Buxton Driving Test Centre

Buxton Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Buxton Cheshire North West England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 10pts above
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Buxton driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Buxton driving test centre in Buxton, Cheshire, North West England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Buxton across demographics, vehicle types, number of attempts, and age. You can find the map location for the test centre and directions here.

Latest DVSA data, 2025/2026
58.7%
Overall pass rate i
61.4%
First-attempt pass rate i
68
First-time faultless passes i
4,904
Tests conducted i
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All data here is publicly available from gov.uk. Veygo have extracted the last 5 years of data for the Buxton test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Buxton

Pass rates for automatic and manual car tests, side by side across five years.

For Buxton in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 61.4% compared with 47.6% for automatic tests, a difference of 13.8 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Buxton

How first-time candidates perform, including the rate of faultless passes over time.

First-time candidates at Buxton passed at 61.4% in 2025/2026, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 58.7%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Buxton

How pass rates vary by candidate age, from 17 to 25, in the latest year of data.

At Buxton in 2025/2026, 22-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 71.9%. Pass rates generally shift with age, and this chart shows how each age from 17 to 25 performed.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Performance over time

πŸ§‘πŸΏβ€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘πŸΌ Pass rate by gender for Buxton

How male and female pass rates at this centre have changed over the last five years.

In Buxton for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 58.4%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the female pass rate of 59.1%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Buxton

Plan your route to the centre and arrive with time to spare on test day.

Address
Buxton The Dairy, 7 Green Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9DS
Postcode
SK17 9DS
County
Cheshire
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Cheshire

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in Cheshire.

Bredbury (Manchester) 56% Chester 47.3% Crewe 43.8% Macclesfield 51.9% Northwich 57.6% St Helens (Liverpool) 40.9% Upton 52.6% Wallasey 54.3% Warrington 55.5% Widnes 42.7%
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