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Family-run training centre at Ty Mawr Road, Gilwern near Abergavenny, operating since 1969 with its own private DVSA test facility and reverse area on site. Courses cover C1, C1+E, Category C (Class 2) and C+E (Class 1), including fast-track from a car licence, plus PCV D/D1. Initial Driver CPC Modules 2 & 4 and periodic 35-hour CPC are sold alongside ADR, HIAB and forklift training. The centre states it is not a broker and does not sub-contract, and publishes course prices and 2026 dates.

Newcastle training company working from its own HQ at Unit 6, Wesley Way on Benton Square Industrial Estate. Driver training at the Newcastle centre covers C1, Cat C rigid and Cat C+E, with a five-day LGV course duration advertised, plus half-day initial Driver CPC Module 4 training and testing. Forklift, plant and first aid make up the bulk of the wider catalogue, so this is a mixed vocational centre rather than a pure artic school. Training is also delivered on customer sites across the North East. Office hours are Monday to Thursday 08:00–16:30 and Friday 08:00–14:45.

Family industrial trainer since 1953, based at its own Holmansbridge Farm yard near Lewes with an office at Plumpton Green. Courses cover Class C, C+E, C1 and C1+E plus PCV, Module 4 and Driver CPC. Bookings are taken directly by Hills on a local 01273 number — not through a placement network.

Family-run Hull training centre at Unit 2A, Greatfield Lane in Marfleet. They teach Cat C and C+E, split out CPC Module 4 and periodic Driver CPC, and also run ADR, Module 3A reverse sessions and ITSSAR forklift, with 3A slots on weekday evenings after 4pm and at weekends. Instructors are NRI-registered and the centre holds a council HGV and forklift contract. A sister line supplies temporary HGV drivers, and newly passed Class 1 drivers are introduced to local employers.

Exeter vocational centre in St Thomas with a flat tarmac off-road area for HGV training, including Module 3A and Module 4. Different site from Trans Plant Mastertrain at Marsh Barton and SRTS at Westpoint. Local school, not a national aggregator.

Nottinghamshire independent at Newton House Farm with its own Module 3a off-road area and Scania training fleet. Cat C and C+E one-to-one with an NRI instructor; PCV available on the customer vehicle. Book Ian direct on the geographic 01949 number.

J Coates Birmingham meeting point: the instructor meets trainees at Lincoln Farm Truck Stop, Marsh Ln, Balsall Common, Solihull B92 0LS — a meet-up location, not a private reversing pad. Direct operator (not a broker) offering Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC periodic and modules 2 & 4, PCV and ADR. Head office is in Thurmaston, Leicester.

J Coates Coventry meeting point: the instructor meets trainees at Widdrington Road, Bishopsgate Industrial Estate, Coventry CV1 4PB — a meet-up location, not a private reversing pad. Direct operator (not a broker) offering Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC periodic and modules 2 & 4, PCV and ADR. Head office is in Thurmaston, Leicester.

J Coates Guildford meeting point: the instructor meets trainees on Woking Road, Guildford GU1 1QL — a meet-up location, not a private reversing pad. Direct operator (not a broker) offering Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC periodic and modules 2 & 4, PCV and ADR. Head office is in Thurmaston, Leicester.

J Coates Hinckley meeting point: the instructor meets trainees at The Cream Rooms Business Centre, Leicester Road, Hinckley LE10 3DR — a meet-up location, not a private reversing pad. Direct operator (not a broker) offering Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC periodic and modules 2 & 4, PCV and ADR. Head office is in Thurmaston, Leicester.

J Coates is a direct HGV and LGV training operator — you train with them rather than through a broker. Their head office and CPC classroom is at 23 New Star Road, Thurmaston, Leicester LE4 9JD, where face-to-face enquiries from other depots are handled. Courses include Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC (periodic and modules 2 & 4), PCV and ADR. Related company Diamond Driver Training Ltd is listed separately at its own Newark yard (NG24 2NY).

J Coates training yard at 1a Melton Commercial Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 3JL. Direct operator (not a broker) offering Category C, C1, C+E, Driver CPC periodic and modules 2 & 4, PCV and ADR. Head office is in Thurmaston, Leicester.