St Helens 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 St Helens 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.
| St Helens Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Cooper St |
Left |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Boundary Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Knowsley Rd |
3rd right |
| Windsor Rd / Mulberry Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Hewitt Ave / Ackers Lane |
2 x crossroads, right |
| Mill Brow |
Right |
| Millbrook Lane / Chapel Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Springfield Lane / Houghtons Lane |
Left |
| East Lancs Rd |
Right |
| Blindfoot Rd / Mossborough Rd |
Roundabout ahead, End of the road, right |
| Church Rd |
2nd left |
| Rookery Lane |
Right |
| Higher Lane |
Right |
| Mill Lane |
Left |
| Rainford Bypass |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Rainford Rd |
Left |
| Hard Lane |
Right |
| City Rd |
2nd right |
| Bishop Rd |
Left |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Traffic lights, left |
| Duke St |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Cooper St |
Right |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Left |
| Bishop Rd |
Left |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Boundry Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Kirkland St |
Roundabout 3rd exit |
| Linkway West |
Roundabout 2nd exit |
| Linkway East |
Roundabout 4th exit |
| Peasley Cross Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Sherdley Rd |
Roundabout 2nd exit |
| St Helens Linkway |
Roundabout right |
| Elton Head Rd |
Left |
| Lowfield Lane |
Left, right |
| Sutton Heath Rd |
Left |
| Elephant Lane |
Traffic lights, ahead, right |
| Austin Ave |
Right |
| Upland Rd |
Left, 2nd right |
| Lesley Rd |
Left |
| Lugsmore Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Prescot Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Boundary Rd |
2 x Traffic lights, s ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Duke St |
2nd left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Atherton St |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Windle St |
Left |
| North Rd |
Left |
| Bishop Rd |
Left |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Boundary Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Westfield St |
Roundabout 4th exit |
| St Helens Linkway |
Traffic lights, right |
| Canal St / Burtonhead Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 4th exit |
| St Helens Link Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Elton Head Rd |
Left |
| Marshalls Cross Rd |
Roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left, Traffic lights, right |
| Sherdley Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Jackson St |
Right |
| Langtree Rd |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Sorogold St |
Right |
| Jackson St |
Traffic lights, left |
| Parr St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Atlas St |
Traffic lights, left |
| Standish St |
Left |
| College St |
2nd right |
| Ward St |
Left |
| North Rd |
Roundabout 4th exit |
| Duke St |
3rd right |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Duke St |
Roundabout left |
| North Rd |
4th left |
| Windle St |
Left |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Right |
| Wynne Rd |
Right |
| Bishop Rd |
Left |
| City Gardens |
Left |
| Hard Lane |
Left |
| Greenfield Rd |
2nd right |
| Carr St |
Right |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Left |
| Swinburne Rd |
Left |
| Fairfield Rd |
Left |
| Kiln Lane |
Left |
| Millbrook Lane |
Left |
| Mill Brow |
Right |
| Millfields |
Left |
| Burrows Lane |
Traffic lights, left |
| St Helens Rd / Prescot Rd |
2 x Traffic lights, s ahead, left |
| Eccleston St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Boundary Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Duke St |
2nd left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Windle St |
Left |
| North Rd |
2nd left |
| Bishop Rd |
Ahead |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Left |
| Rivington Rd |
Right |
| Ainsworth Rd |
Right |
| Ruskin Drive |
Left |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Left |
| Swineburne Rd |
Left |
| Whitefield Rd |
Left |
| Moorfield Rd |
Ahead |
| Kiln Lane / Coronation Rd |
Ahead |
| Sackville Rd |
Right |
| Bleak Hill Rd |
Left |
| Rainford Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| East Lancs Rd |
Left |
