Students: £30 off any package. If you’re at university or college, you pay a £20 deposit instead of £50 when you book. The rest of the package still goes to your instructor at their standard price. A Regular Course starts from £230 and a Crash Course from £270. For example, 10 hours manual is £370 instead of £400. If we can’t introduce you within 3 working days, your deposit is refunded in full.
If you’re at Manchester Metropolitan University and want to learn to drive during your course, we can introduce you to a fully qualified local instructor who will pick you up near All Saints or the Birley campus — or from a hall or house share nearby — and work around lectures where they can.
Driving Lessons MCR introduces you to a fully qualified, DVSA-approved local instructor who covers the area around your hall, house share or campus. Lessons are manual or automatic, with pick-up from a safe agreed point outside your accommodation, or from campus or a nearby street. We’re 5.0★ on Google from 320+ reviews, and we taught in Manchester for over 10 years before moving to this matching model.
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How booking works
- Choose a Regular or Crash package on our courses page and tell us your postcode, whether you want manual or automatic, and the times that suit you.
- Tick I’m a student, tick the consent boxes and pay a £20 deposit to Driving Lessons MCR. That deposit is already included in the student package price.
- We introduce you to a fully qualified, DVSA-approved local instructor who covers your area, usually within 3 working days. If we can’t, your deposit is refunded in full.
- You pay the rest of the package directly to your instructor. If the first match isn’t right, we’ll introduce one more instructor for free, as long as lessons haven’t started.
- After that first booking, you book and pay your instructor directly for any further hours. You don’t come back to us for another deposit.
You can check any instructor on the DVSA register.
All Saints, Birley and current halls
Manchester Metropolitan University’s main city campus is at All Saints, around Oxford Road and Cavendish Street. The university’s official contact address is Ormond Building, Manchester M15 6BX. The Brooks Building on the Birley campus is at 53 Bonsall Street, Hulme, M15 6GX, a short distance south-west of All Saints.
We can arrange pick-up from a safe agreed point outside current official halls, including:
- Cavendish, 41 Cavendish Street, M15 6TT — at the heart of the All Saints campus
- Birley Dale, 1–19 Dale, Bonsall Street, M15 6GR
- Birley Naylor, Bonsall Street, M15 6GU
- Birley Dunham, 39 Stretford Road, M15 6GT
- Birley Vine, 48 Bonsall Street, M15 6GW
- Birley Warde, also on the Birley campus (the university lists this as quiet accommodation)
- Other current official Manchester Met halls close to campus, including Archway, Oxford Court, Needham Court and Briarfield
The university also lists partner halls (for example Artisan Heights, Parkway Gate, Rosamond House and New Medlock House). If you live in one of those, or in a house share in Hulme, send us the postcode and we’ll match an instructor who covers that street.
Cambridge Halls is not a current pick-up hall. Manchester Met’s official campus investment pages state that the existing Cambridge Halls closed in late 2025, demolition began on 9 February 2026, and Cavendish Street through the site is closed until September 2030. New student rooms on that site are planned for 2029 (phase 1) and 2030 (phase 2). Until then, use All Saints and Birley halls, or your actual postcode.
Local roads and the driving test
Around All Saints, early lessons usually avoid the heaviest Oxford Road traffic. Your instructor can start on calmer side streets near campus and then build up to Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street and the Oxford Road corridor, which are busy with buses, bikes and pedestrians.
At Birley, pick-ups sit in Hulme, close to Stretford Road, Bonsall Street and Princess Road (A5103). Those roads, and the approaches towards the city, are useful later-stage practice. First lessons are more likely to use quieter residential streets in Hulme than the faster through-routes.
Roadworks around the Cambridge Halls redevelopment are likely to change traffic on and near Cavendish Street until 2030, so your instructor will adapt routes rather than following a fixed path.
Official GOV.UK “Find a driving test centre” results on 13 November 2026 (Europe/London) listed the same order for both All Saints / Cavendish (M15 6TT) and Birley (M15 6GX):
- Cheetham Hill (Manchester) — Alderglen Road, Cheetham, M8 0AL (car, ADI part 2 and 3)
- West Didsbury (Manchester) — Unit 11, Christie Park, West Didsbury, M21 7QY (car, ADI part 3)
- Sale (Manchester) — 36–38 Poplar Grove, Sale, M33 7ER (car, ADI part 2 and 3)
Your instructor will help you choose a centre and practise the approaches. You book the test yourself on GOV.UK. From 12 May 2026, only the learner can book, change or cancel a car driving test.
