Macclesfield driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Unit 4 Bailey Court, Green Street, SK10 1JQ
Macclesfield had a car driving test pass rate of 51.9% from April 2025 to March 2026 (4,509 tests), 1.8 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 11.5 km and takes around 21 minutes, mostly on country lanes (42%) and A roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes42%
- A roads24%
- B roads17%
- Town and residential roads13%
- Dual carriageways3%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 2 roundabouts and 6 sets of traffic lights.
Roads the routes use most
- B5470 Hurdsfield Road3 of 4 routes
- A537 Buxton New Road2 of 4 routes
- A537 Buxton Road2 of 4 routes
- Byrons Lane2 of 4 routes
- Cliff Lane2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 4,509 car tests were taken at Macclesfield and 2,341 passed: a pass rate of 51.9%.
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 4 Macclesfield 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 27 October 2026.