Address: Upper Rainham Rd, Hornchurch, RM12 4EU, United Kingdom
Phone: +441708471340
Rating: 4.0
based on 120 reviews.
Value for Money
Pros:
"Price is £15.00 and considering you can stay all day is really good value."
"£15 for as long as you want to stay is a bargain and the experience of driving in a safe environment is excellent."
"£15 entry fee is a bargain, and there's no time limit on how long you can spend there."
"Cheap as chips for a practice drive for my son in my own car."
"The entrance fee it's only £15 and you can stay there all day."
"Great value for money for £20 to stay however long you want to!"
Cons:
"£15 entry is definitely not worth it."
"Why pay £15 to drive on potholes and in about an acre of land?"
"£20 entry but it can only be paid in £1 coins, fair enough if you don't want to declare the cash but at least allow notes for payment."
"What's the idea of the payment machine that can only take 20 x £1 coins! This is 2023 and its probably the only place in the UK where this is the only payment option!"
Facilities and Condition
Pros:
"Great place for teens to learn to drive."
"Great place for youngsters to learn how to get the basics of driving."
"Fantastic experience, took my son today for a quick drive, he ended up driving for 3 hours straight and loved every minute of it."
"Cardrome has great facilities and a safe training grounds with friendly, helpful staff."
"What a fantastic place and opportunity for teens to try driving!"
"Absolutely fantastic place especially for under 17s looking to get some driving experience."
"It's a really helpful place to practice driving."
Cons:
"The road itself is in terrible condition with a million pot holes."
"The roads are full of potholes and the road markings are non existent on some parts."
"Serious amount of large potholes in all areas of the circuit which could damage your car tyres."
"The place is really run down, white lines are almost worn away."
"The cardrome itself it looking rather dated and needs some modernisation."
"Dreadfully run down. Needs new tar mac and new paint."
"The road markings have faded almost completely and could really use a repaint."
Staff and Management
Pros:
"The Instructor (Mem) was fantastic, excellent at what he does and gets the best out of the students."
"Absolutely professional trainers. So happy that I found them."
"Well what can I say Dave, James and Gary were all fantastic trainers."
Cons:
"I can't speak for the instructors, but the crabby old woman working in the office is properly unhelpful!"
"Very disappointed with the arrogant staff member who spoke to my husband late morning."
"Abysmally rude staff member who yelled and swore at us and was incredibly patronising."
"Due to the management and lack of professionalism they possess I strongly advise against having driving lessons here."
"This place is not friendly, helpful or run professionally."
"Mine didn’t bother to say hello or give her name so I had to ask."
"A terrible place to take a learner driver."
Payment and Entry System
Pros:
"Nice place they have nice tracks and the teacher help a lot it very useful for the future."
Cons:
"Also, just be mindful that the toll gate only accepts 15 1£ coins and not card."
"The entrance system is still with 15 coins of 1£ that sometimes works sometimes doesn't and when it doesn't you have to get off car go and ask for assistance from the driving school on the premises."
"Also you need 20 £1 coins. No card available."
"Needing 15 pound coins to gain entry to the Cardrome is pretty ridiculous."
"To enter, you have to put £15 pounds in £1 coins into a very old machine."
"No card payment option. Accepts 20 x £1 pound coins only."
"They also have the strangest procedure of asking you to pay for your session in £ coins!!! Not convenient at all."