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.
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |