Southend-on-Sea driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
The Tickfield Centre, Tickfield Industrial Estate, Tickfield Ave, SS2 6LL
Southend-on-Sea had a car driving test pass rate of 47% from April 2025 to March 2026 (7,526 tests), 3.1 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 5 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 17.2 km and takes around 30 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (36%) and country lanes (25%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads36%
- Country lanes25%
- B roads18%
- A roads12%
- Dual carriageways9%
On a typical route you'll go through 9 roundabouts and 18 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Sutton Road · Roundabout5 of 5 routes
- Eastern Avenue · Roundabout4 of 5 routes
- Cuckoo Corner · Large roundabout2 of 5 routes
- Queensway · Roundabout2 of 5 routes
- Southchurch Avenue · Roundabout2 of 5 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Sutton Road3 of 5 routes
- A1159 Eastern Avenue2 of 5 routes
- A127 Victoria Avenue2 of 5 routes
- Chichester Road2 of 5 routes
- Poynters Lane2 of 5 routes
- Shopland Road2 of 5 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 7,526 car tests were taken at Southend-on-Sea and 3,537 passed: a pass rate of 47%.
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 5 Southend-on-Sea 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 29 October 2026.