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 Alnwick below.
While test routes around Alnwick 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 Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt | Ahead |
| Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Dispensary St | EOR left |
| Canongate/Abbey Lands | Right |
| Smiley Loaning | EOR right |
| B6341 Roundabout | Right 2 nd exit |
| The Peth | Ahead |
| Narrowgate | EOR left |
| Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Right |
| Prudhoe St | Left |
| Wagon Way | Right |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Lindisfarne | EOR left |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Blakelaw Rd | Left |
| Greensfield Avenue | EOR right |
| St James | Becomes |
| Wagon Way | Ahead, EOR left |
| Bondgate Without | Right |
| Follow B1340 | 2 nd left |
| A1-Newcastle | 1 st exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Left |
| Green Batt | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt | Ahead |
| Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Dispensary St | EOR left |
| Canongate/Abbey Lands | Right |
| Smiley Loaning | EOR right |
| B6341 | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| The Peth | Becomes |
| Narrowgate | 2 nd right |
| Fenkle St | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | 2 nd right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Prudhoe St | Right |
| Wagon Way | Right |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Blakelaw Rd | Left |
| Greensfield Ave | EOR right |
| St.James Estate | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Willowburn Ave | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A1 North | 1 st exit |
| Slip Road | Left |
| B1340 | EOR right |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt | Left |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Lisburn St | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Right |
| Prudhoe St | Left |
| WagonwayRd | Left |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Queen St | EOR right |
| Queens Rd | EOR right |
| Victoria Terrace | Left |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Blakelaw Rd | Left |
| Greensfield Avenue | EOR right |
| St James Estate | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Willowburn Avenue | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Right |
| Shilbottle Rd | EOR right, 1 st right |
| Shilbottle | EOR right |
| A1 North | 1 st exit (Alnwick) / roundabout ahead |
| 2 nd exit | |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead |
| Bondgate Within | 2 nd right |
| Fenkle St | EOR left |
| Narrowgate | 2 nd left |
| Bailiffgate | Left |
| Northumberland St | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Market St | 3 rd left |
| Bondgate Within/Narrowgate | 2 nd left |
| Bailiffgate | Left |
| Northumberland St | Right |
| Howling Lane | Left, left |
| Windsor Gardens | Right, EOR left |
| Howling Lane | Left |
| Clayport Gardens | Left, EOR left |
| Clayport Rd/Market St/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | 2 nd left |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR left |
| South Rd/A1 Slip Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| A1 North | Left 1 st exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Left |
| B1340 | EOR left, right |
| Prudhoe St/Lisburn St | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 2 nd right |
| Cedar Grove/Upper Barresdale | EOR right |
| Cedar Grove | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 2 nd right |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Bondgate Within | Through arch |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Left |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR left |
| South Rd | Right |
| Willowburn Avenue | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Onto A1- north |
| A1 North | 1 st exit |
| Slip Rd | Left, immediate right (staggered junction) |
| B6341 | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| B6341 | Left |
| Smiley Loaning | EOR left |
| Abbey Lands/Canongate | Becomes |
| Bailiffgate | EOR right |
| Narrowgate | EOR right |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | 2 nd right |
| Percy St | Ahead |
| Percy Terrace/The Dunterns | Left |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Wagonway Rd | Ahead |
| Prudhoe St | EOR left |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead through arch |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 2 nd right |
| Cedar Grove/Upper Barresdale | EOR left |
| Upper/Lower Barresdale | Right |
| Howling Lane | EOR left |
| Cedar Grove | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 2 nd left |
| Fenkle St | EOR left |
| Narrowgate/The Peth | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| B6341 | EOR left |
| Denwick | Left |
| A1 Slip Rd | Onto A1 south |
| A1 South | 1 st exit |
| Slip Road | Left |
| Shilbottle Rd | Left |
| Lionheart Industrial Estate | EOR right |
