Driving Lessons in Lewisham

Lessons are £40 an hour across SE13, SE23 and SE6, 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.

Not one that DVSA publishes figures for in the current 2025/26 release. Learners here test at Bromley, whose figures are at the top of this page, or at West Wickham or Sidcup. All three are within about six miles.

It is worth asking your instructor. Sidcup publishes 58.7% against Bromley's 52.9%, and from most of Lewisham the two are a comparable distance. The deciding factor is usually which set of routes your instructor teaches most.

Yes, at the same price as manual. It is worth considering here because of the sustained climb from Deptford to Forest Hill, which is where manual learners lose the most hours. 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 SE13, SE23, SE6 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.

Lewisham, Catford, Forest Hill, Deptford, Sydenham, Brockley, New Cross, Blackheath, Hither Green and Grove Park among others. 14 of the borough's 15 postcode districts are shared with a neighbouring borough, so enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. The residential streets around Crofton Park and Bellingham are quiet enough for a first few hours, well away from the gyratory.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. Hill starts and the Lewisham gyratory are the two things people most often want the hours spent on here.

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 the borough run it, with the rural and night modules usually done out towards the Kent edge.

They can, before your test if you want. Learners are allowed on motorways in a dual-control car with a fully qualified instructor. From Lewisham the M25 is a run south east, so it usually sits in a longer lesson booked for the purpose.

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. The hills tend to add a few early on, and some lesson time goes on reaching the test area. 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. Because the borough has no centre, check Bromley, West Wickham and Sidcup together rather than one at a time. If you already hold a date and want an earlier one, our free Driving Test Swap matches you with another learner who wants yours.