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Belvedere (London) driving test centre
40.5% of car practical tests taken at Belvedere (London) passed in 2025-26, from 4,245 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Belvedere (London) pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
40.5%
1,720 passes
National average
50%
-9.5 points here
Tests conducted
4,245
about 354 a month
Best published year
40.5%
2025-26
4,245 car practical tests were taken at Belvedere (London) in 2025-26. 40.5% passed, 9.5 percentage points below the national average of 50%. It is up on 2019-20, when 34.5% passed.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 31.1% in 2021-22 and 40.5% in 2025-26, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. In 2025-26 the rate was 43.2% for male candidates and 36.1% for female candidates. That works out at roughly 354 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Belvedere (London) depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Belvedere (London)
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 4,245 | 1,720 | 40.5% | 50% | 43.2% | 36.1% |
| 2024-25 | 4,337 | 1,662 | 38.3% | 48.7% | 41% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 4,716 | 1,689 | 35.8% | 47.9% | 37.5% | 33.8% |
| 2022-23 | 2,892 | 1,043 | 36.1% | 48.4% | 38.4% | 33.6% |
| 2021-22 | 3,981 | 1,237 | 31.1% | 48.9% | 32.5% | 29.4% |
| 2019-20 | 4,484 | 1,549 | 34.5% | 45.9% | 37.7% | 31.6% |
Source: DVSA table DRT122A, car practical driving test pass rates by test centre, published on GOV.UK. Figures are financial years running April to March.
Where Belvedere (London) test centre is
Arrive ten minutes early and park where you can pull out easily. The waiting room is small at most centres, so your instructor will normally wait in the car park while you take the test.
Driving out of Belvedere (London)
The local network around Belvedere (London) is signal-controlled crossroads, bus gates and back-street rat runs, and test routes are built from it. You cannot cover that range on one street, so the pre-test sessions move between them.
Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front. The independent drive tends to follow signs through the busiest part of the network. If your lessons have been in a different part of Greater London, plan at least a couple of sessions on these roads before the test.
Belvedere (London) takes candidates from across Greater London, so plenty arrive having learned on a different road mix. That usually shows in the first five minutes of the drive.
Book the mock early enough that there is time to fix whatever it finds.
Roads you are likely to meet
Signal-controlled crossroads
Bus gates
Back-street rat runs
- Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front.
- The independent drive tends to follow signs through the busiest part of the network.
- If your lessons have been in a different part of Greater London, plan at least a couple of sessions on these roads before the test.
Test routes are no longer published by the DVSA, and examiners vary them. Treat this as a guide to the local road types rather than a route list. Book your test and check availability on GOV.UK.
Where marks are lost at Belvedere (London)
Observation at junctions
Effective observation is the single most-marked area on any UK test route, Belvedere (London) included — look, decide, then act, and make the look obvious.
How we prepare you for this centre
Practice where you will be marked
Your instructor works the roads around Belvedere (London) in the sessions before your test — signal-controlled crossroads included — not generic estate roads.
A marked mock run
Run silently and scored properly — no coaching mid-drive — then debriefed fault by fault.
Manoeuvres to standard
Bay park, parallel park, pull up on the right and forward bay — rehearsed on live roads near the centre rather than an empty car park.
Everything around the drive
Paperwork, show me / tell me questions and the independent drive, run through in advance.
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Belvedere (London) test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Belvedere (London)?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Belvedere (London) draw on signal-controlled crossroads, bus gates, back-street rat runs, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Belvedere (London)?
observation at junctions — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Belvedere (London)?
Yes. We match you with a DVSA approved instructor who teaches on these roads day to day, and we look for the earliest practical slot at Belvedere (London).
How do I book a practical test at Belvedere (London)?
Practical tests are booked through GOV.UK with your provisional licence and theory certificate numbers. We can check cancellations for you once your course dates are set.
What happens when I get to Belvedere (London)?
Arrive with your provisional licence and a car that is legal, insured for the test and has no warning lights showing. We handle that side if you use one of our instructors' cars.
Is Belvedere (London) an easy test centre?
Pass rates are published by the DVSA, but they say more about the mix of candidates than the difficulty of the routes. Practising the road types above will move your odds more than switching centres.
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