It’s commonly thought that you cannot learn to drive before 17 in the UK. That’s not strictly speaking true – although you must be 17 to hold a provisional driving license and to drive on public roads, there are no such restrictions in place for private land.
This used to be largely irrelevant for most people, unless you were fortunate enough to grow up on a large private estate. In recent years, however, there has been a strong growth in driving tuition companies offering lessons for under 17s (some start from as young as 14) on private roads of some kind.
