Driving Lessons Dundee

Learning to Drive in Dundee

The national average driving lessons required to pass the practical driving test is 47 hours with a driving instructor and an additional 22 hours of private practice with a family or friend are recommended.

Dundee’s Driving Test pass rate compared to other cities across the UK is higher than the national average sitting at 62.4%.

The test centres in Dundee are Dundee which has a pass rate of 62.4%, Arbroath at 75.4%, and Perth at 56.4%.

The nearest additional driving test centres for Dundee are in Kirkcaldy with 47.2%, Montrose at 85.5%, and Dunfermline which has a lower pass rate of 52.3%.

Dundee Practical Driving Test Centres

• Arbroath, (Dundee), ASDA Supermarket, Westway Retail Park, Dundee Road, Arbroath DD11 2NQ
• Dundee, (Dundee), Block 23B, Kilnspindie Place, Dunsinane Industrial Estate, Dundee DD2 3QH
• Dunfermline, (Dundee), Vine Conference Centre, 131 Garvock Hill, Dunfermline, KY11 4JU
• Forfar, (Dundee), ASDA Supercentre, Unit 1, New Road, Forfar DD8 2AE
• Kirkcaldy, (Dundee), 10 Randolph Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 2YX
• Montrose, (Dundee), Driving Test Centre Montrose, Montroes Fire Station, 10 Garrison Road, Montrose DD10 8EE
• Perth, (Dundee), Arran Road, North Muirton Ind Estate, Tayside, Perth PH1 3DZ
• Pitlochry, (Dundee), (wheelchair accessible), The Hall, West Moulin Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5EA

Dundee Theory Test Centres

• Edinburgh, (Dundee), Buzzer 5, Second Floor, 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JE
• Galasheils, (Dundee), Suite 2B Ladhope Business Centre, 54 Ladhope Vale, Galashiels TD1 1BT
• Leven, (Dundee), First Floor, Fife Renewables Innovation Centre, Ajax Way, Leven KY8 3RS
• Lanark, (Dundee), Ground floor, St Nichols Church, Castlegate, Lanark ML11 9DZ
• North Berwick, (Dundee), Ground Floor, St Andrew Blackadder Church, 6 St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NU
• Stirling, (Dundee), Suite 2, Part of Unit 1, Ground Floor, Lomond Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling FK9 4TU

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Dundee – did you know?

1. In 2014, Dundee was named as the UK’s first City of Design by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
2. Dundee is known as the City of Discovery, but was also known as the City of Jute, Jam and Journalism’ around the industrial revolution because of the things it produced.
3. Up until 1545, Dundee had no fortifying wall. However, a wall was built around the city thanks to the Anglo-Scottish conflicts between 1544 and 1551. Sadly, the wall was destroyed by English bombardment and not much of it can be seen today.
4. Dundee’s Bell Rock lighthouse, 11 miles off the coast of Angus is the world’s oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse.
5. The most famed poet for his abominable prose, William Topaz McGonagall, was born in Dundee and lived there while writing some 200 poems. “The Tay Bridge Disaster” and “The Famous Tay Whale” are considered to be his worst efforts.
6. Dundee is no more than an hour’s drive away from more than 50 golf courses. Carnoustie is the most famous of these and where The Open was hosted in 1931.
7. Dundee used to be home to the richest square mile in Europe. Broughty Ferry was the mansion paradise of the Jute Barons of Dundee.
8. The Intelligent Community Forum selected Dundee as one of the world’s seven smartest cities in 2010.
9. Clatto Reservoir in Dundee used to be a popular spot for water sports, kayaking, water pole-vaulting and swimming events were held there regularly.
10. Dundee has its own nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War between the then USSR and the West. The bunker is in a dead-end street in Craigie and sometimes opens to the public for viewing.