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Melton Mowbray driving test centre
69.7% of car practical tests taken at Melton Mowbray passed in 2025-26, from 1,984 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Melton Mowbray pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
69.7%
1,382 passes
National average
50%
+19.7 points here
Tests conducted
1,984
about 165 a month
Best published year
69.7%
2025-26
1,984 car practical tests were taken at Melton Mowbray in 2025-26. 69.7% passed, 19.7 percentage points above the national average of 50%. It is up on 2019-20, when 58.6% passed.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 58.6% in 2019-20 and 69.7% in 2025-26, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. In 2025-26 the rate was 71.2% for male candidates and 68.1% for female candidates. That works out at roughly 165 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Melton Mowbray depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Melton Mowbray
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 1,984 | 1,382 | 69.7% | 50% | 71.2% | 68.1% |
| 2024-25 | 2,486 | 1,589 | 63.9% | 48.7% | 65.3% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 2,427 | 1,451 | 59.8% | 47.9% | 61.2% | 58.4% |
| 2022-23 | 2,159 | 1,337 | 61.9% | 48.4% | 64% | 59.9% |
| 2021-22 | 1,873 | 1,175 | 62.7% | 48.9% | 64.6% | 61.1% |
| 2019-20 | 1,960 | 1,149 | 58.6% | 45.9% | 61% | 56.6% |
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 Melton Mowbray 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 Melton Mowbray
Tests from Melton Mowbray run mostly on fast rural a-road, slow-moving agricultural traffic and village high street. Those road types sit close together, so several of them can appear in the first ten minutes.
Sharp, poorly signed junctions mean planning has to start well before the give-way line. Mud, gravel and standing water are common; adjust speed rather than braking mid-bend. Most candidates here travel in from around Leicestershire, so allow for the journey when you pick a slot.
Melton Mowbray takes candidates from across Leicestershire, so plenty arrive having learned on a different road mix. That usually shows in the first five minutes of the drive.
Most learners who retake at Melton Mowbray say the driving was fine and the pressure was not.
Roads you are likely to meet
Fast rural A-road
Slow-moving agricultural traffic
Village high street
- Sharp, poorly signed junctions mean planning has to start well before the give-way line.
- Mud, gravel and standing water are common; adjust speed rather than braking mid-bend.
- Most candidates here travel in from around Leicestershire, so allow for the journey when you pick a slot.
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 Melton Mowbray
Bends, crests and sightlines
Drive to what you can see stopping in. Cresting a rise at 60 with no forward view reads as a lack of planning, not confidence.
Busy-centre awareness
Progress matters here too. Sitting at a clear crossing waiting for nobody is marked as undue hesitancy.
How we prepare you for this centre
Time on the real roads
We plan the final sessions around Melton Mowbray itself, so the fast rural a-road you meet on test day are ones you have already driven.
A full mock test
A full-length mock from the Melton Mowbray 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 Melton Mowbray 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.
Courses that suit test-centre prep
Melton Mowbray test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Melton Mowbray?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Melton Mowbray draw on fast rural a-road, slow-moving agricultural traffic, village high street, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Melton Mowbray?
bends, crests and sightlines, busy-centre awareness — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Melton Mowbray?
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 Melton Mowbray.
How do I book a practical test at Melton Mowbray?
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 Melton Mowbray?
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 Melton Mowbray 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 Melton Mowbray is the better use of the same hours.
Not sure how many hours you need?
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