Gosforth driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Sandy lane, NE3 5HB
Gosforth had a car driving test pass rate of 48.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (10,531 tests), 1.7 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 6 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 12.6 km and takes around 20 minutes, mostly on A roads (28%) and B roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads28%
- B roads24%
- Dual carriageways22%
- Town and residential roads14%
- Country lanes11%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 15 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- A1056 Sandy Lane / A189 · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- A188 Benton Lane · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- A189 · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- A189 / A1056 Sandy Lane · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- Great North Road · Roundabout2 of 6 routes
- Moor Farm Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- Seaton Burn Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- West Moor · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A1056 Sandy Lane6 of 6 routes
- B1318 Great North Road5 of 6 routes
- A1894 of 6 routes
- A188 Benton Lane2 of 6 routes
- A192 of 6 routes
- B1318 Bridge Street2 of 6 routes
- B1318 Front Street2 of 6 routes
- Coach Lane2 of 6 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 10,531 car tests were taken at Gosforth and 5,100 passed: a pass rate of 48.4%.
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 6 Gosforth 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 23 June 2026.