W6 gives a learner the full range in a small patch. The Hammersmith gyratory and the A4 flyover put you into fast, multi-lane, lane-discipline driving; King Street and the Broadway are busy, bus-heavy high streets; and the quiet Victorian grid of Brackenbury Village is where the basics click. DVSA-approved instructors, manual and automatic.
The first two hours are from £75 if you are new to a UK provisional licence, £85 if you have driven before. Enter your W6 postcode in the guided booking and we show you the instructors who cover W6 first.
ADI qualified · 2-hour lessons · Est. 2018
In W6 the roads change character within a few hundred yards, which is exactly what a learner needs: a quiet grid to get the basics right, busy high streets to test them, and a major gyratory and flyover in between.
The one-way system looping the bus station and the Broadway is four lanes of creeping, merging traffic — lane discipline while barely moving is the skill it teaches. Above it, the A4 Hammersmith Flyover carries traffic at speed onto the Great West Road.
King Street is a busy, bus-heavy high street with parked deliveries, side turnings and pedestrians. Once you can hold your lane and your nerve here, the ordinary high street is easy.
The quiet Victorian grid off Ravenscourt Park is calm, low-speed and leafy — the right place for the very first lessons, the manoeuvres and building confidence before the main roads. (Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to cars since 2019, so lessons work around it.)
Put W6 into the guided booking and the instructors covering W6 appear first, each with their real free times. Pick the person who suits you and keep them lesson to lesson. Would a female instructor suit you better? Let us know on WhatsApp or when you book and we pair you where we can — here is how that works.
The full manual licence. A dual-controlled car, clutch control practised in the quiet Brackenbury grid, and a syllabus in your student portal — your instructor can log your progress, though some keep their own records instead.
Manual lessons in detailNo 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 LondonLessons begin at your home, office or college. Not sure your street is on the list? Drop the postcode on WhatsApp and you hear back straight away.
Nearby: Kensington · Chiswick · Notting Hill · all of West London. Prefer automatic? See automatic lessons in West London.
Lessons are £47.50 an hour in 2-hour blocks — identical in Hammersmith and in Kensington. Buy a block and it falls: £465 Bronze (10h), £920 Silver (20h), £1,350 Gold (30h), £1,760 Platinum (40h).
Your first two hours if you hold a UK provisional and have never driven.
Two hours for provisional holders with a little experience already, whether from us or another instructor.
The usual session — open too to overseas licence holders getting to grips with UK roads and to refresher drivers with a full licence.
Mock tests, test-day car hire and intensive courses are arranged on request — all on the full prices page.
The rate is £47.50 an hour, in 2-hour lessons (£95). A first lesson costs £75 for an outright beginner on a UK provisional, £85 if you have driven before. Blocks of 10 to 40 hours are cheaper each hour — all listed on the prices page.
Yes — Hammersmith and the streets around Brook Green, Ravenscourt Park and West Kensington are all on our list, across W6. Enter your postcode in the guided booking and it shows the instructors who cover it first.
There is no DVSA test centre in Hammersmith; the nearest is Isleworth (Fleming Way), with Southall and Greenford also in reach. You book the test with the DVSA and your lessons are planned around the centre you pick, including a mock test there. See the test areas page.
Yes. Learning automatic costs the same £47.50 an hour, and ticking “Automatic” in the booking shows just the automatic instructors around W6. There is more on our automatic lessons in West London page.
Certainly — tell us on WhatsApp or at booking and we match you to a female instructor where we can; when one is taking online bookings the wizard asks you. Details sit on our female driving instructor page.
Two hours across W6, with an instructor you actually chose — from £75.