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 Middlesbrough below.
While test routes around Middlesbrough 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.
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | Right | 
| Queensway | EOR left | 
| South Bank Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | 1 st exit, EOR right | 
| Shepherdson Way | Roundabout ahead, 2 x roundabout left | 
| Dockside Rd | Roundabout 3 rd right, roundabout 3 rd | 
| exit | |
| Old Station Rd | Left | 
| Imperial Ave | Left | 
| Old Station Rd | Left | 
| A66 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Church Lane | EOR right | 
| High St | T/L right | 
| Normanby Rd | T/L left | 
| Trunk Rd | Right | 
| Skippers Lane / Sotherby Rd | Left | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd / Skippers Lane | EOR left | 
| Trunk Rd | T/L right | 
| Normanby Rd | T/L left | 
| High St | Left | 
| Church Lane | T/L ahead, roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout right | 
| Tilbury Rd | Left, EOR right | 
| Old Station Rd | Right | 
| Imperial Ave | EOR right | 
| Old Station Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Dockside Rd | Roundabout left, roundabout right | 
| Riverside Stadium | Roundabout ahead | 
| Shepherdson Way | Roundabout ahead, left | 
| A66 | Roundabout 4 th left | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | Roundabout left | 
| South Bank Rd | Right | 
| Queensway | Crossroads left | 
| Sotherby Rd | Right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Wallis Rd | EOR right | 
| Skippers Lane | EOR left | 
| Trunk Rd | T/L roundabout ahead | 
| Broadway | Left | 
| Argyle Rd | EOR left | 
| Broadway | Roundabout right | 
| Birchington Ave | Left | 
| St Georges Rd | EOR left | 
| Birchington Ave | 3 rd roundabout | 
| Whale Hill | EOR right | 
| Eston High St | Left | 
| Bankfields Rd | EOR right | 
| Normanby Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd T/L right | 
| Fabian Rd | T/L left | 
| Church Lane | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit | 
| Old Middlesbrough Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Brunel Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 3 rd left | 
| Maxwell Rd | Right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | Right | 
| Queensway | EOR left | 
| Middlesbrough Rd | Roundabout right | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout ahead, 1 st exit slip rd, roundabout left | 
| Marton Rd | T/L ahead, right | 
| Southfield Rd | Left | 
| Park Vale Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left | 
| Park Rd | Right | 
| Lambton Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right, EOR left | 
| Bishopton Rd | Right | 
| Castle Way | EOR left | 
| Marton Burn Rd | EOR left | 
| Keith Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Marton Rd | 2 nd roundabout right | 
| Longlands | T/L ahead, T/L left | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | 2 nd right | 
| Sotherby Rd | Right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | EOR left | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | T/L ahead, 3 rd right | 
| Homerton Rd | Roundabout ahead | 
| Ormesby Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Kings Rd / Cromwell St | T/L right | 
| West Terrace | T/L right | 
| Borough Rd | T/L right | 
| A66 | Roundabout 2 nd exit | 
| Dockside Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Station Rd | Left | 
| Imperial Ave | Left | 
| Station Rd | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout right | 
| Normanby Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left, right | 
| Trunk Rd | Right | 
| Skippers Lane / Sotherby Rd | 5 th left | 
| Maxwell Rd | Right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | 3 rd right | 
| Westerby Rd | EOR left | 
| Queensway | EOR left | 
| South Bank Rd | Roundabout right | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout left, roundabout left | 
| B1272 | T/L ahead | 
| Hartington Rd / Borough Rd | T/L right | 
| Linthorpe Rd / The Avenue | 4 th left | 
| Beech Grove | 2 nd left | 
| Limes Rd | EOR left | 
| Beech Grove Rd | EOR right | 
| The Vale | EOR left | 
| Keith Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Marton Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout right | 
| Longlands | Roundabout right, T/L ahead, T/L left | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | 2 nd right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Maxwell Rd | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | EOR left | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | T/L right | 
| Longlands Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Marton Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Marton Rd | Right | 
| Park Rd South | 2 nd left | 
| Lambton Rd | EOR left | 
| Bishopton Rd | Right | 
| Castle Way | Left, EOR right | 
| Marton Burn Rd | Left | 
| The Vale | Right | 
| Sycamore Rd | Right, EOR left | 
| The Vale | EOR left | 
| Marton Burn Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| Valley Rd | Roundabout ahead | 
| Park Vale Rd | EOR right | 
| Southfield Rd | EOR left | 
| Marton Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout right | 
| A66 | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | Roundabout ahead, left | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Maxwell Rd | Right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Wallis Rd | EOR right | 
| Skippers Lane | EOR left | 
| Trunk Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout right | 
| South Slip Rd | EOR right | 
| Church Lane | T/L left | 
| Fabian Rd | Roundabout right | 
| Birchington Ave | Roundabout ahead, EOR left | 
| Eston High St | Roundabout left | 
| Greystones Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Broadway | Roundabout ahead, left | 
| Grange Farm Rd | EOR left | 
| Broadway | Roundabout right | 
| North Slip Rd | EOR left | 
| Church Lane | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit | 
| Old Middlesbrough Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Brunel Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 3 rd left | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | Right | 
| Maxwell Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | Left | 
| Brunel Rd | Right | 
| Webb Rd | EOR left | 
| Skippers Lane / Old Middlesborough | |
| Rd | Right | 
| Middlesborough Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit | 
| Station Rd | Right | 
| Tilbury Rd / Normanby Rd | Left | 
| Puddlers Rd | Left | 
| Normanby Rd | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout right | 
| Church Lane | Left | 
| Monmouth Rd | EOR right | 
| Tawney Rd | Right, EOR left | 
| Fabian Rd | Roundabout right | 
| Birchington Ave | Roundabout ahead, EOR left | 
| Eston Rd | Roundabout right | 
| A174 Parkway | 1 st exit, EOR right | 
| Orchard Way / Sunnyfield | Roundabout | 
| Cargo Fleet Lane | T/L ahead, 2 nd right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Maxwell Rd | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Maxwell Rd | EOR right | 
| Sotherby Rd | 2nd right | 
| Wallis Rd | EOR right | 
| Skippers Lane | EOR left | 
| Trunk Rd | T/L right | 
| Normanby Rd | Right | 
| The Ave | Roundabout ahead, left | 
| The Ave | Left | 
| Lime Rd | EOR left | 
| Craigearn Rd | Right | 
| Kinloch Rd | EOR right, EOR left | 
| Blantyre Rd | Left | 
| Kirknewton Rd | Right | 
| Braidwood Rd | EOR left | 
| Normanby Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Eston High St / Eston Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Greystone Rd | Roundabout left | 
| Trunk Rd | Roundabout ahead | 
| Broadway | Left | 
| Grange Farm | EOR left | 
| Broadway | Roundabout right | 
| North Slip Rd | EOR left | 
| Church Rd | Roundabout left | 
| A66 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit | 
| Middlesborough Rd | 3 rd left | 
| Telford Rd | EOR left | 
| Sotherby Rd | Right | 
| Maxwell Rd |