Swap your Sheffield (Handsworth) driving test for an earlier date
Orgreave Way, Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9LT
Sheffield driving test centre is a DVSA practical test centre in Yorkshire and The Humber, on Orgreave Way.
As of July 2026 the median wait here is 6 weeks — 5.9 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: Rotherham is only 5.1 miles away, so all three of the centres you are allowed to move to are within reach.
Sheffield driving test waiting times, August 2025 to July 2026
Median weeks between booking and taking a driving test at Sheffield (Handsworth). Source: DVSA table DRT122F, published monthly. Latest month: July 2026.
| Month | Median wait | Still bookable |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 6 wks | 6.5% |
| June 2026 | 6.4 wks | 6.5% |
| May 2026 | 7.4 wks | 6.6% |
| April 2026 | 9.1 wks | 6.2% |
| March 2026 | 6 wks | 6.4% |
| February 2026 | 7 wks | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 8 wks | 5.8% |
| December 2025 | 8.4 wks | 6.8% |
| November 2025 | 8.6 wks | 5.6% |
| October 2025 | 10 wks | 6% |
| September 2025 | 10.9 wks | 6.1% |
| August 2025 | 8.5 wks | 5.5% |
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 Sheffield (Handsworth), these are those three — measured as straight-line distance from the centre itself.
Chesterfield is currently 1.1 weeks quicker than Sheffield (Handsworth). Moving a test there is allowed under the location rule, and it is one of the changes a learner-to-learner swap can achieve.
How to swap a driving test in Sheffield
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
- Orgreave Way, Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9LT
- Postcode
- S13 9LT
- Coordinates
- 53.36901, -1.36514
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber, England
- Parking
- There are car parking spaces available at the centre
- Accessibility
- You can get into this test centre in a wheelchair
- Toilets
- Male, female and disabled toilets are available
- Centre notes
- Follow the traffic flow directions around the building to the designated car park. The entrance to the waiting room is at the head of the building near the site entrance. You're not allowed to practice on the site.
How Sheffield (Handsworth) compares
- 28 of 311 centres on this site, counting up from the shortest wait.
- 4.4 weeks shorter than the Yorkshire and The Humber median of 10.4 weeks, across 26 centres. 2 centres in Yorkshire and The Humber currently wait less.
- DVSA made 2,583 tests available here in July 2026; 2,416 were booked — 167 went unused.
- The wait has moved 6.3% shorter across the months on record.
Questions about swapping a Sheffield test
- How long is the wait for a driving test at Sheffield (Handsworth)?
- The median wait at Sheffield (Handsworth) is 6 weeks as of July 2026, from DVSA's own figures, which makes it the 28th shortest of the 311 centres on this site.
- Can I get an earlier driving test near Sheffield?
- Yes. Of the three centres you may legally move this test to, one is quicker — Chesterfield at 4.9 weeks (1.1 weeks sooner, 9 miles away). You can also swap with another learner holding an earlier date at this centre.
- Can someone book a Sheffield (Handsworth) driving test cancellation for me?
- No — not at Sheffield (Handsworth) 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-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 Sheffield (Handsworth) test to?
- DVSA allows a move to the centre you first booked at or one of the three nearest to it — for Sheffield (Handsworth) those are Rotherham (5.1 miles), Sheffield (Middlewood Road) (6.8 miles), Chesterfield (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.