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 Barnsley below.
While test routes around Barnsley 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 | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | 8 th right |
| Summer Lane | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Racecommon Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Sheffield Rd | T/L left |
| Taylor Row / Doncaster Rd | Right |
| Redhill Ave | EOR right, left |
| Thornton | Left |
| Poplars Rd | EOR left |
| Cypress Rd / Yews Lane / Underwood Ave | EOR left |
| Yews Lane | 2 nd right |
| Knowle Rd | EOR left |
| Upper Sheffield Rd | T/L right |
| Kingwell Rd | Right |
| Pinfold Rd | EOR right |
| Mount Vernon Rd | 4 th left |
| Cope St | 3 rd right |
| Dobie St | EOR left |
| Park Rd | T/L right |
| Racecommon Rd | Roundabout 2 nd left |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | Crossroad T/L ahead |
| Broadway | 3 rd right |
| Woodland Drive | EOR right |
| Broadway | Dual Carriageway becomes |
| Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L right |
| Keresforth Hall Rd / Genn Lane | Right |
| Hound Hill Lane | EOR left |
| Haverlands Lane | EOR left |
| Vernon Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Mount Vernon Rd | Mini roundabout right, left |
| Mount Vernon Ave | 5 th right |
| Lockwood Lane | Crossroads ahead |
| Warren Quarry Lane | Left |
| Warren Crescent / Dickinson Rd | Left |
| Warren Crescent | EOR right |
| Kenworthy Rd / Highstone Ave | EOR left |
| Park Rd | 4 th right |
| Locke Ave | Left |
| Longcar Lane | EOR right |
| Racecommon Rd | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Shambles St | Left |
| St Mary’s Place | 2 nd left |
| Churchfields | EOR right |
| Sackville St / Pogmoor Rd | 8 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Dodworth Rd | 2 nd right |
| Shaw Lane / Shaw St | EOR right |
| Racecommon Rd | Left |
| Longcar Lane | EOR right |
| Locke Ave | EOR left |
| Park Rd | 4 th right |
| Warren Quarry Lane | Crossroads ahead |
| Warren Crescent | EOR right |
| Warren Quarry Lane | Crossroads ahead |
| Lockwood Lane | EOR left |
| Mount Vernon Ave / Dillington Square | EOR left |
| Mount Vernon Ave | EOR left |
| Sheffield Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| West Way | Roundabout right |
| Summer Lane | 4 th right |
| Victoria Crescent West | Crossroads ahead |
| Victoria Crescent | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd / Wilthorpe Rd | 4 th left |
| Redbrook Rd | Right |
| Church St | Left |
| Wharfdale Rd | Left |
| Oakfield Walk | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 3 rd right |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 2 nd right |
| Intake Lane | EOR right |
| Redbrook Rd | Left |
| Rowland Rd | T/L ahead |
| Wilthorpe Ave | EOR right |
| Greenfoot Lane | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd | 4 th right |
| Bond Rd | Crossroads right |
| Salisbury St | EOR left |
| Kensington Rd / Cross St | EOR left |
| Kensington Rd | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd | Right |
| Cavendish Rd | Right |
| Cockerham Lane | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd | T/L left |
| Old Mill Lane | Gyratory Systems right |
| Gyratory Slip Rd | Right |
| Harborough Hill Rd | Roundabout left |
| Sheffield Rd | T/L right |
| Union St | EOR right |
| Wood St | EOR left |
| Agnes Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Hawthorne St | Right |
| Longcar Lane | EOR left |
| Racecommon Rd | T/L right |
| Keresforth Hill Rd / Broadway | T/L ahead |
| Pogmoor Rd | 4 th right |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L left |
| Gawber Rd / Redbrook Rd | 4 th left |
| Intake Lane | Left |
| Pennine Way / Downs Crescent | EOR right |
| Pennine Way | EOR left |
| Intake Lane | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Broadway / Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Park Rd | 5 th right |
| Warren Quarry Lane | Left |
| Cope St | EOR left |
| Warren Quarry Lane | 2 nd right |
| Warren Crescent | EOR right |
| Kenworthy Rd / Highstone Ave | EOR right |
| Park Rd | 3 rd left |
| Duke St / Wood St | Crossroads right |
| New St | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| West Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Harborough Hill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Eldon St North / Eldon St / Market Hill | T/L left |
