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 Darlington below.
While test routes around Darlington 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 | Left |
| Banks Rd | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Right |
| Lingfield Green | Left, left |
| Falcon Rd | Left |
| Teal Rd | EOR left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L right |
| Haughton Rd / Stockton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Stockton Rd A1150 | Roundabout ahead |
| A66 Dual Carriageway | Left |
| Sadberge Rd | Left |
| Beacon Rd / Sadberge | Right |
| Middleton Rd | Right |
| A66 | Roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Lingfield Way | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Allington Way | EOR right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Left |
| Banks Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L left |
| Haughton Rd | Roundabout left |
| St Cuthberts Way | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Coniscliffe Rd | Junction right |
| Cleveland Terrace | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Flora Ave / Coniscliffe Rd | Left |
| Hartford Rd | Left |
| Woodvale Rd | EOR left |
| Hartford Rd | EOR right |
| Blackwell Lane | EOR left |
| Carmel Rd South | Roundabout ahead |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout right |
| Geneva Rd | T/L right |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Roundabout right |
| Yarm Rd | Left |
| Estoril Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Estoril Rd South | Crossroads left |
| Harris St | Crossroads left |
| Geneva Rd | Roundabout left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout right |
| Bypass A66 | Roundabout right |
| Carmel Rd South | 2 nd right |
| Blackwell Lane / Glenfield Rd | EOR right |
| Blackwell Lane | EOR right |
| Carmel Rd South | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Staindrop Rd | Roundabout right |
| Woodland Rd | T/L ahead |
| Bondgate | Roundabout left |
| St Augustines Way | Roundabout ahead |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout left |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L right |
| Haughton Rd | Left |
| Salters Lane South | 2 nd left |
| Latimer Rd | EOR right |
| Salters Lane South | Left |
| Welbeck Ave / Bishop Close | EOR left |
| Welbeck Ave | EOR left |
| Whinfield Rd | T/L right |
| Whinbush Way / Barmton Lane | Roundabout left |
| Stockton Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A66 | Left |
| Sadberge Rd | Right |
| Middleton Rd | Roundabout right |
| A67 | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L left |
| Haughton Rd | Roundabout right |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout ahead |
| St Augustines Way | Roundabout right |
| Woodlands Rd | Roundabout left |
| Staindrop Rd | Roundabout left |
| Carmel Rd North | Roundabout ahead |
| Carmel Rd South | 3 rd left |
| Blackwell Lane / Glenfield Rd | EOR right |
| Blackwell Lane | EOR left |
| Carmel Rd South | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| By Pass | Roundabout left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout right |
| Geneva Rd | 4 th right |
| Harris St | Left |
| Lynton Gardens | EOR turn right |
| Harris St | Crossroads right |
| Geneva Rd | T/L right |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L left |
| Haughton Rd | 6 th left |
| Hundens Lane | Left, T/L right |
| Yarm Rd | Left |
| Louisa St | 3 rd right |
| Belgrave St | EOR left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Grange Rd | Junction 1 st right |
| Parkside | 2 x roundabout ahead, 2 nd left |
| Park Lane / Victoria Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Parkgate | Roundabout ahead |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Roundabout left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By Pass | Roundabout left |
| A66 | Roundabout right |
| Barmpton Lane / Whinbush Way | T/L right |
| Whinfield Rd | Roundabout left |
| Thompson St East | T/L left |
| North Rd | Roundabout left |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Parkgate | Roundabout ahead |
| Yarm Rd | T/L left |
| Teal Rd | Right |
| Malim Rd | Left |
| Widgeon Rd | EOR left |
| Malim Rd | EOR left |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd left |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Right |
| Lingfield Green | Right, left |
| The Broadway | T/L left |
| Yarm Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout right |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout ahead, 5 th right |
| Thirlmere Rd | EOR left |
| Rydal Rd | EOR right |
| Falmer Rd | Left |
| Louisa St | EOR left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Parkgate | Roundabout right |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout right |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Mcmullen Rd | T/L left |
