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Warrington Driving Test Centre

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TEST CENTRE CONTACT DETAILS

Practical Driving Test Centre Address
Warrington Borough Council
Orford Day Centre
Festival Avenue
Warrington
Cheshire
WA2 9EP

Test Centre Details:  Male and female toilets available. Test candidate car parking facilities available.
Test Centre Provides Tests For: Car

THE DRIVING TEST IN Warrington

The location of Warrington Driving Test Centre will allow for the test routes to cover varied road types. Busy urban streets will see you covering many traffic systems from roundabouts, junctions and crossroads and into residential areas.

These areas often with narrow lanes will see the examiner assess you at passing parked cars whilst dealing with oncoming vehicles, and often require negotiating small closed junctions. Towards the outer edge of Warrington, dual carriageways such as the A49 can be expected, and then onto outer villages and rural country road driving.

 

The test is to also include one of the potential four test manoeuvres, the choice being that of the examiners, and each practical also includes independent driving that lasts for around 10 minutes. One in every four tests conducted, the examiner requests that the candidate demonstrates the emergency stop procedure. Knowing each and every test route isn’t essential, though gaining an understanding of the particularly difficult areas of the test routes often proves beneficial.




Examiners who conduct the tests develop the test routes for their test centres with the intention of taking the test candidate through as many varied road types and traffic systems as possible, within the time given. This is to ensure test candidates can deal with all situations and often involves difficult areas. Driving test routes may be available to view or a downloadable app for your mobile device in your area, including Warrington Driving Test Centre.

BOOKING A DRIVING TEST AT Warrington DRIVING TEST CENTRE

Your theory test pass certificate and provisional driving licence should be at hand whilst booking your test as some information is required off of these. The test centres availability for test booking is displayed whilst booking, allowing you to choose a time and date of your choice.




Book a driving test by phone
Driving tests can be booked by telephone where an automated service will take you through the process. The book a driving test section details the process and telephone numbers needed to book a test at Warrington Driving Test Centre. If you require a person to speak to, a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) assistant can be reached by following the prompts.

Book your driving test online
The majority of test candidates book their driving test over the internet as the available free test slots are made visible to be taken. To make a test booking at Warrington Driving Test Centre, see the book a driving test section.

Rescheduling or cancelling the driving test
Driving Tests can be rescheduled or cancelled. Changing your driving test date can be done providing three working days’ notice is given. To cancel your test and receive a full refund from DVSA bookings, three working days’ notice must also be provided. Saturdays are also classed as a working day.

Warrington DRIVING TEST CENTRE PASS RATES

Pass rates from each driving test centre vary, often due to location. As a UK resident, you can book and take your driving test at any practical test centre within the UK, allowing you to choose the location you feel more confident with. The driving test pass rates section may show driving test pass rate statistics for your practical test centre.

Warrington TEST CENTRE TELEPHONE NUMBER

For driving test booking and test amendments such as rescheduling or cancelling, please only contact the DVSA as above. Test centre staff may be contacted directly if you have a question that directly relates to your test – examples may include an issue with your test vehicle (see cars for the driving test), or if a test is still going ahead due to bad weather (see driving tests in bad weather for further information). Your test centre contact telephone details (including Warrington Driving Test Centre) may be located driving test centre contact numbers section.

REVIEWS FOR YOUR DRIVING TEST CENTRE

Help others by telling them your experience of your driving test and write a review of Warrington Driving Test Centre. Let us know if you passed or failed your driving test. What was the test centre like, did it have adequate facilities? What were the test routes like and how was your examiner? It’s quick and simple – no signup necessary and only your nickname will be displayed. To ensure your review meets our guidelines, please read our Terms and Conditions prior to submission.




