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 Wakefield below.
While test routes around Wakefield 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 | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | T/L left |
| Potovens Lane | 4 th right |
| George St / Charles St | EOR left |
| George St | EOR left |
| Church St | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | 2 nd right |
| Broadmeadows | 3 rd left |
| Anaheim Drive | EOR left |
| Broadmeadows | EOR left |
| Rooks Nest Rd | EOR right |
| Lime Pit Lane | EOR right |
| Aberford Rd | 2 nd T/L right |
| Eastmoor Rd | 3 rd left |
| Pinderfields Lane | 4 th left |
| Tavora St | EOR right |
| Jacobs Well Lane | Roundabout left |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Kirkgate / Vicarage St South / Craven | |
| St / Borough Rd | T/L ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Union St | Roundabout left |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Northgate / Leeds Rd | T/L ahead |
| Link Rd / Bradford Rd | T/L ahead, 2 x right |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | Right |
| Link Rd | Right |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Brandy Carr Rd | Left |
| Furness Ave | EOR left |
| Jerry Clay Lane | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Lane | EOR right |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | Left |
| Coronation St | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | EOR right |
| Bradford Rd / Wentworth St / Bond St | Right, T/L right, left |
| Rishworth St | T/L left |
| Northgate | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Union St | Mini roundabout left |
| Borough Rd / Vicarage St South / Kirkgate | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Peterson Rd / Stanley Rd | T/L right, T/L ahead |
| Aberford Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Bar Lane | Right |
| Ouchthorpe Lane | EOR left |
| Newton Lane | Right |
| Bolus Lane | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Right |
| Ledger Lane | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, crossroads ahead |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | Mini roundabout left |
| Kenmore Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A650 | Roundabout 4 th exit, left |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR right |
| A650 | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 1 st |
| exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit | |
| Leeds Rd | T/L ahead |
| Snow Hill View | T/L ahead |
| Bradford Rd / Wentworth St / Bond St | |
| / Cliffe Parade / Drury Lane | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Westgate | T/L ahead |
| Bull Ring | T/L left |
| Northgate / Leeds Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd T/L right, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, right |
| Mountbatten Crescent | EOR left |
| Coach Rd | EOR left |
| Rooks Nest Rd | Left |
| Broadmeadows | Right |
| Anaheim Drive | EOR right |
| Broadmeadows | EOR right |
| Leeds Rd | T/L left |
| Potovens Lane | T/L right |
| Bradford Rd | 2 x right |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | T/L left |
| Potovens Lane | Crossroads 2 nd right |
| Church Lane | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Right |
| Broadmeadows / Sheridan St | EOR left |
| Broadmeadows | Left |
| Anaheim Drive | EOR left |
| Baker Lane | EOR right |
| Canal Lane | EOR left |
| Lee Moor Rd / Common Rd | EOR left |
| Ouzlewell Green | 2 nd left |
| Green Lane / Jumbles Lane | Crossroads ahead |
| Lonthorpe Lane | EOR right |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | Left |
| Dolphin Lane | EOR right |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | EOR right |
| Gascoigne Rd / Stanhope Rd / Fall | |
| Lane / Main St / Thorpe Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Dual Carriageway | Left |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | T/L right |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | Right |
| Wrenthorpe Lane / Lindale Mount | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Lane | EOR left |
| Batley Rd | Right |
| Alverthorpe Rd | Right |
| Ruffold St / Moorhouse Ave | Left |
| Beckley Rd | Right |
| Victoria Ave / Plumpton Rd | Crossroads ahead, T/L left |
| Westgate | T/L right |
| Ings Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, EOR left |
| Bridge St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Jacobs Well Lane | Left |
| Tavora St / Pindersfield Rd | EOR left |
| Eastmoor Rd | EOR right |
| North Ave / Bar Lane | Left |
| Ouchthorpe Lane | EOR left |
| Newton Lane | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A650 | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit, left |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | Under bridge, right |
| Coronation St | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | EOR right |
| Bradford Rd | After garage right |
| Melbourne Rd / Cyprus Mount | EOR right |
| Melbourne Rd | EOR right |
| Bradford Rd / Link Rd | T/L ahead |
| Leeds Rd / Northgate | Roundabout ahead |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Union St | Roundabout left |
| Craven St / Vicarage St South / Lower Warren Gate | T/L right |
| George St / Denby Dale Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Ings Rd | EOR left |
| Westgate | T/L right |
| Dewsbury Rd | T/L right |
| Flanshaw Rd | EOR left |
| Batley Rd | 4 th right |
| Wrenthorpe Lane | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | T/L left |
| Bradford Rd | 2 x right |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Left |
| Bradford Rd | Right |
| Link Rd | Right |
| Bradford Rd | Slip road ahead |
| A650 Dual Carriageway | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Royston Hill / Bradford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Thorpe Rd / Main St | 2 nd left |
| Moor Knoll Lane / New Lane | EOR right |
| Moor Knoll Lane | EOR left |
| Main St / Fall Lane / Stanhope Rd / Gascoigne Rd | Left |
| Middleton Lane / Thorpe Lane | Right |
| Thorpe Lower Lane | T/L right |
| Leeds Rd | Main crossroads left |
| Jumbles Lane | 2 nd right |
| Carlton Lane | EOR left |
| Leeds Rd | 6 th right |
| Potovens Lane | 5 th right |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | After bridge left |
| Kenmore Rd | Right |
| Granstand Rd | EOR right |
| Kenmore Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| Dual Carriageway | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Bradford Rd | 2 nd T/L right, EOR left, T/L ahead, right |
| Old Bradford | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Left |
| Bradford Rd | Right |
| Link Rd | Right |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Brandy Carr Rd | Left |
| Jerry Clay Lane | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Lane | EOR right |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Coronation St | EOR left |
| Wrenthorpe Rd | EOR right |
| Bradford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Melbourne Rd / St Johns Mount | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd / Leeds Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd |
| exit, right | |
| Newton Lane / Rooks Nest Rd | Left |
| Baker Lane | Right |
| Newlands Drive | EOR right |
| Gainsborough Way | Left |
| Stanmoor Drive | EOR left |
| Canal Lane | EOR right |
| Leeds Rd | Left |
| Potovens Lane | Right |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | 3 rd left |
| Kenmore Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| 3 rd exit | |
| Dual Carriageway | Roundabout right 4 th exit, left |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | Right |
| Link Rd | Right |
| Bradford Rd / A650 | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Woodhouse Lane | EOR right |
| Batley Rd | Right |
| Haigh Moor Rd | EOR left |
| Westerton Rd | Left, EOR right |
| Syke Rd | T/L right |
| Dewsbury Rd | 2 nd T/L right |
| Lowry Rd / Poppleton Rise | EOR left |
| Lowry Rd | EOR left |
| Constable Rd / Smithy Lane | Right |
| Eastleigh Drive | EOR right |
| Smithy Lane | T/L right |
| Bradford Rd | T/L left |
| Common Lane | Right |
| Moor Knoll Lane | EOR right |
| Main St / Thorpe Rd | EOR left |
| Bradford Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| A650 | Left |
| Bradford Rd | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Old Bradford Rd | EOR right |
| Bradford Rd / A650 | Roundabout left |
| Kenmore Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, mini roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Lingwell Gate Lane | EOR left |
| Potovens Lane | Left |
| Ridinds Way | Left |
| Colliery Approach | Left |
| Ridinds Way | 2 nd right |
| Ridinds Lane | EOR right |
| Lingwell Nook Lane | EOR left |
| Potovens Lane | EOR right |
| Leeds Rd | T/L left |
| Canal Lane | Right |
| Baker Lane | 2 nd left |
| Newlands Drive | 2 nd right |
| Hargreaves Ave / Croxall Drive | EOR left |
| Hargreaves Ave | EOR right |
| Newlands Drive | EOR right |
| Gainsborough Way | Left |
| Stanmoor Drive | EOR right |
| Canal Lane | EOR right |
| Lee Moor Rd / Mount Rd | EOR left |
| Lake Lock Rd | EOR right |
| Aberford Rd | T/L ahead |
| Stanley Rd / Peterson Rd | T/L left, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Kirkgate / Vicarage St South / Borough Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Union St | Roundabout left |
| Marsh Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Northgate / Leeds Rd | T/L ahead |
| Link Rd / Bradford Rd | T/L ahead, follow right, right |
| Old Bradford Rd | Right |
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