Nelson Driving Test Centre Practice Routes
In order to allow examiners to provide a test more representative of real driving conditions, the DVSA no longer publishes the current driving test routes. The below routes were the most recent to be published for the Nelson driving test centre. If the test centre has relocated since the last routes were published, then these routes will be applicable to the old location.
Please note that these routes are indicative only and examiners may alter their exact routes at their discretion, for example depending on traffic conditions.
| Nelson Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd / HigherReedley / Marsden Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Briercliffe Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Casterton Ave |
Traffic lights, left |
| Colne Rd |
Left |
| Fifth Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Colne Rd |
Right |
| Disraeli St |
Right |
| Kyan St / Disraeli St |
Right |
| Barden Lane / Greenhead Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Bypass |
3rd right |
| Carr Rd |
Right |
| Park Ave / Carr Hall Rd |
End of the road, right |
| By Pass |
Roundabout ahead |
| Scotland Rd |
Roundabout right, roundabout 2nd exit |
| Holme St / Sagar St |
Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd / Hibson Rd |
Right |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd |
3 x roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Right |
| Town House Rd |
2nd left |
| Hallam Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Reedyford Rd |
2nd roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Bypass |
3rd left |
| Carr Hall Rd |
Left |
| Carr Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Bypass |
3rd right |
| Cuckstool Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Wheatley Lane Rd / St Annes Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Bypass |
Right |
| Cuckstool Lane / Clitheroe Rd / Railway St |
Traffic lights, left |
| Colne Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Manchester Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd |
Left |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd |
3rd roundabout left |
| Sagar St / Holme St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Reedyford Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Regent St |
End of the road, left |
| Whitewalls Drive |
Roundabout ahead |
| Vivary Way |
Traffic lights, right |
| Crown Way |
Left |
| North Valley Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Lord St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Albert Rd |
3rd left |
| Bridge St |
Left |
| Shaw St |
End of the road, left |
| Bridge St |
Right |
| Knotts Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Burnley Rd / Leeds Rd |
3rd roundabout left |
| Walton Lane |
Roundabout ahead, End of the road, left |
| Walton Lane / Townhouse |
Right |
| Hallam Rd |
Left |
| Marsden Hall Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Broadway |
End of the road, left |
| Netherfield Rd |
3rd roundabout right |
| Railway St |
3rd roundabout right |
| Broadway |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Manchester Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd |
Left |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd / Netherfield Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd |
3rd roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Marsden Hall Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Walton Lane / Townhouse Rd |
Left |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Sheffield Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Knotts Lane / Bridge St |
Right |
| Shaw St |
End of the road, left |
| Bridge St |
Right |
| Knotts Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Primet Hill / Albert Rd |
Left |
| Spring Lane |
End of the road, left |
| North Valley Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Crown Way |
Traffic lights, left |
| Vivary Way |
Roundabout ahead |
| Whitewalls Drive |
Roundabout right |
| Burnley Rd / Leeds Rd |
End of the road, Traffic lights, left |
| Holme St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Sagar St |
Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd |
Right |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd / HigherReedley Rd |
3rd right |
| Broadhurst Way / Borrowdale Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Fairfield Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Casterton Ave |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Windermere Ave |
3rd left |
| Ruskin St |
End of the road, left |
| Windermere Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Barden Lane / Greenhead Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Bypass |
Left |
| Carr Hall Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Wheatley Lane Rd |
Right |
| Higher Causeway |
End of the road, right |
| Gisburn Rd / Scotland Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead |
| Scotland Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Holme St / Sagar St |
Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd |
Right |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden / HigherReedley Rd |
2nd right, 2nd right |
| Pennine Way |
2nd left |
| Heyhead St |
End of the road, left |
| Halifax Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Railway St / Clitheroe Rd / CuckstoolLane |
Right |
| Bypass |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass |
End of the road, roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd |
Roundabout 2nd exit, Traffic lights, left |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Priory St |
End of the road, left |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hallam Rd |
Right |
| Marsden Hall Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Netherfield Rd |
3rd roundabout ahead |
| Hibson Rd |
Right |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Hibson Rd / Walverden Rd |
Crossroads right |
| Halifax Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Burnley Rd / Coine Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Windermere Ave |
2nd left |
| Ruskin St |
End of the road, left |
| Windermere Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Newman St |
End of the road, right |
| Colne Rd |
2nd Traffic lights, left |
| Church St |
Roundabout left |
| Yorkshire St |
Traffic lights, left |
| Belvedere Rd / Queen Victoria Rd / Eastern Ave |
Roundabout right |
| Marsden Rd / Higher Reedley Rd / Walverden Rd / Hibson Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, right |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Manchester Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Broadway |
Roundabout left |
| Holme St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout right, left |
| Bradley Hall Rd |
5th left |
| Fulham St |
End of the road, left |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Reedyford Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Bypass |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass |
Left |
| Carr Rd |
Right |
| Park Ave / Carr Hall Rd |
Left |
| Bypass |
2nd left |
| Greenhead Lane / Barden Lane |
2nd left |
| Windermere Ave |
2nd right |
| Ruskin St |
4th right |
| Kyan St / Ruskin St |
End of the road, right |
| Windermere Ave |
Traffic lights, left |
| Colne Rd / Burnley Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Halifax Rd |
Left |
| Walverden Rd / Hibson Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, right |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Manchester Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Broadway |
Roundabout right |
| Sagar St |
Roundabout left |
| Netherfield Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Marsden Hall Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Marsden Hall Rd North |
Roundabout right |
| Walton Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Burnley Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Whitewalls Drive |
Roundabout ahead |
| Vivary Way |
Traffic lights, left |
| Barrowford Rd / Colne Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Gisburn Rd |
Right |
| Church St / Wheatley Lane Rd |
Left |
| Carr Hall Rd / Park Ave |
Right |
| Carr Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Manchester Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hibson Rd |
Left |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Nelson Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Cobden St |
End of the road, left |
| Lomeshaye Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Hibson St |
Left |
| Halifax Rd |
Right |
| Kings Causeway |
Left |
| Higher Reedley Rd |
2nd right |
| Reedley Rd |
2nd right |
| Pennine Way |
End of the road, left |
| Halifax Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Railway St / Clitheroe Rd / CuckstoolLane |
Right |
| Bypass |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bypass |
Roundabout right |
| Scotland Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Reedyford Rd |
2nd roundabout right |
| Leeds Rd |
3rd left |
| Priory St |
End of the road, left |
| Bradley Hall Rd |
Right |
| Priory St |
End of the road, left |
| Leeds Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Barkerhouse Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Netherfield Rd |
3rd roundabout ahead |
| Netherfield Rd / Hibson Rd |
Right |
| Cobden St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |