Penzance driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Driving Test Centre Penzance, TR18 4JH
Penzance had a car driving test pass rate of 46.5% from April 2025 to March 2026 (507 tests), 3.6 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 18 km, mostly on country lanes (43%) and A roads (25%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes43%
- A roads25%
- Town and residential roads20%
- B roads12%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 3 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Mount Misery · Roundabout3 of 3 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A302 of 3 routes
- A30712 of 3 routes
- Alexandra Road2 of 3 routes
- Alverton Road2 of 3 routes
- B33112 of 3 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 507 car tests were taken at Penzance and 236 passed: a pass rate of 46.5%.
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 Penzance 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 1 November 2026.