Cheltenham driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Bishopsgate House, 94 All Saints Road, GL52 2HQ
Cheltenham had a car driving test pass rate of 43.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (5,161 tests), 6.9 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 10.4 km and takes around 19 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (39%) and B roads (23%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads39%
- B roads23%
- Country lanes19%
- A roads17%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 9 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Pittville Circus · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Pittville Circus / B4632 Prestbury Road · Roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B4075 Hales Road2 of 4 routes
- B4075 Priors Road2 of 4 routes
- B4632 Prestbury Road2 of 4 routes
- Harp Hill2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 5,161 car tests were taken at Cheltenham and 2,231 passed: a pass rate of 43.2%.
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 4 Cheltenham 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 9 October 2026.