Learn to drive in Farnborough
Join the hundreds of people that have learnt to drive with our manual driving instructors in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Farnborough benefits from its own Driving Test Centre by the airport, and routes cover areas such as Aldershot, with its complex roads and one way systems around its town centre. Also there is Fleet, where there are more rural roads which provide the additional challenges of high speed national speed limit single carrigeways roads. Other areas covered include Frimley, Mytchett, Ash Vale, and Cove.
There are many quiet residential roads that we class as nursery roads around Farnborough Park. This allows you to start your driving lessons in an environment where your driving instructor can help develop your initial skills in control of the car and the fundamental routines before advancing your lessons onto busier and more congested town centres.
We also benefit from multiple dual carriageways including the A331 running through the two counties of Surrey and Hampshire where pupils can gain invaluable experience of confidence building high speed driving lessons. We also have the M3 motorway nearby, which provides great access for motorway lessons. Although learner drivers are not allowed on motorways for practice in private cars, learners are now allowed on motorways with an Approved Driving Instructor in a dual controlled car, and your ELITE driving instructor will ensure that you are fully prepared, not just for you test, but also for after you have passed you driving test.
Farnborough also boasts plenty of car parks and areas where you can practice your reversing skills too, so your instructor will help you to perfect the skills needed to become a proficient and competent parker.
ELITE Driving School Farnborough help you track your lessons and progress with our free Total Drive App, plus we’ll also help you to prepare for your theory test with our free Theory Test Pro App.
Farnborough Driving Lessons Testimonials
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“I took my manual driving lessons with Sue from Elite Driving and I would really recommend Sue to anyone! I really enjoyed our lessons each week, Sue made me feel confident and comfortable driving and her knowledge really helped me pass first time! Thank you so much Sue!”
09 January 2025
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What to expect from your driving lessons
Number of driving lessons
We’re often asked how many driving lessons will be needed before passing the driving test. The DVSA state the average learner takes around 50 hours of professional lessons, plus 20 hours of private practice. In reality most pupils that learn with ELITE take far fewer hours than this. However, it is impossible to answer accurately how many hours are needed, as it varies hugely due to many influencing factors. Firstly, everyone learns at a different rate. Some individuals are naturally gifted with coordination and car controls, and others need more practice to perfect the required skills.
Learning in a manual or automatic
Then there is the consideration of whether you are learning to drive a manual or automatic car. More lessons may be needed in a manual, it all depends how quickly you develop clutch control. Although once you have mastered the basic controls to operate either vehicle type, the majority of learning hours are spent developing the skills needed to read the road, plan, anticipate the actions of other road users, and manage risks on the road. So whether to learn in a manual or automatic car is a personal choice, and at the moment it’s around a 50/50 split which one people are choosing.
Learning in different areas
The area in which you are learning to drive and taking your driving test could also affect the number of lessons you need. Learning to drive in more densely populated towns like Croydon and Morden will have different challenges compared to somewhere more rural like Redhill. It’s different again in somewhere like Crawley, due to the volume of large roundabouts and high speed dual carriageways. The simple fact is that you should take as many lessons as you need to become a safe and competent driver.
What’s involved
All ELITE instructors will discuss your learning style, objectives, and time frames, and between you work out the best structure for your lessons leading up to a test. You will then be test ready, and confident to drive anywhere after you’ve passed the driving test. We provide a free Theory Test Pro App to help you prepare for your theory test. Plus we provide a free Total Drive App to make it simple to track your driving lesson bookings, get reminder notifications, track learning progress, and payments. There is even a free parent App too.
