To ensure you have the best chances of passing the first time, deciding what course is best for you is critical. Not sure which course is best for you? Then look at our course packages below that range from beginner to experienced levels. If you need us to recommend a course, then you can either use our course recommender quiz or call us on 0800 112 3515!

Beginner – If you have no experience in driving a car, then our Platinum / Gold courses are best for you. These courses are designed to help you cover all of the driving topics and help you become a test standard. These courses will last over 2 or more weeks. Booking in advance is better if you have limited time for these courses. You can secure more preferable dates by booking early!

Intermediate – If you’re part trained or have done some driving lessons years ago, our Silver intensive courses are right for you. It will help you get on the road sooner. These courses will help you cover all of the driving topics you have struggled with and have not covered, so you have the best possible chance of passing the test on the first go! Book a silver course today and get on the road soon.

Experienced – Have you failed your driving test recently or have done lots of driving lessons in the past? Our Bronze courses will suit you best. These courses will help you keep the momentum going especially if you have failed a test. Your driving instructor will brush over where you failed on your test and put you towards becoming the best version of yourself to your test.

Swanage is based on the BH19 postcode and all of the other surrounding villages. Around Swanage are other places/settlements such as Poole, Bournemouth, Lytchett Matravers, Wool, Christchurch, Sturminster Marshall, Bovington Camp, Chaldon & Bransgore. If you’re based in these areas too, home pick up could be possible, enquire to know more about your area!

Not From Swanage?

We do intensive driving courses in other areas too! We provide intensive driving courses in Poole. If you’re based slightly nearer, we also do driving courses in Bournemouth & slightly further out in Wareham too.

Swanage is a coastal town in the southeast of Dorset. It lies at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and has a population of 9,601  residents in the town. Historically, Swanage is known as a popular tourist resort, with thousands of visitors coming during the peak summer season, to see its bay’s sandy beaches and other attractions.

A quick overview of Swanage:

County: Dorset

Recognised For: Known as a popular tourist resort, with thousands of visitors coming during the peak summer season, to see its bay’s sandy beaches and other attractions.

Local Council: Swanage

Important Roads:

1. A350 (Heading towards Sterte)
2. A338 (Heading towards Bournemouth)
3. A3049 (Heading northeast towards the A31)

Transport website: Swanage bus timetable

Extra Links:

1. Find Swanage on a map
2. Weather in Swanage
3. Swanage history

Passing your driving test will solely be down to how you do on your test. There is no course is guaranteed, but you will gradually become better and better throughout your course.

Swanage has no local test centre. You will require to travel to other nearby towns to take your driving test such as Salisbury & Southampton. Your driving instructor will take you there prior to taking a test.

If you need more information on different test centres, please also consider looking at our practical test centres index page.

The first step in everyone’s learning journey is through passing the theory test. Without taking the theory test, booking a practical test is impossible. That’s why we are putting as much emphasis on the theory as we do the practical.

Our intensive driving courses in Swanage include a theory test to help you pass it before you start your intensive courses.

Swanage has no theory test centre in town. So to take your test, you will need to travel to nearby test centres that would be situated in Southampton.