Cardiff (Llanishen) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Cardiff (Llanishen), CF14 5GF
Cardiff (Llanishen) had a car driving test pass rate of 46.5% from April 2025 to March 2026 (16,401 tests), 3.6 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 11.3 km and takes around 29 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (66%) and A roads (12%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads66%
- A roads12%
- B roads11%
- Country lanes7%
- Dual carriageways3%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 9 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Thornhill Road · Mini-roundabout9 of 11 routes
- Celyn Avenue / Lake Road West · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Cherry Orchard Road · Mini-roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Heathwood Road · Mini-roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Pentwyn Road · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Parc Tŷ Glas7 of 11 routes
- Ashbourn Way5 of 11 routes
- Fidlas Road4 of 11 routes
- Tŷ Glas Avenue4 of 11 routes
- A469 Caerphilly Road3 of 11 routes
- A469 Thornhill Road3 of 11 routes
- B4562 Lisvane Road3 of 11 routes
- B4562 St Mellons Road3 of 11 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 16,401 car tests were taken at Cardiff (Llanishen) and 7,634 passed: a pass rate of 46.5%.
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 Cardiff (Llanishen) 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 18 October 2026.