| Shilbottle Rd | EOR left |
| A1 Slip Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Willowburn Avenue | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| St James Estate | Left |
| Greensfield Ave | EOR right |
| Blakelaw Rd | Right |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Left |
| Wagonway Rd | Left |
| Prudhoe St/Lisburn St | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | 3 rd left |
| Narrowgate | 2 nd left |
| Bailiffgate | Left |
| Northumberland St | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 1 st right |
| Clayport Gardens | Right |
| Clayport Gardens | EOR right |
| Howling Lane | EOR left |
| Lower Barresdale | Becomes |
| Upper Barresdale/Cedar Grove | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 1 st right |
| Lisburn St/Prudhoe St | EOR right |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Left |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR left |
| South Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Onto A1 south |
| A1 South | 2 nd left |
| Shilbottle | EOR left |
| Shilbottle/Alnmouth Rd | Left |
| Shilbottle/Alnwick Rd | EOR left |
| A1 Slip Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd | Left |
| Dispensary St | Left |
| Windsor Gardens | EOR left |
| Howling Lane | EOR right |
| Cedar Grove/Upper Barresdale | Left |
| Howling Lane | EOR right |
| Howling Lane | EOR left |
| Northumberland St | EOR right |
| Bailiffgate | EOR right |
| Narrowgate | 2 nd right |
| Fenkle St | EOR left |
| Market St/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Left |
| B1340 | 2 nd left |
| A1 South | 1 st exit |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Alnmouth Rd | 2 nd left |
| West Acres | Left |
| West Acres | EOR right |
| Alnmouth Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Left, left |
| Wagonway Rd | Right |
| Swansfield Park Rd | 2 nd left |
| Blakelaw Rd | Left |
| Greensfield Avenue | EOR left |
| Victoria Terrace/Wagonway Rd | EOR left |
| Prudhoe St | 2 nd right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Left |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR left |
| South Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| A1 Slip Rd | Right |
| Shilbottle Rd | EOR right |
| Shilbottle Rd | 2 nd right |
| Farriers Rd | Ahead |
| Hampeth | EOR left |
| Hampeth | EOR right |
| A1 North | 1 st exit – alnwick/roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Left |
| Prudhoe St | Left |
| Wagonway Rd | Right |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Right |
| The Dunterns/Percy Terrace | EOR right |
| Prudhoe St | EOR left |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alnmouth Rd/A1068 | Ahead |
| Lesbury | Roundabout left |
| Lesbury | 2 nd left |
| Follow Road To Longhoughton | EOR left |
| Follow Road To Denwick | EOR left |
| Denwick | 2 nd right |
| B6341 | Roundabout left |
| Over Bridge/The Peth | Right |
| Bailiffgate | Left |
| Northumberland St | Right |
| Howling Lane | Becomes |
| Lower Barresdale | Becomes |
| Upper Barresdale | Becomes |
| Cedar Grove | Left |
| Howling Lane | Right |
| Clayport Gardens | Left |
| Clayport Gardens | EOR left |
| Clayport Rd | 2 nd right |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt/Tower Lane | EOR right |
| Clayport Rd/Bondgate Within | Ahead |
| Bondgate Without | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alnmouth Rd/A1068 | Ahead |
| Lesbury | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Hipsburn | Right |
| Curly Lane | EOR left |
| Station Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alnmouth Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Alnmouth | Left |
| Golf Course Rd | EOR right |
| Alnmouth Village | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Foxton | EOR left |
| Lesbury | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Follow Road To Alnwick | Roundabout left |
| South Rd | 2 nd left |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR right |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | 3 rd left |
| Hotspur St/Green Batt | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC Roxburgh Place | Right |
| Green Batt | Left |
| Percy St | Ahead |
| Percy Terrace/The Dunterns | Left |
| Swansfield Park Rd | Ahead |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Queen St | EOR right |
| Queens Rd | EOR left |
| Victoria Terrace/St.James Estate | Roundabout ahead |
| Willowburn Avenue | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| A1 South | 4 th left |
| Hampeth | Right |
| Follow Road To Shilbottle | 2 nd left |
| Shilbottle | EOR right |
| Shilbottle | EOR left |
| After Leaving Shilbottle | 1 st left |
| Follow Road To Alnwick | EOR left |
| A1 Slip Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Rd | Right |
| Willowburn Industrial Estate | EOR right |
| South Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bondgate Without | Ahead |
| Bondgate Within/Clayport Rd | Left |
| Tower Lane/Green Batt | Left |