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 Blackburn with Darwen below.

While test routes around Blackburn with Darwen 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 Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Left
East Park Rd EOR right
Preston New Rd Left
Montague St 2 nd right
Johnston St / Downham St / Livingston St EOR right
Buncer Lane / Billinge Ave Left
Preston New Rd Left
Meins Rd EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Beardswood Rd EOR right
Columbia Way / Quebec Rd / Dominioin Rd / Montreal Rd / Knighton Ave EOR left
Lammack Rd Right
Rasgrave Drive Right
Pleckgate Rd Right
Shear Brow Right
East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 2

Test Route 2 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Right
St James Rd Left
Openshaw Drive Left
Pleck Farm Ave EOR right
Pleckgate Rd Right
Ramsdreave Drive Left
Parsonage Rd Right
Brownhill Rd EOR right
Parsonage Rd EOR right
Blackburn Old Rd EOR right
Whalley Old Rd EOR right
Brownhill Drive Left
Emerald Ave / Emerald St EOR left
Whalley New Rd Right
St James Rd / East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 3

Test Route 3 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way 3 rd left
Larkhill Right
Whalley Old Rd 2 nd right
Daisy Lane EOR left
Daisy St Left
Moss St EOR right
Peter St EOR left
Moss St EOR left
Florence St EOR right
Whalley Old Rd Right
Beechwood Rd / Philips Rd Left
Whitebirk Drive / Brownhill Drive Right
Whalley New Rd Left
Ramsgeave Rd Left
Barker Lane / Lammack Rd
Shearbrow Right
East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 4

Test Route 4 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Left
East Park Rd EOR right
Preston New Rd Left
Meins Rd EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Mire Ash Brow / Church Lane EOR right
Mellor Lane Right
Barker Lane / Lammack Rd Left
Ramsgreave Rd Left
Pleckgate Rd Left
Pleck Farm Ave EOR right
Openshaw Drive EOR right
St James Rd / East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 5

Test Route 5 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way Left
Limbrick Brow / Shear Brow / Lammack Rd Left
Whinney Lane EOR left
Yew Tree Drive EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Billinge End Rd Left
Buncer Lane EOR right, right
Preston Old Rd 4 th left
Grant Rd 2 nd right
Selous Rd Left
Grant Rd EOR left
Preston Old Rd 4 th left
Feniscliffe Drive / St Francis Rd EOR right
Preston Old Rd / Redlam Left
Garden St Left
Billinge Ave EOR right
Preston New Rd Left

Route 6

Test Route 6 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Right
St James Rd 3 rd right
Conway Ave Left
Snowden Ave EOR right
Conway Ave EOR right
St James Rd Left
Openshaw Drive / Rosewood Ave / Campbell St EOR left
Rosewood Ave EOR left
Whalley New Rd Right
Jasper St EOR left
Cornelian St 2 nd right
Emerald St / Emerald Ave EOR right
Brownhill Drive Left
Whalley Old Rd / Blackburn Old Rd Left
Parsonage Rd / Ramsgreave Rd Left
Barkers Lane / Lammack Rd / Shear Brow Right
East Park Rd EOR left
Preston New Rd Left

Route 7

Test Route 7 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Right
Pleckgate Rd Left
Ramsgreave Drive Right
Lammack Rd / Barker Lane EOR left
Mellor Lane Left
Church Lane Left
Whitecroft Lane Left
Glendale Drive Left, EOR right
St Marys Gardens EOR left
Glendale Drive EOR right
Hob Green EOR right
Whitecroft Lane EOR left
Mire Ash Brow EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Beardwood EOR left
Preston New Rd Left

Route 8

Test Route 8 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way 3 rd left
Larkhill Right
Whalley Old Rd Left
Laburnum Rd / Providence St EOR right
Laburnum Rd EOR left
Whalley Old Rd EOR right
Whitebirk Drive Right
Blakewater Rd Left
Greenbank Rd EOR right
Gorse St / Stanley St EOR left
Harwood St EOR right
Bottomgate 3 rd left
Lambeth St EOR right
William Hopwood St 2 nd right
Audley Lane EOR right
Strathclyde Rd EOR right
Chester St / Higher Barn St EOR left
Eanam 2 nd exit
Barbara Castle Way EOR right
Preston New Rd Right

