Driving lessons in Wexford
Review and rating figures are RSA School of Motoring brand-network averages, not Wexford-specific.
Wexford town on the Slaney. Rosslare south of the harbour.
Wexford is the most southern Leinster county. The N11 spine runs the eastern length of it from the Wicklow border down to the harbour town. Past Wexford town the road carries on south-east to Rosslare and the ferry port, the only one in Leinster. Past Rosslare there is no further Leinster.
The Slaney valley is the second spine: the river crosses from the Wicklow border through Bunclody, Enniscorthy and on to the harbour. Most central-Wexford learners drive the valley road for everyday business, not just for lessons.
Your Wexford Approved Driving Instructor lives in your part of the county. North-Wexford instructors know the Gorey side and the N11; central instructors know the Slaney valley; south-east instructors run the Rosslare and harbour-side roads; New Ross instructors cover the south-west. EDT, automatic and pretest with car hire all run from each catchment.
Wexford town: where the Slaney meets the harbour
Town traffic, the harbour-side roads, the centre approach
Wexford town sits where the Slaney meets the harbour. The test centre is in the town. The approach involves town-centre streets, the harbour-side roads, and whichever spine route brought you in: the N11 from the north, the N25 from the west, or the harbour side from the south-east.
Examiners use the Wexford-town-area roads for the test loop. Pretest practice means working those routes until the run into the centre is a repeat. Book a pretest lesson with car hire to walk through the centre approach in the same dual-controlled car you will sit your test in.
EDT shaped by where in Wexford you start
Wexford is large enough that the early half of EDT depends heavily on which catchment you live in. Gorey-side learners spend the first lessons on the N11 corridor and the local roads off it. Enniscorthy-side learners spend them on the Slaney valley R-roads. Rosslare-side learners spend them on the harbour-port roads with their own particular traffic mix. New Ross learners spend them on the south-west roads toward the Hook Peninsula.
The middle of the programme is the convergence. Whichever side you started, the run toward Wexford town for centre work begins around lesson five or six. North-Wexford learners come down the N11; west-Wexford learners come east on the N25; Rosslare-side learners come west on the same N25 from the opposite direction.
The final lessons are the Wexford town centre approach, the harbour-side roads and the local examiner loops. Wherever you started, the centre work is the same. We loop the approach so the test day is a repeat run.
The full EDT programme is twelve hours wherever in Wexford it starts. For Wexford pricing across packages, see the price list.
N11 north, N25 west, the coastal R-roads
North on the N11 toward Wicklow
The N11 leaves Wexford town north through Enniscorthy, Ferns and Gorey toward the Wicklow border. The road carries on into Wicklow and on to Dublin. North-Wexford commuters use it daily.
West on the N25 to New Ross and Waterford
The N25 leaves Wexford town west through New Ross and on toward Waterford and the Munster boundary. New-Ross-side commuters and west-Wexford learners run this stretch during EDT for cross-county practice.
The N80 north-west to Bunclody and Carlow
The N80 leaves Enniscorthy north-west through Bunclody and on into Carlow town. The Carlow border sits at the western end of the route. Bunclody-side learners use the eastern stretch as standard EDT terrain.
Rosslare port and the south-east coast
The N25 east out of Wexford town runs to Rosslare and the ferry port. The R-roads from there lead south through Kilmore Quay, the Bannow side, and on toward Carnsore Point. Coastal traffic stays on the R-roads; ferry traffic stays on the N25.
Wexford town, Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and the coastal villages
Wexford town centre catchment
The test-centre catchment villages around Wexford town. Pickup local; centre-approach work happens early in EDT.
Castlebridge
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Crossabeg
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Curracloe
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Oylegate
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Murrintown
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Taghmon
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
Blackwater
Wexford town catchment lessons cover the local roads and the harbour-side approach.
North Wexford (Gorey + N11 corridor)
North Wexford. Gorey, Bunclody, Ferns and the N11-corridor villages. Pickup local; the run south down the N11 to Wexford town happens in the back half of EDT.
Gorey
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Camolin
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Ferns
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Bunclody
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Oulart
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Coolgreany
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Courtown
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Killinierin
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Monageer
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Monamolin
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Hollyfort
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Craanford
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Kilmuckridge
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Monaseed
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Ballygarrett
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Ballycanew
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Watch House Village
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Monbeg
North-Wexford lessons cover the N11 corridor and the run south to the Wexford town centre.
