In February this year, the DVSA announced the closure of the Glamis Hall Driving Test Centre in Wellingborough, a move opposed by many of the town\u2019s driving instructors. Recently, around 40 instructors formed a motorcade driving through the centre of Wellingborough to protest the closure. Here\u2019s what we know\u2026<\/p>\n
The Glamis Hall driving test centre in Wellingborough will open its doors for the final time on 11 April. Following the closure, driving test candidates will instead have to travel to nearby Northampton or Kettering for test appointments.<\/p>\n
In a campaign dubbed \u2018Stop Wexit\u2019, local driving instructors protested the decision to close the test centre for good. Group leader of \u2018Stop Wexit\u2019, Chris Brown, said: \u201cWellingborough and district driving instructors are incensed at being treated like this once again by the DVSA.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis campaign has, at its centre, 40-plus approved driving instructors who have a vested interest in keeping this facility open. We are supported by a huge number of people from the public and businesses alike. We have two petitions running simultaneously, paper and online, and so far have collected over 1,500 signatories,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
Keep the Driving Test Centre in Wellingborough Open<\/strong><\/p>\n The \u2018Stop Wexit\u2019 campaign urges the DVSA to reconsider the closure of the Glamis Hall driving test centre in Wellingborough.<\/p>\n The motorcade took place on 16 March, starting at 12.30pm outside Glamis Hall located on Goldsmith Road, and heading down Northampton Road and Wellingborough High Street. The motorcade was set to arrive Peter Bone\u2019s High Street office at 1pm for a meeting.<\/p>\n Mr Bone said: \u201cI\u2019m fully behind the \u2018Stop Wexit\u2019 campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Wellingborough driving test centre is used by thousands of local people each and every year and with the growth of people now living and working in Wellingborough, this driving test centre will be vital to manage the increase in people wanting to take their test.\u201d<\/p>\n Driving test centre in Wellingborough has better success rate than Northampton and Kettering<\/p>\n