--- title: "Durham Driving Test Centres | Fast Track" description: "All 1 DVSA practical test centres in Durham, with local route road types, the faults that cost marks and how to prepare." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/#organization", "name": "Fast Track Driving Lessons", "url": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/", "email": "info@fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk", "areaServed": "GB", "description": "Intensive driving courses and driving lessons across the UK with DVSA-approved instructors." }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/#website", "url": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/", "name": "Fast Track Driving Lessons", "publisher": { "@id": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/#organization" }, "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": { "@type": "EntryPoint", "urlTemplate": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/search?q={search_term_string}" }, "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "name": "Driving test centres in Durham", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Darlington driving test centre", "url": "https://fasttrackdrivinglessons.co.uk/driving-test-centres/darlington" } ] }, { "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "How many driving test centres are there in Durham?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "We cover 1 DVSA practical test centre in Durham: Darlington. 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Anyone selling you "the Durham test route" is selling a guess — the DVSA withdrew published routes in 2010. What is knowable is the road types, starting with shopping-street traffic, and those are what our instructors drill. Centre by centre — Darlington: shopping-street traffic, national-speed-limit link roads and hilly residential turns. Routes leave the built-up area quickly, so speed adjustment between limits is heavily assessed.. ## Durham: the things that catch learners out Routes leave the built-up area quickly, so speed adjustment between limits is heavily assessed., Junction observation on the approach roads is the recurring theme. and Most candidates here travel in from around Durham, so allow for the journey when you pick a slot.. None of that is a route, and none of it is a guarantee — it is what comes back from instructors teaching these centres week in, week out. ## Preparing for a test in Durham Practice on the real roads Your last sessions before the test are worked around your booked centre, not generic estate roads. A marked mock test Run the way an examiner runs it, with a written debrief of every fault. All four manoeuvres Practised in the kind of locations examiners in this area actually use. Test-day rehearsal Paperwork, show me / tell me and the independent drive, covered in advance. [Driving crash courses](/crash-courses)[Pricing from £61.23 an hour](/pricing)[All UK test centres](/driving-test-centres) ## Durham test centre FAQs ### How many driving test centres are there in Durham? We cover 1 DVSA practical test centre in Durham: Darlington. Each has its own page setting out the road types local routes use and the faults learners most often lose marks on there. ### Which Durham test centre should I book? Book the centre whose roads you can realistically practise on before test day. Pass rates get quoted a lot, but a centre 30 miles away with a higher published rate is worse value than the one your instructor teaches around every week. If you are unsure, tell us your postcode and we will say which centre most of our learners in your area use. ### Do you have instructors near every centre in Durham? Instructor availability in Durham varies by postcode rather than by county. Put your postcode into the search and we will tell you straight away whether we can cover you, and which centre you would be prepared for. ### What does a course cost? Our rate is the same everywhere in the UK: £61.23 an hour, so a 20 hour intensive course is £1,224.55. 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