Nelson driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Ground Floor Units 103,104, 105, Pendle Business Centre, BB9 9BT
Nelson had a car driving test pass rate of 51.7% from April 2025 to March 2026 (5,955 tests), 1.6 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 6 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 11.6 km and takes around 22 minutes, mostly on country lanes (46%) and town and residential roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes46%
- Town and residential roads24%
- A roads17%
- B roads10%
- Dual carriageways2%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Reedyford Interchange · Large roundabout2 of 6 routes
- Sagar Street / Brook Street · Roundabout2 of 6 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Southfield Lane4 of 6 routes
- Barkerhouse Road3 of 6 routes
- Halifax Road3 of 6 routes
- Netherfield Road3 of 6 routes
- Robin House Lane3 of 6 routes
- A56 Burnley Road2 of 6 routes
- B6247 Colne Road2 of 6 routes
- Hibson Road2 of 6 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 5,955 car tests were taken at Nelson and 3,081 passed: a pass rate of 51.7%.
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 Nelson 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 11 October 2026.