Route 9

Test Route 9 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC
Shear Bank Rd EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick Ahead
Shear Brow Ahead
Lammack Rd T/L left
Yew Tree Drive EOR left
Preston New Rd Mini roundabout right
Billinge Ave / Buncer Lane / Spring
Lane / Stancliffe St Ahead
Hollin Bridge St 3 rd left
Hamilton St 5 th left
Charles St EOR right
Hamilton St 2 nd right
Wilson St EOR right
Hamilton St EOR right
Hollin Bridge St Ahead
Stancliffe St Ahead
Spring Lane T/L right
Redlam Mini roundabout left
Garden St 2 nd right
Wensley Rd Ahead
Oakenhurst Rd EOR left
Montague St T/L left, EOR T/L right
Preston New Rd 3 rd left
Shear Bank Rd Into

Route 10

Test Route 10 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow / Lammack
Rd EOR left
Yew Tree Drive EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Billinge Ave / Buncer Lane / Spring
Lane 3 rd right
Mill Hill Bridge St EOR left
Queen Victoria Rd / Peel St Right
Albert Rd / Spring Bank Terrace / Aqueduct Rd EOR left
Hamilton St 2 nd right, 3 rd left
Wilson St EOR left
Hamilton St Right
Lower Hollin Bank St / Chadwick St EOR left
Bolton Rd Left
Freckleton St / Byrom St EOR right
King St Left
Montague St EOR right
Preston New Rd Left
East Park Rd 2 nd right

Route 11

Test Route 11 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Left
East Park Rd EOR right
Preston New Rd Left
Montague St 2 nd right
Johnston St / Downham St Left
Saunders Rd / Garden St Right
Redlam / Preston Old Rd 2 nd left
Grant Rd EOR left
Preston Old Rd 4 th left
Feniscliffe Drive / St Francis Drive EOR right
Preston Old Rd Left
Buncer Lane / Billinge Ave EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Yew Tree Drive Right
Lammack Rd / Shear Brow Right
East Park Rd 4 th Left

Route 12

Test Route 12 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow Right
Pleckgate Rd 2 nd right
Pleck Farm Ave EOR left
Openshaw Drive / Rosewood Ave EOR left
Whalley New Rd Right
Jasper St EOR left
Cornelien St 2 nd right
Emerald Ave EOR left
Brownhill Drive / Yew Tree Drive Left
Whinney Lane Right
St Lawrence Ave EOR right
Quebec Rd Right
Beardwood 2 nd left
Acrefield EOR left
Beardwood EOR left
Preston New Rd Right
Billinge End Rd Left
Buncer Lane EOR left
Billinge Ave EOR right
Preston New Rd Left

Route 13

Test Route 13 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way 3 rd left
Larkhill Right
Whalley Old Rd 2 nd right
Daisy Lane EOR left
Daisy St Right
Peter St EOR left
Fort St EOR left
Stanley St / Harwood St Right
Hutton St 2 nd left
Woolwick St EOR right
Harwood St EOR left
Accrington St Left
Burnley Rd Left
Whitebirk Drive Left
Whalley Old Rd Right
Laburnum Rd EOR right
Whalley Old Rd Right
St James Rd / East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 14

Test Route 14 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Barbara Castle Way Roundabout 2 nd exit
Eanam / Copy Nook / Bottom Gate Right
Lambeth St 3 rd right
William Hopwood St / Mary St EOR right
William Hopwood St Left
Lambeth St Left
Addington St EOR left
Lambeth St EOR left
Bottom Gate Right
Gate St Right
Ordnance St Right
Woolwich St EOR right
Harwood St Right
Stanley St / Gorse St Left
Greenbank Rd EOR right
Blakewater Rd EOR left
Whitebirk Drive / Brownhill Drive / Ramsgreave Drive Left
Pleckgate Rd Left
Shear Brow Right
East Park Rd 4 th left

Route 15

Test Route 15 at Blackburn with Darwen test centre
Road Direction
DTC EOR left
Preston New Rd Left
Brabara Castle Way Left
Limbrick / Shear Brow / Lammack Rd Left
Whinney Lane 2 nd left
St Lawrence Ave EOR right
Quebec Rd Left
Beardwood 2 nd left
Acrefield EOR left
Beardwood EOR right
Preston New Rd 2 nd right
Mire Ash Brow Right
Whitecroft Lane Left
Glendale Drive Left, EOR right, EOR left
Hob Green EOR right, EOR right
Barker Lane Right
Yew Tree Drive EOR left
Preston New Rd Left


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