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Driving lessons in Pudsey

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Driving lessons in Pudsey: find a match near your pickup

Local information checked 21 October 2026

If you are arranging driving lessons in Pudsey, MyInstructorFinder can match you with one of our vetted instructors and check whether your pickup and schedule work. Tell us the transmission you prefer and what you want to practise. We confirm the lesson price directly, then send you an offer to review before accepting.

Plan a suitable approach to the centre

Leeds City Council places Pudsey Market in Market Square beside the bus station and leisure centre, with Pudsey Park nearby. The council describes parking around the market place as limited, so do not assume a convenient vehicle pickup or stopping place there. Share your exact pickup with us and the instructor can confirm whether it is covered. Nearby Stanningley and Fulneck are other useful location references when you explain where you need to meet.

Practise awareness near busy places

If the market area and bus station are part of your routine, tell your instructor whether you want to practise reading signs or making space around people moving through this central area. Begin with familiar streets and build towards busier decisions as your confidence grows.

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One instructor and a confirmed price

We find and pair you with one of our vetted instructors. We confirm actual pickup coverage, preferred transmission, workable dates and times, and lesson price directly. We negotiate the best available rate from that instructor and send you the offer to consider. It stays held for at least 24 hours, giving you time to decide whether the instructor and arrangements suit you.

Search fee and lesson payments

Pay the MyInstructorFinder search fee upfront: £9.99 for up to 10 requested hours or £19.99 for 11 or more, plus optional £25 Priority. We keep it only if you accept an offer. If no suitable offer is found by the agreed deadline or the final held offer expires unaccepted, we refund the full fee including Priority. Declining any offer closes the entire search and brings the same full refund.

Pay lesson fees directly to your instructor on the day of each lesson. No advance lesson payment or deposit is required through this service.

Sources, dates and local information

Leeds City Council’s Pudsey Market page was opened and checked 16 October 2026. It places the market in Market Square beside the bus station and leisure centre and describes parking as limited. Pass rates cover April 2025 to March 2026; waiting measures cover August 2026. DVSA’s current waiting table also includes September 2026.

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Planning your practical test

Car test centres near Pudsey.

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

Bradford (Thornbury)

About 1.7 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
47.8%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
6.5 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
11.0 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Horsforth

About 3.4 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
49.7%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
10.7 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
13.2 weeks to 10% appointment availability, August 2026

Bradford (Heaton)

About 5.0 miles in a straight line

Pass rates and recorded waits
Recorded pass rate
56.1%April 2025 to March 2026
Booking to test
15.1 weeks, August 2026 median booking-to-test time
Appointment availability measure
15.4 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 Pudsey.

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

Scott

Manual lessons, Nervous learners

Teaching area: Pudsey

Antony

Antony

Manual and automatic, Nervous learners, Refresher lessons

Teaching area: Pudsey

Meena

Manual and automatic

Teaching area: Pudsey

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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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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