Do you need an additional driving licence to tow a caravan or trailer?
If you have passed your driving test within the last 12 years, you may need to take a further test to enable you to tow a braked trailer. But it's not as simple as that, brief details are as follows:

Drivers must hold a full driving licence to tow anything.

Most drivers who passed their test before 1 January 1997 have licence categories B+E allowing them to drive a vehicle and trailer/caravan with a combined weight of up to
7 tonnes. The trailer or caravan must not exceed 3.5 tonne.

Drivers who passed their test since 1 January 1997 are only allowed to drive a vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes (category B) and tow an unbraked trailer up to 750kg. Drivers may tow larger trailers or caravans over 750kg if the combined maximum authorized mass (MAM) does not exceed 3.5 tonnes and the gross MAM of the trailer/caravan does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle.

To be able to tow combinations outside this ruling requires the passing of an additional test to obtain Categories B+E.

This information is not a definitive statement of law.

Please refer to your individual drivers' license to confirm your personal entitlement and seek advice from the DVLA and the professional bodies where necessary