Learn with independent DVSA-licensed manual & automatic driving instructors across Wandsworth (SW11, SW17 & SW18) - from £35.90/hr on a 40-hour block (£38/hr pay-as-you-go), tailored coaching for Mitcham Driving Test Centre (47.0% pass rate across 15,046 tests), and door-to-door pickup.
SW11, SW17 & SW18 POSTCODES COVERED · MANUAL & AUTO FROM £35.90/HR
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“If you are not happy with your first lesson, tell us within 24 hours. We will refund up to 1 hour (60 minutes) of that first lesson and help you find another Instructor.” Read the full promise
Manual and automatic driving lessons in Wandsworth (SW11, SW17 & SW18) cost the same: £38.00/hr pay-as-you-go or down to £35.90/hr on a 40-hour block (saving £84), backed by our 14-day money-back guarantee.
Wandsworth Driving Lesson Packages, Block Discounts & Official DVSA Test Fees
Manual and automatic driving lessons across Wandsworth (SW11, SW17 & SW18) share identical hourly pricing whether you start in Battersea or practise around A3 West Hill, Roehampton Vale & Tibbets Corner Roundabout and A205 South Circular (Wandsworth One-Way System, Trinity Road & Huguenot Place). Compare our UK driving lessons hub and driving lessons across London, alongside official GOV.UK exam fees for Croydon Theory Test Centre (CR0 1PE) and Mitcham Driving Test Centre (CR0 3AQ).
Wandsworth driving lesson packages and official DVSA test fees
Lesson Package or GOV.UK Fee
Manual
Automatic
Hourly Rate & Saving
2-Hour Starter Session (Pay-As-You-Go)
£76.00 (£38.00/hr)
£76.00 (£38.00/hr)
Standard £38.00/hr rate · Ideal first 2-hour assessment
10-Hour Prepaid Block
£370.00 (£37.00/hr)
£370.00 (£37.00/hr)
Save £10.00 (£1.00/hr discount across SW11, SW17 & SW18)
20-Hour Prepaid Block
£726.00 (£36.30/hr)
£726.00 (£36.30/hr)
Save £34.00 · Popular mid-course package
30-Hour Prepaid Block
£1,083.00 (£36.10/hr)
£1,083.00 (£36.10/hr)
Save £57.00 · Full foundation to mock tests
40-Hour Best-Value Block
£1,436.00 (£35.90/hr)
£1,436.00 (£35.90/hr)
Save £84.00 · Best value for new learners
Official DVSA Car Theory Test (Croydon CR0 1PE)
£23.00 (GOV.UK fee)
£23.00 (GOV.UK fee)
50 multiple-choice questions + 14 hazard perception clips at Croydon Theory Test Centre
Official DVSA Practical Test (Mitcham CR0 3AQ)
£62.00 weekday / £75.00 wknd
£62.00 weekday / £75.00 wknd
38-40 min practical driving test from Redhouse Road, Mitcham, Surrey, CR0 3AQ
Weekly lessons fit most of Wandsworth. A held Mitcham date with hours still missing is the usual trigger for an intensive.
OPTION 1 / MANUAL TUITION · SW11, SW17 & SW18
Manual driving lessons (SW11, SW17 & SW18)
Mitcham passed 48.5% of 7,879 manual tests in 2025/26. Gear changes while switching lanes on the Wandsworth one-way system are hard at first, and a manual pass covers both car types.
Same £38 rate as manual. Mitcham's automatic candidates passed 45.4% of 7,167; on the gyratory the real skill is lane choice and timing, and an automatic leaves all of your attention for it.
Ask for a female instructor, extra patience, or one who teaches the run south to Redhouse Road and not just the commons. Every instructor covering Wandsworth is DVSA-licensed and DBS-checked.
Getting out to test-route roads costs time every lesson in Wandsworth; an intensive spends it once. Test-date swaps between learners are free and nobody sees your name.
How Learner Driver Matching Works (SW11, SW17 & SW18)
Three steps from an SW11, SW17 or SW18 postcode to a Mitcham pass.
STEP 01 / POSTCODE MATCH
Enter your full UK pickup postcode
Enter your full UK postcode (for example SW18 2PU), choose manual or automatic, then book a £76 two-hour starter or a 10 to 40 hour block (from £35.90/hr). We cover SW11, SW17 and SW18 — the full postcode is what matches you to the right instructor.