Enniscorthy and the Slaney valley
Central Wexford. Enniscorthy and the Slaney-valley villages. Pickup local; the run south on the N11 or down the valley R-roads to Wexford town happens in the second half of EDT.
Enniscorthy
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Bree
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Clohamon
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Clonroche
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Kiltealy
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Rathnure
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Ballywilliam
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Poulpeasty
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Castletown
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Adamstown
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Newbawn
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Ballyedmond
Slaney-valley Wexford lessons cover the riverside R-roads and the run south to Wexford town.
Rosslare and the south-east coast
South-east Wexford. Rosslare port pickup, lessons that work the harbour roads and the ferry-port traffic alongside the N25 west to Wexford town.
Rosslare
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Rosslare Harbour
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Kilmore Quay
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Kilmore
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Bridgetown
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Bannow
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Broadway
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Cullenstown
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Duncormick
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Inch
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
Cleariestown
South-east Wexford lessons cover the Rosslare-side roads and the N25 west to Wexford town.
New Ross and the Hook Peninsula
South-west Wexford. New Ross pickup, lessons that work the Hook Peninsula R-roads and the run east to Wexford town for centre approach.
New Ross
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Arthurstown
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Ballycullane
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Ballyhack
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Campile
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Duncannon
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Fethard On Sea
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Foulkesmill
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Raheen
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Wellingtonbridge
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Rathangan
South-west Wexford lessons cover the Hook Peninsula and the run east to Wexford town.
Port-side EDT, Slaney-valley work, single-centre depth
Rosslare port traffic, taught on the actual roads
The ferry-port traffic at Rosslare is a real driving environment. Cars off the boat, unfamiliar drivers on left-hand-drive vehicles, the N25 east out of the port. We work it into EDT for south-east Wexford learners. No other Leinster county has this on the actual ground.
Slaney-valley R-roads, weekly local use
The R-roads through the Slaney valley from Bunclody through Enniscorthy to Wexford town are our central-Wexford instructors' weekly territory. Riverside-junction work and the run into the harbour town are part of the basic Wexford EDT for that catchment, not an extra.
Single centre, fifty-nine places, depth not breadth
Wexford has the single test centre but the largest town list of any Leinster county we cover. We have built up a deep working knowledge of the Wexford town approach because every Wexford learner runs it. Carlow has eighteen towns into one centre; Wexford has fifty-nine.
Wexford town, the Slaney, Rosslare and the Hook
Where is the Wexford driving test centre
Wexford has a single driving test centre in Wexford town, beside the harbour. Your pretest works the approach roads, town-centre traffic, junctions and roundabouts around the centre. Routes feed in from the N11 spine north and from the harbour side. Confirm your test centre booking on the official RSA system before your test date.
Are the Gorey villages covered
Yes. Coverage extends across north Wexford including Gorey, Camolin, Ferns, Bunclody, Courtown and the smaller villages around them. Pickup terms match the rest of the county. North-Wexford learners spend later EDT lessons running south down the N11 toward the Wexford town centre.
Do lessons cover Rosslare port traffic
Yes. Rosslare and Rosslare Harbour pickup is included as standard. Ferry-port traffic is a real driving environment for south-east Wexford learners; we work it into EDT alongside the harbour-side roads. The Wexford town centre approach happens via the N25 west out of the Rosslare side.
Are the New Ross and Hook Peninsula villages covered
Yes. Coverage extends to New Ross, the Hook Peninsula villages from Arthurstown through Duncannon and Fethard-on-Sea, and the south-west Wexford catchment. Pickup terms match the rest of the county. The drive east to Wexford town for centre work happens in the back half of EDT.
How much do lessons cost in Wexford
Wexford manual lessons start from €49.00 per lesson with the 12-lesson EDT package (€587.95 total). Single manual lessons cost €53.27. Full Wexford pricing is on the price list.
Can I sit the test in your car
Yes. Your Wexford pretest and your driving test happen in the same dual-controlled car. We arrange the booking and the meet-up at the Wexford town test centre.
Find a Wexford instructor up the N11 or down the Slaney
Tell us whether you start from Wexford town, Enniscorthy, Gorey, Rosslare or New Ross, and we will match you with an instructor in that catchment. View the Wexford lesson packages or call to walk through it.
N11 spine. Slaney river. Rosslare port. One Wexford centre.