| Shambles St | T/L right |
| St Mary’s Place | 2 nd left |
| Church Field | EOR right |
| Sackville St | EOR left, ahead |
| Gawber Rd | T/L left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 8 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 2 nd right |
| Intake Lane | Right |
| Pennine Way / Downes Crescent | EOR right |
| Pennine Way | EOR right |
| Intake Lane | EOR left |
| Redbrook Rd | Left |
| Wilthorpe Rd | Roundabout right |
| Whaley Rd | Left, EOR left, EOR right |
| Claycliffe Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Barnsley Rd | Right |
| Dearne Hall Rd / Spark Lane | EOR left |
| Towngate | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Darton Rd / Station Rd / Church St | EOR right |
| Barnsley Rd | Left |
| Churchfield Lane | Left |
| Ronan Rd | Left |
| Bence Lane | EOR right |
| Barnsley Rd | Mini roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Barugh Lane | T/L left |
| Barugh Green Rd | Right |
| Longley St | EOR right |
| Barugh Green Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit right |
| Wilthorpe Rd / Huddersfield Rd | 2 nd right |
| Greenfoot Lane | T/L left |
| Gawber Rd | Right |
| Victoria Crescent West | EOR right |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L left |
| Gawber Rd | 3 rd right |
| Rowland Rd | T/L left |
| Wilthorpe Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Whaley Rd | Left, EOR left, EOR right |
| Claycliffe Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Barugh Lane | T/L left |
| Barugh Green Lane | Right |
| Longley St | EOR left |
| Barugh Green Rd | T/L left |
| Higham Common Rd | 5 th left |
| Lawrence Close | Right |
| Whitham Court / Waveney Court | EOR right |
| Whitham Court | EOR left |
| Lawrence Close | EOR left |
| Higham Common Rd / Higham | |
| Lane / Barnsley Rd | Motorway roundabout 2 nd exit ahead |
| Dodworth Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| Summer Lane | 5 th right |
| Victoria Crescent West | Crossroads left |
| Gawber Rd | T/L left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 8 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 3 rd right |
| Oakfield Walk | EOR left |
| Wharfdale Rd / Farmhouse Lane | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | Right |
| Westmoor Crescent / Midhope Way | EOR left |
| Westmoor Crescent | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L left |
| Dodworth Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| West Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Harborough Hill Rd | Follow left lane T/L then A635 |
| Old Mill Lane | Right |
| Honeywell St | Left |
| Honeywell Lame | 2 nd right |
| Allendale Rd | EOR right |
| Honeywell Lane | EOR right |
| Cockerham Lane | 2 nd left |
| Hall Balk Lane | EOR right |
| Huddersfield Rd / Wilthorpe Rd | 3 rd left |
| Redbrook Rd / Gawber Rd | T/L right |
| Pogmoor Rd | 8 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Greenfoot Lane | 2 nd right |
| School Lane / Kensington Rd / Cross | |
| St | EOR left |
| Kensington Rd | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd | Right |
| Cavendish Rd | Crossroads left |
| Cockerham Rd / Smithies Lane | T/L EOR left |
| Wakefield Rd | Roundabout 2 nd right |
| Rotherham Rd | 2 nd left |
| Chatsworth Rd | Right |
| Highfield Rd | EOR left |
| Athersley Rd | EOR right |
| Carlton Rd | T/L left |
| Rotherham Rd | T/L right |
| Burton Rd | T/L left |
| Old Mill Lane / Harborough Hill Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| West Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit right |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 4 th right |
| Farmhouse Lane / Wharfdale Rd | EOR right |
| Church St | EOR left |
| Redbrook Rd | Left |
| Wilthorpe Rd | Roundabout left |
| Barugh Green Rd | 2 nd left |
| Longley Close / Stevenson Drive | EOR left |
| Lawrence Close | EOR right |
| Higham Common Rd | T/L ahead |
| Barugh Lane | Mini roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Claycliffe Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Wilthorpe Rd | T/L left |
| Wilthorpe Ave | EOR right |
| Greenfoot Lane | EOR left |
| Huddersfield Rd | T/L ahead |
