DVSA test centre
Chadderton driving test centre
9 Broadgate, Broadway Business Park, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9XA
Local road picture
Chadderton is an industrial and residential mix with broad roads, busy roundabouts and several opportunities to lose the correct lane if signs are read too late.
Use Broadway, the A627/A663 approaches and the surrounding residential grid as a practice area—not as a promise of the test route. Give-way lines, lane arrows, delivery traffic and changes from 30 to 20 mph deserve deliberate rehearsal.
Practise these skills
- Reading direction signs before the roundabout rather than copying the vehicle ahead.
- Keeping a safe gap around industrial entrances and larger vehicles.
- Reversing and manoeuvring while pedestrians and parked cars restrict the view.
On the day
The centre is in a business park, so follow the latest official arrival instructions and allow time to park legally. The postcode is the safest way to confirm the entrance.
Practise on the real routes
Our instructors use the local road pattern as a teaching plan, not a promise of a fixed examiner route. DVSA chooses the route on the day, so the goal is to make you confident on the decisions that repeat across the area.
Areas that test here
- Oldham
- Failsworth
- Middleton
- Royton