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 Carlisle below.
While test routes around Carlisle 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 | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd | T/L left |
| St Nicholas St / Blackwell Rd | Roundabout right |
| Beaconsfield St | EOR left |
| Currock Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Blackwell Rd / Durdar Rd | Left |
| Newbiggin Rd | 2 nd left |
| Scalegate Rd | 2 nd right |
| Lamb St | EOR left |
| Upperby Rd | Right |
| St Ninnians Rd / Perreril Bank Rd | Right |
| Lightfoot Drive | EOR left |
| Blundell Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | Left |
| Mallyclose Drive | Roundabout right, roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| Hopes Hill Drive | EOR left |
| Forrest Hill | EOR left |
| Cumwhinton Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | EOR right |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Carliol Drive | Right, T/L ahead |
| Eastern Way | 2 nd left |
| Link Rd | Roundabout left |
| Durranhill Rd / Park Rd | EOR left |
| Scotby Rd | EOR left |
| A69 | Roundabout ahead |
| Warwick Rd | 4 th T/L right |
| Victoria Place | T/L left |
| Spencer St | T/L left |
| Chiswick St | EOR right |
| Hartington Place | EOR right |
| Warwick Rd | T/L left |
| Brunswick St | Ahead |
| Tait St | T/L left |
| Botchergate | T/L ahead |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | 4 th left |
| Highwood Crescent | EOR right, EOR right |
| Hopes Hill Drive | 2 nd right |
| Mally Close Drive | Roundabout right, EOR left |
| London Rd | Roundabout 2 nd left |
| B6263 | Left |
| Cumwhinton Rd | 6 th right |
| Edge Hill Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dalwgarth Drive | EOR right |
| Mayfield Drive | EOR left |
| Arnside Rd | EOR left |
| Eastern Way | T/L ahead |
| Carliol Drive | Left |
| Baird Rd | Right |
| Holmacres Drive | EOR right |
| Petteril Bank Rd / St Ninnians Rd | EOR right |
| Upperby Rd / Boundary Rd | Roundabout 3 rd right |
| Blackwell Rd / St Nicholas St | T/L right |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd | Right |
| Brooke St | Left |
| Fusehill St / Myddleton St | EOR right |
| Aglionby St | 3 rd left |
| Lismore St / Lismore Place | EOR left |
| Victoria Place | T/L right |
| Georgian Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Eden Bridge / Stanwix Bank | 2 nd T/L right |
| Etterby St / Kingmoor Rd | Right |
| Hartley Ave / Briar Bank | T/L right |
| Scotland Rd | Left |
| Knowe Park Ave | Right |
| Knowe Rd | EOR right |
| Church St | EOR left |
| Stanwix Bank / Eden Bridge | Roundabout ahead |
| Georgian Way | T/L left |
| Victoria Place | T/L left |
| Warwick Rd | Right |
| Brunton Ave | EOR right |
| Greystone Rd / Brooke St | EOR left |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd | Right |
| Brooke St | Left |
| Fusehill St / Myddleton St | EOR left |
| Aglionby St | EOR left |
| Tait St | T/L left |
| Botchergate | T/L right |
| St Nicholas St / Blackwell Rd | Roundabout 2 nd left |
| Boundary Rd / Upperby Rd | Right |
| Lamb St | Roundabout left |
| Scalegate Rd | EOR left |
| Newbiggin Rd | Left |
| Brisco Rd | 3 rd right |
| St Ninnians Rd / Petteril Bank Rd | 2 nd right |
| Welsh Rd | 2 nd right |
| Haig Rd / Guilford Crescent | EOR left |
| Burnett Rd | EOR right |
| Guildford Crescent / Haig Rd | EOR left |
| Welsh Rd | EOR right |
| Petteril Bank Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | 3 rd right |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | Left |
| Cumwhinton Rd | Right |
| Hopes Hill Drive | Left, EOR right |
| Forrest Hill | EOR left |
| Mally Close Drive | Roundabout right, EOR left |
| London Rd | Roundabout 5 th right |
| Newbiggin Rd | 2 nd right |
| Brisco Rd / Upperby Rd | Left |
| Boundary Rd / Blackwell Rd | Roundabout 3 rd right |
| Currock Rd | 2 nd right |
| Beaconsfield St | Roundabout left |
| Blackwell Rd / St Nicholas St | T/L right |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Carliol Drive | Left |
| Baird Rd | Right |
| Holmacres Drive | EOR right |
