Manchester is a large city with a population of 550,000 people. Famous for it’s football clubs – Manchester United, and Manchester City! There are many types of roads, dual carriageways and rural areas in Manchester. You will learn to drive on many streets, high streets and urban areas during your course. Our driving instructor in Manchester will take you round a quiet road and teach you the basics. They will slowly progress you onto more challenging roads and junctions to make you a more experienced driver. When learning to drive in Manchester it is really important to get out of town and experience unfamiliar areas. Such areas you may visit may include Stockport, Oldham and Rochdale.
Manchester is full of many suburbs and you will drive through all sorts of urban environments to get that all needed practice. Within the Manchester area, you will come across other towns like Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne and Altrincham also. Your intensive driving course in Manchester will also go through local villages and country lanes to practice rural driving. You may pass through places like Carrington, Partington, Urmston, Bramhall, Hazel Grove, High Lane, Disley and Mossley, Farnworth, Middleton, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Chadderton, Leigh, Glazebury, Romiley, Whitefield, Prestwich, Springhead, Shaw, Royton, Wythenshaw.
When learning to drive in Manchester it is important to learn the skills necessary to become a safe and competent driver. There are plenty of motorways, dual-carriageways, single carriageways and residential streets for you to practise on. The M60 motorway circles Manchester giving easy access around the city. You will practise a lot of emerging, anticipating other road users and changing lanes when on high-speed roads.
Towards the end of your intensive driving course in Manchester, your driving instructor will conduct some training within the test centre area. Of course, there are many driving test centres in Manchester, all in which have their own driving test routes – however, to help you we have filmed some routes on our youtube channel using commentary driving. Go check them out to learn a new strategy when it comes to keeping your mind focused and the driving test nerves at bay!