Driving Lessons in Sidcup
From £37/hr on block booking • Bexley • DA14 & DA15
Driving lessons in Sidcup DA14 and DA15, in the same town as the Sidcup driving test centre. Manual and automatic.
Nearest test centre: Sidcup. Free pick up and drop off on every lesson. Manual and automatic available.
Local Expertise
The Sidcup test centre is in town, so lessons cover local test roads
Fully DVSA Qualified
Dual carriageway practice on the A20 Sidcup bypass
Fits Around Your Week
Early lessons on quieter roads in Lamorbey and Blackfen
Lessons we teach in Sidcup
Manual Driving Lessons
A manual pass covers you for any car.
Automatic Driving Lessons
No clutch to learn.
Intensive Driving Course
From 5 to 40 hours, over one or two weeks.
Refresher Lessons
For full licence holders getting back behind the wheel.
Female Instructors
Ask for one when you book.
Pass Plus Course
Motorways, night driving and bad weather.
Learners who passed with DriveThruL
Some of the learners who passed with us.
A driving school since 2008
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Book Your First LessonLearning to drive in Sidcup, Bexley
Sidcup has its own driving test centre, which changes how lessons here work. The roads you practise on in the week are the roads examiners use, so test day feels like another lesson rather than a trip somewhere new. The A20 Sidcup bypass runs along the edge of town and is where you learn to join and leave a dual carriageway. Around Maidstone Road and Foots Cray, near the test centre, the roundabouts come close together, and they reward a learner who reads lane markings early. For first lessons, Lamorbey and Blackfen have quieter residential roads with room to stop and talk things through. Pick up can be from home, Sidcup Station, Queen Mary's Hospital or work.
What Makes Sidcup Special for Learners
Driving Lessons in Sidcup from £37/hr
6 hours: £228 • 10 hours: £375 (most popular) • 20 hours: £740 (save £60)
Prices shown are for manual lessons. Automatic lessons in this area are £43 an hour pay as you go, 10 hours for £400 or 20 hours for £760.
Your nearest test centre
Everything Sidcup learners need to know about passing their test at Sidcup.
Sidcup Test Centre
Lessons near test day cover the roads around the centre. See our Sidcup test centre guide for pass rates and routes at every nearby centre.
- Complete test route knowledge
- Pre test warm up lesson available
- DVSA registered instructors, DBS checked
- Test car hire available (guide from £150)
- Mock test under real conditions
Route Tips from Sidcup
- The centre is on Maidstone Road (the A211). The A211 carries on north as Foots Cray High Street and Sidcup Hill towards Sidcup, so your drive starts on a main road with side roads and junctions from the first minute.
- Cray Road (the A224) meets Sidcup Hill at traffic lights, and North Cray Road (the A223) meets Maidstone Road at a roundabout. Both are close to the centre, so read the signs early and get into the right lane.
- The A20 Sidcup By-pass is a dual carriageway just south west of the centre. At Crittall's Corner it links to Maidstone Road and Edgington Way through slip roads and roundabouts. Pick your lane from the signs on the approach and hold it.
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What is the pass rate at Sidcup test centre?
Sidcup Test Centre has a 58.7% pass rate (the national average is 50.0%). We focus every lesson on the faults examiners most often mark on this route. Every Sidcup learner practises these exact faults, sits a mock under real test conditions, and can hire our dual control car for the test itself.
Roads to practise before your test
The spots learners in Sidcup tend to find hardest.
- Joining and leaving the A20 Sidcup bypass
- Roundabouts close together around Maidstone Road and Foots Cray
- Manoeuvres on residential roads around Foots Cray
- The Blackfen Road junction at busy times
- Building test day confidence on the Sidcup routes, practised from a Sidcup start point
Areas we cover in Sidcup & Bexley
Pick up and drop off anywhere in DA14 & DA15
Local Areas & Landmarks in Sidcup
Common questions about driving lessons in Sidcup
Everything you need to know about learning to drive in DA14 & DA15.
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Lessons in Sidcup
From £37/hr • free pick up