# Leeds Fearnville Driving Test Centre — Leeds (Fearnville) Practical Driving Test Centre > Source: https://drivings.com/test-centres/leeds-fearnville-practical-test-centre > Leeds (Fearnville) Practical Driving Test Centre in Leeds, England has a 51.8% car test pass rate in 2025/26 and a median wait of 7.7 weeks for a driving test, according to the latest DVSA figures. > Region: United Kingdom (en-GB) > Last updated: 2026-07-13 ## Leeds Fearnville Driving Test Centre details Planning a test at leeds fearnville driving test centre? This guide brings the practical details together: where to go, which tests are offered, how to book, when the centre is open and where else you can try nearby. ## Pass rate DVSA recorded 4,676 car driving tests at Leeds (Fearnville) in 2025/26, of which 2,422 passed — a 51.8% pass rate, 1.8 points above the 50.0% national average. That is 169th of 317 car test centres in Great Britain. | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Pass rate | 51.8% | | National average | 50.0% | | Difference vs national | +1.8 points | | Rank among GB car test centres | 169th of 317 | | Car tests conducted | 4,676 | | Car tests passed | 2,422 | 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, published at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ## Waiting time and appointment availability DVSA reports a median wait of 7.7 weeks for a car driving test at Leeds (Fearnville), unchanged from a year earlier. 219 of 1,754 appointment slots in the current booking window are still open. Figures are for June 2026. | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Median wait | 7.7 weeks | | Change vs a year earlier | Unchanged | | Weeks until 10% of slots are free | 21.6 | | Slots still open | 219 (12.5% of capacity) | | Slots booked | 1,535 | | Booking-window capacity | 1,754 | "Weeks until 10% of slots are free" is not the wait for a test: it measures the distance from the June 2026 snapshot to the first week in which at least 10% of standard slots remain open. The wait at Leeds (Fearnville) is the median of 7.7 weeks above. Neither figure rules out an earlier cancellation or newly released capacity. ### Median wait over the last 12 months | Month | Median wait (weeks) | | --- | --- | | July 2025 | 5.5 | | August 2025 | 14.9 | | September 2025 | 7.4 | | October 2025 | 6.3 | | November 2025 | 3.1 | | December 2025 | 3.3 | | January 2026 | 3.6 | | February 2026 | 2.7 | | March 2026 | 3.1 | | April 2026 | 5.1 | | May 2026 | 4 | | June 2026 | 7.7 | 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 2026-07-08 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a4bba63045e1108aaa5ec22/drt122f-car-driving-test-availability-by-driving-test-centre.ods). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ## Location and contact - **Address:** Fearnville Leisure Centre, Oakwood Lane, Fearnville, Leeds, LS8 3LF - **Coordinates:** 53.817019, -1.491538 - **Run by:** Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) - **Official listing:** https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency - **Status:** Listed as active - **Information last checked:** 13 July 2026 - **Access:** You can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair. Listed in the official practical test-centre dataset at the snapshot time. This directory status is not real-time opening-hours confirmation. Check the official office page for same-day changes before travelling. ## Tests available - **Practical test:** available here. Test types: car, adi part 2, adi part 3. ## Leeds driving test centre guide Leeds follows the standard DVSA car-test format. Build reliable observation, speed, positioning, and independent-driving habits across a varied road mix instead of trying to predict the route. ### Plan the arrival before test day The published address is Fearnville Leisure Centre, Oakwood Lane, Fearnville, Leeds, LS8 3LF. Check the map, your booking confirmation, and any reporting instructions before you travel; this listing does not assume that candidate parking is available. Local access, parking, and reception arrangements can change. Follow current signs and official appointment instructions when you arrive. Official preparation guidance: [what happens during the car test](https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/what-happens-during-test), [what to take to a car test](https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/what-to-take), [book or manage a practical test](https://www.gov.uk/book-driving-test), [driving-test faults and results](https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/driving-test-faults-result). Recheck the official requirements before the appointment. ## Where you take the theory test Leeds (Fearnville) does not run the theory test. The nearest centre that does is [Leeds](https://drivings.com/test-centres/leeds-theory-test-centre.md), 3.1 miles away. ## What the official listing says about 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. ## Nearest alternative centres If this centre is fully booked, these are the closest locations offering the same test. - [Leeds (Colton Mill)](https://drivings.com/test-centres/leeds-colton-mill-practical-test-centre.md) — 3 miles away — 51.8% pass rate, 6.6-week median wait - [Horsforth](https://drivings.com/test-centres/horsforth-practical-test-centre.md) — 5.5 miles away — 49.7% pass rate, 9.4-week median wait - [Bradford (Thornbury)](https://drivings.com/test-centres/bradford-thornbury-practical-test-centre.md) — 8.8 miles away — 47.8% pass rate, 6.6-week median wait - [Wakefield](https://drivings.com/test-centres/wakefield-practical-test-centre.md) — 9.5 miles away — 45.4% pass rate, 8.3-week median wait - [Pontefract](https://drivings.com/test-centres/pontefract-practical-test-centre.md) — 9.7 miles away — 46.9% pass rate, 6.9-week median wait - [Walton LGV](https://drivings.com/test-centres/walton-lgv-practical-test-centre.md) — 10 miles away Distances are straight-line from each centre's published coordinates. ## Sources and verification Identity, address and service availability for this centre come from: - [Official practical test-centre listing for Leeds (Fearnville)](https://places-manager.publishing.service.gov.uk/places/driving-test-centres.json) — GOV.UK Places, dataset version 220, retrieved 2026-07-13, source updated 2026-07-06 - [Complete official theory test-centre catalogue checked for exact-address absence](https://places-manager.publishing.service.gov.uk/places/theory-test-centres.json) — GOV.UK Places, dataset version 259, retrieved 2026-07-13 The official source was last checked on the date shown above, so the centre's status may have changed since then. 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