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Find a driving instructor in Craigmillar without chasing people one by one.

Craigmillar sits on Edinburgh's south east edge, with a mix of residential streets and busy arterial roads. Old Dalkeith Road (A7) and Niddrie Mains Road shape much local driving practice. You get quick routes to Fort Kinnaird and Newcraighall, which bring retail traffic and larger junctions. Lessons here mix quiet estate roads with short bursts of faster traffic.

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You pay the instructor directly for lessons. We only charge a small booking fee of £18.99 to £34.99 if we secure you a real start date, and it is refunded if you do not start on the agreed date.

Covering Craigmillar

8

instructors we may be able to check for you

Alan Hall
Greg
Phil Willis
Abid

Manual coverage

8

Automatic coverage

2

What we confirm before any fee

Availability, lesson price, start date, and how you will pay the instructor directly.

Free to start

No upfront payment to submit your search. You pay the instructor directly for lessons, and we only charge a small booking fee if we secure a real start date.

Local proof, not guesswork

Local lesson prices currently range from £45 to £52 per hour, paid directly to your instructor.

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If a profile catches your eye, we can try that instructor first, then continue nearby if they are unavailable.

Area coverage

8 instructors

Typical price

£45 to £52/hr

Average rating

5.0 / 5

Nearest test centre

Edinburgh (Musselburgh)

Local instructor proof

We check availability so you do not have to chase.

These profiles help show the local instructor pool. Your main route is still to start a free search and let us confirm who can actually take you on.

Alan Hall

Alan

Dalkeith

5.0
Manual

Alan Hall is a fully qualified Government Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) and runs his own LDC driving school franchise in ...

Nervous learners Intensive
Greg

Greg

Edinburgh

5.0
Manual + automatic

Greg is an experienced instructor at ABLE School of Motoring, a local driving school that has been serving Edinburgh and the ...

Evenings Weekends
Phil Willis

Phil

Edinburgh

5.0
Manual

Hi, I'm Phil Willis. I've been a driving instructor in Edinburgh for over 25 years now, since I started my school back in 199...

Motorway
Abid

Abid

Edinburgh

5.0
Manual From £45/hr

Hi, I'm Abid. I've been an Approved Driving Instructor since 2014, teaching people to drive around Edinburgh. I'm based near ...

Nervous learners Motorway
David

David

Edinburgh

4.9
Manual

David is a Grade A Approved Driving Instructor who has been teaching learners from all sorts of backgrounds across Edinburgh ...

Evenings Weekends
Caroline Robertson

Caroline

Edinburgh

Manual From £46/hr

Hi, I'm Caroline Robertson. I'm a fully qualified female Approved Driving Instructor running my own independent LDC driving s...

Weekends Intensive

How it works here

You tell us the shape of the lessons. We do the chasing.

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Start with your postcode or town

Choose manual or automatic, tell us when you want to start, and add a preferred instructor if you already have one in mind.

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We secure real availability

We only move forward with instructors who can cover your area and match the requirements you chose, including transmission and instructor preference where supplied.

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You review the offer before paying

You see the confirmed lesson price, likely start date, and how you will pay the instructor directly. We only charge the small booking fee once you are happy to go ahead.

Local snapshot

Area covered
Craigmillar
Visible instructors
8
Booking fee only
£18.99 to £34.99
Nearest test centre
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)

In Craigmillar

Local lesson prices currently range from £45 to £52 per hour, paid directly to your instructor.

The nearest test centre is Edinburgh (Musselburgh) with an overall pass rate of 42.6%.

Questions people ask

Finding a driving instructor in Craigmillar

How far is the nearest driving test centre from Craigmillar? +

Edinburgh (Musselburgh) is about 2.1 miles from Craigmillar, so most pupils drive there in under 20 minutes depending on traffic. The centre handled 2,149 tests in the data year, showing regular test availability.

Why is the local pass rate lower than the national average? +

Edinburgh (Musselburgh) has a pass rate of 42.6%, below the national average of 47.3%, Data source: DVSA 2024-2025. Local factors like test-route complexity, peak-time traffic and limited instructor numbers can affect pass outcomes.

What are the male and female pass rates at the Musselburgh test centre? +

Male candidates passed at 44.8% and female candidates passed at 40.4% at Edinburgh (Musselburgh), Data source: DVSA 2024-2025. These figures reflect the centre's reported results for that data year.

How many driving instructors operate in Craigmillar? +

There are three instructors listed for Craigmillar in the provided data. That small pool means you should book lessons early to secure preferred times.

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