Intensive Driving Courses in Openshaw Manchester

There are many many intensive driving schools out there which offers crash courses but with no pre-arranged test at the end. DTC is different. We will book you a driving test in the Openshaw Manchester area before we even consider starting you last minute intensive driving course. 

Last Minute Intensive Driving Courses Openshaw, Manchester

Our intensive driving courses in Openshaw has been designed to help learners pass the first time. DTC has an average pass rate of 82% in or around the Openshaw area compared to the national average of just 44%. Our driving instructors are highly qualified experts in the field of intensive training. The instructors recognize learning to drive can be stressful, so are patient and understanding. You will be taught, not only to drive but also learn the driving test routes used by the examiners at Openshaw.

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Although we can not no guarantee that you will pass the first time, we aim to teach you to the highest standard. Get your driving fast-tracked by calling DTC-UK now.

Intensive Driving Courses Openshaw, Manchester

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

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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 Openshaw.  However, there are other practical test centers in the area with may be used.

Below are the addresses of the local test centers –

Bredbury Practical Driving Test Center (Manchester)

Lingard Lane, Bredbury,
Stockport,
SK6 2QT

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

Chadderton Practical Driving Test Center

9 Broadgate, Broadway Business Park, Chadderton,
Oldham,
OL9 9XA

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

Cheetham Hill Practical Driving Test Center (Manchester)

Alderglen Road, Cheetham,
Manchester,
M8 0AL

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This test center provides these types of tests: car, ADI part 2, ADI part 3.

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

West Didsbury Practical Driving Test Center (Manchester)

Unit 11, Christie Park,
West Didsbury,
M21 7QY

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

Openshaw is a hamlet in the city centre of Manchester, England, approximately three miles (four kilometers) to the east. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was annexed to Manchester City in 1890. Its name is derived from the Old English Opinschawe, meaning an open woodland or coppice.

During the Second Industrial Revolution, as Openshaw became a region of heavy industry, socialism and trade unionism thrived. In 1910, the Openshaw Socialists were formed; Keir Hardie, founder of the Labour Party, spoke at their first meeting. Annie Leigh became the first female Socialist Alderman in Manchester in 1936, having been Secretary of the Independent Labour Party of Openshaw since the 1890s. Openshaw is now a largely African-ethnic neighbourhood, and a diversity of shops and services has opened to reflect this fast-moving demographic shift.

There is little in terms of industry now in the ward. Very large industries, like a Government Munitions Factory (ordnance works) and related rail yards, closed after the First World War. Companies that employed thousands of men, but none remain, include RHM, Ferguson, Pailin & Co (later GEC Switchgear), English Steel Corporation, B&S Massey, and Crossley Brothers, as well as Gorton Works on the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, later Great Central Railway, followed by the London and North Eastern Railway. The Gorton Works illustrates an industry that sustained the economy of Openshaw and adjacent areas of Manchester throughout the second industrial revolution and beyond.

The first locomotive was built in 1858, and Gorton Works had built over 900 locomotives by 1923. The last steam locomotive was built for the British Rail Company in 1950. The works then produced electrically operated locomotives until they closed down in 1963.

The site is now the site of New Smithfield wholesale market, the Manchester wholesale produce market. However, Openshaw is part of the regeneration scheme for east Manchester, with new businesses moving to the area.