Driving test centre
Cardiff (Llanishen) test centre
One of the busiest test centres in Wales and the natural choice for pupils from Caerphilly and the Blackwood area. Expect city traffic, bus lanes, pedestrian crossings and quiet residential streets used for the manoeuvre.
Pass rate
51.3%
April 2024 to March 2025
National average
51.8%
Tests taken
14,852
From Cwmbran
about 30 minutes
Where it is
Thornbury House, Unit 11 Lambourne Crescent, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5GF
What the routes include
- Llanishen and Thornhill residential streets
- the A469 and Caerphilly Road
- multi-lane junctions on the edge of the city
DVSA doesn't publish exact routes, and examiners can use any road nearby. Dafydd runs mock tests on the kinds of roads used around this centre so nothing on the day is new.
Booking a test here
Since May 2026 you book and change your own driving test on GOV.UK; instructors can't do it for you. You can change a booking twice, and only move it to one of your three nearest test centres. Read the full guide.
Pupils who test here come from
Book a lesson or a mock test with Dafydd.
Pass rates: DVSA car driving test data by test centre, April 2024 to March 2025.