Midlands
Driving test centres in Nottinghamshire
Every DVSA practical test centre in Nottinghamshire, with a guide to the road types each one's routes use. 5 centres covered, including Ashfield, Nottingham (Chilwell), Nottingham (Colwick), Watnall, Worksop.
All 5 centres in Nottinghamshire
Ashfield
Dual carriageway slip roads · Town-centre one-way loop · Quiet crescents for manoeuvres
Nottingham (Chilwell)
One-way system · A-road dual carriageway · Estate roads
Nottingham (Colwick)
Industrial estate · Dual carriageway · Suburban hills
Watnall
Industrial-estate approaches · Level crossing or bridge pinch points · Quiet outer streets
Worksop
Industrial-estate approaches · Level crossing or bridge pinch points · Quiet outer streets
What the driving is like around Nottinghamshire
Put the Nottinghamshire centres side by side and the road mix is dual carriageway slip roads, town-centre one-way loop, quiet crescents for manoeuvres, one-way system, a-road dual carriageway and estate roads. No single lesson plan covers all of it, which is why we prepare you around your booked centre rather than the county.
Route memorisation does not work here, and has not since 2010. Preparation that does work: repeated practice on dual carriageway slip roads, town-centre one-way loop and quiet crescents for manoeuvres in the conditions your test is booked for.
Centre by centre — Ashfield: dual carriageway slip roads, town-centre one-way loop and quiet crescents for manoeuvres. Lane discipline on the ring road is where most marks are lost.. Nottingham (Chilwell): one-way system, a-road dual carriageway and estate roads. Lane discipline on the ring road is where most marks are lost.. Nottingham (Colwick): industrial estate, dual carriageway and suburban hills. Tram crossings can appear on longer routes.. Watnall: industrial-estate approaches, level crossing or bridge pinch points and quiet outer streets. A calmer centre than the nearby cities, but the rural sections catch people out on speed and positioning.. Worksop: industrial-estate approaches, level crossing or bridge pinch points and quiet outer streets. Progress is marked as well as caution: hanging back on clear A-road stretches reads as hesitancy..
What our instructors flag in Nottinghamshire
Lane discipline on the ring road is where most marks are lost., Routes usually mix a fast section with a slow, junction-heavy return., Most candidates here travel in from around Nottinghamshire, so allow for the journey when you pick a slot., Expect a spell at 40mph or more before dropping straight back into 30mph streets. and Nottingham (Chilwell) covers a wide slice of Nottinghamshire, and instructors who teach it weekly know which approach roads back up.. 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 Nottinghamshire
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.
Nottinghamshire test centre FAQs
How many driving test centres are there in Nottinghamshire?
We cover 5 DVSA practical test centres in Nottinghamshire: Ashfield, Nottingham (Chilwell), Nottingham (Colwick), Watnall, Worksop. Each has its own page setting out the road types local routes use and the faults learners most often lose marks on there.
Which Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire?
We cover 1 town in Nottinghamshire — Nottingham — plus the surrounding villages. Put your postcode into the search and we will tell you honestly whether an instructor can reach you.
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. The DVSA test fee is paid separately to the government.
Not sure how many hours you need?
Answer four quick questions and we will recommend a course based on your experience, not a sales target.