About Tilbury
Tilbury is a DVSA driving test centre serving Tilbury and the surrounding Essex area. The centre address is Montana House, Russell Road, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7AE. In 2025/26 it recorded a car practical test pass rate of 49%, against a national average of 50.0%. The figures on this page are drawn from the official DVSA driving test statistics (gov.uk).
Is Tilbury an easy or hard test centre?
At 49%, Tilbury’s pass rate is close to the national average. That puts it in the middle of the table of 293 DVSA car test centres – a typical UK test centre. A lower pass rate does not mean the test itself is different; it usually reflects the local road network and traffic conditions examiners route candidates through. Intensive, structured tuition matched to those specific local roads and junctions is the single biggest lever a learner has over their own result here.
Where Tilbury sits in the UK table
Set against its neighbours, Tilbury is a useful case study: Clacton-on-Sea (48%), Colchester (48%) and Brentwood (49%) are its closest comparators, and Tilbury is the strongest of that local group. The Tilbury driving test centre pass rate is 49% for 2025/26, the 118th lowest of the 293 UK test centres tracked by GetMyPass – 1 points below the national average of 50%.
Percentile-wise the centre lands in the broad middle of the national table, meaning 49 of every 100 tests taken here in 2025/26 ended in a pass. A ranking is a description of local conditions – Essex traffic, junction design and route complexity – not a handicap or a head start, so the sensible response is to train on the exact roads the examiners use around Tilbury.
Waiting times are the other number to plan around at Tilbury: DVSA figures for May 2026 put the national median wait for a car practical test at 9.7 weeks, with the 10% availability measure at 21.8 weeks (GOV.UK, published 18 June 2026) – a Great Britain benchmark rather than a figure specific to this centre, as local availability moves week by week. GetMyPass times its intensive courses around Tilbury so students sit at test standard before the date arrives, so that if an earlier slot appears on the official gov.uk booking system, you are ready to take it.
Nearby test centres compared
Here are the 2025/26 pass rates for Tilbury and its nearest DVSA alternatives at a glance.
| Test centre | Pass rate 2025/26 | vs national average (50%) |
|---|---|---|
| Tilbury (this centre) | 49% | -1 pts |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 48% | -2 pts |
| Colchester | 48% | -2 pts |
| Brentwood | 49% | -1 pts |
Test routes around Tilbury
Tilbury is a Thames-side port town where dock and freight traffic shares the road with quieter residential streets, giving learners a genuine range of conditions. Test routes cover the roads around Russell Road and the docks, the residential areas of Chadwell St Mary, and the A126 links towards Grays and East Tilbury. A key local feature examiners often route candidates past is Russell Road and the A126 towards Grays: Test routes head out on Russell Road and the A126, where port and dock traffic mixes with local roads, so learners must handle busy commercial junctions early on.
Booking your test at Tilbury in 2026
Practical driving tests at Tilbury are booked directly with the DVSA at gov.uk – test booking is self-book only, and since 12 May 2026 third-party scanning or slot-finding apps are banned under DVSA rules. Once booked, you can change your test date up to 2 times, and you need to give at least 10 working days’ notice to do so. Test fees are set by the DVSA at £62 on weekdays or £75 for an evening, weekend or bank holiday slot, and are paid by the learner, not GetMyPass. What GetMyPass does is get you test-ready fast and help you watch for genuine early availability – we never book or arrange your test for you, and the DVSA examiner alone decides who passes – we simply help you maximise your chances.
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FAQs
What is the pass rate at Tilbury?
The figure GetMyPass holds for Tilbury is a 49% car practical test pass rate in 2025/26, measured against the 50% national average. On that number it sits at #176 of the 293 DVSA car test centres with published data, making it a typical UK test centre. The DVSA refreshes these statistics every year, so treat the rate as a snapshot of local difficulty rather than a fixed fact about the centre. What actually moves your own odds is preparation on the road network examiners test on – the junctions, roundabouts and traffic patterns around Tilbury. That is the gap structured local tuition closes, and it is exactly where a GetMyPass intensive course concentrates your hours before test day.
How do I book a driving test at Tilbury?
Booking is something you do yourself rather than through GetMyPass: driving tests at Tilbury are booked directly with the DVSA at gov.uk, and since 12 May 2026 the DVSA has banned third-party scanning and slot-finding apps, making self-booking the only route. Choose Tilbury as your preferred centre when you apply. A booked test can be moved up to 2 times, and each change needs at least 10 working days’ notice. Fees are set nationally – £62 on weekdays, £75 for evening, weekend or bank holiday slots – and you pay the DVSA directly. What we handle is different: a GetMyPass course times your training so you reach test standard before your date arrives, with honest guidance on realistic waiting times around Tilbury.
Can GetMyPass help me pass faster at Tilbury?
GetMyPass can compress the journey, though nobody can promise the result. Our intensive courses around Tilbury are planned against the road network examiners at Tilbury actually use – the junctions, roundabouts and traffic conditions that decide most tests here. Training runs day by day with one instructor from first lesson to test day, which keeps progress compounding instead of resetting each week. Since Tilbury is a typical UK test centre, the course leans into the situations local learners find hardest. The DVSA examiner alone decides who passes, and we make no guarantees about the outcome; what we control is how ready you are when you walk in, and readiness is what a GetMyPass course is engineered to maximise.
Where is Tilbury located?
Students booking with GetMyPass sit their test at Tilbury itself, which serves Tilbury and the wider Essex area. The centre address is Montana House, Russell Road, Tilbury, Essex, RM18 7AE. Plan the journey in advance: know where you will park, how long the drive takes at that time of day, and where you will wait before the test starts. Candidates travelling from further afield should build in a generous buffer, because rushing in at the last minute is a poor way to start a test. On the day itself, your GetMyPass instructor meets you ahead of the appointment and confirms the route to the centre in advance, so finding the site is never left to chance.