Heckmondwike driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Tower Buildings, High Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AS
Heckmondwike had a car driving test pass rate of 45.8% from April 2025 to March 2026 (5,471 tests), 4.3 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 5 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 16.3 km, mostly on town and residential roads (38%) and A roads (34%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads38%
- A roads34%
- B roads22%
- Country lanes4%
- Other roads1%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 16 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B6117 Thornhill Road · Roundabout2 of 5 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Norristhorpe Lane4 of 5 routes
- A638 High Street3 of 5 routes
- A644 Huddersfield Road2 of 5 routes
- A651 Oxford Road2 of 5 routes
- B6117 New North Road2 of 5 routes
- B6117 Thornhill Road2 of 5 routes
- B6123 Healey Lane2 of 5 routes
- B6409 Savile Road2 of 5 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 5,471 car tests were taken at Heckmondwike and 2,505 passed: a pass rate of 45.8%.
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 5 Heckmondwike 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 2 November 2026.