To make driving tests more representative of real-life driving, the DVSA no longer publishes official test routes. However, you can find a number of recent routes used at Widnes below.
While test routes around Widnes are likely to be very similar to our compiled list, you should treat this content as a rough guide only. Exact test routes are at the examiners’ discretion and are subject to change.
Route 1
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Ditchfield Rd | EOR right |
| Liverpool Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Shakespear Rd | EOR right |
| Highfield Rd | EOR left |
| Birchfield Rd | 7 th right |
| Buckingham Avenue | EOR left |
| Clarence Avenue | EOR left |
| Pit Lane | 2 nd left |
| Coroners Lane | 2 nd right |
| Ryder Rd | EOR right |
| Glebe Rd | Left |
| Birkdale Rd | EOR left |
| Grosvenor Rd | EOR right |
| Lunts Heath Rd | T/L left |
| Derby Rd | Roundabout left |
| Slip Road to Eastern By Pass | Roundabout left |
| Eastern By Pass | 2 nd T/L right hand lane ahead |
| Ashley Way West | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Lowerhouse Lane | Roundabout left |
| Dundalk Rd | T/L left |
| Hale Rd | T/L right |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Ditchfield Rd | Right |
| Coronation Drive | 2 nd left |
| Coronet Way | Crossroads ahead |
| Gutticar Rd | Left |
| Mayfield Avenue | Right |
| Crawford Avenue | EOR right |
| Liverpool Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Shakespeare Rd | EOR right |
| Highfield Rd | EOR left |
| Birchfield Rd | Right |
| Pitt Lane | 2 nd right |
| Beaconsfield Rd | EOR left |
| Pitt Lane | Left |
| Coroners Lane | 2 nd right |
| Ryder Rd | EOR |
| Glebe Rd | Left |
| Birkdale Rd | EOR left |
| Grosvenor Rd | EOR left |
| Lunts Heath Rd | Right |
| Wilmere Lane | Right |
| Watkinson Way | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Ashley Way West | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Lowerhouse Lane | Roundabout left |
| Dundalk Rd | T/L left |
| Hale Rd | T/L right |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | EOR right |
| Ditchfield Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Michaels Rd | EOR left |
| Ditton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit ahead |
| Moor Lane | Roundabout left |
| Lowerhouse Lane | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Moor Lane | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Lowerhouse Lane | T/L 3 rd right |
| Milton Rd | T/L right |
| Kingsway | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Moor Lane | Roundabout 1 st left |
| Ashley Way West | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Mini roundabout 1 st left |
| Waterloo Rd | 2 nd right |
| Milton St | EOR right |
| Westbank | Becomes |
| Pitt St | 1 st left |
| Cromwell St | EOR left |
| Hutchinson St | Mini roundabout ahead, 1 st left |
| Queensway Slip Rd | 1 st left |
| Runcorn Spur Slip | Left |
| Greenway Rd | 1 st right |
| High St | T/L right |
| Leiria Way | Roundabout right |
| Leiria Way | T/L right |
| Queensway | Ahead, 2 nd slip rd left |
| Ditton Rd | Roundabout left, T/L right |
| Hale Rd | T/L left |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | 1 st left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Speke Rd / Queensway / Runcorn | |
| Bridge | Left |
| Greenway Rd | 2 nd left |
| Egerton St | 2 nd right |
| Waterloo Rd | 3 rd left |
| Lord St | 2 nd left |
| Brindley St / Percival Lane | Roundabout left |
| Dock Rd | EOR right |
| Picow Farm Rd | Left |
| Westfield Rd | Right |
| Russell Rd | EOR left |
| Sandy Lane / Weston Rd | Left |
| Holloway | EOR right |
| Picow Farm Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Runcorn Old Bus Lane | T/L right |
| Greenway Rd | Right |
| Queensway / Runcorn Bridge | Roundabout left |
| Ditton Rd | T/L right |
| Hale Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Ditchfield Rd | Left |
| Netherley Rd | 1 st right |
| Hough Green Lane | 2 nd left |
| Northern Lane | Becomes |
| Prescot Rd | Crossroads right |
| Cronton Lane | T/L right |
| Chapel Lane | Roundabout right |
| Hough Green Rd | Left |
| Arley Drive | EOR left |
| Hough Green Rd | EOR left |
| Netherley Rd | Becomes |
| Liverpool Rd | 3 rd right |
