Kettering driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Orion Way, Kettering Business Park, NN15 6NL
Kettering had a car driving test pass rate of 49.1% from April 2025 to March 2026 (11,876 tests), 1 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 12.5 km and takes around 25 minutes, mostly on country lanes (45%) and A roads (28%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes45%
- A roads28%
- Town and residential roads20%
- Dual carriageways3%
- B roads3%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Orion Way / Pytchley Lane · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
- A509 Pytchley Road / Orion Way · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A509 Pytchley Road3 of 3 routes
- Orion Way3 of 3 routes
- A6003 Barton Road2 of 3 routes
- Pytchley Lane2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 11,876 car tests were taken at Kettering and 5,829 passed: a pass rate of 49.1%.
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 Kettering 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 30 October 2026.