Driving Lessons in Kilburn, West Hampstead & Queen’s Park

NW6 is where West London turns into North-West London, and it is a good place to learn. Kilburn High Road gives you buses, bus lanes and a high street that never stops; the streets behind Queen’s Park give you calm, 20mph practice; West End Lane and the Finchley Road give you real junctions. DVSA-approved instructors, manual and automatic.

Your first 2-hour lesson is from £75 if you’re new to driving on a UK provisional licence. Tell us your postcode in the guided booking and we show you the instructors who cover NW6 and NW10 first.

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ADI qualified · 2-hour lessons · Est. 2018

Driving in NW6

What driving in Kilburn teaches you

Three very different kinds of road sit within a few streets of each other here, which is exactly what a learner needs: somewhere quiet to get the basics right, somewhere busy to test them, and a proper A-road in between.

Kilburn High Road

The A5 through Kilburn is one long lesson in bus lanes, pedestrians stepping out between parked vans and traffic that bunches at every crossing. Once you can hold your position and your patience here, most high streets feel easy.

The Queen’s Park grid

Terraced streets parked on both sides, cars coming the other way and not quite enough room for both of you. Meeting traffic, judging width and pulling in politely are learned here. Our Mock Test Package already meets in Queen’s Park, on Ilbert Street, W10.

West End Lane to the Finchley Road

West Hampstead’s spine road feeds into the Finchley Road, the A41, where right turns across traffic and lane choice in good time stop being theory. This is the stretch that gets you ready for the faster roads around the North-West London test centres.

Your driving instructor in Kilburn

You see who covers your postcode before you book

Put NW6 or NW10 into the guided booking and the instructors who cover it are listed first, with their real availability. You choose the person and keep them lesson after lesson. Prefer a female instructor? Say so on WhatsApp or when you book and we match you where we can: here is how that works.

Manual lessons

The licence that covers everything. Dual-controlled cars, clutch control practised on real Kilburn side streets, and a syllabus you can follow in your own student portal, where your instructor can log what you’ve covered, though some instructors keep their own records instead.

Manual lessons in detail

Automatic lessons

No clutch to manage on the High Road and nothing to stall at the lights. Same £47.50 an hour as manual, and a popular choice across NW London.

Automatic lessons in North-West London

Where we pick up

Pickup across NW6 and NW10

Lessons start from your door, work or college. Not sure whether your street counts? Send your postcode on WhatsApp and you’ll get a yes or a no, not a maybe.

Kilburn West Hampstead Queen’s Park Brondesbury Kensal Rise Cricklewood Swiss Cottage Maida Vale

Further north: Golders Green & Hampstead · Hendon & Brent Cross · Mill Hill. Back towards town: Bayswater · Notting Hill · all of West London.

What lessons cost

One rate for NW6, the same as everywhere else

£47.50 an hour, taught in 2-hour lessons, whether you are in Kilburn or Kensington. Block packages bring the hourly rate down: Bronze 10 hours £465, Silver 20 hours £920, Gold 30 hours £1,350, Platinum 40 hours £1,760.

£75

First lesson · new to driving

Two hours for learners on a UK provisional licence who have never driven before.

£85

First lesson · had lessons before

Two hours for UK provisional holders who have had some lessons already, with us or elsewhere.

£95

Standard 2-hour lesson

The standard session, including overseas licence holders learning UK roads and refresher lessons for people who already hold a licence.

Mock tests, test-day car hire and intensive courses (by request) are all on the full prices page.

Common questions

Driving lessons in Kilburn: FAQs

How much are driving lessons in Kilburn?

£47.50 an hour, taught in 2-hour lessons (£95). Your first lesson is £75 if you are completely new to driving on a UK provisional licence, or £85 if you have had lessons before. Block packages from 10 to 40 hours cost less per hour and are listed in full on the prices page.

Do you cover West Hampstead and Queen’s Park too?

Yes. Kilburn, West Hampstead and Queen’s Park are all on our list of areas, across NW6 and NW10. Enter your postcode in the guided booking and it shows the instructors who cover it first.

Which driving test centre would I use from Kilburn?

Hendon and Mill Hill are the North-West London centres we cover; the booking wizard also lets you book a mock test at your chosen centre. You book the test itself with the DVSA, then your lessons are planned around the centre you picked. See the test areas page.

Can I learn in an automatic in Kilburn?

Yes. Automatic lessons cost the same as manual, and choosing “Automatic” in the guided booking shows you the automatic instructors for your area. Read more on our automatic lessons in North-West London page.

Can I ask for a female instructor?

Yes. Tell us on WhatsApp or when you book and we match you where we can; when a female instructor is taking online bookings, the guided booking asks the question itself. Details are on our female driving instructor page.

Start on your own street in NW6

Two hours, from your door, with an instructor you chose. From £75.

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