Rural Roads

The Barra island driving test centre is situated around many rural country lanes. These can be very difficult to negotiate due to oncoming vehicles and the unpredictable bends. During the driving test at Barra, the driving examiner will take you through small villages. Many of these villages have small narrow roads, often with parked cars. Be prepared to give way to oncoming vehicles.

High-Speed A Roads

High-speed ‘A’ roads such as the A888 is also likely to appear in the driving test. In order to pass a driving test at Barra island, is vital that you what all road signs and road markings. Scan the roads but the pavement as well. Remember that the road signs will be on the pavement and not the road itself.

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Address for Barra Island Practical Driving Test Centre

Barra Island DTC,
The Pier,
Castlebay,
Isle of Barra.
Western Isles.
HS9 5XD

There are steps to access Barra Island driving test centre. However, special arrangements will be made for wheelchair users.Unfortunately, male-only toilets are available.

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Nearby driving test centres to Barra Island.

South Uist driving test centre – Distance: 15.3 miles
Benbecula Island driving test centre – Distance: 36.02 miles
Isle of Tiree driving test centre – Distance: 40.76 miles

Pass Rate at Barra Driving Test Centre

Being a small island, not many driving tests are taken at Barra. This causes the pass rate to become extremely high due to a low level of data being available. The pass rate is 67%, however, this is not an accurate measure of how easy the test is here due to only 42 driving tests being conducted yearly. The examiner could still fail you if certain driving rules and regulations are not followed correctly.

Driving Test Cancellations Barra

If you’re looking for an earlier driving test date at the Barra Island driving test centre, firstly you need to have a date booked on the government website. Once you pulled your driving test date, you will be supplied booking application reference number. You can use this number along with your driving licence number two search for a driving test cancellations at Barra Island.

However, cancellations rarely come up as the only way cancellation will appear on the government website is if somebody cancels their driving test for whatever reason, for example, they feel they are not fully prepared. When cancellations do come up at the Barra Island, are usually snapped up fairly quickly. You must either be willing to spend hours every single day for about a week at least searching for a driving test cancellations or alternatively you can outsource the work.

DTC Driving Test Services

DTC UK driving test cancellations can usually get you earlier driving test date at Barra Island within a few weeks. With a very high success rate of about 95%. The main reason for a high success rate in finding earlier driving test cancellations at Barra Island is due to the fact that we the DVSA website every 20 seconds of every day. Furthermore, we do not require any payment of any sort up front. It is only required once you are fully happy with the time and date of your driving test. With DTC UK driving test cancellations, you have nothing to lose except your current driving test date.