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 Folkestone below.
While test routes around Folkestone 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 | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Sandgate Rd | Left |
| Clifton Road | EOR right |
| Clifton Crescent | Right |
| Earls Avenue | 2 nd left |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Right |
| Coolinge Lane | Right |
| Bathhurst Rd | Right |
| Bodenham Rd | Right |
| Hardwick Rd | EOR right |
| Turketel Rd | EOR right |
| Bathurst Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout ahead, 4 th left |
| Joyes Rd | Left |
| Joyes Close | EOR right |
| Joyes Rd | EOR left |
| Canterbury Rd / Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | Left |
| New Rd | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square | Left |
| Cheriton Place | Right |
| Sandgate Rd | Right |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Bouverie Road West | EOR left |
| Cheriton Gardens / Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Middleburg Square | Left |
| Forresters Way | Roundabout left |
| Grace Hill | Right |
| New St | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Left |
| Dover Rd | Left, roundabout left |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Dover Hill / Dover Rd | Right |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Victoria Rd | Right |
| Albany Rd | Left |
| Clarence Rd | EOR left |
| Albany Rd | EOR right |
| Alexander Rd | EOR right |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Helena Rd | Right |
| New Dover Rd / Folkestone Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Right |
| Cherry Garden Lane | EOR left |
| Harcourt Rd | EOR left |
| Surrenden Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd | 6 th right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th right |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bathurst Rd | Right |
| Welson Rd | EOR left |
| Baldric Rd | EOR right |
| Audley Rd | EOR right |
| Shorncliffe Rd | EOR left |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd / Cheriton High St | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Weymouth Rd / Biggins Wood Rd | Left |
| Charles Crescent | EOR left |
| Biggins Wood Rd | EOR right |
| Tile Kiln Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | Left |
| New Street | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout right |
| A20 | 2 nd exit, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Folkestone Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| New Dover Rd / Dover Hill | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | 4 th left |
| Joyes Rd | Left |
| Joyes Close | EOR left |
| Joyes Rd | EOR right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Southern Way | Right |
| The Tram Rd | EOR left |
| Harbour St | Left |
| Harbour Approach | Right |
| Marine Parade | Right |
| Marine Terrace | EOR left |
| Road of Remembrance | Right |
| West Terrace / Bouverie Place / Bouverie Square | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grimstone Avenue | Left |
| Grimstone Gardens | EOR left |
| Grimstone Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Crescent | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St / Sandgate Esplande / Seabrook | |
| Rd | 2 nd right |
| Horn St | EOR right |
| Cheriton High St | EOR left |
| Cheriton Interchange | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | T/L right |
| Risborough Lane | Left |
| Risborough Way / Shorncliffe Rd | EOR right, |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cheriton Rd | EOR right |
| Middleburgh Square / Bouverie | |
| Rd West | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th left, 4 th left |
| Shorncliffe Crescent | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd / Risborough Way | EOR left |
| Risborough Lane | 2 nd right |
| Oaks Rd | EOR left |
| Kings Rd / Royal Military Rd / Risborough Lane | Left |
| Nasenby Rd | EOR left |
| Risborough Lane | EOR right |
| North Rd | Left |
| West Rd | Left |
| Hospital Hill | EOR left |
| Seabrook Rd / Sandgate Esplande / Sandgate High St / Sandgate Hill / Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| West Terrace / Remembrance Hill | |
| / Lower Sandgate Rd / Harbour St | Left |
| Tontine St | EOR left |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout Right |
| A20 | 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Folkestone Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| New Dover Rd / Dover Hill | Left, 2 nd left |
| Wear Bay Rd | 3 rd right |
| Hasborough Rd | Left |
| Verne Place | EOR left |
| Hasborough Rd | EOR left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Wear Bay Rd / Radnor Bridge Rd | Right |
| Ryland Place | EOR right |
| The Tram Rd | EOR right |
| Tontine St | EOR left |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Godwyn Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Dixwell Rd | Right |
| Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Crescent | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St | 2 nd right |
| Military Rd | Right |
| Enbrook Rd | 4 th right |
| Romney Avenue | Left |
| Fremantle Rd | Left |
| Digby Rd | EOR left |
| Fremantle Rd | EOR right |
| Enbrook Valley | EOR left |
| Risborough Way | EOR right |
| Risborough Lane | Right |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | 5 th left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Right |