| Petteril Bank Rd / St Ninnians Rd | EOR right |
| Upperby Rd | Roundabout left |
| Kirklands Rd | Roundabout left |
| Scalegate Rd | EOR right |
| Newbiggin Rd | EOR right |
| Durdar Rd / Blackwell Rd | Right |
| Millholme Ave | EOR left |
| Boundary Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Beaconsfield St | EOR right |
| Currock Rd | Roundabout right |
| Crown St | EOR left |
| Botchergate | 2 nd right |
| Portland Place | EOR right |
| Brunswick St / Tait St | T/L left |
| Botchergate | T/L ahead |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Carliol Drive | Left |
| Baird Rd | EOR right |
| Petteril Bank Rd / St Ninnians Rd | EOR left |
| Brisco Rd | EOR right |
| Newbiggin Rd | Right |
| Scalegate Rd | Roundabout right |
| Lamb St | EOR left |
| Upperby Rd / Boundary Rd | Roundabout left |
| Blackwell Rd | 2 nd right |
| Alton St | EOR right |
| Currock Rd | Roundabout right |
| Crown St | T/L right |
| Botchergate | T/L ahead |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd | Right |
| Brook St / Greystone Rd | 2 nd left |
| Brunton Ave | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | T/L right |
| Victoria Place | T/L right |
| Georgian Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Eden Bridge | T/L right |
| Brampton Rd | Right |
| Longlands Rd | Left, EOR left |
| Brampton Rd | Right |
| Well Lane / Church St | Left |
| Stanwix Bank / Eden Bridge | Roundabout ahead |
| Georgian Way | T/L ahead |
| Spencer St | T/L ahead , T/L right |
| Warwick Rd | T/L left |
| The Crescent | T/L left |
| Botchergate / London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L left |
| Eastern Way | EOR T/L right |
| Warwick Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A69 | Right |
| Scotby Rd | 3 rd right |
| Park Rd / Durranhill Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Victoria Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | T/L left |
| Brunton Crescent | EOR right |
| Brunton Ave | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | T/L 2 nd left |
| Aglionby St | 2 nd right |
| Warwick Square | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | 2 nd T/L left |
| Botchergate | T/L ahead |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L left |
| Eastern Way | Right |
| Arnside Rd | Right |
| Mayfield Ave | Left |
| Warnell Drive | EOR right |
| Edge Hill Rd | EOR left |
| Cumwhinton Rd | EOR right |
| B6263 | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| London Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Eastern Way | 2 nd left |
| Link Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | T/L left |
| Greystone Rd / Brooke St | EOR left |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | T/L 3 rd left |
| Mally Close Drive | Roundabout right, left |
| Farbrow Rd | EOR right |
| High Green Croft | EOR right |
| Forrest Hill | EOR right |
| Cumwhinton Rd | Left |
| Broomfallen Rd | Left |
| Park Rd / Scotby Rd / Durranhill Rd | Roundabout right |
| Link Rd | EOR right |
| Eastern Way | Left |
| Arnside Rd | Right |
| Mayfield Ave | Left |
| Warnell Drive | EOR right |
| Edge Hill Rd | EOR right |
| Cumwhinton Rd | T/L right |
| London Rd | Left |
| Petteril Bank Rd | 3 rd right |
| Holmacres Drive | EOR left |
| Baird Rd | EOR left |
| Carliol Drive | T/L left |
| London Rd | 2 nd right |
| Hillcrest Ave |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Hillcrest Ave | EOR left |
| London Rd | Right |
| Petteril Bank Rd / St Ninnians Rd | EOR left |
| Brisco Rd | EOR left |
| Newbiggin Rd | Roundabout left |
| London Rd | 2 nd right |
| Mally Close Drive | Roundabout right, left |
| Goose Land Head | EOR left |
| Forrest Hill | EOR left |
| Mally Close Drive | Roundabout right, EOR right |
| London Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Eastern Way | 2 nd left |
| Link Rd | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | EOR left |
| The Crescent | T/L left |
| Botchergate / London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillcrest Ave |
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