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 Chorley below.
While test routes around Chorley 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 |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane / Lyons Lane | Left |
| Worthy St | EOR right |
| Brooke St | Left |
| Lyons Lane | Right |
| Bolton Rd | Left |
| Duke St | Left |
| Brindle St | Right |
| Harrison Rd | Left |
| Pall Mall | T/L right |
| Tootell St / Collingwood Rd | Right |
| Isleworth Drive | EOR left |
| Claremont Rd | Left |
| Walgarth Ave | EOR right |
| Collingwood Rd / Stansted Rd / Copperwood Way | Right |
| Ackhurst Rd | EOR left |
| Southport Rd | Left |
| Balshaw Lane | EOR right |
| Wigan Rd A49 | T/L right |
| Euxton Lane | Left, right |
| Preston Rd | Left |
| Harper’s Lane | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Right |
| Eaves Lane / Botany Bay | Left |
| Northgate Drive | EOR left |
| Thornhill Rd | Right |
| Birch Rd | EOR right |
| Thornhill Rd / Shakespeare Terrace | Left |
| Beaconsfield Terrace | EOR right |
| Harper’s Lane | Right |
| Preston St / Preston Rd | Left |
| Euxton Lane | Left |
| Chancery Rd | Left, EOR right |
| Westway | Left |
| Euxton Lane | T/L left |
| Wigan Rd | Left |
| Balshaw Lane / Southport Rd / St. Thomas’s Rd | EOR T/L right |
| Market St | Left |
| High St | Left |
| Cleveland St | EOR right |
| Union St | Left |
| Clifford St | Right |
| Stump Lane | EOR left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Froom St | Left |
| Montcliffe Drive | Left |
| Belmont Drive | EOR left |
| Bagganley Lane | EOR right |
| Eaves Lane / Botany Brow / Blackburn Rd (A674) | Right |
| Carlton Rd | Left |
| Dorking Rd | EOR right |
| Carlton Rd | EOR right |
| Blackburn Rd | EOR right |
| New Blackburn Rd | Left |
| Victoria St | Right |
| Blackburn Rd Heapey / Town Lane | EOR left |
| Dolphin Brow / Shaw Brow | EOR left |
| Preston Rd (A6) | Right, right |
| Rookwood Ave | EOR left |
| Astley Rd / Astley St | EOR right |
| Water St | EOR left |
| Hollinshead St / Stump Lane | EOR left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Stump Lane | Left |
| Clifford St / Shepherd’s Way | Right |
| George St / Pall Mall | Right |
| Devonshire Rd | Left |
| Gillibrand Walks | Left |
| Litchfield Rd / Rydal Place | Right |
| Westbourne Rd | Left |
| Rydal Place | Left |
| Litchfield Rd | EOR right |
| Gillibrand Walks | Left |
| Devonshire Rd | Left |
| Carrington Rd | Right |
| Ashfield Rd | EOR right |
| St Thomas’s Rd | EOR T/L left |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Astley Rd | Left |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Preston Rd | Ahead, right |
| Millennium Way / Blackburn New Rd | Left |
| Victoria St | Right |
| Blackburn New Rd | Left |
| Blackburn Rd / Botany Brow / Eaves | |
| Lane | Left |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane / Lyon’s Lane | Left |
| Shepherd’s Way / Lyons Lane South / Bolton St | T/L ahead |
| Bolton Rd | Right |
| Carr Lane | Left, ahead |
| Welbank Rd | Left |
| Eaves Green Lane | Right |
| Hodder Ave | EOR right |
| Eaves Green Lane | EOR left |
| Moor Rd / Coppull New Rd | Left |
| Birkacre Rd / Chapel Lane | Right |
| Lancaster St | EOR right |
| Spendmore Lane / Coppull New Rd / Moor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Pall Mall / George St / Lyons Lane / Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Brooke St | Left |
| Lyons Lane | Ahead |
| Bolton St | T/L right |
| Pilling Lane | Left |
| Carr Lane | EOR right |
| Bolton Rd | Becomes |
| Westhoughton Rd A6 | Ahead |
| Market St | Right |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Acresfield | EOR left |
| Park Rd | Becomes |
| The Common | Becomes |
| Park Rd | EOR left |
| Market St | Right |
| Railway Rd | T/L ahead |
| Babylon Lane | EOR left |
| Long Lane | Becomes |
