Driving Lessons in Merton

Lessons are £40 an hour across SW19, SM4 and CR4, 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.

Morden, on Epsom Road, inside the borough. Its current DVSA figures are at the top of this page: 51.0% overall, above the London average. Mitcham is closer for learners in CR4 but sits four points lower, and Tolworth is a short run south west with the strongest rate of the three.

It is one of the better London centres on the published figures, at 51.0% against a Chingford low of 39.9% at the other end of the city. Rates reflect the candidates as much as the roads, so the honest advantage is that it is local: you will be tested on streets you already know.

Yes, at the same price as manual. It is a reasonable choice in this borough specifically, because the hills around Wimbledon Village are where manual learners lose the most hours. Say automatic when you book.

No. Rated Driving is an agent. We match you with independent DVSA-licensed instructors working SW19, SM4 and CR4, and your money sits with us until the lesson has happened before it goes to them. Every instructor is DBS-checked before they take a learner, and a female instructor is something you can ask for when you book.

Wimbledon, Morden, Mitcham, Raynes Park, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon, Wimbledon Park, Motspur Park, Merton Park and St Helier among others. All 10 of the borough's postcode districts are shared with a neighbouring borough, so enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

Yes, but expect your instructor to route around SW19 for those two weeks. Road closures, suspended parking and heavy pedestrian traffic make the area around the ground a poor place to learn. The rest of the borough is unaffected.

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. The Morden and St Helier grids in the south of the borough are flat and wide, and quiet outside the school run, which makes them a gentler start than the hills up north.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. Common asks here are hill starts, the Wimbledon one-way system, and general confidence after a long gap without driving.

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, and the A3 and M25 south are both reachable for the faster modules.

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. Learners here often have access to a car for practice, which brings the paid hours down for those who use it. 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. Morden conducts over fifteen thousand tests a year and is popular for its rate, so dates go quickly. If you already hold a date and want an earlier one, our free Driving Test Swap matches you with another learner who wants yours.