Skipton driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Foundry House, BD23 2BE
Skipton had a car driving test pass rate of 57.3% from April 2025 to March 2026 (3,197 tests), 7.2 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 12.8 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on A roads (40%) and country lanes (27%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads40%
- Country lanes27%
- Other roads13%
- Town and residential roads12%
- B roads6%
- Dual carriageways2%
On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 3 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Gargrave Road Roundabout · Large roundabout4 of 4 routes
- A629 Rotary Way / Eller Lane · Roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A629 Rotary Way3 of 4 routes
- Carleton Road3 of 4 routes
- A59 Skipton Bypass2 of 4 routes
- A65 Skipton Bypass2 of 4 routes
- B6265 Grassington Road2 of 4 routes
- Eller Lane2 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 3,197 car tests were taken at Skipton and 1,831 passed: a pass rate of 57.3%.
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 4 Skipton 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 27 October 2026.