Southport driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Eastbank House, Eastbank Street, PR8 1HE
Southport had a car driving test pass rate of 56.5% from April 2025 to March 2026 (7,949 tests), 6.4 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 11 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 10.1 km and takes around 24 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (59%) and A roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads59%
- A roads24%
- Country lanes8%
- B roads6%
- Other roads2%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 8 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Marine Drive · Roundabout6 of 11 routes
- A570 Eastbank Street / A570 Scarisbrick New Road · Roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Duke Street · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Duke Street / Victoria Way · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Esplanade / Kingsway · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Fairway / Marine Drive · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Kew Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
- Marine Drive / Esplanade · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A570 Eastbank Street9 of 11 routes
- Marine Drive7 of 11 routes
- Portland Street5 of 11 routes
- A565 Lord Street4 of 11 routes
- A5267 Cemetery Road2 of 11 routes
- A570 Scarisbrick New Road2 of 11 routes
- B5245 The Promenade2 of 11 routes
- Bentham's Way2 of 11 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 7,949 car tests were taken at Southport and 4,493 passed: a pass rate of 56.5%.
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 11 Southport 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 19 October 2026.