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Leeds (Fearnville) Practical Driving Test Centre

Find the confirmed address, test types and official booking links for Leeds Fearnville Driving Test Centre. See published opening hours and nearby alternatives.

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Before you travel

Listed in the official practical test centre dataset when last checked. Opening hours may change. Check the official office page before travelling.

Accessibility and arrival information

Before you arrive

You can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.

Leeds driving test centre guide

Leeds follows the standard DVSA format for car driving tests. Practise observing traffic, managing speed, choosing a safe road position and driving independently on a range of roads.

Plan your arrival before test day

The published address is Fearnville Leisure Centre, Oakwood Lane, Fearnville, Leeds, LS8 3LF. Before you travel, check the map, your booking confirmation and any instructions on where to report. Check whether parking is available for candidates.

Local access, parking, and reception arrangements can change. Follow current signs and official appointment instructions when you arrive.

Official guidance: what happens during the car test, what to take to a car test, book or manage a practical test and driving test faults and results. Always recheck the official requirements before the appointment.

Pass rate at this centre

In 2025/26, 2,422 of 4,676 car driving tests at Leeds (Fearnville) resulted in a pass. The pass rate was 51.8%. The national average was 50.0%. Leeds (Fearnville) ranked 169th out of 317 car test centres in Great Britain.

Pass rate
51.8% · 1.8 percentage points above the national average
Tests conducted
4,676
Tests passed
2,422
National rank
169th out of 317

Among the 5 nearest driving test centres with published figures, Leeds (Colton Mill) has the highest pass rate at 51.8% and Wakefield the lowest at 45.4%. Leeds (Fearnville)'s own 51.8% is higher than all 5 of them.

Source: DVSA table DRT122A, financial year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Waiting time and appointment availability

DVSA reports a median wait of 9.6 weeks for a car driving test at Leeds (Fearnville), 4.1 weeks longer than a year earlier. 71 of 1,526 appointment slots in the current booking window are still open. Figures are for July 2026.

Median wait
9.6 weeks · 4.1 weeks longer than a year earlier
Slots still open
71 · 4.7% of capacity
Booked slots
1,455
First availability
22.3 weeks · until 10% of slots are free

Waiting times over 12 months

08/25 to 07/26 · Median wait in weeks

Latest · 07/26
9.6 Weeks
Peak · 08/25
14.9 Weeks
Lowest · 02/26
2.7 Weeks

Monthly median waits ranged from 2.7 to 14.9 weeks. Each point shows the monthly median published by DVSA. Current appointment availability can vary.

The longest wait for a driving test at Leeds (Fearnville) in this period was 14.9 weeks in August 2025, and the shortest was 2.7 weeks in February 2026. DVSA measures this as the median wait across appointments booked at the test centre, so it moves as examiner capacity and demand change.

Source: DVSA table DRT122F, published 12 August 2026.

Finding this centre

This test centre provides these types of tests: car, ADI part 2, ADI part 3. Leeds Fearnville is moving to a new BCP site from Monday 1st June 2026. The new addess is: The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, LS96N

Published by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. Check the official listing before travelling.

Where you take the theory test

Leeds (Fearnville) does not run that test. The nearest theory test centre is Leeds, 3.1 miles away.

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