| Royal Avenue | Left |
| Hanley Rd | Right |
| Borrowdale Rd | EOR left |
| Coronation Drive | EOR right |
| Hale Rd | T/L left |
| St Michaels Rd | EOR right |
| Ditton Rd | T/L right |
| Hale Rd | T/L left |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Right |
| Ditchfield Rd | 1 st right |
| Wyncroft Rd | EOR right |
| Hale Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, 1 st right |
| Speke Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Baileys Lane | Roundabout right |
| Greenbridge Lane | EOR right |
| Netherley Rd | Becomes |
| Liverpool Rd | 8 th right |
| Blundell Rd | 1 st right |
| Hanley Rd | EOR right |
| Royal Avenue | EOR right |
| Liverpool Rd | T/L right |
| Hale Rd | 2 nd T/L left |
| St Michaels Rd | EOR right |
| Ditton Rd | 1 st T/L right |
| Hale Rd | 1 st T/L left |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Ditchfield Rd | Right |
| Coronation Drive | EOR left |
| Hale Rd | T/L right |
| Dundalk Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lowerhouse Lane | T/L right |
| Milton Rd | Right |
| Rose St | EOR right |
| Milton Rd | Right |
| Caldwell Rd | Left |
| Moor Lane | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Victoria Rd | T/L left |
| Ashley Way | 3 rd T/L ahead, slip road left |
| Slip Rd | T/L left |
| Derby Rd | EOR left |
| Peal House Lane | Right |
| Lancaster Rd | EOR left |
| Birchfield Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Milton Rd | T/L left |
| Lowerhouse Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Lowerhouse / Moor Lane | 2 nd roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Ditton Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | T/L ahead |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Everite Rd | 2 nd left |
| Marshgate | Mini roundabout right |
| Hale Rd | Left |
| Ditton Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Queensway / Runcorn Bridge | Left |
| Greenway Rd | 3 rd left |
| Egerton St | Crossroads right |
| Waterloo Rd | EOR right |
| Mersey Rd | EOR right |
| High St | T/L ahead, crossroads left |
| Greenway Rd | 10 th right |
| Holloway | Left |
| Westfield Rd | 4 th left |
| Russell Rd | EOR left |
| Sandy Lane / Weston Rd | Left |
| Holloway | Right |
| Queens Rd | EOR left |
| Greenway Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd left |
| Queensway / Runcorn Bridge / Queensway | 2 nd slip lane, roundabout left |
| Ditton Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | T/L ahead |
| Ditchfield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Everite Rd | 2 nd left |
| Marshgate | Mini roundabout right |
| Hale Rd | Right slip rd |
| Speke Rd | Signs Liverpool, Woolton, Halewood |
| Higher Rd | 1 st left |
| Higher Rd | 2 nd right |
| Ramsbrook Lane | EOR right |
| Hale Rd | 1 st right |
| Eastern Avenue | 1 st right |
| Alderfield Drive | 4 th left |
| Heathgate Avenue | Crossroad right |
| East Damwood Rd | Crossroad right |
| Heathgate Avenue | Crossroad left |
| Eastern Avenue | EOR right |
| Hale Rd/Dunlop Rd | EOR right |
| Speke Hall Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit, T/L right |
| Speke Rd | T/L ahead |
| Speke Rd (Past Jaguar Factory) | 1 st left |
| Slip Rd | EOR right |
| Higher Rd/Halebank Rd | EOR left |
| Hale Rd | 2 nd T/L left, mini roundabout left |
| Marshgate | EOR right |
| Everite Rd | 3 rd right |
| Service Rd | Left |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | EOR left |
| Ditchfield Rd | 6 th left |
| Hall Ave | EOR left |
| Ditchfield Rd | EOR left |
| Liverpool Rd | Right |
| Hough Green Rd | Left |
| Northern Lane | Right |
| Cherry Sutton | Right, right |
| Haddon Drive | Left |
| Hough Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Queensbury Way | Roundbaout right |
| Prescot Rd / Chapel Lane | T/L right |
| Cronton Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hall Lane | EOR left |
| Smithy Lane | T/L right |
| Cronton Rd | 3 rd left |
| Prescot Rd | Crossroads right |
| Water Lane | EOR left |
| Netherley Rd / Liverpool Rd | Right |
| Royal Avenue | 3 rd left |
| Queens Avenue | EOR right |
| Coronation Drive | EOR left |
| Ditchfield Rd | Right |
| Everite Rd | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
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