Driving Lessons in Wembley

Lessons are £40 an hour across HA0, HA9 and NW10, 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.

Southall is nearest at under five miles and its current DVSA figures are at the top of this page. Hendon and Yeading are both about six miles out and both publish considerably higher.

It is worth asking your instructor, because the gap is wide. Southall publishes 44.8%, Hendon 51.4% and Yeading 52.8%, and the extra distance is about a mile. Pass rates reflect the mix of candidates as well as the roads, so it is not a guarantee, but an eight-point spread for one mile is worth an explicit conversation.

Yes, at the same price as manual. It is a reasonable choice here, because in Alperton's stop-start traffic you spend more of the hour stationary than moving. Say automatic when you book.

No. Rated Driving is an agent rather than a school, which is why the instructor who turns up is a local independent working HA and NW10 postcodes and not an employee sent from a depot. We 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.

Wembley, Sudbury, Alperton, Preston, North Wembley, Tokyngton, Wembley Park, Barham Park and Wembley Central among others. Enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

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

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. The residential streets around Preston and Barham Park are quiet enough for the first hours, well away from Ealing Road and the industrial estates.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. Driving alongside lorries in Alperton and Park Royal is the commonest ask, usually from people who have never had to give one room to turn.

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. The A40 and the M1 are both close for the faster modules.

DVSA research puts it at 45 hours of professional lessons plus 22 hours of private practice. The dense traffic here tends to slow early progress and then pay it back, because observation gets built sooner than it would on quiet roads. Your instructor will give you an honest count after assessing you.

They can, before your test if you want. Learners are allowed on motorways in a dual-control car with a fully qualified instructor. The M1 is the usual choice from Wembley, north past Brent Cross.

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 stronger centres are only a mile further, check Hendon and Yeading at the same time 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.

An intensive course puts the hours into consecutive days rather than weekly lessons that shifts keep displacing. It is booked and priced separately from hourly lessons. You book your own test through GOV.UK; the free swap matches you with another learner who wants your date.