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 Birmingham (South Yardley) below.
While test routes around Birmingham (South Yardley) 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 |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd / Lincoln Rd North | EOR left |
The Avenue / Lincoln Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd | Right |
Brookvale Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd / Olton Boulevard | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Fox Hollies Rd | 3 rd left |
Hartfield Crescent | Right |
Greenwood Ave | 2 nd right |
Shirley Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
School Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Fox Hollies Rd | Left |
York Rd | Mini roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Cateswell Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Shaftmoor Lane | 2 nd right |
Olton Boulevard | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Shirley Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Warwick Rd | 7 th left |
Lincoln Rd | Right |
Lincoln Rd North | 4 th left |
Clay Lane | Right, mini roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout right |
Gilbertstone Ave | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead, left |
Brickfield Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | T/L ahead, T/L Left |
Kings Rd | 5 th right |
Wharfdale Rd | T/L ahead |
Knights Rd | Becoming |
Knights Rd / Tynedale Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
Cateswell Rd | Roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
York Rd | EOR right |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd left |
Boden Rd | EOR left |
Shirley Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
School Rd / Lakey Lane | EOR left |
Gospel Lane | 3 rd right |
Brook Lane | EOR left |
Kineton Green Lane | Roundabout ahead |
St Margarets Rd | T/L ahead |
Richmond Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left, 2 nd left |
Pierce Ave | EOR right |
Lincoln Rd North | Crossroads left |
Clay Lane / The Vineries | Mini roundabout right |
Woodcock Lane North | Mini roundabout ahead |
Clay Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd / Lincoln Rd North | 4 th left |
Pierce Ave | EOR right |
Richmond Rd | Left |
Chapel Fields Rd | EOR right |
Lydon Rd | Left |
Barrington Rd | EOR left |
Richmond Rd | Mini roundabout right, T/L left |
Warwick Rd | 4 th right |
Grange Rd | 2 nd right |
Greswolde Rd | Left |
Bryanston Rd | Right |
Cheltondale Rd | Roundabout right |
Beechwood Rd | Left |
Miall Park Rd | EOR right |
Streetsbrook Rd | Roundabout right |
St Bernards Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
Ulverley Green Rd | Left |
Station Drive | Mini roundabout right |
Richmond Rd | Mini roundabout left, EOR left, right |
Wagon Lane | 3 rd right |
Wells Green Rd | EOR right |
Wagon Lane | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | 3 rd left |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout ahead, right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd / Lincoln Rd | 4 th left |
Pierce Ave | EOR right |
Richmond Rd | Mini roundabout right, 2 nd left |
Breamar Rd | EOR right |
Ulverley Green Rd | T/L ahead |
St Barnards Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Kineton Green Rd | Left |
Gunns Way | EOR right |
Swanswell Rd | 3 rd left |
Langley Hall Rd | EOR left |
Swanswell | EOR left |
Gospel Lane | 3 rd right, left |
Lakey Lane / School Rd | Roundabout ahead |
School Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Olton Boulevard East | Roundabout left |
Shirley Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
Warwick Rd | 7 th left |
Lincoln Rd / The Ave | Right |
Lincoln Rd North / Bosworth Rd | EOR right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout right |
Gilbertstone Ave | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Left, roundabout right |
Church Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
Stoney Lane | 3 rd left |
Blakesley Rd | Right |
Stuarts Rd | 2 nd right |
Manor Gardens | 1 st exit |
Levante Gardens | EOR left |
Bordersley Green East | T/L ahead, T/L left |
Little Bromwich Rd | Roundabout left |
Yardley Green Rd | Mini roundabout right |
Richmond Rd | 2 nd left |
