Westmorland and Furness · North West
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) driving test centre
65.1% of car practical tests taken at Kendal (Oxenholme Road) passed in 2025-26, from 2,231 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
65.1%
1,453 passes
National average
50%
+15.1 points here
Tests conducted
2,231
about 186 a month
Best published year
68.3%
2022-23
2,231 car practical tests were taken at Kendal (Oxenholme Road) in 2025-26. 65.1% passed, 15.1 percentage points above the national average of 50%. It is up on 2019-20, when 63.1% passed.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 62.9% in 2021-22 and 68.3% in 2022-23, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. That works out at roughly 186 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Kendal (Oxenholme Road) depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Kendal (Oxenholme Road)
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2,231 | 1,453 | 65.1% | 50% | 65.1% | 65.2% |
| 2024-25 | 2,149 | 1,393 | 64.8% | 48.7% | 64% | 66% |
| 2023-24 | 2,288 | 1,482 | 64.8% | 47.9% | 62.7% | 67.2% |
| 2022-23 | 1,695 | 1,158 | 68.3% | 48.4% | 69.1% | 67.5% |
| 2021-22 | 2,090 | 1,314 | 62.9% | 48.9% | 65% | 60.5% |
| 2019-20 | 2,171 | 1,369 | 63.1% | 45.9% | 64.8% | 61.3% |
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 Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 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 Kendal (Oxenholme Road)
The local network around Kendal (Oxenholme Road) is moorland or open-country stretches, sudden limit changes and narrow village streets, and test routes are built from it. You cannot cover that range on one street, so the pre-test sessions move between them.
National-speed-limit single carriageways are near-certain — progress is marked as well as caution. Expect to meet tractors, horses or delivery vans in places with nowhere obvious to pass. Learners across North West often book here without practising locally first — the road types above are the gap to close.
Kendal (Oxenholme Road) takes candidates from across Westmorland and Furness, so plenty arrive having learned on a different road mix. That usually shows in the first five minutes of the drive.
The aim is simple: nothing on the drive should be new on the day.
Roads you are likely to meet
Moorland or open-country stretches
Sudden limit changes
Narrow village streets
- National-speed-limit single carriageways are near-certain — progress is marked as well as caution.
- Expect to meet tractors, horses or delivery vans in places with nowhere obvious to pass.
- Learners across North West often book here without practising locally first — the road types above are the gap to close.
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 Kendal (Oxenholme Road)
Parked cars and passing gaps
Leave a door's width past parked cars, and give way early enough that the oncoming driver can see you have decided.
How we prepare you for this centre
Time on the real roads
We plan the final sessions around Kendal (Oxenholme Road) itself, so the moorland or open-country stretches you meet on test day are ones you have already driven.
A full mock test
A full-length mock from the Kendal (Oxenholme Road) area, scored on the DVSA sheet so you see exactly where the marks went.
Manoeuvres in real locations
All four test manoeuvres, practised in the kind of streets examiners around Kendal (Oxenholme Road) actually use.
The paperwork and the routine
We walk the whole sequence — arrival, documents, eyesight check, independent drive — so nothing on the day is new.
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Kendal (Oxenholme Road) test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Kendal (Oxenholme Road)?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Kendal (Oxenholme Road) draw on moorland or open-country stretches, sudden limit changes, narrow village streets, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Kendal (Oxenholme Road)?
parked cars and passing gaps — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Kendal (Oxenholme Road)?
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 Kendal (Oxenholme Road).
How do I book a practical test at Kendal (Oxenholme Road)?
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 do I need to bring to Kendal (Oxenholme Road)?
Aim to be there ten minutes before your slot with your provisional licence. Your instructor will normally use the half hour beforehand for a warm-up drive on nearby roads rather than sitting in the car park.
Does Kendal (Oxenholme Road) have a good pass rate?
Travelling for a higher published pass rate usually backfires: you arrive tired, on roads you have never driven. Preparing properly for Kendal (Oxenholme Road) is the better use of the same hours.
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