Birmingham (Garretts Green) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

What the practice routes cover

• Town and residential roads75%
• Country lanes16%
• B roads4%
• Dual carriageways4%
• A roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 8 roundabouts and 3 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

• Garretts Green Lane / Sheldon Heath Road · Roundabout4 of 8 routes
• Garretts Green Lane / Meadway · Large roundabout3 of 8 routes
• Meadway / Garretts Green Lane · Large roundabout3 of 8 routes
• Cooks Lane · Large roundabout2 of 8 routes
• Lea Village · Roundabout2 of 8 routes
• Mirfield Road / Lea Village · Roundabout2 of 8 routes

Roads the routes use most

• Granby Avenue8 of 8 routes
• Garretts Green Lane6 of 8 routes
• Meadway5 of 8 routes
• Sheldon Heath Road4 of 8 routes
• East Meadway3 of 8 routes
• Cooks Lane2 of 8 routes
• Lea Ford Road2 of 8 routes
• Packington Avenue2 of 8 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 22,480 car tests were taken at Birmingham (Garretts Green) and 9,980 passed: a pass rate of 44.4%.

Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.