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Yeah, I'm doing it in Hendon, I live East but did my lessons in North London because I was working for a company in Kentish Town, It's bit of a ball ache now though as I have to cycle to Angel from Forest Gate for a lesson so a 1 hour lesson takes about 3 out of my day.
I wouldn't be too concerned about taking the test in London as it'll be the only driving you know, plus you practice the test route so it's not like you're going into the test blind. I did get the choice between Hendon or Wood Green though and I chose Hendon because Wood green apparently has the highest failure rate in the country.
My instructor is just a one woman band that only covers North London, I'm not sure how good she is (I've never had any other instructors) and there's thing's I'm sure she didn't explain very well but I just googled videos of anything I was struggling with which seemed to sort me out the following lesson. If I was to do it again I'd probably just do my lessons with one of the big schools like Red.
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Driving tests out of London can be quite different if you've only learnt in London. One of the test routes near me involved hooning around country lanes at 60mph.
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As a current old age learner (37) I'd just like to back up what everyone's saying about cycling helping with learning. As you know everyone drives like a cunt in town and my instructor was surprised by how unfazed i was by it but when you have 800 daily near death experiences on your bike being in a car feels like a pensioners cruise by comparison.
As for the amount of time you'll need, I had about 20 hours before my test was booked and I'd never driven before in my life but my test was cancelled due to the lockdown and I'm still waiting to have it rebooked (they only started rebooking from the 15th of this month). Just bear that in mind when you're taking your lessons, you might have to wait a long time to even book your test as the backlog is apparently massive, even more pressure to pass first time!