Driving test centres in West Sussex

Routes out of West Sussex's 5 centres between them cover dense residential streets, bus lanes, multi-lane junctions, national-speed-limit country lanes, single-track sections and small-town streets, and more besides. That spread is why two centres fifteen miles apart can feel like different tests.

Anyone selling you "the West Sussex test route" is selling a guess — the DVSA withdrew published routes in 2010. What is knowable is the road types, starting with dense residential streets, and those are what our instructors drill.

Centre by centre — Burgess Hill: dense residential streets, bus lanes and multi-lane junctions. Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front.. Chichester: national-speed-limit country lanes, single-track sections and small-town streets. Speed for the conditions, rather than the posted limit, is the theme of the whole drive.. Crawley: arterial roads, box junctions and parked-car navigation. Emerging from side roads with parked cars blocking the view is the recurring test of observation.. Lancing: fast rural a-road, slow-moving agricultural traffic and village high street. National-speed-limit single carriageways are near-certain — progress is marked as well as caution.. Worthing: market-town roads, roundabouts and edge-of-town dual carriageway. Routes leave the built-up area quickly, so speed adjustment between limits is heavily assessed..

Bus lane timings and cycle lanes both feature; check the signage rather than following the car in front., At least one manoeuvre is usually set on a narrow residential street with traffic passing., Learners across London & the South East often book here without practising locally first — the road types above are the gap to close., Speed for the conditions, rather than the posted limit, is the theme of the whole drive. and Mud, gravel and standing water are common; adjust speed rather than braking mid-bend.. 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.