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DVSA takes waiting rooms open to over 100
Following the successful reopening of 28
driving test centre waiting rooms at the
end of October and in November, the
DVSA announced a further 93 waiting
rooms will re-open on Friday, December 4.
The availability of waiting rooms will
be kept under review in line with any
further national or local restrictions.
ADIs using the waiting rooms must
follow waiting room guidance (below),
which is also on GOV.UK.
The number of people allowed in each
waiting room will depend on its size, and
the maximum number will be shown on
a sign on the door.
What are the rules for using waiting
rooms?
Pupils are not allowed in test centre
waiting rooms. However, they may still
use the toilet where provided and the
examiner will still meet you and your
pupil at the vehicle.
If your local test centre is in the latest
roll-out you will receive an email from
the DVSA to explain the measures that
have been put in place to help keep
everyone waiting at the site safe.
These measures will include:
• wearing face covering at all times
inside the waiting room
• recording a visit by scan the QR
code and ‘check in’ or recording it on a
paper log
• asking visitors to wipe down touch
points when they enter the waiting room
and before they leave
Your safety and that of candidates and
staff is a priority and the DVSA is
working to safely open up other waiting
rooms around the country. You can
provide feedback on the Covid-secure
procedures in waiting rooms at
waitingroom.feedback@dvsa.gov.uk.
Who’s open? Full list of DTCs
where waiting rooms are open
Test centres marked with an
asterisk* re-open on Friday,
December 4; rest are open now
Aberdeen North
Aberystwyth
Airdrie
Alness
Alnwick*
Aylesbury*
Banbury*
Barnet*
Barnstaple*
Basildon*
Berwick Upon Tweed*
Beverley*
Bletchley*
Bodmin*
Bolton*
Borehamwood*
Brentwood*
Bristol Avonmouth*
Burton On Trent*
Caernarfon GVTS
Cambridge Brookmount Court
Cambridge Hardwick*
Canterbury*
Cardington*
Chelmsford*
Chertsey*
Chesterfield
Chichester*
Chippenham*
Clacton On Sea*
Colchester*
Coventry*
Culham LGV*
Darlington LGV*
Darlington
Dudley*
Elgin
Enfield LGV*
Enfield*
Exeter LGV*
Farnborough*
Galashiels
Garretts Green
Gateshead*
Gillingham GVTS
Gillingham*
Glasgow Baillieston
Glasgow Shieldhall
Greenham*
Guildford - car testing*
Guildford - vocational building*
Haddington
Hastings*
Herne Bay*
Hexham*
High Wycombe *
Hither Green*
Hornchurch*
Inverness
Inverness
Ipswich*
Isleworth*
Kirkham LGV*
You can keep on top of
which waiting rooms are
re-opening at
Lancing*
Lee On The Solent*
Leicester Wigston*
Letchworth*
Livingston GVTS
Lowestoft*
Ludlow*
Macclesfield*
Maidstone
Melton Mowbray*
Mitcham*
Newbury*
Newport Gwent
Newtown
Norris Green *
Norwich Jupiter Road*
Nottingham Chilwell *
Oswestry *
Pembroke Dock
Peterhead
Pinner*
Portsmouth*
Preston*
Rookley LGV*
Rugby*
Salisbury*
Sevenoaks*
Sheffield Handsworth*
Shrewsbury*
DVSA DTC waiting
rooms update here
Skegness*
Slough*
South Yardley*
Southampton Botley LGV*
Speke*
St. Albans*
Stafford*
Sunderland*
Swindon LGV*
Swindon
Taunton*
Telford*
Tilbury*
Uxbridge*
Walton LGV*
Warwick *
Watford*
Wednesbury*
Weedon*
Whitby*
Wick
Widnes
Wood Green*
Worcester*
Workington*
Worksop*
Wrexham
Yeading*
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