| Weaver’s Brow | Becomes |
| Cowling Brow | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Brooke St | Left |
| Lyons Lane South | Ahead |
| Bolton St | T/L ahead |
| Bolton Rd A6 | T/L right |
| Wigan Rd | Left |
| Rawlinson Lane | Right |
| Westhoughton Rd A6 | Left |
| Railway Rd | Left |
| Highfield Rd | Left |
| Abbey Grove | E.O.R left |
| Highfield Road | right |
| Chester Place | E.O.R right |
| The Avenue | EOR right |
| Chorley Road | T/L left |
| Babylon Lane | EOR left |
| Long Lane | Becomes |
| Weaver’s Brow | Becomes |
| Cowling Brow | Right |
| Eaves Lane | EOR right |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Harpers Lane | Right |
| Beaconsfield Terrace | EOR right |
| Shakespeare Terrace | Becomes |
| Thornhill Rd | Right |
| Northgate | EOR left |
| Botany Brow | Ahead |
| Blackburn Rd | EOR right |
| Blackburn Rd | Left |
| Victoria St | EOR right |
| Blackburn Rd | Left |
| Preston Rd | Right |
| Euxton Lane | Ahead |
| Westway | Left |
| Southport Rd | Becomes |
| St Thomas’s Rd | EOR T/L right |
| Market St | Left |
| High St | Left |
| Cleveland St | EOR right |
| Union St | Left |
| Clifford St | Right |
| Stump Lane | EOR left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Ahead |
| Botany Brow | Becomes |
| Blackburn Brow | Becomes |
| Blackburn Rd | EOR left |
| Blackburn Rd | Left |
| Drumhead Rd | Left |
| Maple Grove | EOR left |
| Millennium Way | Right |
| Preston Road A6 | Left |
| Dawson Lane | EOR left |
| Central Avenue | EOR T/L left |
| Euxton Lane | Left |
| Euxton Lane | Right |
| Preston Rd A6 | Left |
| Harpers Lane | Right |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Stump Lane | Left |
| Friday St | Ahead |
| Steeley Lane | EOR right |
| East Way | EOR right |
| Lyons Lane | Right |
| Shepherd’s Way | Ahead |
| Clifford St | Ahead |
| Bengal St | Ahead |
| Water St | Ahead |
| Preston St | Left |
| Park Rd | Right |
| Astley Rd | Becomes |
| Millfield Rd | Becomes |
| Astley Rd | Left |
| Rookwood Avenue | Right |
| Fairway | Bend |
| Highfield Rd North | Left |
| Preston Rd | Right |
| Blackburn New Rd | Left |
| Victoria St | EOR right |
| Blackburn New Rd | Left |
| Blackburn Rd | Ahead |
| Botany Brow | Ahead |
| Eaves Lane | Left |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Left, left |
| Cowling Brow / Weaver’s Brow / Limbrick / Long Lane | Ahead, right |
| Babylon Lane | T/L ahead |
| Railway Rd | Left |
| Peel St / Belmont Rd | Right |
| Rivington Ave | EOR right |
| Belmont Rd / Mayfield Ave | EOR left |
| Railway Rd | Right |
| Westhoughton Rd (A6) / Bolton Rd / Bolton St / Market St | Right |
| Saint George’s St / Chapel St | T/L left |
| Clifford St | Left, right |
| Stump Lane | EOR left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane / Lyons Lane | Left, ahead |
| Bolton St / Bolton Rd | T/L right |
| Wigan Lane | Left |
| Rawlinson Lane | EOR right |
| Chorley Rd | Left |
| Daisy Hill Drive / Sutton Lane | EOR right |
| Babylon Lane | T/L left |
| Bolton Rd | Left |
| Roscow Lowe Brow | EOR left, ahead |
| New Rd / Long Lane / Weaver’s Brow | |
| / Cowling Brow | Right |
| Eaves Lane | EOR right, right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
| Eaves Lane | Right |
| Stump Lane | Right |
| Bengal St | Left |
| Commercial Rd | Left |
| Parker St | Right |
| Nichol St | EOR left |
| Park Rd / Market St | T/L right |
| St Thomas’s Rd / Southport Rd | Left |
| Ackhurst Rd | EOR left |
| Gillibrand Link Rd | Right |
| Butterworth Brow | Left |
| Birkacre Rd | Left |
| Coppull Rd | Right |
| Lower Burgh Way | Right, left, right |
| Coppull Rd / Pall Mall | Right |
| Harrison Rd | Left |
| Brindle St | EOR right |
| Duke St | EOR left |
| Bolton St | Right |
| George St / Lyons Lane / Eaves Lane | Right |
| Rossall Rd | Left |
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