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.
Medway Ambley Road 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
Medway Ambley Road Driving Test CentreDriving Test Centre Gillingham LGV, Ambley RoadGillinghamPostcode ME8 0SJLocation 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, lorry and bus.
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 Medway Ambley Road, the median actual wait was 1.4 weeks—22.6 weeks shorter than the 24 weeks appointment-availability measure. These figures do not contradict one another.
- Tests taken within 7 weeks of booking
- 100.0% Of tests completed in August 2026, including rescheduled tests. This is past experience, not the chance of booking a test within 7 weeks now. “Tests conducted” below covers a different, annual period.
- Previous appointment availability
- 24 weeks
- Availability change since previous month
- No change
- Overall pass rate
- Not published
- Tests conducted
- Not published
- Data period
- August 2026 how long learners actually waited and current appointment availability; April 2025 to March 2026 pass rates
- Last updated
- 9 September 2026
- Record status
- Official DVSA statistics
Annual pass-rate breakdown
Medway Ambley Road pass rates by test type
These official DVSA figures add context to the overall pass rate by showing first attempts and automatic-car tests separately.
First-attempt pass rate
Not publishedNot available: DVSA did not publish a centre-level first-attempt figure for this annual table. No value has been estimated.
Automatic-car pass rate
Not publishedNot available: DVSA did not publish a centre-level automatic-car figure for this annual table. No value has been estimated.
These figures describe different groups. The first-attempt figure includes first attempts in manual and automatic cars. The automatic-car figure includes automatic tests across all attempts, so it is not an automatic first-attempt rate. The percentages should not be subtracted or treated as a like-for-like comparison.
The annual tables cover April 2025 to March 2026. Sample-size warnings follow DVSA's published guidance. The 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 Medway Ambley Road
At this centre, the median actual wait was 22.6 weeks shorter than the appointment-availability measure. The comparisons below use published centre records and the three official nearby relationships, not live booking availability.
How this centre compares
The median actual wait of 1.4 weeks ranks 1st shortest of 33 centres with published figures in South East. It is 8.6 weeks below the South East centre median of 10 weeks.
Across Great Britain, it ranks 1st shortest of 311 published centre medians. It is 10.5 weeks below the Great Britain centre median of 11.9 weeks.
The separate appointment-availability measure of 24 weeks ranks 17th shortest of 33 in South East.
Movement across the published series
From July 2026 to August 2026, appointment availability ended where it began, at 24 weeks. This direction describes the published 10% measure, not live appointments.
All 2 published monthly points were 24 weeks.
The most useful nearby comparison
None of the three official alternatives has a matched published actual-wait figure in this release.
No matched nearby appointment-availability comparison is available.
Rank and evidence base
DVSA did not publish a centre-level pass rate for this record, so no rank has been calculated.
The supporting test volume was not published. No figure has been estimated.
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 fewer than six monthly history points are available. 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 Medway Ambley Road
DVSA has not yet added this centre to its published three-nearest-centres list. We will not guess or substitute unofficial alternatives.
12-month appointment-availability history
What the 12-month trend shows
From July 2026 to August 2026, current appointment availability remained at 24 weeks.
- 12-month low
- 24 weeks
- 12-month high
- 24 weeks
This chart tracks the published 10% appointment-availability measure, not how long learners actually waited or live appointments.
View all 12 appointment-availability figures
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How to interpret the overall pass rate
The published overall pass rate is Not published, based on an unpublished number of tests during April 2025 to March 2026. Candidate preparation, the mix of tests and local conditions all affect outcomes.
A higher recorded pass rate does not prove that this centre is easier, and it should not be the sole reason to travel a long distance.
Related driving-test advice
Data source
- Data period
- August 2026 how long learners actually waited and current appointment availability; April 2025 to March 2026 pass rates
- Last updated
- 9 September 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: 19 September 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).
The collective byline used by Jamhawks Trading Ltd for source checking, data processing and content updates. It does not represent a named individual or a claim of DVSA affiliation or professional driving-instructor status.