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Driving lessons in Newport, Telford and Wrekin

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Driving lessons in Newport, Telford and Wrekin matched to your pickup

Local information checked 20 October 2026

We help learners in Newport arrange lessons with an instructor who can cover the actual pickup and times. We pair you with one of our vetted instructors and confirm the terms before you decide.

Use the town centre as a meeting reference

Telford and Wrekin Council places Newport Community Library where Stafford Street meets High Street, opposite the Indoor Market and town square. It also locates the bus station on Stafford Street Car Park. These landmarks can help you describe the centre, while the precise lesson pickup should be agreed directly with the instructor.

If you are near Church Aston or Chetwynd Aston, include the exact address in your request. We check coverage with the instructor and confirm the meeting arrangement before an offer is sent.

Match tuition to your plans

Tell us if you prefer manual or automatic lessons, your suitable dates and times and what you want to practise. We confirm actual pickup coverage, your transmission preference, suitable dates and times, and the lesson price directly with the instructor. We negotiate the best available lesson rate for your request.

The offer is sent for you to review before accepting and is held for at least 24 hours. Check the pickup, schedule and price first.

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Separate search fees from lesson payments

The search fee is paid upfront: £9.99 for up to 10 requested hours or £19.99 for 11 hours or more. Optional Priority costs £25. We retain the search fee only if you accept an offer. If no suitable local offer is found by the agreed search deadline, we refund the full search fee including Priority. Declining an offer closes the whole search and also means a full refund including Priority; the same refund applies if your final held offer expires without acceptance.

After acceptance, lesson payments go directly to the instructor on the day of each lesson. No advance lesson payment or deposit is required through MyInstructorFinder.

Sources, dates and local information

Telford and Wrekin Council Newport Community Library page, last updated 19 June 2026.

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Planning your practical test

Car test centres near Newport.

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

Telford

About 5.0 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
48.9%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
22.6 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
24.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Stafford

About 11.0 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
45.8%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
17.7 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
24.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Featherstone

About 14.2 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
36.4%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
11.9 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.

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Local driving instructors

More instructors covering Newport.

We check suitable instructors in our vetted instructor network against your requirements and confirm availability during your search.

Tim

Tim

Manual and automatic, Nervous learners, Intensive lessons

Teaching area: Newport

Dave

Dave

Manual lessons, Nervous learners, Refresher lessons

Teaching area: Newport

Steve

Steve

Manual and automatic, Nervous learners, Pass Plus

Teaching area: Newport

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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Up to 10 lesson hours
£9.99
11 lesson hours or more
£19.99

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One matching service, with the fee set automatically by your requested hours: £9.99 for up to 10 hours, or £19.99 for 11 hours or more. The offer deadline is 14 days. Optional Priority adds £25 for a 72-hour offer deadline. Lesson start dates still need to fit your requirements.

The service fee is paid upfront and earned only when you accept an offer. No suitable offer by the deadline, any offer declined or the final held offer expired without acceptance means a full refund, including Priority. Declining closes the entire search. See pricing or read the refund terms.

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