| Moss Bank Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Carr Mill Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| East Lancs Rd |
Left |
| City Rd / North Rd |
Right, roundabout 4th exit |
| Duke St |
3rd right |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Right |
| Cooper St |
Right |
| North Rd |
Left |
| Crab St |
Left |
| College St / Haresfinch Rd |
Right |
| Woodlands Rd |
Right |
| Islands Brow |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Johnson St |
Left |
| Recreation St |
Left |
| Ashcroft St |
2nd left, right |
| Robinson Place |
Left |
| Parr Stocks Rd |
Right |
| Gaskell St |
Right, left before Traffic lights, |
| Sutton Rd |
Right |
| Baxters Lane |
Right |
| Robins Lane |
Left |
| Marina Ave |
Left |
| Robins Lane |
Roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
| Marshalls Cross Rd |
Right |
| Elton Head Rd |
Right |
| Sherdley Rd |
Right, left |
| St Helens Linkway |
2 x roundabouts 2nd exit |
| Linkway West |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit |
| King St |
Roundabout left |
| Duke St |
3rd right |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Cooper St |
Left |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Dentons Green Lane |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Rainford Bypass |
2nd right |
| Mill Lane |
Left |
| Higher Lane |
Left |
| Rookery Lane |
Right |
| Church Rd |
Left |
| Mossborough Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| East Lancs Rd |
2nd right |
| Houghton Lane |
Left |
| Oak Tree Rd |
Left |
| Houghtons Lane / Springfield Lane |
Roundabout 2nd left |
| Chapel Lane |
Right |
| Mill Brow |
2nd left |
| Hewitt Ave |
Left |
| Ellison Drive |
Left |
| Knowsley Rd |
Left |
| Rivington Ave |
Right |
| Horace Ave |
Left |
| Boundary Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right, 2nd left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Atherton St |
End of the road, left |
| Duke St |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| King St |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Borough Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Dunriding Lane |
Left |
| Knowsley Rd / Pinfold Drive |
Right |
| Burrows Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Springfield Lane |
3rd left |
| Howards Lane |
Right |
| Gillars Lane / Catchdale Moss Lane |
Right |
| East Lancs Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Rainford Bypass |
2 x left |
| St Helens Rd / Rainford Bypass / Dual Carriageway |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Rainford Rd / Greenford Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Duke St |
2nd left |
| Atherton St |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Crossroads ahead, left |
| Windle St |
Left |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Rivington Rd |
Ahead |
| Tennis St North |
Left |
| Windleshaw Rd |
Right |
| Tennis St |
Left |
| King Edward Rd |
Right |
| Hard Lane |
Left |
| Eaton Rd |
Left |
| Walton Rd |
Right |
| Rainford Rd |
2nd left |
| Bleak Hill Rd |
2nd left |
| Hamilton Rd / Bleak Hill Rd |
Right |
| Gunning Ave |
Left |
| Daresbury Rd / Gunning Ave |
Left, right |
| Walmsley Rd |
Right |
| Houghton Lane |
Left |
| East Lancs Rd |
Left |
| Catchdale Moss Lane |
Left |
| Burrows Lane / Church Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Chapel Lane |
Right |
| Mill Brow |
Left |
| Knowlsey Rd |
2nd right |
| Boundary Rd |
Left |
| Croppers Hill |
Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout 2nd exit |
| King St |
Left |
| Lowe St |
Left |
| Duke St |
2nd right |
| Atherton St |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| St Helens Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Crossroads ahead, left |
| Windle St |
Right |
| Cowley Hill Lane |
Right |
| Bishop Rd |
Left |
| City Rd / Washway Lane |
Roundabout left, 2nd exit |
| Moss Bank Rd |
Right |
| Kingsway |
Right |
| Lorton Ave |
Left |
| Bassenthwaite Ave |
Right |
| Windermere Ave |
2nd right |
| Bowness Ave |
Right |
| Kirkstone Ave |
Left |
| Carr Mill Lane |
3rd left |
| Moss Bank Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 3rd exit |
| East Lancs Rd |
Traffic lights, 2nd right |
| Carr Mill Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Woodlands Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Haresfinch Rd / College St |
Right |
| Cowley St / Lord St |
Crossroads ahead |
| Windle St |
Left |
| Atherton St |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |