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 Pontefract below.
While test routes around Pontefract 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 | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR right |
| Baghill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Harewood Ave | Right |
| Cromwell Crescent | EOR right |
| Harewood Ave | 2 nd right |
| Harewood Mount / Viking Rd | EOR right |
| Grove Rd | EOR right |
| Friarwood Lane | EOR left |
| Southgate | Right |
| Valley Rd / Ropergate | Left |
| Jubilee Way / Mill Hill | 2 nd left |
| Carleton Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Carleton Crescent | Right |
| Crest Drive | EOR right |
| Churchbalk Lane | Roundabout left |
| Carleton Rd / Estcourt Rd | 5 th right |
| Old Great North Rd | Dual carriageway ahead |
| A1 North | Left |
| Eastbourne View / Baghill Lane | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Western Ave | 2 nd left |
| Northfield Drive | EOR right |
| Baghill Lane | T/L left |
| Midland Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR right |
| Baghill Lane | Left |
| Northfield Drive | Right |
| Eastfield Drive | EOR right |
| Western Ave / Cobblers Lane | Right |
| Bexhill Close | Left, EOR left, EOR right |
| Pontefract Rd | Right |
| Spurriers Ave | EOR left |
| Rossiter Drive | EOR left |
| Warren Ave | EOR right |
| Pontefract Rd | T/L left |
| Ferrybridge Rd | 4 th left |
| Argyle Rd | Left, left |
| Doncaster Rd | EOR left |
| A1 South | Left next exit |
| Exit Slip Rd | EOR right |
| Pontefract Rd | 2 nd right |
| A1 Business Park | EOR right |
| Pontefract Rd | T/L ahead |
| Southgate | 2 nd right |
| Valley Rd | Left |
| Ropergate | Left |
| Jubilee Way | T/L left |
| Southgate | Right |
| Friarwood Lane | Left |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Station Lane | EOR left |
| Friarwood Lane | 3 rd turn left |
| Carleton Glen | EOR left |
| Swanhill Lane | Crossroads right |
| Churchbalk Lane | Onto |
| Long Crest | EOR left |
| Carleton Crescent | EOR left |
| Carleton Rd | Left |
| Marlpit Lane | EOR left |
| Eastbourne View | Mini roundabout right |
| Western Ave / Cobblers Lane | EOR left |
| Bondgate | 2 nd right |
| Box Lane | EOR left |
| Ferrybridge Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Monkhill Lane | Left |
| Monkhill Ave | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Skinner Lane | T/L right |
| Headlands Lane | Left |
| Stuart Rd | EOR right |
| Finkle St / Horsefair / Broad Lane | EOR right |
| Southgate | 2 nd left |
| Friarwood Lane | Left |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Station Lane | EOR left |
| Baghill Lane | EOR right |
| South Baileygate | Left |
| Tanners Row / North Baileygate / Northgate | T/L ahead |
| Finkle St | Right |
| Stuart Rd | EOR left, left |
| Front St /Jubilee Way | EOR right |
| Wakefield Rd | Left |
| Westbourne Rd | EOR right |
| Mill Hill Lane | 2 nd left |
| Mill Hill Ave | Right |
| Oakwell Ave | Left |
| Millfield Crescent / Castle Syke View | EOR left |
| Stonegate Drive | EOR right |
| Holgate Rd | EOR left |
| Ackworth Rd | EOR right |
| Hardwick Rd | Left |
| Lyon Rd | Right |
| Hardwick Service Rd | Onto |
| Lynwood Crescent / Rutland Ave | EOR left |
| Hardwick Service Rd | Right, right |
| Hardwick Rd | Right |
| Lyon Rd | EOR right |
| Carleton Park Rd | EOR right |
| Carleton Rd | Mini roundabout, left |
| Churchbalk Lane | Right |
| Monument Lane | Roundabout, left |
| Harewood Ave | Mini roundabout, left |
| Baghill Lane | T/L left |
| Midland Rd | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR right |
| Baghill Lane | Mini roundabout left, mini roundabout ahead |
| Eastbourne View | Right |
| Chequerfield Lane | Roundabout,3 rd right |
| East Drive | Roundabout, 4 th right |
| Chequerfield Rd | Right |
| Broadway | Left |
| The Circle | Left |
| West Drive | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
| Monument Lane | Crossroads ahead |
| Swanhill Lane | EOR left |
| Carleton Rd | Right |
| Carleton Park Rd | EOR left |
| Ackworth Rd | 2 nd right, right |
| Highfield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Mil Hill Ave | Onto |
| Oakwell Ave | EOR left |
| Mill Hill Ave | EOR right |
| Mill Hill Lane | 2 nd left |
| St Josephs Mount | EOR right |
| Wakefield Rd | T/L left |
| Jubilee Way | 3 rd left |
| Underpass | EOR left |
| Stuart Rd | Right, EOR right |
| Finkle St / Horsefair / Broad Lane | EOR right |
| Southgate | Left |
