Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Parklands, Clayton Lane, Trent Vale, ST4 6PQ
Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) had a car driving test pass rate of 41.6% from April 2025 to March 2026 (6,646 tests), 8.5 points below the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 9 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 12.2 km and takes around 26 minutes, mostly on A roads (31%) and town and residential roads (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads31%
- Town and residential roads24%
- B roads18%
- Country lanes17%
- Dual carriageways10%
- Other roads1%
On a typical route you'll go through 6 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- Clayton Road · Large roundabout3 of 9 routes
- Grosvenor Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 9 routes
- Hanchurch Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 9 routes
- Syeyd Roundabout · Roundabout3 of 9 routes
- A519 Clayton Road / Stafford Avenue · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
- A525 / A525 Keele Road · Large roundabout2 of 9 routes
- Etruria Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 9 routes
- Newcastle Lane · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A519 Clayton Road6 of 9 routes
- A34 Newcastle Road4 of 9 routes
- Stafford Avenue4 of 9 routes
- A52 Hartshill Road3 of 9 routes
- Seabridge Lane3 of 9 routes
- The Avenue3 of 9 routes
- A525 Keele Road2 of 9 routes
- A53 Etruria Road2 of 9 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 6,646 car tests were taken at Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and 2,768 passed: a pass rate of 41.6%.
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 9 Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 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.