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★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“My friend went for her test and the test lady wouldn't do her test because she wasn't prepared which wasn't her fault. It was a last minute thing for her to use her own car suggested by her instructer because she is more confident. She had L PLATES but she did say that they wouldn't stay on and for a mirror nothing was explained that she had to have one. My friend suffers from dislexia so for the lady to say its on the website when my friend struggles with the simple of things. The lady was ****** off because she was a little over her time. I'm sorry tests shouldn't be rushed just because you want get back. My friend was very nervous today and for the lady to say she ain't doing it is outrageous. And the number she gave me is wrong it doesnt connect. So now my mate is struggling with what has happened and I am disgusted with this ladies actions and I believe that she needs an attitude transplant because there was no need for the way she acted”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“My friend had similar -poor- experience about Warrington Test centre. I am not sure whether Christina is referring to the same lady. During test ,in Self drive session , his wife was about to take a wrong turn at roundabout. But instead of allowing her to correct her mistake by taking another round , the lady turn her wheels to take the correct exit and marked it as a major mistake. At other place, when she was waiting at signal -while moving at green light her car stopped and she immediately started engine and drove off. At this point also she marked it as a Major mistake. From my knowledge both of these incidence are minor mistake. In fact after this incident my friend wife is afraid of that lady. ..... I am not sure if anybody had similar experience with this test centre....”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“I didn't even want to give this test centre a star! Dave is horrible and intimidating! Never mind him making me fail my test, because he was constantly confusing me telling me to pull up then changing his mind every time! He confused me more on the test then my first lesson! Because of how intimidating and horrible he was it out me off big time! Was warned about hi before I went in there and I understand why now! Needs firing!”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Had my test this morning. Failed with Dave because of an observation fault and it was 'serious' because a car had to slow down behind me I was safe all the way through. My driving instructor even said I should have passed and I only got 8 minor faults! I'm a safe driver but no all they want is your money. He shouldn't be an examiner as his tone is belittling and patronising making it an uneasy difficult test.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“Failed today, but I had Dave and he was very prepared, he told me early in where to stop and to turn. I failed at the crossroads because I was nervous. But he made me feel comfortable”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Failed today due to being made to feel ill at ease by a palpably irritated female examiner. even my instructor commented that 'she wasn't happy at all was she?'. I am angry at myself at finishing the test - in retrospect I should have told her that I was not happy with her attitude towards me, swapped seats with my instructor and made him drive all three of us back in an awkward silence!”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Terrible. A very bad experience for me and feel sorry for people who choose to go here in the future. Not only did I feel quite uneasy and intimidated from my male examiner, at the end of the test he decided to shout at me an attempt to insult my intelligence. he told me to drive forwards into a bay to park up and finish my test.. as i am doing this, he started to shout at me saying " I said forwards, do you not know which way is forwards " i then look over to him to see he is pointing left......... then he continued to shout getting louder and more intimidating. I still passed but the way he acted was out of order and there should be consequences....”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“The examiner pressed the emergency brake as I was pulling forward out of the test centre, I dont know why she did it as I had to pull out slightly to see past the parked cars. I have have now heard that the same examiner has done this to 2 other people, has anyone else had this experience. She even had the nerve to say that I was a good driver at the end of the test !!”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Had 3 tests now, first one went pretty well, apart from parallel park, which I failed on. Second one I stopped and did not complete as I had a woman that slammed on as soon as I got out the test centre. My third I thought went very well certain little things yes, I agreed on the fail... But I had a male who raised his voice at me when pulling up behind a car saying 'come on!! I said a cars length away, not a limo' and I also did not get a manuever on this test? Which I do not know why? If anyone could help? As I payed for this test and expect a full test? So I can get feedback of the examiner for my manuever, but didn't?”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“Today I passed my driving test in Warrington test centre. I got the examiner Paul, really a very nice person, very polite, positive thinking, always motivating and he was too good throughout the exam. He was very kind and motivating, he never tried to put unnecessary pressure. I was really lucky that I got him as examiner and the whole driving test went very smoothly and nicely. I think whoever get him as examiner will be really lucky and exam will go very nice. All the best to all pupil who is giving exam in Warrington.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“I have had two tests, one with Dave and one with Paul. Dave is incredibly intimidating, his massive gut spilled over the handbrake and the gears and I had to knock him each time I wanted to change gear or use the handbrake. In addition at a set of lights he told me to relax, how is that possible when I've got an examiner like that next to me who should have been sacked long ago. Being so patronizing and quick to judge he seals your test the moment you leave the facility, if he's sacked there will be a lot of happy students and instructors. On the other hand Paul is a lot nicer, more relaxed and made the atmosphere more chilled out. I only failed with him because of two 50/50 decisions which were unfortunate. I plan on passing on my third attempt hopefully I won't get Dave again.”
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1 5 1