STEP 02 / DVSA INSTRUCTOR PAIRING
Get matched with a local SW11, SW17 & SW18 instructor
Your instructor works your sector: Tooting Bec, Furzedown and Balham in SW17 and SW12; Wandsworth Town, Southfields and Roehampton in SW18 and SW15; Battersea, Nine Elms and Clapham Junction in SW11 and SW8. 27 skills are tracked.
STEP 03 / TEST-DAY READINESS
Pass your theory at Croydon & practical test
Theory is at Suffolk House, George Street, Croydon (CR0 1PE), 3.6 miles via the A23 or Tramlink; the practical starts at Redhouse Road, Mitcham CR0 3AQ, 3.8 miles south.
L 03 / Pass Rates / Official DVSA 2025/26 Test Centre Statistics
DVSA pass rates in Wandsworth
Mitcham Driving Test Centre (CR0 3AQ) achieved a 47.0% overall pass rate across 15,046 tests in the DVSA 2025/26 release, compared with 51.2% nationally across Great Britain.
47.0%
Mitcham Driving Test Centre (CR0 3AQ) · 15,046 tests conducted (2025/26 DVSA data) · vs 51.2% UK average
DVSA Practical Test Centre Comparison (SW11, SW17 & SW18)
Compare official DVSA 2025/26 overall, manual, automatic, and first-attempt pass rates at Mitcham Driving Test Centre against nearby alternative test centres.
DVSA practical driving test pass rates for Wandsworth and nearby centres
Driving Test Centre & Address
Overall Pass Rate (Tests)
Manual Pass Rate
Automatic Pass Rate
First-Attempt Pass Rate
Mitcham Driving Test Centre (CR0 3AQ) Redhouse Road, Mitcham, Surrey, CR0 3AQ · Primary local test centre
47.0% (15,046 tests)
48.5% (7,879 tests)
45.4% (7,167 tests)
45.6%
Morden Driving Test Centre (SM4 4PE) 10 Tudor Drive, Morden, Surrey, SM4 4PE · 4.2 mi SW
51.0% (15,770 tests)
51.8% (9,001 tests)
49.8% (6,769 tests)
50.8%
Tolworth Driving Test Centre (KT6 7EW) Douglas House, 1B-1C Tolworth Close, Tolworth, Surbiton, KT6 7EW · 6.1 mi SW
53.6% (10,164 tests)
56.1% (6,012 tests)
49.9% (4,152 tests)
50.4%
Great Britain National Benchmark All DVSA practical driving test centres across England, Scotland & Wales
51.2%
52.8%
47.9%
50.4%
L 04 / Areas We Cover / Every SW11, SW17 & SW18 Sector & Neighbourhood Covered
L 05 / Test Routes & Theory / Mitcham Test Routes & Croydon Theory Centre
Test routes in Wandsworth
Four commons to build confidence on, and one gyratory carrying the A3 and A205 to prove it.
STAGE 1 · LOCAL ROADS & NURSERY GRIDS
The gyratory, and the roads round the commons
Opening hours use the quiet Between-the-Commons streets and the roads around Wandsworth and Tooting commons: moving off, mirrors and kerbside stops with little traffic.
STAGE 2 · PEAK TRAFFIC & JUNCTION TIMING
Clapham Junction, and the bridges
Then Tooting Broadway box junctions, Falcon Road by Clapham Junction, Tibbets Corner on the A3 and hill starts on Putney Hill sharpen lane choice and timing.
STAGE 3 · PRACTICAL TEST CENTRE ROUTES
South, out of the borough
There is no Wandsworth centre, so the test means a run south to Mitcham, Morden or Tolworth. The drive down gives you the suburban roads and roundabouts the test uses, which the borough's own gyratory and commons do not.
STAGE 4 · LOCAL TEST INTELLIGENCE
Four commons and a park
Last come mock tests run south from Redhouse Road, Mitcham CR0 3AQ, with independent driving, the emergency stop and the set manoeuvres on suburban roads the borough lacks.
Official DVSA Theory Test Centres Serving SW11, SW17 & SW18
Before booking your practical test at Mitcham Driving Test Centre (CR0 3AQ) via GOV.UK book driving test, you must pass your car theory test (£23.00). For local learners, the closest active Pearson VUE centre verified on GOV.UK find a theory test centre is Croydon Theory Test Centre at 11th Floor, Suffolk House, George Street, Croydon, CR0 1PE.