| Friarwood Lane | Left |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR right |
| Baghill Lane | Left |
| Northfield Drive | EOR left |
| Cobblers Lane | EOR left |
| Pontefract Rd / Bondgate | Right |
| Box Lane | EOR right |
| Ferrybridge Rd | 6 th left |
| Castleford Lane | Onto |
| Richmond Ave | EOR left |
| Castleford Lane | EOR right |
| Stranglands Lane | Right |
| Old Great North Rd / A1 North | 2 nd right |
| South Milford over A1 | Roundabout right |
| Sutton Lane | Left |
| West Acres | Left, 2 nd left, EOR left |
| Byram Park Rd | EOR left |
| Old Great North Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| A1 South | Left |
| The Square | Right |
| Doncaster Rd | Right |
| The Square | Right |
| Fishergate / Ferrybridge Rd | T/L right |
| Pontefract Rd | Left |
| Baghill Lane | Right |
| Midland Rd | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR Left |
| Baghill Lane | EOR Right |
| South Baileygate | 3 rd left |
| Box Lane | EOR right |
| Ferrybridge Rd | Left |
| Orchard Head Lane | Onto |
| Queensway | EOR left |
| Orchard Head Lane | 2 nd right |
| Orchard Head Drive | EOR right |
| Holmfield Lane | EOR right |
| Orchard Head Lane | Left |
| Mill Hill | EOR right |
| Ferry bridge Rd | Right |
| New Hall Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right, roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Monkhill Lane | 2 nd right |
| Monkhill Ave | EOR right |
| Monkhill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Mill Dam Lane | EOR right |
| North Bailey Gate / Northgate | T/L right |
| Cockpit Lane | T/L left |
| Headlands Lane / Stuart Rd | Left |
| Front St | Right |
| Liquorice Way | Left |
| Jubilee Way | T/L ahead |
| Mill Hill | 2 nd left |
| Carleton Rd | Left |
| Swanhill Lane | Left |
| Carleton Glen | EOR right |
| Friarwood Lane | 2 nd right |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR left |
| Baghill Lane | EOR left |
| South Baileygate | T/L right |
| Broad Lane / Horsefair / Finkle St | T/L ahead |
| Northgate / North Baileygate | 2 nd left |
| North Baileygate | EOR left |
| Bondgate / Pontefract Rd | M26 left |
| A1 Business Park | EOR left |
| A1 Slip Rd | Left |
| A1 North | Next exit, left |
| Exit Slip Rd | EOR right |
| Stranglands Lane / Fishergate | Right |
| Argyle Rd | Left |
| Doncaster Rd | EOR right |
| The Square | EOR right |
| Fishergate / Ferrybridge Rd | T/L right |
| Pontefract Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cobblers Lane | Right |
| Northfield Drive | EOR left |
| Baghill Lane | Mini roundabout, right |
| Harewood Ave | 3 rd right |
| Viking Mount / Viking Rd | EOR right |
| Grove Rd | EOR right |
| Friarwood Lane | Right |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Midland Rd | EOR left |
| Baghill Lane | EOR right |
| South Baileygate | Left |
| Tanners Row | 2 nd right |
| Mill Dam Lane | Roundabout, right |
| Ferrybridge Rd | 3 rd left |
| Askham Ave | Onto |
| Ashdene Grove | EOR left |
| Askham Ave | EOR left |
| Darkfield Lane | Left |
| Ashdene Grove | EOR right |
| Askham Ave | EOR left |
| Ferrybridge Rd | Left |
| Old Great North Rd | EOR left, EOR right |
| Stranglands Lane | Right |
| Argyle Rd | Left |
| Doncaster Rd | EOR left |
| A1 South | Exit, left |
| Exit slip Rd | EOR right |
| Pontefract Rd | Right |
| North Baileygate | EOR right |
| North Baileygate / Northgate | T/L right |
| Cockpit Lane | T/L left |
| Headlands Lane | Left |
| Stuart Rd | EOR right |
| Finkle St / Horsefair / Broad Lane | EOR right |
| Southgate | Left |
| Friarwood Lane | Left |
| Station Lane | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Friarwood Lane | Left |
| Grove Rd / Broadway | Left |
| Viking Rd / Viking Mount | EOR right |
| Harewood Ave | Roundabout left |
| West Drive | Left |
| Kings Crescent | EOR right |
| Broadway | Left |
| The Circle | Left |
| East Drive | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd exit |
| Chequerfield Lane | EOR left |
| Baghill Lane | EOR left |
| South Baileygate | T/L ahead |
| Southgate | T/L right |
| Jubilee Way | Right |
| Front St / Cornmarket | EOR right |
| Front St | Left |
| The Underpass | EOR left |
| Stuart Rd | T/L left |
| Skinner Lane / Ladybalk Lane | EOR left |
| Monkhill Lane | Right |
| New Hall Rd | EOR right |
| Ferrybridge Rd | Left |
| Box Lane | EOR right |
| South Baileygate | 2 nd left |
| Baghill Lane | Right |
| Midland Rd | Left |
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