Upton driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Arrowe Park Rd, CH49 0UF
Upton had a car driving test pass rate of 52.6% from April 2025 to March 2026 (10,772 tests), 2.5 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 14.8 km and takes around 27 minutes, mostly on A roads (37%) and country lanes (26%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads37%
- Country lanes26%
- Town and residential roads16%
- B roads13%
- Dual carriageways4%
- Motorway3%
On a typical route you'll go through 4 roundabouts and 10 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- A551 Arrowe Park Road / A5027 Upton Bypass · Large roundabout3 of 11 routes
- A551 Arrowe Park Road / B5138 Pensby Road · Large roundabout3 of 11 routes
- Frankby Road · Roundabout3 of 11 routes
- A5027 Upton Road · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
- A551 Arrowe Park Road / A5027 Upton Road · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
- A553 Hoylake Road / A553 Fender Lane · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
- B5139 Greasby Road / A5027 Upton Bypass · Large roundabout2 of 11 routes
- B5192 Saughall Massie Road / Pump Lane · Roundabout2 of 11 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A551 Arrowe Park Road9 of 11 routes
- A5027 Upton Road5 of 11 routes
- B5192 Saughall Massie Road4 of 11 routes
- A5027 Upton Bypass3 of 11 routes
- A551 Moreton Road3 of 11 routes
- A551 Upton Road3 of 11 routes
- A552 Woodchurch Road3 of 11 routes
- A553 Hoylake Road3 of 11 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 10,772 car tests were taken at Upton and 5,667 passed: a pass rate of 52.6%.
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 11 Upton 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 20 October 2026.