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

Test Route 1 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 2 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 3 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 4 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 5 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 6 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 7 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 8 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 9 at Poole test centre
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

Test Route 10 at Poole test centre
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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