manoeuvre, one “show me” question.
Independent driving
About 20 minutes following a sat nav or road signs.
Your result
Back at the centre, with feedback from the examiner.
Test Day at Farnborough, Handled
Your instructor stays with you from your front door to the result.
- We pick you up from home
- Last-minute guidance before you go in
- You take the test in the car you learned in
- Your instructor is waiting when you come out
Choose Your Centre Carefully — the Rules Changed in 2026
Swapping centres late is no longer easy, so pick the one you will actually practise at.
From 31 March 2026
A booking can only be changed twice
From 12 May 2026
Only the learner can book and manage their test
From 9 June 2026
You can only move to one of your three nearest centres
Who Tests at Farnborough?
Learners from these towns regularly test here. We teach in all of them.
Farnborough Test Centre FAQs
It is at Unit C1, Cirrus, 35 Hercules Way, Aerospace Boulevard, Farnborough, GU14 6UU — inside the business park beside Farnborough Airport, about 3 miles from Aldershot town centre.
DVSA figures for 2024–25 put Farnborough at 58.3%, against a national average of 48.7%, across roughly 8,000 car tests. That is the centre’s figure for every candidate who tested there, not a GlideX statistic.
No. The DVSA stopped publishing routes and the examiner chooses on the day. What does not change is the type of road around the centre — the A325, the A331 and the Cove and North Camp estates — and those are the roads our lessons are built on.
Yes. You take the test in the same dual-control car you have been learning in. Your instructor comes with you to the centre and gives you last-minute guidance before you go in.
Yes, and we recommend it before you book. A mock test follows the real 40-minute format on the roads around the centre, marked the way an examiner would mark it, so you know exactly where you stand.
Book Your Lessons for Farnborough Driving Test Centre
Learn on the roads around Farnborough test centre with a DVSA-approved instructor, then take your test in the same dual-control car. Book online, call, or message us on WhatsApp.