Driving Lessons in Brent

Lessons are £40 an hour across NW10, HA9 and NW2, and automatic costs exactly the same as manual. Ten hours is £389 and twenty is £764, which brings it to £38.20 an hour. The figures come from the booking system, so the price here is the price you book.

Hendon, a few miles north in Barnet, is the usual choice, because Brent has no test centre of its own. Its current DVSA figures are at the top of this page. Mill Hill publishes an identical rate a little further north, and Southall is the western option and lower than both.

Yes, on event days. Road closures around the stadium and heavy traffic on every approach make the hours either side a poor time to learn. Instructors who teach the borough plan around the fixture list, and it is worth mentioning your preferred days when you book.

Yes, at the same price as manual. On the A5 and the North Circular the hard part is lane choice and gap judgement rather than gear changes, so an automatic lets the whole lesson go into that. Say automatic when you book.

No. Rated Driving is an agent, not a school, so you are matched with an independent instructor rather than assigned one on a rota. We cover NW10, HA9, NW2 and the surrounding codes, hold your payment until after each lesson, then pass it on. Every instructor is DVSA-licensed and DBS-checked, and you can ask for a female instructor when you book.

Willesden, Harlesden, Kilburn, Neasden, Kingsbury, Queen's Park, Cricklewood, Dollis Hill, Brondesbury and Alperton among others. Wembley sits in the Middlesex HA area and has its own page. 11 of the borough's 12 postcode districts are shared with a neighbouring borough, so enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

It can be. The A406 crosses the borough and local routes use it, so any instructor teaching here will have you driving it well before test day. It is fast, multi-lane and has short slip roads, which is why it is built up to rather than started on.

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. The residential streets around Kingsbury and Preston are quiet enough to spend several hours on before you go near the A5 or the North Circular.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. The North Circular is the single most common request here, usually from people who hold a licence but have avoided it for years.

Yes. Pass Plus is the DVSA's six-module course for new licence holders, covering motorway, dual carriageway, rural and night driving, and some insurers reduce premiums for it. Instructors covering Brent run it, and the M1 is close enough to make the motorway module straightforward.

DVSA research puts it at 45 hours of professional lessons plus 22 hours of private practice, and learners who get that private practice are markedly more likely to pass first time. Many learners here do not have a car to practise in, so the paid hours carry more of the work than the national average assumes. Your instructor will give you an honest count after assessing you.

It moves weekly, so check GOV.UK on the day you book. Two things stay true: tests can be booked up to 24 weeks ahead, and there is no official waiting list or cancellation list. Mill Hill is worth checking alongside Hendon, because the two publish the same rate and their availability differs. If you already hold a date and want an earlier one, our free Driving Test Swap matches you with another learner who wants yours.