Wash Lane | Roundabout ahead |
Holder Rd | T/L left |
Coventry Rd | Left |
Howard Rd | EOR right |
Boughton Rd | EOR left |
Howard Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | T/L right |
Lyndon Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, 2 nd right |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Clay Lane / The Vineries | Mini roundabout right |
Woodcock Lane North | Mini roundabout ahead |
Clay Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd | 2 nd left |
Barn Lane | EOR left |
Lydon Rd | Right |
Daylesford Rd | EOR right |
Colesbourne Rd | EOR right |
Ulleries Rd | Left |
Moordown Ave | Roundabout left |
Castle Lane | Roundabout ahead |
Old Lode Lane | 2 nd left |
Merevale Rd | EOR left |
Old Lode Lane | 3 rd right |
Valley Rd | 2 nd left |
Wells Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | T/L right |
Sheaf Lane / Church Rd | 2 nd right |
Rectory Park Rd | Right |
Coalway Ave | Left |
Goldthorne Ave | 2 nd left |
Trysull Ave | Crossroads ahead |
Warmington Rd | EOR left |
Cranes Park Rd | EOR left |
Church Rd / Sheaf Lane | T/L right |
Coventry Rd | 4 th left |
Gilberstone Ave | Mini roundabout left |
Clay Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd / Lincoln Rd North | EOR left |
The Ave / Lincoln Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd | Right |
Brookvale Rd | EOR left |
Kineton Green Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
St Margarets Rd | T/L right |
Warwick Rd | T/L left |
Ulverley Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Ulverley Green Rd | Mini roundabout left |
Castle Lane | 2 x roundabout ahead |
Old Lode Lane | 3 rd right |
Tanhouse Farm Rd | 3 rd left |
Elmdon Park Rd | EOR left |
Fallowfield Rd | Right |
Tanford Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Ventnor Rd | EOR left |
Valley Rd | Right |
Wells Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | 3 rd left |
Keswick Rd | Left |
Wells Green Rd | Left |
Keswick Rd | EOR right |
Wells Green Rd | EOR right |
Wagon Lane | 2 nd left |
Marcot Rd | Crossroads ahead |
Gotham Rd | Crossroads ahead |
Aldershaw Rd | EOR right |
Gilberstone Ave | Roundabout left |
Clay Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout left, 3 rd left |
Bosworth Rd | 2 nd left |
Barn Lane | EOR right |
Lyndon Rd | Mini roundabout right, left |
Barrington Rd | Left |
Dene Court Rd | Left |
Barington Rd | EOR left |
Richmond Rd | Mini roundabout right, T/L left |
Warwick Rd / Olton Boulevard East | Roundabout left |
Shirley Rd | Right |
Green Wood Ave | EOR left |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout right |
School Rd | T/L left |
Stratford Rd | 5 th left |
Fox Hollies Rd | 2 nd right |
Lakey Lane | Roundabout left |
Shirley Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
Warwick Rd | 7 th left |
Lincoln Rd / The Ave | Right |
Lincoln Rd North / Bosworth Rd | EOR right |
Clay Lane | Mini roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Left, roundabout ahead, left |
Broadyates Rd | EOR right |
Stockfield Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd | Right |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout right |
Olton Boulevard East | EOR left |
Shaftmoor Lane | Roundabout left |
Cateswell Rd | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
Stratford Rd | Roundabout left |
Solihull Rd | Left |
Pitmason Rd | Right |
Wellfield Rd | EOR right |
Redstone Farm Rd | EOR left |
Streetsbrook Rd | Roundabout left |
St Bernards Rd | Roundabout left |
Kineton Green Rd | Left |
Brookvale Rd | EOR left |
Kineton Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
St Margarets Rd | T/L ahead |
Richmond Rd | Roundabout left, EOR left |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Clay Lane | Right, roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Roundabout right |
Gilberstone Ave | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Roundabout right |
Church Rd | Roundabout right, right |
Barrows Lane | EOR left, roundabout right |
Ollerton Rd | Roundabout left |
Sunny Mead Rd | Right |
Herondale Rd | EOR right |
Brays Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Right |
Hobs Moat Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Hobs Moat / Lode Lane | Roundabout right |
Castle Lane | Roundabout right |
