HGV training in Kent: prices, costs and guides

Every published price, with cab hours and the all-in cost per hour of driving.

Is your quote good value? Compare it like for like in a minute.

Training, DVSA fees, the medical and the extras that catch people out.

Course prices, the rules, and whether it's worth it for a new driver.

35 hours every 5 years: classroom and online prices compared.

Car to Class 1 or the upgrade, every Kent price all in.

Every course ranked by its real all-in total.

Cost, pay and payback, with a calculator for your own numbers.

The key numbers on one page, free to quote.

What carries over from a bus licence, and what you must retake.

Format, pass marks, cost and who can skip them.

DVLA's rules for lorry drivers, condition by condition.

Driving, break and rest limits, working time, and the fines.

Driver CPC, the NVT concession, insurance and the 4-point rule.

How the reversing and road tests are marked, and what a fail costs.

Supervisors, motorways, trailers, insurance, and unqualified instructors.

Code 78 explained: why most people who pass in an automatic get a manual licence.

When to renew, the medical, and driving while DVLA processes it.

A realistic timeline, step by step, with the deadlines to watch.

What it covers, Kent prices, old-licence codes and keeping it at 70.

DR10s, High Risk Offenders and getting lorry entitlement back.

Kent's lorry test centre: 10 years of pass rates and how the test works.

The two-year rule, agency work, and where new drivers get started.

Pass rates by age and gender, and what changes for older drivers.

Only half pass the multiple choice. Every test's pass rate, year by year.

Vans, electric vans, trailers, horseboxes and when you need C1.

Every step from car licence to lorry licence, with fees and timings.

What the doctor checks, and what Kent clinics charge.

What counts, who decides, and what employers can ask.

How many points is too many, and how long they count.

What drivers earn, and the experience rule new drivers run into.

Kent's one DVSA lorry centre, its pass rate, and the schools that test on site.

What each licence covers, and why going straight to Class 1 can save hundreds.

Every term in a lorry training quote, in plain English.

Bootcamps have ended. Every route that's left, and the catches.

Eight checks before you pay, and what the wording means.

How adverts work and how to see who's behind one.

Why shared courses halve your driving time, and what Kent schools say.

Ten checks before you pay, and the red flags.

The traps that cost learners money, and what to do instead.

What's gone wrong for learners, the warning signs, and how to pay safely.

What the monthly payments add up to at 29.9% APR.

What a retest costs, and whether cover is worth buying up front.

A printable checklist for comparing any HGV training quote.

Kent agency pay rates, umbrella companies and your rights.

Interviews vs jobs, repayment clauses, and what the law says.

Cooling-off, unfair terms, card claims, and what providers' terms say.

Operation Brock, the Dover TAP, truck stops, clamping and the Dart Charge.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Maidstone.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Canterbury.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Ashford.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Medway.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Dartford.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Gravesend.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Sittingbourne.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Folkestone.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Dover.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Thanet.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.

Nearest yards, prices and test centres for Sevenoaks.

For car learners: only you can book your test now.

What Kent schools charge per hour, by town, manual and automatic.

Prices, test-booking claims and deposit terms compared.

Pass rates, first-time rates and waits at every Kent centre.