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 Nelson below.
While test routes around Nelson 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 |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd / Higher | |
| Reedley / Marsden Rd | EOR right |
| Briercliffe Rd | Roundabout right |
| Casterton Ave | T/L left |
| Colne Rd | Left |
| Fifth Ave | EOR left |
| Colne Rd | Right |
| Disraeli St | Right |
| Kyan St / Disraeli St | Right |
| Barden Lane / Greenhead Lane | EOR right |
| Bypass | 3 rd right |
| Carr Rd | Right |
| Park Ave / Carr Hall Rd | EOR right |
| By Pass | Roundabout ahead |
| Scotland Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Holme St / Sagar St | Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd / Hibson Rd | Right |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Right |
| Town House Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hallam Rd | Roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout left |
| Reedyford Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd | Roundabout left |
| Bypass | 3 rd left |
| Carr Hall Rd | Left |
| Carr Rd | EOR left |
| Bypass | 3 rd right |
| Cuckstool Lane | EOR left |
| Wheatley Lane Rd / St Annes Rd | EOR left |
| Bypass | Right |
| Cuckstool Lane / Clitheroe Rd / Railway St | T/L left |
| Colne Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Manchester Rd | T/L right |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd | Left |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd | 3 rd roundabout left |
| Sagar St / Holme St | T/L right |
| Reedyford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Regent St | EOR left |
| Whitewalls Drive | Roundabout ahead |
| Vivary Way | T/L right |
| Crown Way | Left |
| North Valley Rd | T/L right |
| Lord St | T/L right |
| Albert Rd | 3 rd left |
| Bridge St | Left |
| Shaw St | EOR left |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Knotts Lane | EOR left |
| Burnley Rd / Leeds Rd | 3 rd roundabout left |
| Walton Lane | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Walton Lane / Townhouse | Right |
| Hallam Rd | Left |
| Marsden Hall Rd | Roundabout right |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Roundabout left |
| Broadway | EOR left |
| Netherfield Rd | 3 rd roundabout right |
| Railway St | 3 rd roundabout right |
| Broadway | T/L ahead |
| Manchester Rd | T/L left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd | Left |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd | 3 rd roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Roundabout left |
| Marsden Hall Rd | Roundabout right |
| Walton Lane / Townhouse Rd | Left |
| Barkerhouse Rd | EOR left |
| Sheffield Lane | EOR left |
| Knotts Lane / Bridge St | Right |
| Shaw St | EOR left |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Knotts Lane | EOR right |
| Primet Hill / Albert Rd | Left |
| Spring Lane | EOR left |
| North Valley Rd | T/L right |
| Crown Way | T/L left |
| Vivary Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Whitewalls Drive | Roundabout right |
| Burnley Rd / Leeds Rd | EOR T/L left |
| Holme St | Roundabout ahead |
| Sagar St | Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd | Right |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd / Higher | |
| Reedley Rd | 3 rd right |
| Broadhurst Way / Borrowdale Drive | EOR right |
| Fairfield Drive | EOR right |
| Casterton Ave | T/L ahead |
| Windermere Ave | 3 rd left |
| Ruskin St | EOR left |
| Windermere Ave | EOR right |
| Barden Lane / Greenhead Lane | EOR right |
| Bypass | Left |
| Carr Hall Rd | EOR right |
| Wheatley Lane Rd | Right |
| Higher Causeway | EOR right |
| Gisburn Rd / Scotland Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Scotland Rd | T/L ahead |
| Holme St / Sagar St | Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd | Right |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden / Higher | |
| Reedley Rd | 2 nd right, 2 nd right |
| Pennine Way | 2 nd left |
| Heyhead St | EOR left |
| Halifax Rd | T/L ahead |
| Railway St / Clitheroe Rd / Cuckstool | |
| Lane | Right |
| Bypass | Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass | EOR roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, T/L left |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Priory St | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hallam Rd | Right |
| Marsden Hall Rd | Roundabout right |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Roundabout left |
| Netherfield Rd | 3 rd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd | Right |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd | Crossroads right |
| Halifax Rd | T/L left |
| Burnley Rd / Coine Rd | T/L right |
| Windermere Ave | 2 nd left |
| Ruskin St | EOR left |
| Windermere Ave | EOR left |
| Newman St | EOR right |
| Colne Rd | 2 nd T/L left |
| Church St | Roundabout left |
| Yorkshire St | T/L left |
| Belvedere Rd / Queen Victoria Rd / Eastern Ave | Roundabout right |
| Marsden Rd / Higher Reedley Rd / Walverden Rd / Hibson Rd | Roundabout left |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR right |
| Lomeshaye Rd | T/L right |
| Manchester Rd | T/L right |
| Broadway | Roundabout left |
| Holme St | T/L right |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout right, left |
| Bradley Hall Rd | 5 th left |
| Fulham St | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout right |
| Reedyford Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd | Roundabout left |
| Bypass | Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass | Left |
| Carr Rd | Right |
| Park Ave / Carr Hall Rd | Left |
| Bypass | 2 nd left |
| Greenhead Lane / Barden Lane | 2 nd left |
| Windermere Ave | 2 nd right |
| Ruskin St | 4 th right |
| Kyan St / Ruskin St | EOR right |
| Windermere Ave | T/L left |
| Colne Rd / Burnley Rd | T/L right |
| Halifax Rd | Left |
| Walverden Rd / Hibson Rd | Roundabout left |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR right |
| Lomeshaye Rd | T/L right |
| Manchester Rd | T/L right |
| Broadway | Roundabout right |
| Sagar St | Roundabout left |
| Netherfield Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Roundabout left |
| Marsden Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Marsden Hall Rd North | Roundabout right |
| Walton Lane | Roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Burnley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Whitewalls Drive | Roundabout ahead |
| Vivary Way | T/L left |
| Barrowford Rd / Colne Rd | EOR left |
| Gisburn Rd | Right |
| Church St / Wheatley Lane Rd | Left |
| Carr Hall Rd / Park Ave | Right |
| Carr Rd | EOR right |
| Manchester Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd | Left |
| Cobden St | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Cobden St | EOR left |
| Lomeshaye Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hibson St | Left |
| Halifax Rd | Right |
| Kings Causeway | Left |
| Higher Reedley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Reedley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Pennine Way | EOR left |
| Halifax Rd | T/L ahead |
| Railway St / Clitheroe Rd / Cuckstool | |
| Lane | Right |
| Bypass | Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass | Roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd | Roundabout left |
| Reedyford Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd | 3 rd left |
| Priory St | EOR left |
| Bradley Hall Rd | Right |
| Priory St | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Barkerhouse Rd | Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd | 3rd roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd / Hibson Rd | Right |
| Cobden St | Right |
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