Blyth driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

Unit 3 Sextant House, NE24 3BA

Blyth had a car driving test pass rate of 50.9% from April 2025 to March 2026 (6,973 tests), about the same as the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 12.9 km, mostly on A roads (45%) and B roads (26%).

Map of the roads covered by the 3 practice routes around Blyth driving test centre
All 3 practice routes drawn together: the roads they cover around the centre (red). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What the practice routes cover

  • A roads45%
  • B roads26%
  • Town and residential roads20%
  • Country lanes5%
  • Dual carriageways3%
  • Other roads1%

On a typical route you'll go through 13 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

  • B1328 Bridge Street / B1329 · Mini-roundabout3 of 3 routes
  • B1329 / B1329 Maddison Street · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
  • Broadway Circle · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes

Roads the routes use most

  • A193 Cowpen Road3 of 3 routes
  • B1329 Links Road2 of 3 routes
  • Malvins Road2 of 3 routes
  • Newsham Road2 of 3 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 6,973 car tests were taken at Blyth and 3,551 passed: a pass rate of 50.9%.

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 Blyth routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.

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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 1 November 2026.

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