Southampton Forest Hills Driving Test Centre Routes

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 the Forest Hills driving test centre in this document.

While test routes from this centre are likely to be very similar to those below, you should treat this document as a rough guide only. Exact test routes are at the examiners’ discretion and are subject to change.

Route Number 1

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Left

Forest Hills Drive Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout ahead

Woodmill Lane Traffic light left

Portswood Rd Right

Harefield Rd End of road left

Woodcote Rd Left

Harrison Rd End of road right

Woodcote Rd End of road left

Burgess Rd Right

Tulip Rd End of road left

Honeysuckle Rd Right

Daisy Rd/Lobelia Rd End of road left

Bassett Green Rd Roundabout left

Bassett Avenue Roundabout ahead, 2nd traffic light left

Highfield Avenue/Highfield Lane Mini roundabout ahead

Highfield Lane Traffic light crossroads right

Portswood Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light left

Slip Rd Left

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

St Denys Rd/Cobden Bridge Traffic light left

Manor Farm Rd Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 2

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue End of road right

Townhill Way Roundabout left

West End Rd Right

Hatley Rd/Taunton Drive Left

Somerton Avenue End of road right

Taunton Drive 2nd right

Wynter Rd End of road right

West End Rd 2nd left

Chalk Hill Traffic light right

Church Hill/Moorhill Rd Roundabout right 4th exit

Thornhill Park Rd 4 th left

Upper Deacon Rd Traffic light end of road right

Bursledon Rd/Maybray King Way 2x traffic light ahead, traffic light slip road left

End of Slip Rd Traffic light right

West End Rd Roundabout left

Mousehole Lane/Cobden Avenue 4th right

Manor Farm Rd Triangle End of road right

Manor Farm Rd Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Rd Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 3

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue End of road right

Townhill Way Roundabout left

West End Rd 2nd right

Wynter Rd End of road left

Taunton Drive Right

Shales Rd End of road left

Commercial St End of road left

Bitterne Rd East/Thornhill Park Rd Right

Thornhill Avenue End of road right

Byron Rd 2nd left

Farringford Rd Left

Burns Rd/Shelley Rd End of road right

Browning Avenue End of road left

Hinkler Rd Traffic light right

Thornhill Park Rd Roundabout right 4th exit

Kanes Hill/West End Rd Roundabout right 4th exit

Bursledon Rd/Maybray King Way 2x traffic light ahead, traffic light slip road left

Slip Rd End of road traffic light right

West End Rd Roundabout left

Mousehole Lane Right

Witts Hill Right

Vanguard Rd Left

Lytham Rd End of road left

Onibury Rd End of road right

Wakefield Rd End of road left

Meggeson Avenue/Forest Hills Drive Left

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 4

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue 3rd right

Wakefield Rd End of road left

Witts Hill 3rd right, right

Mousehole Lane 2nd left

Glenfield Avenue End of road left

Maybray King Way/Bursledon Rd 2x traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Ruby Rd/Middle Rd End of road right

Station Rd Traffic light right

Portsmouth Rd Roundabout left, traffic light right

Bridge Rd/ Avenue Mini roundabout ahead

Peartree Avenue Mini roundabout left

Athelstan Rd 2x traffic light ahead

Bullar Rd Left, left

Cobden Avenue/Cobden Bridge/ Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light ahead, traffic light left, traffic light right

Portswood Rd Traffic light right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 5

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue 3rd right

Wakefield Rd End of road left

Witts Hill End of road left

Mousehole Lane Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

West End Rd Right

Hatley Rd/Taunton Rd Right

Shales Rd End of road left

Commercial St End of road left

Bitterne Rd East/Thornhill Park Rd Roundabout left

Moorhill Rd/Church Hill Traffic light ahead

Swaythling Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Swaythling Rd/ Rd Roundabout left

High Rd Traffic light ahead, left

Stoneham Way Traffic light left

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Thomas Lewis Way End of road right

Portswood Rd Right

Kent Rd 2nd left

Priory Rd Traffic light left

Cobden Bridge Traffic light left

Manor Farm Rd Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 6

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue 3rd right

Wakefield Rd Right

Cornwall Rd End of road right

Woodmill Lane 2nd left

Oaktree Rd/St Catherines Rd Right

Bond Rd End of road left

Manor Farm Rd Traffic light ahead

Cobden Bridge/St Denys Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light left, traffic light right

Portswood Rd Left

Bowden Lane/Welbeck Avenue Becomes

University Rd End of road left

Burgess Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Bassett Avenue Roundabout ahead 3rd exit

Bassett Avenue Roundabout right 2nd exit

Bassett Green Rd Traffic light right

Stoneham Lane Traffic light right

High Rd Traffic light left

High Rd Traffic light left

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout ahead

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 7

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue End of road right

Townhill Way Roundabout left

West End Rd 3rd right

Selborne Avenue End of road right

Exford Avenue Right

Somerton Avenue End of road right

Exford Avenue End of road left

Somerset Avenue Right

Cheriton Avenue 3rd right

Bramdean Rd 2nd right

Pine Drive End of road left

Thornhill Park Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Charles Watts Way Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Charles Watts Way Roundabout left

