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Practical test centre in Redditch
Redditch is a Worcestershire town on the edge of the Midlands motorway network, and the driving test centre here draws candidates from a wide ring of surrounding communities. Learners travel in from Stratford-upon-Avon, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Studley and Pershore, which means the centre sees everything from market-town traffic to faster approach roads on test day. New Road roundabouts and the ring road around the town centre give examiners plenty of scope to test roundabout discipline, and candidates who have only practised on quieter village roads sometimes find the pace here a step up. An intensive course compresses that learning curve, building roundabout confidence and lane discipline over consecutive days rather than spreading it across months of once-a-week lessons. Like every DVSA car test, the appointment at Redditch opens with an eyesight check and two vehicle safety questions before the examiner asks you to drive, so knowing that structure in advance removes one source of nerves before you even start the engine.
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Practical Test Centre Address
Redditch Test Centre, 660 Evesham Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5JP. The building has toilets, parking for candidates, and disabled access throughout. Car driving tests and motorcycle tests both run from this address, so instructors and riders share the waiting room with car learners on a normal day. Bring your provisional licence along with your booking confirmation; staff cannot start a test without seeing it. The DVSA practical test itself costs £62 for a weekday appointment, and the test lasts around 40 minutes in total, including roughly 20 minutes of independent driving using either road signs or a sat-nav route set by the examiner, plus a possible reversing manoeuvre along the way. Learners on LPOD Academy Gold 40 or the longer LPOD Academy Platinum 50 course typically finish with a short run near Evesham Road before their appointment, which helps settle nerves before the examiner comes out to the waiting room.
How to Get to Redditch Test Centre Test Centre
From Birmingham or the north, join the M42 and leave at Junction 2 onto the A441, which runs straight into Redditch; follow signs for the town centre once you are off the motorway. Drivers coming from Evesham or Stratford-upon-Avon can approach on the A435 instead. Redditch railway station has regular services from Birmingham New Street, and the walk from the station towards the centre passes close to the Kingfisher Shopping Centre, which is a useful landmark if you are checking you are heading the right way. Local buses run frequently between the station, the shopping centre and the surrounding suburbs, so public transport is a realistic option on test day if you would rather not drive yourself in.
Test routes from Redditch make use of exactly the roads you will have passed on the way in: expect roundabouts near the town centre, a stretch of dual carriageway close to the A441, and residential streets where pedestrians and parked cars demand steady observation. An intensive course built around this route, whether that is LPOD Academy Gold 40 or LPOD Academy Platinum 50, packs a mock test and repeated roundabout practice into a short run of days, and our guide to finding a cancellation test slot is worth a read if your preferred date is booked out further ahead than you would like.
Arrive at Evesham Road with time to spare, ideally ten minutes before your slot, and bring your provisional licence with you every time, since the test cannot go ahead without it. Since 12 May 2026, DVSA rules mean only the candidate can book or manage their own practical test, so once your course dates are set it is worth registering your own DVSA account rather than leaving it to someone else. A pass at Redditch is followed by a certificate handed to you on the spot, with the result also updated on your driving licence record within a few working days.
If you are not successful first time, DVSA rules require a minimum wait of ten working days before a retest can be booked, which is worth factoring into your course timeline from the outset. Candidates testing in an automatic car are restricted to automatic-only licences afterwards, whereas a pass in a manual car covers both, so it is worth confirming which transmission your course uses before booking. If you are driving to Evesham Road in your own car rather than an instructor’s, it must display L plates front and back, carry valid insurance for learner drivers, and have a current MOT if it is over three years old.
Page reviewed and updated 17 July 2026.
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No. Since 12 May 2026, only you can book, change or manage your DVSA practical test. LPOD provides test date support instead: centre and timing guidance as standard, plus an optional Test Alerts + Booking Strategy add-on (£50) if you’d like us actively watching for earlier dates and helping you plan around them.
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