If you are planning on taking your practical driving test at the Lee On The Solent test centre you won’t find it too much trouble to locate it. Lee On The Solent test centre is located at Daedalus Airport Complex at The Richard Sainsbury Building on Daedalus Drive, just follow Newgate Lane/Broom Way B3385 and you will find it easily just about 10 minutes from Fareham town centre, it is reasonably sized and caters for learners in Hampshire. It’s close location to the A27/M27 make it easily accessible for students across the county. We suggest getting to know your chosen test centre a bit better? The best way to do this is by reading our guide below. We will take you through directions, pass rates, test routes and much more!
Car parking is available at this test centre
Male and female toilets are available
Disable access available at this test centre
02392 553577
Check out the gov.uk – ‘book your driving test’ service for availability.
If you are not familiar with the area the best route to the test centre is to get onto the A27/M27 and come off at Exit 11 and head towards Gosport, Then follow signs for Lee On The Solent and the B3385 . When you get to Daedalus Airport Complex turn right into Daedalus Drive and the test centre will be further down on your right. There is parking at this test centre but try not to arrive earlier than 10 mins before your test so as not to cause congestion for other students taking their tests.
Here are the best directions to get there
This is the day and finally you are ready to take your practical driving test! Of course you will be feeling a little nervous? you don’t need to be, the examiner is just going to be observing you driving safely, and the test is very straight forward and shouldn’t be anything new to you.
On the day of the test you just need to be at Lee On The Solent DVSA Driving Test Centre 10 mins before your test, making sure you have your Provisional Driving License with you. The test will be as follows.
20 minutes of general driving, where you’ll be following instructions from the driving test examiner, and will also need to perform one of the following manoeuvres
One “show me” questions covering vehicle controls, this will be asked while you are driving along. (click here)
Once you get back to Lee On The Solent driving test centre, you’ll find out if all of your hard work has paid off. The examiner will tell you the result and give you some feedback which will contain any faults you might have accumulated. If you pass, the examiner will also give you a test pass certificate and the opportunity to send off for your new licence then and there. The full test report will be sent to you via the email that you provided when you booked your driving test.
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If you’re to be a qualified driver in the Lee On The Solent area, be prepared to face a variety of difficult traffic conditions and road types. Whilst the driving examiner isn’t looking to fail you, their job is to make sure that you are actually ready to remove the L plates. As such, they’ll take you through a thorough test to see if you can handle safely all of the challenges Lee On The Solent has to offer. With a variety of dual carriageways, residential roads, and congested areas, you’ll also need to be at ease with responding to different speed limits.
Want to be more familiar with Lee On The Solent? here are some useful links below.
Having local knowledge of the test area will give you a great advantage when it comes to taking your driving test. The DVSA does not make test routes public however, The test routes available on our site are the knowledge gained from local driving instructors who are able to either sit in on lessons or can track their cars whilst they are out on test. They are all current routes that can be used by the DVSA examiners. Downloading the test routes yourself if you have someone else that you can practise driving with will be a huge advantage and potentially save you a considerable amount of money and possibly speed up the time it will take to pass your test.
We are so confident in the quality of our test routes we always offer a free sample of one of the routes for you to take look at and practice before buying the full pack of routes
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It can be very upsetting to not pass your driving test, but as you can see from the figures above that quite a few people do not pass their driving test immediately, it may take them several attempts. Don’t be disheartened by this and take the time to do further practise and seek professional advice from an instructor if you feel it is nessasary.
Once you feel ready to take your test you can re-book through the gov.uk – ‘book your driving test’ service additionally, you can use various websites/apps to find earlier cancellation appointments the one we recommend is below.
If you need a new driving instructor try searching for one at Drive Academy – one of the UK’s leading directories of driving instructors