Swap your Leicester (Cannock Street) driving test for an earlier date
40 Cannock Street, Barkbythorpe Road, Troon Industrial Estate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9HT
Leicester driving test centre is a DVSA practical test centre in the East Midlands, on 40 Cannock Street.
As of July 2026 the median wait here is 6.4 weeks — 5.5 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 Leicester (Wigston), 6.1 miles away.
Leicester driving test waiting times, August 2025 to July 2026
Median weeks between booking and taking a driving test at Leicester (Cannock Street). Source: DVSA table DRT122F, published monthly. Latest month: July 2026.
| Month | Median wait | Still bookable |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 6.4 wks | 5.1% |
| June 2026 | 5.1 wks | 5.1% |
| May 2026 | 3.4 wks | 4.8% |
| April 2026 | 4.6 wks | 5.2% |
| March 2026 | 5.1 wks | 4.3% |
| February 2026 | 4 wks | 3.4% |
| January 2026 | 4.6 wks | 3.9% |
| December 2025 | 4.3 wks | 5.3% |
| November 2025 | 5.6 wks | 5% |
| October 2025 | 6.7 wks | 0.9% |
| September 2025 | 6.9 wks | 5.1% |
| August 2025 | 5.4 wks | 4.8% |
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 Leicester (Cannock Street), these are those three — measured as straight-line distance from the centre itself.
Leicester (Cannock Street) 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 Leicester
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
- 40 Cannock Street, Barkbythorpe Road, Troon Industrial Estate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 9HT
- Postcode
- LE4 9HT
- Coordinates
- 52.66353, -1.08036
- Region
- East Midlands, England
- Parking
- There is limited parking available at this centre
- Accessibility
- This test centre has stepped access
- Toilets
- Male and female toilets are available
How Leicester (Cannock Street) compares
- 35 of 311 centres on this site, counting up from the shortest wait.
- 1.9 weeks shorter than the East Midlands median of 8.3 weeks, across 21 centres. 3 centres in East Midlands currently wait less.
- DVSA made 3,257 tests available here in July 2026; 3,092 were booked — 165 went unused.
- The wait has moved 25.5% longer across the months on record.
Questions about swapping a Leicester test
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Leicester (Cannock Street)?
- The median wait at Leicester (Cannock Street) is 6.4 weeks as of July 2026, from DVSA's own figures, which makes it the 35th shortest of the 311 centres on this site.
- Can I get an earlier driving test near Leicester?
- Not by moving centre — all three centres you may legally move this test to currently wait longer than Leicester (Cannock Street)'s 6.4 weeks. Swapping with another learner who already holds an earlier date here is the remaining route.
- Can someone book a Leicester (Cannock Street) driving test cancellation for me?
- No — not at Leicester (Cannock Street) 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 6.4-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 Leicester (Cannock Street) test to?
- DVSA allows a move to the centre you first booked at or one of the three nearest to it — for Leicester (Cannock Street) those are Leicester (Wigston) (6.1 miles), Loughborough (9.5 miles), Melton Mowbray (10.7 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.
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