Term time and holidays
In term time, a Regular Course of 2–4 hours a week usually fits around lectures at All Saints or the Brooks Building. A Crash Course is often a better fit in the Easter or summer vacation, when you can take lessons closer together. We don’t guarantee a pass or a test date.
International students should check the official non-GB licence and licence exchange tools, and the summary on our student driving lessons page, before assuming they can drive here or skip the British tests. If you need a British licence, apply for a provisional licence first.
Manual, automatic, nervous learners and crash courses
We can introduce you to instructors in Manchester Met’s All Saints and Birley campuses who teach manual or automatic. Automatic is a popular choice if most of your driving will be around Oxford Road, Hulme and the city. There’s more on our automatic driving lessons page. An automatic licence only covers automatic cars; a manual licence covers both.
If busy campus roads and city junctions feel like a lot at first, tell us. We’ll look for an instructor who will start on quieter Hulme or All Saints side streets. See also nervous driver lessons in Manchester.
If you want to reach test-ready with fewer long gaps, the Crash Course is the faster-paced option: you take as many lessons as you like, as often as you like. A Crash Course in the Easter or summer vacation is often easier to fit than a condensed block in the middle of term. The Regular Course is 2–4 hours a week, at a pace that suits you.
Prices for Manchester Met students
| Hours | Regular manual | Student | Regular automatic | Student | Crash (manual or automatic) | Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | £260 | £230 | £270 | £240 | £300 | £270 |
| 10 | £400 | £370 | £420 | £390 | £500 | £470 |
| 15 | £575 | £545 | £605 | £575 | £710 | £680 |
| 20 | £750 | £720 | £790 | £760 | £930 | £900 |
| 25 | £925 | £895 | £975 | £945 | £1,150 | £1,120 |
| 30 | £1,100 | £1,070 | £1,160 | £1,130 | £1,370 | £1,340 |
Prices as at 13 November 2026. University and college students get £30 off any package by paying a £20 deposit on the first booking, instead of £50. The rest goes straight to your instructor at their standard price (for example, 10 hours manual: £20 deposit + £350 to your instructor = £370, instead of £400). After that first booking, further lessons and packages are arranged and paid directly with your instructor — you do not pay us another deposit. If we can’t introduce you within 3 working days, your deposit is refunded in full. The price on our website when you book applies.
See every package on our courses and cost of driving lessons pages. The student prices above already include the £30 off.
FAQs
Can you pick me up from All Saints or Birley? Yes. We can arrange pick-up from a safe agreed point outside Cavendish (41 Cavendish Street, M15 6TT) at All Saints, from the Birley halls on Bonsall Street and Stretford Road (Dale, Naylor, Dunham, Vine and Warde), or from other current official Manchester Met halls such as Archway, Oxford Court, Needham Court and Briarfield. Give us the hall name and postcode when you book.
Do you pick up from Cambridge Halls? No — Cambridge Halls is not in use as student housing. Manchester Met closed the existing halls in late 2025 and demolition began on 9 February 2026. Cavendish Street through the site is closed until September 2030, and new rooms are planned from 2029 (phase 1) and 2030 (phase 2). We pick up from current official halls at All Saints and Birley instead. If you live nearby, send us your postcode.
Which driving test centre will I use? Official GOV.UK results on 13 November 2026 listed Cheetham Hill (Alderglen Road, Cheetham, M8 0AL) first for both All Saints / Cavendish (M15 6TT) and Birley (M15 6GX), then West Didsbury (Unit 11, Christie Park, M21 7QY), then Sale (36–38 Poplar Grove, M33 7ER). Your instructor will help you choose.
How do I get the student offer? If you’re at university or college, you get £30 off any package. When you book, tick “I’m a student”, then pay a £20 deposit instead of £50. The rest of the package still goes to your instructor at their standard price. A Regular Course starts from £230 and a Crash Course from £270. For example, 10 hours manual is £370 instead of £400. We may ask for a student email or ID at the first lesson. If we can’t introduce you within 3 working days, your deposit is refunded in full.
Can lessons fit around lectures at All Saints or the Brooks Building? Yes. Tell us the days and times that usually work — a gap between lectures, an evening, or a weekend. We’ll match you with an instructor who covers All Saints or Birley and can take those slots where they have space. After the first booking, you rearrange directly with your instructor.
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