Official DVSA theory test centres serving Wandsworth learners
Official DVSA Theory Centre
Full Verified Address
Distance from Wandsworth
Direct Route & Public Transport
Croydon Theory Test Centre (CR0 1PE)
11th Floor, Suffolk House, George Street, Croydon, CR0 1PE
3.6 miles via A23/Tramlink (£23.00 DVSA fee)
South London official DVSA theory test centre at Suffolk House, George Street, Croydon (CR0 1PE)
Kingston upon Thames Theory Test Centre (KT1 1LL)
Suite 111, Malthouse, 25-29 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LL
4.8 miles W via A3/South Western Railway (£23.00 DVSA fee)
South-West London DVSA theory centre at Malthouse, 25-29 High Street, Kingston (KT1 1LL)
Southwark (London Bridge) Theory Test Centre (SE1 2EL)
9 Holyrood Street, Southwark, London, SE1 2EL
5.4 miles N via Northern/Victoria line (£23.00 DVSA fee)
Central London DVSA theory centre at 9 Holyrood Street, London Bridge (SE1 2EL)
L 06 / Learner Reviews / 4.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot
Learner reviews in Wandsworth
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L 07 / FAQs / Pricing, Test Centres & Booking (SW11, SW17 & SW18)
Driving lessons FAQs in Wandsworth
Wandsworth questions: £38 lessons, Mitcham's 47.0%, Croydon theory, Morden or Tolworth, and the one-way gyratory.
Driving lessons in Wandsworth cost £38.00 an hour in manual or automatic, so 2 hours is £76. Prepaid: 10 hours £370, 20 hours £726, 30 hours £1,083, and 40 hours £1,436, equal to £35.90 an hour with £84 saved. A £1.99 admin fee applies on top.
Mitcham Driving Test Centre, Redhouse Road, CR0 3AQ, passed 47.0% of 15,046 tests in the DVSA 2025/26 release, below the 51.2% Great Britain rate. By gearbox it was 48.5% manual and 45.4% automatic, with 45.6% on first attempts. It is 3.8 miles south of Wandsworth, outside the borough.
Most Wandsworth candidates take theory in Croydon, at George Street CR0 1PE, 3.6 miles away by the A23 or Tramlink. If dates there are full, Kingston KT1 1LL lies 4.8 miles west and London Bridge SE1 2EL 5.4 miles north. The GOV.UK fee is £23.00 and our app is free.
Worth raising with your instructor. Tolworth (KT6 7EW) published 53.6% and Morden (SM4 4PE) 51.0%, against 47.0% at Mitcham, and neither is much further from most of Wandsworth. What usually decides it is which centre's routes your instructor drives every week.
Yes, at the same £38 as manual. The Wandsworth gyratory rewards picking a lane early and holding it, and with no clutch your eyes stay on the markings. Automatic candidates at Mitcham managed 45.4% across 7,167 attempts in 2025/26, with manual on 48.5%. Say automatic at booking.
No. Rated Driving is an agent, not a school. We match Wandsworth learners with independent DVSA-licensed instructors across SW postcodes and keep your money until each lesson has happened. All 3 basics apply: DVSA licence, DBS check, and a female instructor if you ask for one.
Battersea, Tooting, Putney, Balham, Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Southfields, Roehampton, Wandsworth Common, Nine Elms, Furzedown and Summerstown. 16 of the 17 postcode districts in Wandsworth are shared with a neighbouring borough, so your postcode confirms which instructor covers you.
No, because the test starts 3.8 miles south at Mitcham, but you will drive the Wandsworth one-way system in lessons and long after passing. Instructors work up to it, since its short lane-change windows and constant buses punish any hesitation.
Yes. Say nervous and we match a calm Wandsworth instructor. Lesson 1 checks your licence and the 20 metres number plate eyesight read, then begins on the roads around Tooting and Wandsworth commons, some of the quietest in inner London, before any gyratory work.
Yes. Book a refresher with your Wandsworth postcode. The 2 commonest asks are the one-way gyratory carrying the A3 and A205 and the all-day traffic around Clapham Junction, with Tibbets Corner added by drivers coming back after years away.
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Reviewed by Kevin Tuffney, Co-founder & COO at Rated Driving · Official DVSA 2025/26 figures · Last verified 25 October 2026.
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