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 Cardiff (Llanishen) below.
While test routes around Cardiff (Llanishen) 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 | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd | 2 nd right, EOR left |
| Pwllmelin Rd | 5 th right |
| Fairwood Rd | EOR left |
| Pwllmelin Rd / Fairwater Rd | T/L left |
| Cardiff Rd / Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Llantrisant Rd | Right |
| Gillian Rd / Highfields | Left |
| Greenwood Rd | EOR right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout right |
| Danescourt Way | Roundabout right |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead, left |
| Crofft Y Genau Rd | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| Llandetty Rd | EOR left |
| Llanbedr Rd | EOR right |
| Llangattock Rd | EOR left |
| Finchley Rd | Left |
| Norbury Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L left |
| Western Avenue | 4 th T/L ahead, 2 nd slip rd left |
| Gabalfa Roundabout | Roundabout left, |
| North Rd | T/L ahead |
| Merthyr Rd | Bear left |
| The Philog | EOR left |
| Merthyr Rd | Right |
| Heol Penyfai | EOR right |
| Westfield Rd | Left |
| Heol Penyfai | Right |
| Merthyr Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| St. Davids Rd | EOR right |
| Tynewydd | EOR left |
| Bishops Rd | Right |
| Bishops Place | EOR left |
| Church Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Don / Station Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Bridge Rd | Roundabout right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Waterhall Rd / Plasmawr Rd / Fairwater Rd | T/L left |
| St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd / Plasmawr Rd | Left |
| Pentrebane Rd | Right |
| Ashcroft Crescent | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | Left |
| Beechley Drive | 2 nd left |
| Maple Rd | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | EOR left |
| Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead, left |
| Croft-Y-Genau Rd | Ahead, EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Fairways Crescent / Bwlch Rd / Finchley Rd | Left |
| Norbury Rd | Into |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd / Plasmawr Rd / Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Heol Isaf | Left |
| Windsor Rd | Left |
| Derwen Drysgol / Bryn Derwen | EOR right |
| Heol Isaf | Left |
| Kings Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| Taff Terrace | Left |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Isaf | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, 3 rd right |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Ely Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | Right, left, right |
| Palace Rd | EOR right |
| Pencisely Rd | Left |
| Greenwich Rd / Ovington Terrace | Right |
| Greenwich Rd | EOR right |
| Pencisely Rd | Right |
| Clive Rd | T/L ahead |
| Grosvenor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Broad St | Roundabout left, T/L right |
| Leckwith Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| A4232 | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Cowbridge Rd West | Roundabout left |
| Western Avenue | T/L left |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | 2 x T/L ahead |
| Pencisely Rd | Right |
| West Orchard Crescent | EOR right |
| Windway Rd | EOR left |
| Ely Rd | EOR left |
| Western Ave | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Cowbridge Rd West | 2 nd left |
| Colin Way | Right |
| Arles Rd | EOR right |
| Vincent Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, T/L left |
| Cowbridge Rd West | Roundabout left |
| A4232 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Leckwith Rd | T/L left |
| Broad St | Roundabout right 3 rd exit, T/L left |
| Lansdowne Rd / Cowbridge Rd East | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Western Ave | T/L left |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Ely Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | Right, left , EOR left |
| Caewal Rd | EOR left |
| Pencisely Rd | 3 rd right |
| Greenwich Rd / Ovington | |
| Terrace | Right |
| Greenwich Rd | EOR right |
| Pencisely Rd | Right |
| Clive Rd | 2 nd left |
| Romilly Rd | T/L left |
| Llandaff Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cardiff Rd | 3 x T/L ahead |
| Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Llantrisant Rd | 4 x roundabout ahead |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, 3 rd right |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L right |
| Western Ave | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Cowbridge Rd West | T/L left |
| Riverside Terrace / Dyfrig Rd | 2 nd right |
| Littlecroft Ave | EOR right |
| Colin Way | Left |
| Arles Rd | EOR left |
| Colin Way | EOR left |
| Cowbridge Rd West | Roundabout left |
| A4232 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Leckwith Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Atlas Rd / Lansdowne Rd / Cowbridge Rd East | 3 rd right |
| Windway Rd | Right |
| Windway Ave | Emerge right, EOR right |
| Windway Rd | EOR right |
| Ely Rd | Left |
| Waungron Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | Left |
| Llangattock Rd | EOR right |
| Bwlch Rd / Fairways Crescent | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd / Cardiff Rd | Right |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Heol Isaf | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Isaf | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, 3 rd left |
| Gillian Rd / Highfields | Left |
| Greenwood Rd | EOR left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridge St / Cardiff Rd | T/L right |
| Western Ave | T/L right |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | 2 nd left |
| Llandetty Rd | EOR left |
| Llanbedr Rd | EOR right |
| Llangattock Rd | EOR right |
| Bwlch Rd / Fairways Crescent | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd / Cardiff Rd | Right |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Heol Isaf | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Taff Terrace | Left |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Isaf | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Waterhall Rd / Plasmawr Rd / Fairwater Rd | T/L left |
| St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L left |
| Western Ave | 4 x T/L ahead, 2 nd exit roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Whitchurch Rd | Left |
| Allensbank Rd | T/L left |
| Heathwood Rd | 2 nd right |
| Cefn Carnau Rd | EOR left |
| St Isan Rd | EOR right |
| Heathway | Left |
| St Brigid Rd | EOR right |
| Heathway | EOR right |
| Heathwood Rd | T/L left |
| Caerphilly Rd / North Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Western Ave | 3 x T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Ely Rd | T/L right |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, right, EOR right |
| Finchley Rd / Bwlch Rd / Fairways Crescent | EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd | 2 nd left |
| Gorse Place | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | Left |
| Orange Grove | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | Right |
| Pentrebane Rd | Left |
| Ashcroft Crescent | EOR left |
| Pentrebane Rd | EOR left |
| Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, left |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | 2 nd right |
| Norbury Rd | Left |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Gorse Place | EOR left |
| Beechley Drive | Left |
| Firs Ave | EOR left |
| Beechley Drive | Right |
| Maple Rd | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | EOR left |
| Waterhall Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Cardiff Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Western Ave | T/L left |
| Ely Rd | T/L right |
| Waungron Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Old St Fagans Rd | 2 nd right |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left |
Route 14
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L ahead |
| Waungron Rd | T/L left |
| Ely Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | Right, left, right |
| Caewal Rd | Left |
| Western Ave | T/L right |
| Ely Rd | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / Bridge St | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, mini roundabout right |
| Gabalfa Rd / River View / Colwill Rd / Llanidloes Rd | Left |
| Cathedral View | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Aberporth Rd | EOR left roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Western Ave | 2 x T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd eft |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
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