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 Blyth below.
While test routes around Blyth 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 | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right |
| Renwick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Albion Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Malvins Close | 2 nd left |
| Brierley Rd | EOR left |
| Tynedale Drive | Left |
| Swaledale Ave | EOR left |
| Tynedale Drive | T/L left |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Spine Rd | Left |
| Shoes Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout left |
| B1523 | Roundabout ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout right |
| Plessey Rd | Roundabout left |
| The Broadway | Right |
| Kingsway | 2 nd left |
| Cypress Gardens | EOR right |
| Princess Dawn Rd | Left |
| Winchester St | EOR left |
| Princess Louise Rd | 2 nd cross |
| Croft Rd | 4 th left |
| Marine Terrace | Crossroads right |
| Wolsely Rd | T/L right |
| Waterloo Rd / Bridge St | Right |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Beaconsfield St | Right |
| Auldborough St | Ahead |
| Collingwood Terrace | EOR left |
| Cypress Gardens | EOR right |
| Princess Louise Rd | Left |
| Jubilee Rd | EOR right |
| Kingsway | EOR left |
| Broadway | Roundabout right |
| Plessey Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1523 | Roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout right |
| A192 | Roundabout ahead, right |
| East Hertford Rd | Right |
| Ormston St | EOR left |
| East Hertford Rd | EOR left |
| A192 Slip Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1505 | EOR left |
| Horton Rd | Right |
| Bebside Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Cowpen Rd | Left |
| Fire Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Renwick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L right |
| Wolsey Rd | EOR left |
| Middleton St | 3 rd left |
| Union St | T/L right |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right |
| Renwick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Albion Way | Roundabout left |
| Ford Drive | Right |
| Ogle Drive | Left |
| Middle Row | Left |
| Southend Ave | EOR right |
| Newsham Rd | Left |
| Winship St | Roundabout right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1523 | Roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Slip Rd | Ahead onto |
| Spine Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bebside Slip Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Fire Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Hodgsons Rd | T/L left |
| Relief Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Bridge St | Roundabout right |
| Wellington St | Left |
| Plessey Rd | Left |
| Percy St South | 2 nd right |
| Stanley St | Crossroads ahead, crossroads right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
| Ridley Ave | Left |
| Park View | EOR left |
| Wensledale Terrace / B1329 | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Astley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Western Ave | Left |
| Mitford Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Delaval Ave | EOR left |
| The Ave | 2 nd left |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Sinclair Gardens | EOR left |
| Astley Rd | Roundabout right |
| The Ave | 2 nd left |
| St Ronans Drive | EOR left |
| The Links | Roundabout ahead |
| Rotary Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Plessey Rd | Crossroads left |
| Beaconsfield St | Follow bend right |
| Carlton St | Follow bend left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Beaconsfield St | 2 nd right |
| Plessey Rd | Left |
| Plessey Ave | EOR left |
| Plessey Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rotary Way | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| The Links | Right |
| St Ronans Drive | Left |
| Astley Gardens | EOR right |
| Derwent Rd | EOR left |
| St Ronans Drive | EOR right |
| Fountain Head Bank / The Ave | Roundabout left |
| Astley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Sinclair Gardens | EOR right |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Ave Rd | 2 nd right |
| Prospect Ave | Left |
| Western Ave | EOR left |
| Astley Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| A192 | Roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1329 / Wensledale Terrace | Right |
| Park View | Right |
| Ridley Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Bridge St | Roundabout left, left |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right |
| Renwick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Albion Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Malvins Close | Right |
| Edendale Ave | EOR right |
| Briardale Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Front St | Right |
| Furnace Rd / Furnace Bank | Crossroads right |
| Bank Top Rd / A189 Slip Rd / A189 | 2 nd left |
| Shoes Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout left |
| B1523 | Roundabout ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout right |
| Plessey Rd | Roundabout ahead, 3 rd right |
| Plessey Ave | EOR right |
| Plessey Rd | Crossroads ahead, left |
| Stanley St | Crossroads right |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Quay Rd | Right |
| Sussex St / Essex St | Right |
| Ridley St | EOR right |
| Essex St | EOR right |
| Low Quay | Roundabout right |
| Wellington St / Plessey Rd | Roundabout ahead, crossroads ahead, 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1523 | Roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A1061 | Slip road left |
| Grumpy’s Slip Rd | EOR right |
| B1326 | Roundabout right |
| A192 | Roundabout ahead |
| Astley Rd | Right |
| Western Ave | 2 nd left |
| Mitford Ave | Roundabout left |
| Prospect Ave | Right |
| Blyth St | Crossroads left |
| Ave Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| The Ave / Fountain Head Bank | Roundabout left |
| The Links | Roundabout right |
| B1329 / Wensledale Terrace | Left |
| Park Rd / Beaconsfield St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
| Ridley Ave | Left |
| Park View | EOR left |
| Belgrave Crescent | Right |
| Gordon Rd | EOR right |
| Wensledale Terrace / B1329 | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A1061 | Roundabout right |
| B1505 | Roundabout right, EOR left |
