Atherton driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Gibfield Park Avenue, Atherton, M46 0SU
Atherton had a car driving test pass rate of 44.3% from April 2025 to March 2026 (13,035 tests), 5.8 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 11 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 15.2 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on A roads (43%) and town and residential roads (39%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads43%
- Town and residential roads39%
- B roads9%
- Country lanes6%
- Other roads2%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 11 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Talbot Roundabout · Roundabout8 of 11 routes
- Gibfield Park Avenue / Gibfield Park Way · Roundabout6 of 11 routes
- Bag Lane / Gibfield Park Avenue · Roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Chequerbent Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Gibfield Park Avenue / Bag Lane · Roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Hindley Road · Mini-roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Leigh Road · Mini-roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Gibfield Park Avenue / North Road · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Gibfield Park Way6 of 11 routes
- Bag Lane5 of 11 routes
- A577 Wigan Road4 of 11 routes
- A579 Newbrook Road4 of 11 routes
- A6 Manchester Road4 of 11 routes
- A58 Wigan Road3 of 11 routes
- B5235 Schofield Lane3 of 11 routes
- Gloucester Street3 of 11 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 13,035 car tests were taken at Atherton and 5,779 passed: a pass rate of 44.3%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 11 Atherton routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.
These are practice routes built by Drive Round App around the test centre, not official test routes: DVSA doesn't publish its routes, and examiners can use any road in the area. Practise a mix of roads and junctions, not one route. Routes last updated 24 October 2026.