Clacton-on-Sea driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
103-105 Carnarvon Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6QA
Clacton-on-Sea had a car driving test pass rate of 48.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (4,840 tests), 1.9 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 11.5 km and takes around 19 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (50%) and B roads (28%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads50%
- B roads28%
- Country lanes12%
- A roads8%
- Dual carriageways2%
On a typical route you'll go through 12 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- A133 Carnarvon Road / A133 Wellesley Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- St Johns Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B1027 St Johns Road2 of 3 routes
- Burrs Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 4,840 car tests were taken at Clacton-on-Sea and 2,334 passed: a pass rate of 48.2%.
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 3 Clacton-on-Sea 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.