Kings Lynn driving test centre
East of England, England · Rollesby Road, Gaywood, King's Lynn and West Norfolk · PE30 4LS
Kings Lynn at a glance
- Pass rate
- 51.9%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 16.1 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 6,694
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 4.6%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Kings Lynn compares
Kings Lynn passes 51.9% of car tests, which is 1.8 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 16.1 weeks, 4 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 6,694 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 50% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Trends at Kings Lynn
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 50.0%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 50% | |
| 49.7% | |
| 49.8% | |
| 50.1% | |
| 53.2% | |
| 54.5% | |
| 57% | |
| 55.2% | |
| 51% | |
| 51.6% | |
| 51.7% | |
| 49.7% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 16.1w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 16.1 weeks | |
| 18.7 weeks | |
| 14 weeks | |
| 9.9 weeks | |
| 6.2 weeks | |
| 9.3 weeks | |
| 13.6 weeks | |
| 13.4 weeks | |
| 10.8 weeks | |
| 13.9 weeks | |
| 13.9 weeks | |
| 11 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 482
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 482 | |
| 588 | |
| 613 | |
| 467 | |
| 562 | |
| 598 | |
| 540 | |
| 493 | |
| 629 | |
| 589 | |
| 576 | |
| 557 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 6,694 | 3,477 | 51.9% |
| 2024-25 | 7,405 | 3,404 | 46% |
| 2023-24 | 7,597 | 3,632 | 47.8% |
| 2022-23 | 6,722 | 3,484 | 51.8% |
| 2021-22 | 5,639 | 3,041 | 53.9% |
| 2020-21 | 1,755 | 990 | 56.4% |
| 2019-20 | 5,448 | 2,661 | 48.8% |
| 2018-19 | 5,500 | 2,732 | 49.7% |
| 2017-18 | 6,166 | 2,875 | 46.6% |
| 2016-17 | 6,564 | 3,284 | 50% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Skegness
44 km away
55.9% pass · 13.8 weeks wait
- Folkestone
54 km away
42.4% pass · 5.4 weeks wait
- Bury St Edmunds
58 km away
46.2% pass · 6.4 weeks wait
- Norwich (Peachman Way)
59 km away
61.7% pass · 12 weeks wait
- Cambridge (Brookmount Court)
65 km away
53.8% pass · 15.4 weeks wait
- Peterborough
65 km away
52.8% pass · 11.7 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Kings Lynn 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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