Bolton (Manchester) driving test centre
North West, England · Weston Street, Great Lever, Bolton · BL3 2AW
Bolton (Manchester) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 51.8%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 16 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 11,570
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 3.9%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Bolton (Manchester) compares
Bolton (Manchester) passes 51.8% of car tests, which is 1.7 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 16 weeks, 3.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 11,570 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 53% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Bolton (Manchester)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 53.0%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 53% | |
| 51.7% | |
| 47.7% | |
| 52.8% | |
| 46% | |
| 50.2% | |
| 54.4% | |
| 54.2% | |
| 55% | |
| 54.1% | |
| 51.9% | |
| 50.5% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 16.0w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 16 weeks | |
| 13 weeks | |
| 12.3 weeks | |
| 7.4 weeks | |
| 7.1 weeks | |
| 8.7 weeks | |
| 10 weeks | |
| 9 weeks | |
| 9.6 weeks | |
| 11.2 weeks | |
| 12 weeks | |
| 12 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 1002
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 1,002 | |
| 1,108 | |
| 942 | |
| 726 | |
| 869 | |
| 1,101 | |
| 1,080 | |
| 697 | |
| 1,143 | |
| 916 | |
| 933 | |
| 1,053 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 11,570 | 5,996 | 51.8% |
| 2024-25 | 11,879 | 6,730 | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12,037 | 6,574 | 54.6% |
| 2022-23 | 10,831 | 6,339 | 58.5% |
| 2021-22 | 9,627 | 5,454 | 56.7% |
| 2020-21 | 2,158 | 1,256 | 58.2% |
| 2019-20 | 9,316 | 4,805 | 51.6% |
| 2018-19 | 9,557 | 4,843 | 50.7% |
| 2017-18 | 10,314 | 5,126 | 49.7% |
| 2016-17 | 9,833 | 5,139 | 52.3% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Atherton (Manchester)
7 km away
44.3% pass · 12.1 weeks wait
- Cheetham Hill (Manchester)
15 km away
44.7% pass · 8 weeks wait
- Chorley
16 km away
52.8% pass · 11.1 weeks wait
- Sale (Manchester)
18 km away
51.4% pass · 17.9 weeks wait
- Chadderton
18 km away
46.8% pass · 9.4 weeks wait
- West Didsbury (Manchester)
19 km away
47.7% pass · 20.6 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Bolton (Manchester) driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .
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