Pwllheli driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate

33A Cardiff Road,, LL53 5NT

Pwllheli had a car driving test pass rate of 68.1% from April 2025 to March 2026 (737 tests), 18 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 19.7 km, mostly on country lanes (37%) and A roads (34%).

Map of the roads covered by the 4 practice routes around Pwllheli driving test centre
All 4 practice routes drawn together: the roads they cover around the centre (red). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What the practice routes cover

  • Country lanes37%
  • A roads34%
  • B roads17%
  • Town and residential roads12%

On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 2 sets of traffic lights.

Roundabouts on several routes

  • A497 / A497 Yr Ala · Roundabout2 of 4 routes
  • A497 Yr Ala / A499 · Roundabout2 of 4 routes

Roads the routes use most

  • A497 Lôn Dywod4 of 4 routes
  • A497 Yr Ala4 of 4 routes
  • A4994 of 4 routes
  • A499 Penlon Caernarfon4 of 4 routes
  • Ffordd Caerdydd4 of 4 routes
  • B43543 of 4 routes
  • B44153 of 4 routes
  • A4972 of 4 routes

Pass rate

From April 2025 to March 2026, 737 car tests were taken at Pwllheli and 502 passed: a pass rate of 68.1%.

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 Pwllheli 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 1 November 2026.