| Haughton Rd | 2 nd right |
| Barton St | EOR left |
| Allan St / Cleveland St / Albert Rd | T/L right |
| North Rd | EOR left |
| Whessoe Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, 3 rd right |
| Westmorland Rd | EOR left |
| North Rd | EOR right |
| St Paul’s Terrace | EOR right |
| St Andrew’s St | EOR right |
| Askrigg St | EOR left |
| Leyburn Rd | EOR right |
| Fitzwilliam Drive | Left, right |
| Thompson St East | Roundabout right |
| Whinfield Rd | T/L ahead, Roundabout ahead |
| Stockton Rd | Roundabout right |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout right |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd |
| exit right | |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Roundabout right |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Parkgate | Roundabout left |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout left |
| Grange Rd | 3 rd right |
| Blackwell Lane | 2 nd right |
| Hartford Rd | 2 nd left |
| Ravensdale Walk / Woodcrest Rd | Left |
| Ravensdale Rd | Left |
| Carmel Rd South | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Croft Rd A167 | 2 nd left |
| Hurworth | Crossroads left |
| Roundhill Rd | 2 nd right |
| Westfield Rd | EOR right |
| Roundhill Rd | EOR left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout right |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Lingfield Way | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Morton Rd | Right |
| Lingfield Way | Left |
| Allington Way | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Left |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Roundabout right |
| Yarm Rd | EOR left |
| Estoril Rd | EOR right |
| Harris St | EOR right |
| Geneva Rd | T/L left |
| Yarm Rd | T/L right |
| Hundens Lane | 2 nd left |
| John Dixon Lane | EOR right |
| Hundens Lane | T/L right |
| Yarm Rd | EOR left |
| Louisa St | Ahead 3 rd crossroads right |
| Belgrave St | EOR left |
| Neasham Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| A66 By Pass | Roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Grange Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A66 | Roundabout left |
| A1150 | Roundabout ahead |
| Whinfield Rd | Left |
| Welbeck Ave | Right |
| Fryer Crescent / Feetham Ave | Right |
| Fryer Crescent | EOR left |
| Welbeck Ave | EOR left |
| Whinfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Salters Lane North | Roundabout right |
| North Rd | Left |
| Burtree Lane | Left |
| Princess Rd | Left |
| Marina Rd | EOR right |
| Princess St | EOR right |
| Burtree Lane | T/L right |
| North Rd | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Cleveland St / Allan St | EOR right |
| Barton St | EOR left |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | EOR left |
| Allington Way | EOR right |
| Lingfield Way | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A66 Bypass | Roundabout left |
| Stockton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Barmpton Lane / Torrance Drive | EOR left |
| Barmpton Lane / Whinbush Way | T/L right |
| Whinfield Rd | Roundabout left |
| Thompson St East | EOR left |
| North Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Albert Rd / Cleveland St | EOR left |
| Forge Way | Right, left, left |
| Cleveland St / Allan St | EOR right |
| Barton St | EOR left |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 14
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd right |
| Malim Rd / Mallard Rd Or Widgeon | Right |
| Malim Rd | Crossroads left |
| Teal Rd | EOR left |
| Yarm Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Bypass (A66) | Roundabout left |
| A1150 Burdon Village | Roundabout ahead |
| Whinfield Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| Thompson St East | 5 th left |
| Pendleton Rd / Cavendish Ave | EOR left |
| Pendleton Rd | Right |
| Holwick Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| North Rd | 3 x T/L ahead |
| Northgate | Roundabout left |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout left |
| Haughton Rd | T/L right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd right |
Route 15
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Mcmullen Rd | 2 nd left |
| Allington Way | EOR left |
| Morton Rd | EOR left |
| Lingfield Way | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| By Pass | Roundabout left |
| Neasham Rd | Right |
| Roundhill Rd | EOR right |
| Hurworth Rd | EOR right |
| Croft Rd A167 | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Carmel Rd South | 2 nd right |
| Blackwell Lane / Glenfield Rd | EOR left |
| Blackwell Lane | EOR left |
| Grange Rd | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| St Cuthberts Way | Roundabout right |
| Parkgate | Roundabout ahead |
| Yarm Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mcmullen Rd | 3 rd left |
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