Learning to Drive in Hampstead NW3

If you want to learn to drive a car in Hampstead NW3, we would like to offer you our high quality driving lessons tailored to your individual ability.

A complete beginner should have a look at the video posted below which shows why we advice you to book 2hr lessons since there are no roads within hampstead village itself that are suitable for complete beginners. The Narrow roads in a densely populated area with hardly any parking spaces means you need to be comfortable with driving skills such as emerging at junctions, moving off and stopping, meeting traffic before you would even consider being in control on a car on the high street.



Even then, with many impatient drivers around, you still need to keep your wits about you when going down Belsize park road with everyone always in a hurry, even if it is only to get a cup of coffee in the local cafe.
We will help you acquire the necessary skils to become a confident and safe driver, pass the driving test, and offer Motorway lessons, night driving and any advanced driving skills you need to keep you out of accidents, a clean full British licence even if you only want to drive a car from Hampstead on very rear occassions due to the many reliable transport links in NW3 London.

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MI Driving School Belsize Park London

MI driving school is an independent DSA approved operation based in north west london offering very high quality lessons to residents of Hampstead and the surrounding areas of the NW3 postcode.

We pride ourselves in being honest, patient, offering a first class service through our fully qualified, vetted and CRB checked Department of Transport approved driving instructors in modern, air conditioned and well maintained dual controlled (seperate instructor pedals) vehicles.

We might not be offering the cheapest driving lessons in Hampstead, NW3 London, but we are one of the best when it comes to offering value for money, as our instructors get you the best tuition that suits every individuals ability, and will not withold information or try to prolong tuition to earn more from the learner driver. We charge a price we believe is fair, and in return you get our full and undivided attention for the full duration of the training session (no mobile phone calls, texting or pulling you over on the side of the road to give you a 15min lecture after making a driving error). If you've failed a practical test, and come to us for remedial training, if we can rectify your errors in 2 hrs we will because we want you go away satisfied and spead the word about our driving school. One unhappy client learner driver is too many, and we will not sacrifice our quality for the sake of 2 extra driving lessons.

Our driving instructors work out of Hampstead, with most driving tests being booked in the not too far away Mill Hill or Hendon dsa testing centres, though we can accomodate Borehamwood or ocassionally Barnet, but you need to give us adequate advance notice as it takes longer to get there and our instructors don't like cancelling other provisional licence holder's tuition just to go for a test.



If you are interested in Pass Plus, motorway tuition, refresher training, then why not give us a call today, we don't offer those sneaky marketing free driving lesson deals (as nothing in life is free except the air we breathe), but have discounts available for block advance bookings, see the driving lessons prices for details, and are sure you will be impressed with our service that we offer to Hampstead residents.

Your first Hampstead driving lesson

First Driving Lesson Hampstead

Your new provisional licence has just arrived in the post, and you are now looking forward to your first driving lesson from your Hampstead village place of abode, but before you go ahead and ring up an instructor, why not sit down, grap a cup of your favorite drink, and read the following advice from MI drving School NW3.

The advice that follows is only to help you better prepare for your first driving lesson, but in no way will stop you from having your tuition if you decide to ignore it.

Provisional driving licence

You will need to present both parts of your provisional licence to your instructor on your first meeting to allow him/her verify your identity and certify that you are qualified to be in charge of their driving school car (checks include making sure you are at the legal age of 17, the licence belongs to you and will therefore be covered by insurance and you haven't been banned by a magistrates court). If you don't have this document, then your training session will not be able to go ahead.

Eye Sight check

Another legal requirement that you will need to fufill before you start your first driving lesson is an eye sight test to confirm you are able to read DVLA specification car registration plates from a distance of 20.5m, so if you require glasses to see at that distance, make sure you take them along every single time you have a lesson, as you don't want to get penalty points on your provisional licence.

The above mentioned details are a requirement that must be fulfilled, what now follows is information that is optional but could greatly help with your learning to drive a car in Hampstead, NW3.

Highway Code and Theory Preparation

Even before your driving licence arrives or you apply for one via your local post office, there is nothing wrong with getting a copy of some theory test software CDs and start reading for this test, you will start to build up knowledge that will help you to learn faster and make more progress when it comes to the practical aspects of driving a car. Recognising signs such as give ways will mean when you start dealing with junctions you'll understand exactly what yielding to traffic on the major road means.

You will also be in a better position of thinking about booking the theory test (which you have to pass first before the practical one), and thus a step closer to getting a full british licence which is why you are taking driving lessons with us.

Cockpit Drill and Basic car Controls

Why pay a driving instructor to teach you the cockpit drill and the basic car controls such as accelerator, brake, gears and indicators when a family member, friend or even your neighbour (if you get on with them) can do this. Since you will not be driving the car, you don't need insurance, and the time learnt do this will mean you have more time to learn the more practical driving skills like moving off and stopping during your first lesson (let the instructor know you've been taught these skills).

These are some of the things you can do as a learner driver who has just recieved their provisional driving licence in Hampstead before booking your tution.

If for any reason you haven't been able to complete the steps above, in particuar the cockpit drill, I recommend that you book a 2hr slot for your first driving lesson because as you are well aware, the roads in NW3 are very narrow, busy, and none of them are suited for beginners, this means that the instructor will have to drive you to a more suitable location in London, I either use Regents park NW8 or Cricklewood NW2 depending on where in Hampstead you are being picked up from, and depending on the time of the day, it could take 15-20 minutes to get there, so you will not get much out of a 1 hour driving lesson in your early days as a learner driver.

I hope this information has been helpful to you, and look forward to hearing from you once you decide it is time for some practical on the road experience.

Driving Lessons Terms and Conditions

Please find below the terms and conditions governing all lessons with MI Driving School Hampstead London NW3.

1. All driving tuition is conducted on a one to one basis, and we do not use a piggy back system where one learner driver drops the last student home at the beginning of their lesson.

2. All driving lessons must be paid for at the beginning of the tuition session.

3. Lesson cancellation - If either you or the driving instructor needs to cancel a training session then a minimum of 24 hours notice must be given. If a learner driver fails to give a full day's notice before the driving lesson of a cancellation, the instructor reserves the right to charge for the lesson. Repeated late notice training session cancellations could result in us refusing to offer anymore bookings to the client. While we know emergencies do occur, it is in the interest of protecting our driving instructor's income to require 24 hrs notice or a payment in lieu, as we need a day to fill any gaps in an instructor's diary from a cancellation.

4. All payments made in advance are the clients, and will be returned on request minus any driving tuition already given in accordance to the DSA code of conduct. ADI number 241485.

5. We offer a friendly and warm learning environment, our instructors do not shout at students or act abusive in any manner and expect the same respect from all our learner driver clients.

6. We offer honest advice, and do not hold anyone back from progressing or booking their drving test in any of the centres close to Hampstead (we recommend Mill Hil, Hendon or Borehamwood), but do advice all provisional licence holders to discuss test bookings with their instructor to avoid the issue of unavailability on a test date.

By taking driving lessons in Hampstead, NW3 with us, you are agreeing to the above mentioned terms and conditions.