Preston driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

Chain Caul Road, PR2 2PD

Preston had a car driving test pass rate of 56.3% from April 2025 to March 2026 (9,194 tests), 6.2 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 14.9 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (50%) and B roads (22%).

What the practice routes cover

  • Town and residential roads50%
  • B roads22%
  • Dual carriageways16%
  • A roads8%
  • Other roads2%
  • Country lanes1%

On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 8 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

  • Navigation Way / Pedders Way · Roundabout2 of 3 routes

Roads the routes use most

  • Chain Caul Way3 of 3 routes
  • A5085 Blackpool Road2 of 3 routes
  • Pedders Lane2 of 3 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 9,194 car tests were taken at Preston and 5,174 passed: a pass rate of 56.3%.

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 Preston routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.

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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 23 June 2026.

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