Driving Instructors Wakefield

We currently have more than one of our bubbly female Driving instructor that covers this area. Its post code area the WF....................... .Wakefield is in the Yorshire area with Pontifract and Castleford on the outskirts.

The instructors will give you plenty of Theory and practical driving experience within your lessons as it is important that you have the ability to not only drive in the areas that you are familar to you, but that you can also drive in areas that you have not been previously.Your Instructor will teach you how to get around without feeling under pressure and will give you the support and encouragement for you to learn the lifetime skills that you require.

Did You Know...

Wakefield has been around since roman times around 43AD and is mentioned in the doomsday book 1089, Sandal Castle was built in 1200, around which the Battle of Wakefield was fought in 1460, from which some say the nursery rhyme the Grand Old Duke of York was born. The Cathedral was built in the1400’s; it has the tallest steeple in west Yorkshire. The Chantry Chapel of St Mary’s that stands on the bridge over the Calder is from the middle ages and only one of 4 remaining in the UK today. There is also a theatre and on the darker side the prison which was first built in 1595 from a £20 endowment from a local solicitors will and from which it is said the nursery rhyme ‘Round and round the mulberry bush’ as prisoners exercised around a mulberry bush!

Wakefield Driving Test Centre

Bradford Road
Wrenthorpe
Wakefield
WF02 0RA

Additional Details

The building is prefabricated with a small waiting area and toilets. It also has a car park and they use this to do bay parking for tests. Please note there are 2 steps to gain access to the Driving Test Centre.

Tests Available

Appointment availability data is produced on Monday each week and is correct at that time (15/7/07).

• Appointment availability: 7 weeks
• Appointment availability: 4 weeks
• Appointment availability: 6 weeks

Appointment availability is calculated to be when a test centre has at least 10% test appointment availability; these figures are only available for full time test centres.

Year Car Bike LGV PCV 2004-2005 30.6 65.3 N/A N/A 2005-2006 29.87 61.26 N/A N/A

Driving Test Routes

There are 27 test routes around Wakefield, so please don’t expect to learn them all – you will be able to drive on all types of roads, and in a variety of conditions by the time your test comes around.

Theory tests are taken in Leeds, not far from ‘The Light’

Gallery House (1st flr)
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 5RD

The area around Wakefield

Be prepared to get off to a quick start from the Wakefield test centre – often the first thing they do with you is a bay park in their car park, also one of the route options leads straight out onto the dual carriage way that runs just out from the centre.

As you come into Wakefield the roundabout from the A650 onto the A61, watch your lane discipline, you can turn right from either lane it is signposted as to which you should use. Then don’t do what I did late one night use the red bus route on the left hand side as you approach the lights and wonder why the cars are all looking at you!

The area around Chantry Bridge has had a lot of work in recent years and need to watch both sign posts and road markings to ensure you are in the correct lane.

If you go the The White Rose shopping centre you will need to tackle the roundabout at junction 28 of the M62 – Tingley roundabout - make sure you approach in the correct lane, watch road signs, markings and light signals – it unwinds like a spiral (snail shell) take it steady and you will be fine.

If you have any comments to make on this area please Email thegirls@laughnpass.co.uk

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