Barrow In Furness Driving Test Centre

Trinity Enterprise Centre, Unit 11 Ironworks Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2PN

Median wait

4.4 wks

7.5 wks shorter than the 11.9-wk national median

Month on month

↑ 18.9%

Waits are getting longer at this centre

Slots still bookable

35.5%

Of the tests released in the booking window

Barrow In Furness driving test centre, in Barrow-In-Furness, is a DVSA practical test centre in the North West, on Trinity Enterprise Centre.

As of July 2026 the median wait here is 4.4 weeks — 7.5 weeks shorter than the 11.9-week national median, making it one of the quicker centres to get a test at.

Its closest alternative is Heysham, 14.8 miles away.

Barrow In Furness driving test waiting times, August 2025 to July 2026

Median weeks between booking and taking a driving test at Barrow In Furness. Source: DVSA table DRT122F, published monthly. Latest month: July 2026.

Median waiting time in weeks by month at Barrow In Furness
Month	Median wait	Still bookable
July 2026	4.4 wks	35.5%
June 2026	3.7 wks	51.4%
May 2026	4.6 wks	53.8%
April 2026	7.7 wks	0.3%
March 2026	4.9 wks	0.5%
February 2026	3.4 wks	0.5%
January 2026	8.3 wks	3.9%
December 2025	11.4 wks	0.7%
November 2025	11.8 wks	3%
October 2025	13.9 wks	2.2%
September 2025	15.1 wks	2.5%
August 2025	13.1 wks	1.6%

The 3 centres you can move this test to

Since 9 June 2026, DVSA only lets you move a car test to one of your 3 nearest test centres, or the centre you first booked at. If you are booked at Barrow In Furness, these are those three — measured as straight-line distance from the centre itself.

1 Heysham 14.8 miles away 18.1 wk wait 13.7 wks longer 2 Blackpool 21 miles away 8.9 wk wait 4.5 wks longer 3 Kendal (Oxenholme Road) 24.5 miles away 10.7 wk wait 6.3 wks longer

Barrow In Furness currently has the shortest wait of the four. If you hold a test here, someone at a slower nearby centre may well want to swap into it.

How to swap a driving test in Barrow In Furness

Both of you need a spare change. Learners get 2 changes per booking, and a swap uses one each.

At least 10 full working days' notice before the earlier of the two tests.

Same test type and price band. A weekday test (£62) can only swap with another weekday test; evening, weekend and bank holiday tests (£75) swap with each other.

The location rule must work for both of you — see the three centres above.

By phone only. One of you calls DVSA, they put you on hold and call the other learner, and you both confirm. It cannot be done online, by email or over WhatsApp.

Zwitch introduces the two learners and stops there — you complete the swap with DVSA yourselves. Since 12 May 2026 it is against the law for anyone else to change, cancel or swap a test on your behalf. Never give another learner your driving licence number or booking reference.

Getting to the centre

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Address: Trinity Enterprise Centre, Unit 11 Ironworks Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2PN
Postcode: LA14 2PN
Coordinates: 54.11817, -3.24167
Region: North West, England
Parking: car parking spaces are available
Accessibility: You can get into the test centre in a wheelchair
Toilets: Male, female and disabled toilets are available

Where these numbers come from

Waiting times and availability — DVSA table DRT122F: car driving test availability by driving test centre, published monthly on the second Wednesday. Latest month in this dataset: July 2026. "Median wait" is DVSA's own measure of the middle waiting time between booking and taking a test.
Address, postcode, coordinates and facilities — the DVSA test centre list behind the GOV.UK find a driving test centre service.
Distances — great-circle distance calculated from the published coordinates. Straight-line, not driving distance.
Known limitation — the DVSA centre list lags the live GOV.UK finder, so a centre that has recently been renamed or split may appear here in its older form. Closed centres are excluded using DRT122F. Always confirm on GOV.UK before booking.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Zwitch is not affiliated with or endorsed by DVSA. Page data last updated 2026-08-18.