Bedford driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Bedford Heights, MK41 7NY
Bedford had a car driving test pass rate of 53.7% from April 2025 to March 2026 (8,854 tests), 3.6 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 13.4 km and takes around 24 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (47%) and A roads (36%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads47%
- A roads36%
- Dual carriageways9%
- Country lanes7%
- B roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 14 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- A5140 Longholme Way / A5140 Rope Walk · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- A5141 Shakespeare Road / Manton Lane · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Manton Lane3 of 3 routes
- A5140 Longholme Way2 of 3 routes
- A5141 Shakespeare Road2 of 3 routes
- Brickhill Drive2 of 3 routes
- Church Lane2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 8,854 car tests were taken at Bedford and 4,756 passed: a pass rate of 53.7%.
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 3 Bedford 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 5 July 2026.