Intensive Driving Courses in Eckington, Sheffield

Are you looking for an earlier driving test date at the Eckington area? Would you like to do a semi-intensive driving course next week with a guaranteed driving test? Whatever your circumstances, starting a university, college, work or even expecting a baby. DTC Last Minute Intensive Driving Courses Eckington has the answer.

Intensive Driving Courses Eckington, Sheffield

We can arrange an emergency last minute driving intensive course in the Eckington area with a guaranteed driving test within weeks. You can choose from either a 9 or 14 -hour driving course. During your crash course not only will you be learning to drive, but you will learn the driving test routes for Eckington.

Intensive Driving Lessons Eckington, Sheffield

We have a team of office staff that will check for driving test cancellations at Eckington and other local test centers throughout the day. So you can be assured if a short notice test comes available, we will grab it for you. You will be taught on a one to one basis in fully dual controlled and insured cars. All of the driving instructors are approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). During your crash course not only will you be learning to drive, but you will learn the driving test routes for Eckington.

One Week Pass Eckington, Sheffield

Our One Week Pass Eckingston course is designed for international drivers, learners who have failed a driving test in the past and for those who are almost up to the driving test standard. Please note, they are not for complete beginners.

Intensive Driving Courses Eckington, Sheffield

If you live in Eckington, your driving test would normally be booked in or around the Eckington area. Your last minute intensive driving course would also be conducted in the Eckington area.

Last Minute Driving School Eckington, Sheffield

However, please note that driving examiners may take you to the surrounding towns and villages. The first choice for your last minute intensive driving course would be Eckington. However, there are other practical test centers in the area with may be used.

Below are the addresses of the local test centers nearby –

Sheffield Practical Driving Test Center (Handsworth)

Orgreave Way, Handsworth,
Sheffield,
S13 9LT

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This test centre provides these types of tests: car, lorry and bus, ADI part 2, ADI part 3.

You can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.

Chesterfield Practical Driving Test Center

Bus Garage, Approach Road, Stonegravels,
Chesterfield,
S41 7LT

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This test centre provides these types of tests: car, motorcycle module 2 (on-road), ADI part 2, ADI part 3.

You can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.

Rotherham Practical Driving Test Center

Mangham Way, Off Mangham Rd,
Rotherham,
S61 4RL

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This test centre provides these types of tests: car, motorcycle module 1 (off-road), motorcycle module 2 (on-road), ADI part 3.

Sheffield Practical Driving Test Center (Middlewood Road)

508, Middlewood Road,
Sheffield,
S6 1TQ

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This test centre provides these types of tests: car, ADI part 3.

You can access this test centre if you use a wheelchair.

Eckington is a historical market town in north-east Derbyshire, England. It is seven miles (11 km) north-east of Chesterfield, and 8.5 miles (14 km) south-east of the city centre of Sheffield, on the South Yorkshire border. It lies on the B6052 and B6056 roads, near to the A6135 to Sheffield and Junction 30 on the M1. It had a population of 11,152 in 2001, rising to 11,855 (including Bramley, Renishaw Marsh Lane and Thetway) in the 2011 census.

Ten Roman coins found in December 2008, outside the cemetery in Ekington, could provide evidence for Roman settlements or roads in the area. The oldest silver and bronze coins are from the reign of Emperor Domitian (81-96 AD), and others are from the reigns of Trajan (98-117 AD) and Hadrian (117-138 AD).

Eckington is recorded in Domesday Book 1086 as Echintune, a manor granted to Ralph fitzhubert. Parts of St Peter and St Pauls Parish Church date from 1100. George Sitwell, son of George and Mary, was baptised at Ekington in 1601. Georges father died when he was still a boy, but he acquired the Eckington landholdings in his adult years, exploiting them mining iron ore.

In 1625, he built the mansion Renishaw, now owned by Sir Reresby Sitwells daughter, Alexandra, and her family. Sitwell exploited the minerals under his manor, mainly iron, and built a kiln in the 1630s at Plumbley, one mile north-west of Ekington, with Henry Wigfall, his mothers second husband. In 1652, Sitwell built a furnace at Foxbrooke, near Renishaw, which became the centrepiece of Derbyshires largest ironworks. Sitwell made saws in Pleasley, and, in 1656, installed a rolling mill and cutting machine in Renishaw, which supplied rod iron used by the many local nailsmiths.

During the industrial revolution, coal and iron ore were mined, and local streams, such as the Moss Brook, were used for providing electricity to factories. The Sitwells built a large iron and steel works. Scythes, sickles, and nails were made in the town, both for local use and for export.

Moss Brook was dammed to supply water power at eight sites, including ChapelWheel, the Carleton Wheel, and the Fields Wheel, for the grinding of timber. The remains of the old blacksmith shop and a dredge mining operation are located in the valley. Eckington has a coal pit on the east side of town, one of very few remaining in the country.