Driving Lessons In Rochester

Learn to drive in the areas along the Medway with our driving school in Rochester. We cover many areas along the meandering river including Borstal, Brompton, Chatham, Gillingham, Grange and Rainham. We'll start your driving journey off in the quieter housed areas of Rochester East Ward using the straight roads as areas to practise pulling away from and pulling up on the side of the road. The close together terraced streets make it a great location to begin your left and right turns. Copperfield Road, Mount Road and Valley View Road are great for this.

Once you've grasped the basics, you'll take the A2 and busier roads into Gillingham to practise in your Driving Test Centre area. Our driving instructors will teach you how to deal with everything that will be thrown at you on your driving test, including some of the surrounding rural roads which may be used.

Your driving instructor in Rochester will ask you about your previous experience. If you have not had any previous lessons, that is fine as many people have not had any previous experience. During this chat, your driving instructor will also go over the basics of the car, and they will do an eyesight check and check your provisional licence.

Once this is done, your instructor will begin your driving lesson in a quiet area. They will cover moving off and stopping, clutch control, the different pedals and how to steer. You will always begin in a quiet area away from cars and other road users to learn at your own pace.

When you take your driving lessons in Rochester, you will need to travel outside of Rochester to take your test. There are several test centres close by with a number in Kent and Essex.

Your nearest driving test centre is the test centre in Gillingham, closely followed by Maidstone and Basildon. Both the Gillingham and Maidstone are located in Kent, with the Basildon test centre being located in Essex.

Yes, we do. We have both manual and automatic driving instructors in Rochester who offer lessons on the weekends, so if you have commitments during the week this can be a great solution.

We do find that these timeslots book up quickly, so if you would prefer to learn to drive on a Saturday or a Sunday, we would always recommend getting in touch with us as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.