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Driving lessons in Ashton-under-Lyne

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Local information checked 21 October 2026

If you are looking for lessons in Ashton-under-Lyne, tell us where pickup is easiest and what times you can manage. We search our vetted instructor network and pair you with one instructor who can check the real details of your request, including availability and price, before you decide.

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Practise reading signs on Oldham Road

Tameside Council lists bus-lane enforcement locations along Oldham Road near Langham Street, the playground and Cranbrook Street. It gives listed operating hours of 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm and describes which vehicles may use the lanes. Use the information as a prompt to discuss lane markings and sign awareness with your instructor; the source does not replace the signs and rules in place when you drive.

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Our team contacts suitable instructors in the vetted network and pairs you with one. They confirm actual pickup coverage, your transmission and other preferences, dates and times they can offer, and the lesson price directly. We negotiate the best available rate for your request.

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Pay the MIF Search Fee upfront: £9.99 for up to 10 requested hours or £19.99 for 11 or more. Priority is optional at £25. The fee is retained only if you accept an offer, and the offer is held for at least 24 hours. We refund the full search fee including Priority if no suitable local offer arrives by the agreed deadline, you decline an offer, or the final held offer expires without acceptance. Declining ends the whole search.

Lesson payments go to the instructor

With offers arranged through our service, you pay the instructor directly on the day of each lesson, without advance lesson payment or a deposit. DVSA does not publish test routes, so build adaptable skills rather than learn a supposed circuit.

Sources, dates and local information

Oldham Road bus-lane locations and listed operating hours are taken from Tameside Council’s information. Check current road signs.

  • OS Open Names (July 2026 edition), Ordnance Survey
  • Driving test and theory test data: cars (Car test-centre pass rates for April 2025 to March 2026; centre booking measures for August 2026, shown as historical context), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
  • Bus lane enforcement (Listed locations and operating hours checked 14 October 2026), Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Contains OS data © Crown Copyright and database rights 2026. Licence and attribution

Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Licence and attribution

Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 Licence and attribution

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Planning your practical test

Car test centres near Ashton-under-Lyne.

Compare the distance from the area reference point. Road journeys and travel times will differ.

Chadderton

About 4.2 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
46.8%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
12.0 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
24.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Bredbury (Manchester)

About 4.4 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
56.0%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
17.1 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
24.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Cheetham Hill (Manchester)

About 6.1 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
44.7%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
10.4 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
24.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Distances are straight-line estimates. The booking-to-test median describes elapsed time for past bookings. The separate availability measure records the wait to 10% appointment availability. These figures do not show live test slots or lesson availability, and centre pass rates do not measure instructor performance. Source periods are shown with each figure.

Check official test-centre addresses and access details

Local driving instructors

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Simon

Simon

Manual lessons

Teaching area: Ashton-under-Lyne

Colin

Colin

Refresher lessons, Motorway lessons

Teaching area: Ashton-under-Lyne

Jules

Jules

Manual and automatic, Nervous learners, Test preparation

Teaching area: Ashton-under-Lyne

Our instructors whose recorded coverage reaches this area. We confirm availability, lesson price and start date before sending you an offer.

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£19.99

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