| Radnor Park Rd | EOR left, roundabout left |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR Right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR Right |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout Left 1 st Exit |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Radnor Park Rd | 2 nd left |
| Park Farm Rd | Left |
| Alder Rd | Right |
| Lynwood | Right |
| Coniston Rd | Left |
| Buttermere Close | EOR left |
| Coniston Rd | Right |
| Grasmere Rd | EOR right |
| Coniston Rd | EOR right |
| William Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Lucy Avenue | 4 th right |
| Linksway | EOR right |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Churchill Avenue | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Southern Way / Warren Rd | 2 nd right |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Wear Bay Rd | Left |
| East Cliff Gardens / The Durlocks | |
| / North St | EOR right |
| Radnor St | EOR left |
| The Tram Rd | Left |
| Harbour St / Harbour Approach | Right |
| Marine Parade | Right |
| Marine Terrace | EOR left |
| Road of Remembrance | Left |
| The Leas | 3 rd right |
| Shakespeare Terrace | EOR left |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Earls Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Rd | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St / Princess Parade | Right |
| Twiss Rd | EOR left |
| East St | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Station Rd / Blackhouse Hill | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Ashford Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cheriton Interchange / Cheriton | |
| High St / Cheriton Rd | 7 th right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 4 th right |
| Grimstone Avenue | Left |
| Grimston Gardens | EOR left |
| Grimston Avenue | Left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd / Cheriton High St | 2 nd right |
| Ashley Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Phillip Rd | Left |
| Bowen Rd | EOR left |
| Phillip Rd | Right |
| Ilex Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd | Left |
| Surrenden Rd | Left |
| Harcourt Rd / Cherry Garden | |
| Lane | EOR right |
| Tile Kiln Lane | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Blackbull Rd | Right |
| Radnor Park Rd | EOR left, roundabout left |
| Cheriton Rd | EOR right |
| Millfield / Ingles Rd | Left |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Sandgate Rd | EOR right |
| West Terrace / Rd of Remembrance / Lower Sandgate Rd | Left |
| Harbour St | Left |
| Tontine St | Right |
| Dover Rd | Left, roundabout left, left |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout |
| 3 rd exit | |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| White Horse Hill | 2 nd left |
| Aerodrome Rd | Left |
| Blenheim Drive | EOR left |
| Aerodrome Rd | Left |
| Haven Drive | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Spitfire Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Canterbury Rd | Left |
| Alkham Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Links Way | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | T/L ahead |
| Beachborough Rd / Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| West Cliffe Gardens | Left |
| Remembrance Hill / Lower | |
| Sandgate Rd / Harbour St | Left |
| Tontine St | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Harbour Way | Left |
| Radnor Bridge Rd / Wear Bay Rd | 2 nd left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | Left |
| Seagrave Rd | EOR left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Foreland Avenue | Left |
| Warren Way | Left, left |
| Foreland Avenue | Left |
| Wear Bay Rd / Hill Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout |
| 3 rd exit | |
| Canterbury Rd | Right |
| Alkham Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | 6 th left |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 14
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th left, 4 th left |
| Shorncliffe Crescent | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd / Risborough Way | EOR right |
| Risborough Lane | T/L right |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | 4 th left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Spitfire Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Swann Drive | EOR right |
| Heron Forstal Avenue | 2 nd left |
| Uphill | Left |
| Canterbury Rd | 2 x roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | EOR left |
| New St | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square | 2 nd left |
| Cheriton Gardens | EOR right |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
Route 15
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout left |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Radnor Park Rd | T/L ahead |
| Pavillion Rd | Left |
| Blackbull Rd | 5 th left |
| Downs Rd | Right |
| Dolphins Rd | EOR right |
| Downs Rd | Left |
| Walton Gardens | EOR left |
| Downs Road | EOR Left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Dover Hill / Folkestone Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Alkham Valley Rd | EOR left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Churchill Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | T/L ahead |
| Beachborough Rd / Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th right |
| Earls Avenue | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
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