How long learners actually waited
Time between booking and taking a test for people who completed one that month. Half waited less and half waited longer.
Islay Island Driving Test Centre
Address, postcode, current appointment availability, how long learners actually waited and pass-rate information from official published sources.
Official centre location
Address and postcode
Islay Island Driving Test CentreArgyll and Bute Council Offices Jamieson Street, BowmoreIsle of IslayPostcode PA43 7HLLocation source: the live GOV.UK driving-test-centre directory, checked 9 September 2026 (dataset version 231).
GOV.UK remains the definitive source for temporary locations, facilities and special instructions.
Official centre facilities and access notes
This test centre provides these types of tests: car.
Two figures. One clearer picture.
Median actual wait versus appointment availability
DVSA publishes both figures because they answer different questions.
How far ahead DVSA had to look
Point where at least 10% of weekly appointments remained available. It is not a live appointment search.
At Islay Island, the median actual wait is Not published; appointment availability is Not published. No missing figure has been estimated.
- Tests taken within 7 weeks of booking
- Not published DVSA did not publish a figure for September 2026 at this centre. No value has been estimated.
- Previous appointment availability
- 24 weeks
- Availability change since previous month
- Not published
- Overall pass rate
- Not published
- Tests conducted
- Not published
- Data period
- September 2026 how long learners actually waited and current appointment availability; April 2025 to March 2026 pass rates
- Last updated
- 14 October 2026
- Record status
- Official DVSA statistics
Annual pass-rate breakdown
Islay Island pass rates by test type
Published DVSA first-attempt results for this centre.
First-attempt pass rate
83.3%25 passes from 30 first attempts.
Low sample: DVSA advises caution because this rate is based on fewer than 100 tests.
DVSA did not publish the overall pass rate or automatic-car pass rate for this centre. No missing rate has been estimated, and no overall pass-rate rank has been calculated.
The first-attempt figure includes first attempts in manual and automatic cars; it is not the overall pass rate across all attempts.
The annual tables cover April 2025 to March 2026. Sample-size warnings follow DVSA's published guidance. These figures do not predict an individual result or prove that one centre is easier. View the official DVSA source tables (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab)
Centre-specific analysis
What the figures mean at Islay Island
Compare the published regional, national and official nearby records, not live booking availability.
How this centre compares
A regional actual-wait rank cannot be calculated because this record is incomplete.
A Great Britain comparison is not available for this measure.
The appointment-availability measure cannot currently be ranked.
Movement across the published series
From October 2025 to August 2026, appointment availability returned to 24 weeks, with no net change between the first and last published points.
The lowest recorded point was 23.3 weeks in May 2026; the highest was 24 weeks in October 2025.
This comparison uses 9 published months, not a complete 12-month series. Missing months do not show no change.
The most useful nearby comparison
Lochgilphead has the shortest published actual wait among the matched official alternatives at 23.1 weeks and is about 59 miles away on DVSA's list.
No matched nearby appointment-availability comparison is available.
Ranks use all centres with a numeric value in the same release. Tied values share a rank. A shorter historical figure does not guarantee an earlier appointment.
Limited record: This page is temporarily excluded from the XML sitemap because the median actual-wait figure is missing and the appointment-availability figure is missing. It remains available for reference and will be checked again after the next DVSA release; missing values have not been estimated.
Official DVSA list
Alternatives to Islay Island
Since 9 June 2026, a car driving test can normally be moved only to the three nearest centres DVSA lists for the booked centre. The original centre remains an option.
| Centre | Official distance | How long learners actually waited | Current appointment availability | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochgilphead | About 59 miles | 23.1 weeks | Not published | 56.4% |
| Brodick (Isle of Arran) | About 66 miles | 23.9 weeks | Not published | 67.3% |
| Campbeltown | About 73 miles | 25.7 weeks | Not published | 71.6% |
These are different kinds of information: DVSA's nearest-centre list supplies the relationships and approximate driving distances; the waiting and pass-rate figures come from separate published statistics and are not live appointments.
Compare these alternativesHow to change your test centreCheck the official nearest-centre list (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab)Read the 2026 booking-rule guidance (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab)
DVSA says distances are approximate driving distances calculated using Google Maps while avoiding motorways. The published list was last updated 15 October 2026 and may change.
Published appointment-availability history
9 of 12 monthly records have published values. Missing months are labelled not published; no values have been estimated. This chart tracks the published 10% appointment-availability measure, not how long learners actually waited or live appointments.
View all 12 monthly appointment-availability records
| Month | Current appointment availability |
|---|---|
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 24 weeks | |
| 23.3 weeks | |
| Not published | |
| Not published | |
| 24 weeks | |
| Not published |
Related driving-test advice
Data source
- Data period
- September 2026 how long learners actually waited and current appointment availability; April 2025 to March 2026 pass rates
- Last updated
- 14 October 2026
- Source
- Official published driving-test statistics (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab)
Editorial review
Reviewed by Drive Test Finder UK Editorial Team
Review date: 16 October 2026
How we review: We match each page to the latest imported DVSA tables, check location details against the live GOV.UK centre directory and show missing figures as not published rather than estimating them.
Sources checked: DVSA driving-test data tables (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab), GOV.UK driving-test-centre directory (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab), DVSA nearest-centre list (opens on GOV.UK in a new tab).
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