Swap your Birmingham (Garretts Green) driving test for an earlier date
Granby Avenue, Garretts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0SD
Birmingham driving test centre is a DVSA practical test centre in the West Midlands, on Granby Avenue.
As of July 2026 the median wait here is 7 weeks — 4.9 weeks shorter than the 11.9-week national median, making it one of the quicker centres to get a test at.
It sits in a tight cluster: Birmingham (South Yardley) is only 2.1 miles away, so all three of the centres you are allowed to move to are within reach.
Birmingham driving test waiting times, August 2025 to July 2026
Median weeks between booking and taking a driving test at Birmingham (Garretts Green). Source: DVSA table DRT122F, published monthly. Latest month: July 2026.
| Month | Median wait | Still bookable |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 7 wks | 4.8% |
| June 2026 | 5.7 wks | 4.6% |
| May 2026 | 3.6 wks | 5.2% |
| April 2026 | 4.6 wks | 4.6% |
| March 2026 | 4.1 wks | 4.6% |
| February 2026 | 4.4 wks | 3.9% |
| January 2026 | 5.9 wks | 4.2% |
| December 2025 | 4.9 wks | 4.6% |
| November 2025 | 4.7 wks | 2.9% |
| October 2025 | 6.3 wks | 0.4% |
| September 2025 | 9.6 wks | 4% |
| August 2025 | 7.7 wks | 3.9% |
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 Birmingham (Garretts Green), these are those three — measured as straight-line distance from the centre itself.
Birmingham (Garretts Green) 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 Birmingham
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
- Address
- Granby Avenue, Garretts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 0SD
- Postcode
- B33 0SD
- Coordinates
- 52.47316, -1.77219
- Region
- West Midlands, England
- Parking
- A car park is available at the test centre
- Toilets
- Male and female toilets are available
How Birmingham (Garretts Green) compares
- 45 of 311 centres on this site, counting up from the shortest wait.
- 4.4 weeks shorter than the West Midlands median of 11.4 weeks, across 25 centres. 4 centres in West Midlands currently wait less.
- DVSA made 8,720 tests available here in July 2026; 8,304 were booked — 416 went unused.
- The wait has moved 22.8% longer across the months on record.
Questions about swapping a Birmingham test
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Birmingham (Garretts Green)?
- The median wait at Birmingham (Garretts Green) is 7 weeks as of July 2026, from DVSA's own figures, which makes it the 45th shortest of the 311 centres on this site.
- Can I get an earlier driving test near Birmingham?
- Not by moving centre — all three centres you may legally move this test to currently wait longer than Birmingham (Garretts Green)'s 7 weeks. Swapping with another learner who already holds an earlier date here is the remaining route.
- Can someone book a Birmingham (Garretts Green) driving test cancellation for me?
- No — not at Birmingham (Garretts Green) or anywhere else. Since 12 May 2026 it is against the law for a third party to change, cancel or swap a test on your behalf, which is why the 7-week wait here cannot be jumped by paying someone to watch for cancellations. Zwitch introduces two learners who each want the other's date; you complete the swap with DVSA yourselves.
- Which centres can I swap a Birmingham (Garretts Green) test to?
- DVSA allows a move to the centre you first booked at or one of the three nearest to it — for Birmingham (Garretts Green) those are Birmingham (South Yardley) (2.1 miles), Birmingham (Shirley) (5.2 miles), Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) (5.9 miles).
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.