Watford Driving Test Centre

Watford Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Watford Hertfordshire East of England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 2.5pts below
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Watford driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Watford driving test centre in Watford, Hertfordshire, East of England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Watford 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
46.2%
Overall pass rate i
44.8%
First-attempt pass rate i
129
First-time faultless passes i
12,939
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 Watford test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Watford

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

For Watford in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 49.2% compared with 41.1% for automatic tests, a difference of 8.1 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Watford

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

First-time candidates at Watford passed at 44.8% in 2025/2026, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 46.2%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Watford

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

At Watford in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 56.4%. 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 Watford

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

In Watford for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 47.9%, which is 3.9 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 44%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Watford

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

Address
Watford CP House, Otterspool Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8HU
Postcode
WD25 8HU
County
Hertfordshire
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Hertfordshire

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in Hertfordshire.

Aylesbury 49.3% Barnet (London) 49.9% Borehamwood (London) 50.8% Enfield (Innova Business Park) 53.9% High Wycombe 51.5% Letchworth 57.5% St Albans 50.7% Stevenage 55.3%
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