Tollbar Way 2nd roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Tollbar Way Roundabout left

Botley Rd/High Street 2nd traffic light ahead

Chalk Hill End of road right

West End Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit

Townhill Way 2nd left

Meggeson Avenue/Forest Hills Drive Left

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 8

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue End of road left

Townhill Way Roundabout left

Townhill Way 2nd roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Townhill Way Roundabout right 3rd exit

Townhill Way Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Townhill Way Roundabout left

Swaythling Rd/Mansbridge Rd Roundabout right 2nd exit

Wide Lane Roundabout left

Wide Lane Roundabout right 2nd exit

Wide Lane/Southampton Rd 3rd left

Chestnut Avenue Roundabout ahead

Chestnut Avenue Roundabout left

Stoneham Lane Roundabout ahead 3rd exit

Stoneham Way/High Rd 3rd traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Burgess Rd 2nd left

Woodcote Rd End of road right

Burgess Rd 1st right

Langhorne Rd Traffic light ahead

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout ahead

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Left

River Walk End of road right

Broadwater Rd End of road left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 9

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue End of road right

Townhill Way Roundabout left

West End Rd Right

Hatley Rd/Taunton Drive Left

Somerton Avenue End of road right

Taunton Drive 2nd right

Wynter Rd End of road right

West End Rd End of road left

Church Hill Traffic light right

West End High St 3x mini roundabouts ahead

Botley Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit

Tollbar Way 2x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right

Charles Watts Way Roundabout ahead 3rd exit, roundabout right 4th exit

Moorhill Rd/Church Hill Traffic light left

Chalk Hill End of road right

West End Rd Roundabout right 2nd exit

Mousehole Lane Right

Witts Hill 2nd right

Wakefield Rd End of road left

Meggeson Avenue/Forest Hills Drive Left

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 10

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Left

Forest Hills Drive Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout ahead, right

Wessex Lane End of road traffic light right

High Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit, traffic light ahead slip road

Stoneham Way Traffic light ahead

High Rd 2x traffic light ahead

Portswood Rd Traffic light,13th right at traffic light

Brookvale Rd Roundabout left

Blenheim Avenue 2nd right

Oakmount Avenue End of road left

Blenheim Avenue Roundabout right 2nd exit

Brookvale Rd Right

Winn Rd End of road left

The Avenue Traffic light 4th left

Lodge Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light left

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

St Denys Rd/Cobden Bridge Traffic light left

Manor Farm Rd Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 11

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive Right

Old Farm Drive End of road left

Northfield Rd End of road left

Woodmill Lane 3rd right

Avon Rd Crossroads left

Midanbury Lane End of road left

Mousehole Lane Right

Cobden Crescent End of road right

Glenfield Avenue End of road left

Maybray King Way Left, traffic light left

Peartree Avenue Traffic light left

Spring Rd 5th left

Heath Rd End of road left

Middle Rd 4th right

Deacon Rd Traffic light right

Bursledon Rd Left

Upper Deacon Rd End of road right

Thornhill Park Rd Roundabout left

Moorhill Rd A27 Roundabout left 1st exit

Townhill Way Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout left, 2x roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit, 2nd right

Meggeson Avenue/Forest Hills Drive Left

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 12

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue 3rd right

Wakefield Rd Right

Cornwall Rd End of road right

Woodmill Lane 2nd left

Oaktree Rd/St Catherines Rd Right

Bond Rd End of road left

Manor Farm Rd Traffic light ahead

Cobden Bridge/St Denys Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right

Thomas Lewis Way Traffic light left, end of road right

Portswood Rd Left

Bowden Lane/Welbeck Avenue 4th left

Church Lane Roundabout right 2nd exit

Highfield Lane/Highfield Avenue End of road traffic light left

The Avenue/Inner Avenue/Dorset St Roundabout left

Charlotte Place End of road traffic light left

St Marys Rd Traffic light right

Onslow Rd/ Valley Rd Traffic light right

Thomas Lewis Way A335 2x traffic light ahead, traffic light right

St Denys Rd/Cobden Bridge Traffic light left

Manor Farm Rd Mini roundabout right

Woodmill Lane Mini roundabout left

Forest Hills Drive Right

Driving Test Centre

Route Number 13

Road Direction

Driving Test Centre Right

Forest Hills Drive/Meggeson Avenue 3rd right

Wakefield Rd End of road left

Witts Hill End of road left

Mousehole Lane Roundabout right 3rd exit

West End Rd Traffic light ahead

Peartree Avenue Right

Bitterne Way Left

Stoddart Avenue End of road left

Peartree Avenue Traffic light right

Spring Rd End of road left

Portsmouth Rd Traffic light left, 3x mini roundabout ahead, 3rd left

Grange Rd/Shop Lane End of road right

Botley Rd Traffic light right

Bursledon Rd A3024 Roundabout left

West End Rd A27/Kanes Hill Roundabout ahead 2nd exit

Moorhill Rd A27 Roundabout left

Townhill Way Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout left, 2x roundabout ahead, roundabout right 3rd exit, right

Meggeson Avenue/Forest Hills Drive Left

Driving Test Centre