| Horton Rd | Right |
| Bebside Rd / Front St | Left |
| Furnace Rd / Furnace Bank | Crossroads right |
| Bank Top Rd / Slip Rd | Ahead onto |
| Spine Rd | Left |
| Bebside Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Hodgsons Rd / Regent St | T/L left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Bridge St | Left |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right |
| Renwick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Albion Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Dean View Drive | 4 th right |
| Edendale Ave | EOR right |
| Briardale Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Slip Rd / Spine Rd | Left |
| A1147 / Bomarsund Rd | Left |
| Station St | EOR right |
| Station Rd | Left |
| Melrose Terrace | Crossroads ahead |
| Furnace Bank / Furnace Rd | EOR left |
| Front St | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Cowpen Rd | Left |
| Fire Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Hodgsons Rd / Regent St | T/L left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Bridge St | Left |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| York St | T/L right |
| Regent St | Left |
| Hodgsons Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Malvins Rd | EOR right |
| Albion Way | Left |
| Brierley Rd | EOR left |
| Tynedale Ave | T/L left |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Spine Rd | Left |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1329 / Wensledale Terrace | Left |
| Park Rd | Right |
| Rosamund Place | Left |
| Percy St South | EOR left |
| Plessey Rd | Right |
| Stanley St | Crossroads right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Beaconsfield St | Right |
| Auldborough St | Ahead |
| Collingwood Terrace | Left |
| Winchester Ave | Crossroads right |
| Princess Louise Rd | Roundabout left |
| Broadway | Roundabout ahead |
| Rotary Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Slip Rd | Right |
| High Pit Rd | Right |
| Clifton Rd | 4 th right |
| Cambo Drive | 3 rd left, EOR right |
| Village Rd | EOR right |
| High Pit Rd | Left |
| Slip Rd / Spine Rd | 3 rd left |
| Bedlington Slip Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Hodgsons Rd / Regent St | T/L left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Bridge St | Left |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | 2 x roundabouts right |
| Plessey Rd | Crossroads ahead, roundabout left |
| Rotary Way | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| The Links | Roundabout right |
| Sweaty Polise | Left |
| Cresswell Ave | Right, EOR right |
| Parkfield Terrace | EOR left |
| Fountain Head Bank / The Ave | Right |
| Saint Michaels Ave / Double Row | Left, roundabout right |
| A192 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1329 / Wensledale Terrace | Left |
| Park Rd | Right |
| Rosamund Place | Ahead |
| Percy St South | EOR left |
| Plessey Rd | Right |
| Stanley St | Crossroads right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| York St | T/L right |
| Regent St | Left |
| Hodgsons Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Malvins Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Front St | Right |
| Furnace Rd / Furnace Bank | Crossroads ahead |
| Melrose Terrace | EOR left |
| Station Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Rothesay Terrace | EOR right |
| Beech Grove / B1331 | Left |
| Vulcan Place | EOR left |
| Front St / Horton Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Left |
| Fulmar Drive | EOR left |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rotary Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Plessey Rd | Crossroads left |
| Beaconsfield St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout left |
| Relief Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| York St | T/L right |
| Regent St | Left |
| Hodgsons Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Malvins Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Front St / Bebside Rd | EOR right |
| A192 / Front St | Right |
| Vulcan Place | EOR right |
| B1331 / Beech Grove | Right |
| Furnace Bank / Furnace Rd | EOR left |
| Front St | Roundabout right |
| Spine Rd | Left |
| Cramlington Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Left |
| Fulmar Drive | EOR left |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1329 / Wensleydale Terrace | Left |
| Park Rd / Beaconsfield St | Right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | T/L left |
| Cypress Gardens | Crossroads left |
| Princess Louise Rd | 2 nd right |
| William St | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Plessey Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1523 | Roundabout right |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A1061 | Roundabout left |
| Spine Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bebside Slip Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cowpen Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Tynedale Drive | Right |
| Brierley Ave | EOR right |
| Albion Way | Roundabout right |
| Rewick Rd | Roundabout left |
| Waterloo Rd | T/L right |
| Wolsey Rd | EOR left |
| Middleton St | 2 x crossroads ahead, crossroads left |
| Union St | T/L right |
| Bridge St | Right |
| Percy St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Percy St | EOR left |
| Bridge St / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout right |
| Renwick St | Roundabout left |
| Albion Way | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Malvins Rd | EOR right |
| Dean View Drive | Right |
| Edendale Ave | EOR right |
| Briardale Rd | EOR left |
| Cowpen Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Front St | Right |
| Furnace Rd / Furnace Bank | Crossroads ahead |
| Melrose Terrace | EOR right |
| Station Rd | Right |
| Palace Rd | Left |
| St Johns Rd | T/L ahead |
| Moorland Ave / Brock Lane | EOR left |
| Cambois Rd | Left |
| Slip Rd | Ahead onto |
| Spine Rd | 2 nd left |
| The Shoes Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout left |
| Laverock Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| South Newsham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| B1329 / Wensleydale Terrace | Left |
| Park Rd | Right |
| Rosamund Place | Left |
| Stanley St | Crossroads ahead, crossroads right |
| Carlton St | Left |
| Percy St | Right |