Newtown driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Ladywell House,, SY16 1JB
Newtown had a car driving test pass rate of 58% from April 2025 to March 2026 (2,256 tests), 7.9 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 15.3 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on country lanes (39%) and A roads (27%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes39%
- A roads27%
- B roads22%
- Town and residential roads12%
On a typical route you'll go through 3 roundabouts and 1 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B4800 Dolfor Road · Roundabout2 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A4892 of 3 routes
- B45682 of 3 routes
- B4800 Dolfor Road2 of 3 routes
- Bryn Lane2 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 2,256 car tests were taken at Newtown and 1,309 passed: a pass rate of 58%.
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 Newtown 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.