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 Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) below.
While test routes around Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) 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 Parklands | EOR right |
| Clayton Lane/Stafford Avenue | Roundabout right |
| Clayton Rd | 2 nd Left |
| Friars Wood Rd | T/L right |
| Blackfriars Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lower St continues along A34 | T/L right |
| St Michaels Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hempstalls Lane | Right |
| Heath Place | EOR right |
| Heath Avenue/Sunny Hollow | EOR left |
| Brampton Rd/High St | T/L right |
| Basford Park Rd | Left |
| Jubilee Rd/Oxford Rd | EOR left |
| Curzon St | Right |
| Lower Oxford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Broughton Rd | EOR left |
| The Avenue | Left |
| Etruria Rd | Right |
| Victoria St | T/L left |
| Shelton New Rd | Dual carriageway right |
| A500 continue to Hanford | Roundabout right |
| Stone Rd / Newcastle Rd | 3 rd T/L, left |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Clayton Lane / Stafford Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Clayton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Westbury Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Clayton Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | T/L right |
| Trentham Road A5182 | EOR right |
| Whitmore Rd A53 | Roundabout left |
| Sneyd Ave | EOR right |
| Thistleberry Avenue | EOR right |
| Higherland | T/L ahead |
| Blackfriars Rd | T/L ahead |
| Friarswood Rd | Left |
| Brook Lane | Roundabout follow Main Rd, roundabout left |
| Lower St | 2 nd roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Ryecroft | Roundabout right |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout left |
| London Rd / Newcastle Road | 3 rd T/L right |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Clayton Lane / Stafford Avenue | Roundabout ahead |
| Dartmouth Avenue | 4 th left |
| Sutherland Drive | Left |
| Dartmouth Avenue | Roundabout ahead |
| Sneyd Avenue | EOR left |
| Gallowstree Lane | Left |
| Paris Avenue / Gallowstree Lane | Roundabout left |
| Keele Rd / Keele By Pass | Right |
| Pepper St | EOR right |
| High St / Mill St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Silverdale Rd | T/L left |
| Church Lane | Mini roundabout left |
| Knutton Lane | Mini roundabout right |
| Milehouse Lane | Roundabout right |
| Liverpool Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ryecroft | Roundabout right |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout left |
| London Rd / Newcastle Rd | 3 rd T/L right |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | 4 th left |
| Keelings Drive | Roundabout 2 nd left |
| Harpfields Rd | Right |
| Collin Rd | EOR left |
| Trent Valley Rd | 3 rd right |
| Hunters Way | Right |
| Trent Valley Rd/Manor Court | Mini roundabout ahead |
| St Thomas Place / Honeywall | 6 th right |
| Hill St | EOR left |
| Campbell Place through to Lonsdale St | One way system to |
| Campbell Rd | Roundabout left |
| Sideway bridge | Roundabout right |
| A500 | Exit to roundabout left |
| Stone Rd A34 | 2 nd T/L right |
| Whitmore Rd B5038 | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Clayton Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Stafford Avenue/Clayton Lane | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | EOR right |
| Clayton Lane / Stafford Avenue | Roundabout ahead |
| Dartmouth Avenue | Right |
| Sandon Avenue | EOR right |
| Kingsway East | Left |
| The Square | Right |
| Kingsway West | EOR right |
| Dartmouth Avenue | Roundabout ahead |
| Sneyd Avenue | Left |
| Paris Avenue / Sneyd Avenue | EOR right |
| Thistleberry Avenue | EOR right |
| Higherland | T/L left |
| Poole Dam | 2 nd left |
| Silverdale Rd | 2 nd right |
| Knutton Lane | Roundabout right |
| Lower St | Roundabout right |
| Poole Dam | T/L left |
| Blackfriars | T/L right |
| Priory Rd / Whitmore Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Whitmore Rd | 4 th left |
| Trentham Rd A5182 | T/L left |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Clayton Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Stafford Avenue / Clayton Lane | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Clayton Lane / Stafford Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Clayton Rd | T/L right |
| Seabridge Lane | Left |
| Severn Drive | Left |
| Seabridge Lane | 2 nd left |
| Stockwood Rd | Right |
| Ridgemont Rd / Seabridge Lane | Left |
| Whitmore Rd | 2 nd right |
| Three Mile Lane | EOR right |
| Keele Rd | EOR right, ahead |
| Higherland | T/L left |
| Poole Dam | Roundabout left |
| Lower St | Roundabout right |
| Ryecroft | Roundabout ahead |
| King St / Borough Rd | Left |
| George St | Ahead |
| Hartshill Rd | Right |
| The Avenue | T/L left |
| London Rd / Newcastle Rd | 2 nd T/L right |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hawthorne Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Moorsyde Rd | EOR right |
| Littlefield | EOR left |
| Newcasle Rd/Stone Rd | 2 nd roundabout left |
| Longton Rd | Right |
| Oaktree Rd | EOR right |
| Longton Rd/Trentham Rd | Left |
| Drubbery Lane | Left |
| Stradbroke Drive | EOR left |
| Drubbery Lane | 2 nd right |
| Gomsmill Rd | EOR right |
| Drubbery Lane | Roundabout right |
| Blurton Rd | 2 nd roundabout left |
| A50 join A500 South | Roundabout right |
| Clayton Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Stafford Avenue / Clayton Lane | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L left |
| Newcastle Rd / London Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ryecroft | Roundabout right |
| Lower St / Liverpool Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | Left |
| Albermarle Rd / Douglas Rd | EOR left |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | 4 th right |
| Cotswold Avenue | EOR right |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | Mini roundabout left |
| Knutton Lane | Mini roundabout right |
| Church Lane | T/L right |
| Silverdale Rd / Newcastle St / Church | |
| St / Sneyd Terrace | Roundabout right |
| Scot Hay Rd | 3 rd left |
| Pepper St | EOR |
| Keele Bypass | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Gallowstree Lane | 2 nd right |
| Sneyd Avenue/Dartmouth Avenue | Roundabout ahead |
| Stafford Avenue / Clayton Lane | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | EOR left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd / Stone Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Stone Rd | Roundabout left |
| Longton Rd | Right |
| Barlaston Old Rd | 3 rd left |
| Burrington Drive | Left |
| Oldacres Rd | EOR right |
| Jonathan Rd | EOR left |
| Barlaston Old Rd | Crossroads right |
| Tittensor Rd | EOR right |
| Stone Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Stone Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Whitmore Rd | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Clayton Rd | 2 nd roundabout right |
| Stafford Avenue / Clayton Lane | Left |
| Parklands | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | Left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L left |
| Newcastle Rd / London Rd | Roundabout right |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Queens St / Brampton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wulstan Drive | Right |
| Marina Drive | Right |
| Sparch Hollow | 3 rd left |
| Southlands Avenue | 2 nd crossroad ahead |
| West View | Left |
| South Terrace | EOR left |
| Dimsdale Parade East | 2 nd right |
| Watlands View | Roundabout ahead |
| Porthill Bank | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| A500 | 2 nd exit slip rd, roundabout right |
| Basford Bank | 5 th left |
| Victoria St | EOR left |
| Hartshill Rd | 3 rd right |
| The Avenue | EOR left |
| Newcastle Rd | 2 nd T/L right |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | Right |