Chester driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Telford Court, Dunkirk Trading Estate, CH1 6LT
Chester had a car driving test pass rate of 47.3% from April 2025 to March 2026 (9,212 tests), 2.8 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 13.6 km and takes around 23 minutes, mostly on A roads (42%) and country lanes (38%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads42%
- Country lanes38%
- Town and residential roads11%
- Dual carriageways5%
- B roads4%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Backford Cross · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Dunkirk Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Parkgate Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A5117 Dunkirk Way4 of 4 routes
- A540 Parkgate Road3 of 4 routes
- A41 Chester Road2 of 4 routes
- A41 Liverpool Road2 of 4 routes
- Chapel Lane2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,212 car tests were taken at Chester and 4,360 passed: a pass rate of 47.3%.
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 Chester 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 11 October 2026.