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Quick poll on driving lesson costs

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User5274959 · 07/03/2025 13:33

What do you pay in the south/south east?
Availability round here seems limited, have been quoted £40-45ph but not got much to compare it with.

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Dutchhouse14 · 07/03/2025 22:53

£35 p/h in Kent

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cinnamonbiscuit · 07/03/2025 15:33

£40/hour in Gloucestershire, and honestly shopping around isn’t an option here, there is almost zero availability, so much demand that waiting lists are closed- I had to go with the first instructor with space and it took 18 months to find one!

This is what it feels like here
I feel lucky one person has responded with availability! Just worried I can't see that much of an online presence or recommendations but searching through old Facebook community posts I can see him recommended a couple of times.

It's like good builders - it's making me suspicious that he has got space straight away 😆

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Crochetpenguin · 07/03/2025 18:25

£35 per hour East Midlands

PartoftheBand · 07/03/2025 18:11

£48 an hour in SE for automatic lessons. Geared would have been £40-45 I think.

Chasingsquirrels · 07/03/2025 17:21

£40ph, near Cambridge.
Both my boys paid £30ph as ds2 (2023) got mates rates from the instructor and then for some reason he charged ds2 (summer/autumn 2024) the same.

pilates · 07/03/2025 17:20

£30 for an hour

PoemsForTea · 07/03/2025 17:19

£36 ph - Somerset

EverythingElseIsTaken · 07/03/2025 16:57

socks1107 · 07/03/2025 13:40

£75 for two hours in the south east. Thank goodness they've passed now!

That’s what we’re paying too. Also south east. Book in blocks of 10 x 2 hours

NavyNorris · 07/03/2025 16:55

My daughter pays £30 an hour.
We live west sussex on the south coast.

Oblomov25 · 07/03/2025 16:29

Good grief, prices have increased. I'm starting ds2 soon, but ds1 was £30.

cinnamonbiscuit · 07/03/2025 15:33

£40/hour in Gloucestershire, and honestly shopping around isn’t an option here, there is almost zero availability, so much demand that waiting lists are closed- I had to go with the first instructor with space and it took 18 months to find one!

SushiWarrior · 07/03/2025 15:20

Just passed my test. £80 for 2 hours south coast.

ShouldIbeEmbarrassed · 07/03/2025 15:17

Currently paying £55 for 90 mins for my son in East Yorkshire

InigoJollifant · 07/03/2025 14:36

£80 for 2 hours here in SW.

B1indEye · 07/03/2025 14:29

Once you've ring round a few you'll get a feeling for the costs, I don't live in the SE so not relevant what they cost here but I found there wasn't much difference between instructors which was what I'd expected. Market forces work pretty well

You aren't thinking of going to a different area to save money are you?

FluffyDashhound · 07/03/2025 14:25

Get some lessons with a family member. Do a crash course.

Badbadbunny · 07/03/2025 14:17

£35-£40 per hour in NW England.

sherbertyellowteddy · 07/03/2025 14:15

Midlands, £36 an hour 😭 it amazing how fast an hour goes when you paying that price. Can't afford to do 2 hours.

Treeleaf11 · 07/03/2025 14:15

£40 per hour if you pay for 10. ( It was £35 ph 3 years ago with older son)
Oxfordshire

AnnieAnn555 · 07/03/2025 14:08

£95 for 2 hours in Oxford.

Cakeandusername · 07/03/2025 14:06

very thorough and dc passed first time

Cakeandusername · 07/03/2025 14:05

£70 2 hour lesson slot in nw

LemonNLimes · 07/03/2025 14:04

£40 here it was £20 when I did them 10 years ago 😪 should have stuck with them

FrannyScraps · 07/03/2025 14:02

£90 / two hours in Home Counties.

5% discount if bulk bought.

Excellent instructor though and both dc passed first time.

fragglerockless · 07/03/2025 13:55

£86 for two hours Cambridgeshire.