Route memorisation is the wrong target
The examiner is assessing whether you can drive safely in normal conditions. A learner who only knows a few rehearsed roads can be exposed as soon as the route changes.
There is no official “easy” Northern Ireland test centre. Choose using your preparation, the roads you have actually driven, travel on the day and real appointment availability.
A better decision framework than looking for whichever percentage is highest.
Have you practised in similar urban, rural, roundabout and speed-change conditions?
Can you reach the centre comfortably and predictably without a long stressful trip?
Can your instructor give you broad experience around the area without teaching a memorised route?
Does the available appointment give you enough time to be genuinely test-ready?
Choose preparation around your actual faults — junctions, observation, speed, control — rather than centre rumours.
They describe past groups of candidates. They do not rank examiner strictness or predict your result.
Those figures are useful context, but DVA statistics reflect different candidate groups, learning histories and road conditions. Travelling across Northern Ireland solely to chase a historic percentage can give you less useful preparation, not more.
No official Category B route is published by DVA.
The examiner is assessing whether you can drive safely in normal conditions. A learner who only knows a few rehearsed roads can be exposed as soon as the route changes.
Practise junctions, roundabouts, residential roads, faster roads, pedestrian environments and independent driving in several different places.
If you have failed before, work from the actual fault categories on the examiner report rather than switching centres immediately.
Build improvement plan →Use a full mock practical with minimal coaching and record faults objectively before deciding you are ready.
Run a mock practical →Open a centre guide for address, test categories, broad road environment and nearby alternatives.