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Driving lessons in Thornhill, Sunderland start from £36 per hour with instructors serving the area. Actual lesson length varies; check each listing. The nearest driving test centre, Sunderland, around 3 miles away, has a 51% pass rate - below the 53% average across Britain's test centres, and improving over the past year. Around 6,900 people in the Thornhill, Sunderland area currently hold a provisional driving licence.
Pass rate figures from 2025-26 DVSA data. Learner numbers from DVLA, August 2026.
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You can learn in a manual or an automatic car in Thornhill, Sunderland: 14 local instructors teach manual and 4 teach automatic. Instructors who have confirmed their prices charge between £36 and £75 an hour. 13 accept block bookings and 14 offer mock tests. You will also find instructors who speak Bengali, Hindi and Urdu. Once you're ready, the wait between booking and taking a test at Sunderland is about 9 weeks (DVSA figures for September 2026).
The nearest test centres, benchmarked against the 53% national average. Based on 2025-26 DVSA data.
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Learn on the roads you'll actually drive every day, so you pass confident and ready for Thornhill, Sunderland's real conditions - not thrown in at the deep end afterwards.
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Based on 10,436 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
Based on 9,512 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
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Based on 9,451 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
Based on 10,531 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
Based on 5,847 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
Based on 6,973 tests conducted over 12 months (latest: March 2026)
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