Poole 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 Poole 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.
| Poole Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
Left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Waterloo Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Lockyers Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Major A31 |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Oakley Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Queen Anne Drive / Magna Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Ringwood Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout right |
| Canford Way |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Canford Heath Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Adastral Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead |
| Oakdale Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Dorchester Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd |
Right |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
2nd left |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd left |
| Dorset Way |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Whitelegg Way |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Redhill Ave / Boundary Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Wallisdown Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Alder Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit, 2 x Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Ashley Rd |
3rd left |
| North Rd |
4th right |
| Danecourt Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Fernside Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Wimborne Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
Right |
| Nuffield Rd |
Left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Waterloo Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Gravel Hill |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Poole Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Leigh Rd / Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Ham Lane |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Ringwood |
Roundabout left |
| Wimborne Rd |
11 th right |
| East Howe Lane / Leybourne Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Redhill Drive |
Right |
| Columbia Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Kinson Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Alder Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit, 4th Traffic lights, right |
| Herbert Ave |
Mini roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd / Dorset Way |
2nd exit slip road |
| Slip Lane |
Roundabout right 5th exit |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd left |
| Dorset Rd Slip Rd / Dorset Way |
1st exit |
| Slip Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Adastral Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Oakdale Rd |
Mini roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Dorchester Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Wimborne Rd |
Traffic lights, right, roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Towngate Bridge |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Holes Bay Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Upton By-Pass |
1st exit |
| Upton Rd |
End of the road, right, End of the road, right, roundabout right, mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Waterloo Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Wareham Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Springdale Rd |
End of the road, Traffic lights, right |
| Upper Blandford Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Blandford Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd |
2nd left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
2nd left |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd left |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Slip Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Adastral Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Oakdale Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Dorchester Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Wimborne Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Fernside Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Ringwood Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Danecourt Rd |
End of the road, left |
| North Rd |
End of the road, Traffic lights, |
| Ashley Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alder Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Kinson Rd |
2nd left |
| Turbary Park Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Poole Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, 2 x roundabout ahead, 2 x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, Traffic lights, ahead, 4th right |
| Dorchester Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Waterloo Rd |
Right |
| Hatchpond Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
2nd left |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
Left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Waterloo Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Longfleet Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Fernside Rd |
3rd exit |
| Sandbanks Rd / Shore Rd |
18 th left |
| Haven Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Canford Cliffs Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Leicester Rd |
Left |
| Lindsay Rd |
Left |
| Poole Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Ashley Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Alder Rd |
2 x Traffic lights, ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Kinson Rd |
2 x mini roundabouts ahead, End of the road, left |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
3 x roundabout ahead, 2 x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, 7 th right |
| Dorchester Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd left |
| Dorset Way |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
2 x mini roundabouts ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Poole Lane |
2nd right |
| Turbary Park Ave |
Mini roundabout right |
| Kinson Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alder Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit, 2nd left |
| Winston Ave |
Mini roundabout ahead, 2nd right |
| Guest Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Yarmouth Rd |
End of the road, Traffic lights, left |
| Alder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ashley Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Poole Rd |
Right |
| The Avenue / Pinecliff Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Haven Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Shore Rd / Sandbanks Rd |
Left |
| Parkstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Wimborne Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right 4th exit |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd left |
| Dorset Way |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Old Wareham Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
2 x mini roundabout right |
| Herbert Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Alder Rd |
Right |
| Winston Ave |
Mini roundabout ahead, right |
| Guest Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Yarmouth Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Surrey Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Branksome Wood Rd |
3rd Traffic lights, left |
| Glenferness Ave |
3rd right |
| East Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
3rd Traffic lights, left |
| Talbot Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Talbot Ave |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Boundary Rd |
Left |
| Redhill Drive |
Left |
| Coombe Ave / LeybourneAve / East Howe Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Wimborne Rd |
3rd left |
| Kinson Rd |
2nd mini roundabout right |
| Turbary Park Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Poole Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Ringwood Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Canford Way |
Roundabout left 2nd exit |
| Dorset Way |
Roundabout right 2nd exit, 2nd exit slip lane, roundabout 5th exit, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
Left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Waterloo Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd |
Roundabout ahead 3rd exit |
| Upper Blandford Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Springdale Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Wareham Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Lockyers Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit |
| A31 Major Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| A349 |
Roundabout left |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Leigh Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| St Johns Hill |
Mini roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Rowlands Hill / Wimborne Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Middlehill Rd |
Roundabout right 5th exit |
| Leigh Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Ave Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Newborough Rd / Station Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Poole Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Oakley Rd / Gravel Hill |
Traffic lights, ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Waterloo Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, 2nd left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, End of the road, right |
| Nuffield Rd |
2nd left |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Poole Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Service Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Nuffield Rd |
Left |
| Hatchpond Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Waterloo Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Upton Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead, left |
| Poole Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Blandford Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Over Lifting Bridge |
Right |
| Bay Hog Lane |
Left |
| West St |
2 x Traffic lights, ahead |
| Towngate Bridge |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Longfleet Rd |
Right |
| Elizabeth Rd |
Left |
| Parkstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Commercial Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, 2nd right |
| Station Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Penhill Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Leicester Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Lindsey Rd |
Left |
| Poole Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Ashley Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| North Rd |
4th right |
| Fernside Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Ringwood Rd |
Roundabout 1st exit, 3rd left |
| Dorchester Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Wimborne Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Dorset Way |
Left |
| Nuffield Rd |
3rd right |
| Harwell Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |