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 Poole below.
While test routes around Poole 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 | |
| Service Rd | EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | Left |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Lockyers Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Major A31 | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Oakley Rd | T/L left |
| Queen Anne Drive / Magna Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Ringwood Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right |
| Canford Way | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Canford Heath Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Adastral Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Oakdale Rd | Roundabout right |
| Dorchester Rd | T/L right |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd | Right |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | 2 nd left |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dorset Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Whitelegg Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Redhill Ave / Boundary Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Wallisdown Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Alder Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, 2 x T/L |
| ahead, roundabout right 2 nd exit | |
| Ashley Rd | 3 rd left |
| North Rd | 4 th right |
| Danecourt Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | T/L right |
| Fernside Rd | T/L ahead |
| Wimborne Rd | T/L ahead |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | Right |
| Nuffield Rd | Left |
| Hatchpond Rd | EOR right |
| Waterloo Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Gravel Hill | T/L ahead, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Poole Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Leigh Rd / Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Ham Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Ringwood | Roundabout left |
| Wimborne Rd | 11 th right |
| East Howe Lane / Leybourne Ave | EOR right |
| Redhill Drive | Right |
| Columbia Rd | Roundabout left |
| Kinson Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Alder Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, 4 th T/L right |
| Herbert Ave | Mini roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd / Dorset Way | 2 nd exit slip road |
| Slip Lane | Roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dorset Rd Slip Rd / Dorset Way | 1 st exit |
| Slip Lane | Roundabout right |
| Adastral Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Oakdale Rd | Mini roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Dorchester Rd | T/L left |
| Wimborne Rd | T/L right, roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Towngate Bridge | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Holes Bay Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Upton By-Pass | 1 st exit |
| Upton Rd | EOR right, EOR right, roundabout right, mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wareham Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Springdale Rd | EOR T/L right |
| Upper Blandford Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Blandford Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hatchpond Rd | EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | 2 nd left |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Slip Lane | Roundabout right |
| Adastral Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Oakdale Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Dorchester Rd | T/L left |
| Wimborne Rd | T/L ahead |
| Fernside Rd | T/L left |
| Ringwood Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Danecourt Rd | EOR left |
| North Rd | EOR T/L |
| Ashley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alder Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Kinson Rd | 2 nd left |
| Turbary Park Ave | EOR right |
| Poole Lane | EOR left |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, 2 x roundabout ahead, 2 x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, T/L ahead, 4 th right |
| Dorchester Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd | Right |
| Hatchpond Rd | EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | 2 nd left |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | Left |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Waterloo Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Longfleet Rd | T/L right |
| Fernside Rd | 3 rd exit |
| Sandbanks Rd / Shore Rd | 18 th left |
| Haven Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Canford Cliffs Rd | T/L right |
| Leicester Rd | Left |
| Lindsay Rd | Left |
| Poole Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Ashley Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Alder Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Kinson Rd | 2 x mini roundabouts ahead, EOR left |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead, 2 x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, 7 th right |
| Dorchester Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dorset Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | 2 x mini roundabouts ahead, 2 x |
| roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3 rd exit | |
| Poole Lane | 2 nd right |
| Turbary Park Ave | Mini roundabout right |
| Kinson Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alder Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, 2 nd left |
| Winston Ave | Mini roundabout ahead, 2 nd right |
| Guest Ave | EOR right |
| Yarmouth Rd | EOR T/L left |
| Alder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ashley Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Poole Rd | Right |
| The Avenue / Pinecliff Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Haven Rd | EOR right |
| Shore Rd / Sandbanks Rd | Left |
| Parkstone Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Wimborne Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd left |
| Dorset Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | 2 x mini roundabout right |
| Herbert Ave | EOR left |
| Alder Rd | Right |
| Winston Ave | Mini roundabout ahead, right |
| Guest Ave | EOR left |
| Yarmouth Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Surrey Rd | T/L left |
| Branksome Wood Rd | 3 rd T/L left |
| Glenferness Ave | 3 rd right |
| East Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | 3 rd T/L left |
| Talbot Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Talbot Ave | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Boundary Rd | Left |
| Redhill Drive | Left |
| Coombe Ave / Leybourne | |
| Ave / East Howe Lane | EOR left |
| Wimborne Rd | 3 rd left |
| Kinson Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout right |
| Turbary Park Ave | EOR left |
| Poole Lane | Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Canford Way | Roundabout left 2 nd exit |
| Dorset Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, 2 nd exit slip lane, roundabout 5 th exit, left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | Left |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd | T/L left |
| Springdale Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Wareham Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Lockyers Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A31 Major Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| A349 | Roundabout left |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Leigh Rd | T/L left |
| St Johns Hill | Mini roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Rowlands Hill / Wimborne Rd | EOR right |
| Middlehill Rd | Roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Leigh Rd | T/L left |
| Ave Rd | EOR left |
| Newborough Rd / Station Rd | EOR left |
| Poole Rd | Roundabout left |
| Oakley Rd / Gravel Hill | T/L ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L ahead, T/L 2 nd left |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, EOR right |
| Nuffield Rd | 2 nd left |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Service Rd | EOR left |
| Nuffield Rd | Left |
| Hatchpond Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Upton Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, left |
| Poole Lane | Roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd | T/L ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Over Lifting Bridge | Right |
| Bay Hog Lane | Left |
| West St | 2 x T/L ahead |
| Towngate Bridge | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Longfleet Rd | Right |
| Elizabeth Rd | Left |
| Parkstone Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Commercial Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Station Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Penhill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Leicester Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Lindsey Rd | Left |
| Poole Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Ashley Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| North Rd | 4 th right |
| Fernside Rd | T/L right |
| Ringwood Rd | Roundabout 1 st exit, 3 rd left |
| Dorchester Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Wimborne Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Dorset Way | Left |
| Nuffield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Harwell Rd | Left |
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