The Driving Village

The Driving Village Driving Instructor in Colchester UK, offering classroom based driving workshops & 1:1 manual driving lessons

10/08/2026

I recently spent a few days in Bucharest & there was no way I wasn’t doing this activity!!!

🚗 MINI HOTROD CITY TOUR 🚗

It was so much fun, doing 40mph in that thing feels like 100mph 😂 I’m covered in bruises & it feels like all your bones are going to vibrate their way out of your body, but it was sooo cool!!

Shall we play a game of “spot the plonker”? 🚗Brook Street is bad enough at the best of times — add a van parked right by...
23/07/2026

Shall we play a game of “spot the plonker”? 🚗

Brook Street is bad enough at the best of times — add a van parked right by the traffic lights, blocking anyone turning in, and you’ve got a backlog down every road that feeds into it.

Here’s the thing though: if the queuing traffic had left a gap on their side, oncoming cars could’ve squeezed round the van no problem. I always tell my students — “would a bus fit through there?” If not, you’ve picked a bad spot to sit.

Not our mess to clean up, but a little awareness goes a long way in keeping the roads moving. Do your bit!

I’m back at the Sixth Form College careers day today, looking forward to answering any driving related questions.I have ...
03/07/2026

I’m back at the Sixth Form College careers day today, looking forward to answering any driving related questions.

I have free chupa chups and light up keyrings, happy to bribe people to talk to me 😉

***PARALLEL PARKING***One of the most feared manoeuvres — students arrive convinced they’ll never be able to do it. Then...
07/05/2026

***PARALLEL PARKING***

One of the most feared manoeuvres — students arrive convinced they’ll never be able to do it. Then we go through it together, and almost every time: “Oh… that’s actually not that bad.”

REVERSE LEFT
STRAIGHT
RIGHT
STRAIGHT
FINISH

The foundation is everything. Once you understand why each step works, adapting it to a tighter space like this one becomes instinctive rather than stressful.

Today we made a few small adjustments to squeeze into a shorter gap — and nailed it first time.

For students who’ll be parking on residential streets every single day, I hold the standard higher from the start. There’s no point passing your test and then spending ten minutes anxiously edging in and out of spaces outside your own house. We practise until small spaces feel normal.

Because confident parking isn’t just a test skill — it’s a life skill. The goal isn’t to get you through a manoeuvre on exam day. It’s to make sure you never have to think twice about it again.

If you’re in the Colchester area and want to feel this confident behind the wheel, link to book a lesson in bio.

14/04/2026

🚗 We all know someone who struggles with parking — it might even be you.

Avoiding certain car parks because they’re too cramped. Going at quieter times. Parking a mile away just so nobody’s watching.

If that’s working for you, fair enough. But for a lot of people it’s genuinely stressful — and they wish it didn’t have to be.

Here’s something most people don’t know: parking wasn’t even part of the driving test originally, so it simply wasn’t taught. And when it was introduced, many instructors had never been properly taught it themselves. That’s how an entire generation ended up winging it.

My technique is straightforward. With just a few simple cues, you’ll be parking confidently — and wondering what all the stress was about.

Sessions are 30 minutes, held online, with limited spaces so everyone gets the chance to ask questions and leave with something genuinely useful.
Whether you’re a learner or have held your licence for years — this is for you.

Link in bio to book. See you there.

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Colchester

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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