| Church St | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Shambles St | Roundabout 5 th exit |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L left |
| Gawber Rd | Right |
| Queens Drive | EOR right |
| Huddersfield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Salisbury St | EOR left |
| Kensington Rd | Right |
| Clarke St | EOR right |
| Bond Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Cavendish Rd | Crossroads right |
| Cockerham Lane | Left |
| Honeywell Lane / Allendale Rd | EOR left |
| Honeywell Lane | 2 nd right |
| Honeywell St | Crossroads left |
| Old Mill Lane | Gyratory system right |
| Slip Rd | Right |
| Harborough Hill Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| West Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Shambles St | T/L left |
| St Mary’s Place | T/L ahead |
| Church Lane | T/L ahead |
| Huddersfield Rd | T/L left |
| Rowland Rd | EOR right |
| Redbrook rd | 4 th left |
| Intake Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 2 nd right |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th right |
| Summer Lane | Roundabout 5 th exit |
| Dodworth Rd | 6 th left |
| Shaw Lane / South St | EOR left |
| Shaw Lane / Shaw St | EOR right |
| Racecommon Rd | T/L right |
| Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L left, left |
| Gilroyd Lane | Right |
| Saville Rd | 3 rd left |
| Smithywood Lane | EOR ahead |
| Stainborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St / Station Rd | EOR right |
| Mitchelson Ave | 2 nd left |
| Higham Lane / Higham Common Rd | T/L right |
| Barugh Green Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Wilthorpe Rd | Right |
| Redbrook Rd | Right |
| Church St | Left |
| Wharfdale Rd | Left |
| Oakfield Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 2 nd right |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 5 th right |
| Westmoor Crescent / Harden Close | Right |
| Longside Way / Britland Close | EOR left |
| Longside Way | EOR left |
| Westmoor Crescent | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L right |
| Dodworth Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Barnsley Rd / Mitchelson Ave | 2 nd left |
| Station Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| High St / Keresforth Rd | Right |
| Green Lane | EOR right |
| Saville Rd | EOR left |
| Gilroyd Lane | EOR right |
| Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L right, T/L left |
| Racecommon Rd | 6 th right |
| Clarendon St / Pit St | Right |
| Blucher St | Left |
| Lower Castlereagh St | T/L left |
| Wellington St | T/L ahead, left |
| Peel St | Roundabout 5 th exit |
| Shambles St | T/L left |
| St Mary’s Place | T/L ahead |
| Church St | T/L left |
| Victoria Rd / Sackville St | Left |
| Victoria Crescent West | EOR right |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Broadway | T/L ahead |
| Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Park Rd | 6 th right |
| Warren Quarry Lane | Left |
| Cope St | EOR right |
| Mount Vernon Rd / Mount Vernon | |
| Crescent | EOR left |
| Mount Vernon Rd | Left |
| Pinfold Hill | EOR left |
| Kingwell Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Yews Lane | 3 rd right |
| Overdale Ave | EOR right |
| Yews Lane / Cypress Rd | Right |
| Farm Rd | EOR right |
| Birk Ave / Neville Ave | EOR left |
| Doncaster Rd | T/L ahead |
| Taylor Row | T/L right |
| Sheffield Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| West Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Rd | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 3 rd right |
| Oakfield Walk | EOR left |
| Wharfdale Rd / Farmhouse Lane | EOR right |
| Pogmoor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Broadway | T/L ahead |
| Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Park Rd | 3 rd right |
| Highstone Ave / Kenworthy Rd | Left |
| Warren Crescent | EOR left |
| Kenworthy Rd / Mount Vernon Ave | EOR right |
| Mount Vernon Rd | Mini roundabout left, ahead |
| Vernon Rd | 2 nd right |
| Wigfield Drive / Wayland Ave | EOR left |
| Wigfield Drive | EOR right |
| Haverlands Lane | Right |
| Hound Hill Lane | EOR left |
| Genn Lane / Keresforth Hill Rd | T/L right |
| Park Rd | Left |
| Racecommon Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit left |
| Summer Lane | EOR left |
| Pogmoor Rd | 7 th left |
| West Rd | Right |