“What a joke this place is. After failing the first time with a horrible examiner who smelt like stale tobacco and was chewing gum all the way through, it really dropped my confidence for the test as I kept getting distracted by the way she was chewing and the smell which came off her. It really did put me off. Some directions had to be repeated from herself as she got them wrong initially. Who would want an examiner in that state? The second time I attempted my test again, only to find the same examiner at a different time and a different day came out and said my name. My heart sank as I seen her, which again she smelt like stale Tobacco and was also chewing again. I tried my best and I thought I'd passed the test to find out that she failed me down to silly 'majors' which weren't at all. This make me feel like I don't want to do it again or go through via warrington driving centre. I advise anyone if you get Karen, you will fail your test due to such a low pass rate. I've had friends who have actually passed there test with worse mistakes than I got and we're advised to take a pass plus scheme? It was like she wanted me to fail with the stupid reasons she gave me. This place seriously needs a refresh and need to learn how to approach a young driver. Disgusting how her manorisms were towards me. Big complaint going into GOV.com and I hope she eventually gets fired. Horrible woman. 0 STARS!!!”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Had my test this week with examiner Dave. This guy failed me for three minors. Two of them weren't even true. Maybe it really came to the fact of xenophobia since am a foreigner. I cannot really understand why someone in that position would say to a grown up man that he did something that wasn't true, that never happened. If I had done enough faults to be failed, then fair enough, I take it on the chin and prepare for next time, but not like this. Not like this for someone acting in such idiotic way because he has a bit of power.”
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1 5 1
“Warrington driving test centre is a place where you could be failed for couples of minors. Some of the instructors are very unprofessionals, and seem to be even racist. Actually, some will address to you in total unethical , disrespectful manners. This is my advice, it is much better to try to do the test in another centre, especially if you happen to be a foreigner like me. In my experience(twice) they will even lie on your face and say that you did things , that you never did. The guys there are just garbage people. If you wanna save money and pass the practical test quicker, I strongly advice you to do it in another center.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“I failed my test with Dave, I found him to be arrogant and patronising, he made me feel on edge all through the test, and then in debrief he was very rude to me infront of my instructor. I honestly don't think he should work there because seems everyone feels the same about him.”
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1 5 1
“Failed my test today with one major and only one minor. I started coming out of a t-junction when the person to my left, who I was planning on going out after, suddenly turned in without indicating or really slowing down causing him to cut the corner. I failed because of him when I didn't do anything wrong. The examiner was also horribly passive aggressive and smelled as if she had just smoked 30 cigarettes. Very disappointed.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“Today I had a test with Lorna beesley after reading some of the reviews on here I was dreading it. Lorna was very nice and made me feel at ease, really friendly which helped me over come my nerves and pass my test”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“failed for two serious which I wouldn't even consider a minor. I felt I was robbed of my pass.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“I had my driving test today with Paul as the examiner. What a nice man he is, I didn't feel nervous at all, he completely put me at ease. I can honestly say that I enjoyed my driving test, strange but true. I did pass but even if I hadn't, I couldn't have found a bad word to say about Paul or the whole driving test experience. It sounds very much like it's the luck of the draw at this test centre and happily for me I was one of the lucky ones, having read some of the other reviews, it could have been so different.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“Had my 1st test today at Warrington with dave and passed he was lovely. I was really dreading having him because I read some reviews but he was so nice made me feel comfortable and he passed me so don't believe what you read sometimes.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Examiner PAUL!!! made my partner feel awkward by not speaking to her, was unprofessional by using his own slang such as "egging on" failed her for going 4miles below the 20 mph speed limit. He made her overtake a cyclist so I don't know why you still have this poor excuse of an examiner in your test centre. For anyone's future sake if your examiner is Paul please take your instructor in the car with you.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“I had dave and found him intimidating and cruel my instructor ended up arguing with as dave said I do not understand the basics of driving and my instructor completely disagreed.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“had my driving test today and passed with Martin, he was so lovely and put me at ease throughout and his positive attitude really helped me to stay positive throughout my test and i ended up completely the test with only 1 minor!”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“I had my test last week with Martin. I failed due to speeding going 37mph on a 30 zone. Martin was great and told me to go in for my test again as soon as possible. A lovely man who made me feel comfortable. Hopefully more lucky next time around.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Wrigley an examiner here needs to learn highway code about dual carriage ways and traffic speed.if this is the standard of examiner god help anyone cos he's not got a clue.”
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1 5 1
“I have had 2 tests now at the warrington test centre and had an examiner called grace she is rude, absolutely horrible to me both time shouting at me to take the correct turnings even when I had the right signal on to go back around the round about to come off at the correct one, made me cry by shouting at me not once asked me if I was okay just sat there and was very rude about me to my driving instructor during the debrief! Anyone who has grace run a mile she needs to be spoken to about the way she treats people as I’ve heard of many other people she isn’t the nicest examiner there.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“Very poor availability to book tests in a reasonable amount of time currently about 8 weeks, are they in cahoots with the instructors to make a bit more money. They are allowed to opt for over time if they so wish to, I think the manager should be asking for this to reduce some of the back log or even employ part time examiners on a weekend (ime sure this would open the door to employment for a wider audience). Musty of been a rash of fails and rebooks. All driving tests should be videoed and if your not happy should be sent off for marking it would also help a client to go over it and see where they went wrong outside of the test centre, this should be automatic now as most test cars have cameras built in.”
★☆☆☆☆
1 5 1
“My 18yr old daughter has come home absolutely traumatised and in floods of tears after her test with a lady examiner called 'Grace'. She was shouted at throughout the test, huffed & puffed at. One of her majors was for overtaking a cyclist when she didn't even do this. The instructor yelled 'do not even think about overtaking that cyclist'. I find it disgraceful that anybody who is already nervous about such a big thing in life can be treated this way. She now has to wait another 7 weeks before a re-test, not to mention the cost element. We will be putting in a formal complaint of bullying & harassment. After speaking with several others including her instructor, apparently 'Grace' has a reputation for this behaviour.”
★★★★★
5 5 1
“I took my test today i had grace as my examiner and she was very nice and made me feel very calm and confident, she really put me at ease and i passed. Great experience with her as my examiner”
Warrington Driving Test Centre Overall rating: ★★☆☆☆ 2.1 based on 29 reviews
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