Heysham driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Lancaster Training Services, 5 Penrod Way, LA3 2UZ
Heysham had a car driving test pass rate of 59.2% from April 2025 to March 2026 (3,692 tests), 9.1 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 3 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 15.1 km, mostly on A roads (39%) and town and residential roads (25%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads39%
- Town and residential roads25%
- B roads18%
- Country lanes14%
- Dual carriageways4%
On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 4 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Moss Road · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- B5273 Mellishaw Lane · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
- Heysham Bypass · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A589 Heysham Road3 of 3 routes
- A683 Heysham Bypass3 of 3 routes
- A589 Marine Road West2 of 3 routes
- B5273 Mellishaw Lane2 of 3 routes
- B5273 Oxcliffe Road2 of 3 routes
- Barrows Lane2 of 3 routes
- Lancaster Road2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 3,692 car tests were taken at Heysham and 2,187 passed: a pass rate of 59.2%.
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 Heysham 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 31 October 2026.