Moordown Ave | EOR left |
Ulleries Rd | Roundabout right |
Lyndon Rd | Left |
Barn Lane | Right |
Shalford Rd | Right |
Barn Lane | Crossroads right |
Bosworth Rd | EOR left |
Clay Lane | EOR right |
The Vineries | Roundabout right |
Woodcock Lane Nth | Roundabout ahead |
Clay Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Roundabout left, left |
Bosworth Rd | Left |
Barn Lane | EOR left |
Lyndon Rd | Right |
Daylesford Rd | Left, left |
Evenlode Rd | EOR right |
Melton Ave | Roundabout left |
Hobs Moat Rd | Right |
Old Lode Lane | Right |
Merevale Rd | EOR right |
Old Lode Lane | Roundabout left |
Lode Lane | Left |
Rowood Drive | EOR left |
Damson Lane | Roundabout ahead |
Damson Parkway | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Left |
Lyndon Rd | Right |
Coverdale Rd | Right |
Thurlestone Ave | Crossroads ahead |
Amberley Rd | EOR right |
Barn Lane | EOR right |
Bosworth Rd | Roundabout right |
Clay Lane | Left |
Clay Lane |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Roundabout right |
Gilbertstone Ave | T/L left |
Coventry Rd | Underpass, T/L right |
Holder Rd / Wash Lane | Roundabout ahead |
Wash Lane | Right |
Flavells Lane | Left |
Fieldhouse Rd | Right |
Debenham Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR let |
Clements Rd | Crossroads ahead |
Stewarts Rd | Right |
Manor Gardens | Left |
Levante Gardens | EOR right |
Bordesley Green East | T/L right |
Stoney Lane | Roundabout left |
Church Rd | Right |
Yew Tree Lane / Rowlands Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | T/L right |
Hobs Moat Rd | Roundabout right |
Melton Ave | Left |
Evenlode Rd | EOR right |
Daylesford Rd | EOR left |
Lyndon Rd | Right |
Barn Lane | Right |
Amberley Rd | EOR right |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Bosworth Rd | EOR right |
Clay Lane | Roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Clay Lane | Roundabout left, left |
Bosworth Rd | Left |
Barn Lane | EOR left |
Lyndon Rd | Right |
Daylesford Rd | Left, left |
Evenlode Rd | EOR right |
Melton Ave | Roundabout left |
Hobs Moat Rd | T/L right |
Coventry Rd | T/L right |
Damson Parkway | Roundabout left, right |
Yew Tree Lane | EOR right |
Lode Lane | Roundabout left |
Castle Lane | Roundabout right |
Moordown Ave | EOR left |
Ulleries Rd | EOR right |
Lyndon Rd | Left |
Barn Lane | Right |
Shalford Rd | Right |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Clay Lane | Roundabout right |
Woodcock Lane North | Roundabout ahead |
Clay Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Roundabout right |
Gilbertstone Ave Rd | Left |
Aldershaw Rd | Crossroads ahead |
Gotham Rd | Left |
Gilbertstone Ave Rd | EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Left, roundabout left |
Yardley Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
Mansfield Rd | EOR left |
Stockfield Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd | Right |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout left |
Olton Boulevard East | Roundabout right |
Shirley Rd | Roundabout left |
Lakey Lane | EOR left |
Gospel Lane | Right |
Langley Hall Rd | Right |
Swanswell Rd | Right |
Gunns Way | EOR left |
Kineton Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
St Margarets Rd | T/L ahead |
Richmond Rd | 2 x roundabout left, EOR left |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Clay Lane | Right, roundabout right, left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Clay Lane | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
Coventry Rd | Left, roundabout ahead, left |
Broadyates Rd | EOR right |
Stockfield Rd | EOR left |
Warwick Rd | Right |
Fox Hollies Rd | Roundabout right |
Olton Boulevard East | EOR left |
Shaftmoor Lane | Roundabout left |
Cateswell Rd | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
Stratford Rd | Roundabout left |
Solihull Rd | Left |
Pitmason Rd | Right |
Wellfield Rd | EOR right |
Redstone Farm Rd | EOR left |
Streetsbrook Rd | Roundabout left |
St Bernards Rd | Roundabout left |
Kineton Green Rd | Left |
Brookvale Rd | EOR left |
Kineton Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
St Margarets Rd | T/L ahead |
Richmond Rd | Roundabout left, EOR left |
Barn Lane | Crossroads ahead |
Clay Lane | Right, roundabout right, left |