Poole 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 Poole 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
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Service Rd End of road right
Nuffield Rd Left
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right Waterloo Rd Traffic light ahead, roundabout left
Blandford Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Upper Blandford Rd Traffic light 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 light left
Queen Anne Drive/Magna Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit
Ringwood Rd 2x roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout right
Canford Way Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Canford Heath Rd Roundabout ahead, roundabout left
Adastral Rd 2x roundabout ahead
Oakdale Rd Roundabout right
Dorchester Rd Traffic light right
Wimborne Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Waterloo Rd Right
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, end of road right
Nuffield Rd 2nd left
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 2
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of road left
Nuffield Rd 3rd left
Dorset Way Roundabout right 2nd exit
Old Wareham Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd Mini roundabout ahead, 3x 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, 2x traffic light ahead, roundabout right 2nd exit
Ashley Rd 3rd left
North Rd 4th right
Danecourt Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd Traffic light right
Fernside Rd Traffic light ahead
Wimborne Rd Traffic light ahead
Wimborne Rd Roundabout right 4th exit
Dorset Way Left
Nuffield Rd 3rd right
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 3
Road Direction
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Service Rd Right
Nuffield Rd Left
Hatchpond Rd End of road right
Waterloo Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Gravel Hill Traffic light 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 11th right
East Howe Lane/Leybourne Ave End of road right
Redhill Drive Right
Columbia Rd Roundabout left
Kinson Rd Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead
Alder Rd Roundabout right 2nd exit, 4th traffic light 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
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Route Number 4
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of 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 light left
Wimborne Rd Traffic light right, roundabout ahead, roundabout right
Towngate Bridge Roundabout right 4th exit
Holes Bay Rd Roundabout ahead, roundabout left
Upton Bypass 1st exit
Upton Rd End of road right, end of road right, roundabout right, mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left
Waterloo Rd Traffic light ahead, roundabout left
Blandford Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Upper Blandford Rd Roundabout left
Wareham Rd Mini roundabout left
Springdale Rd End of road traffic light right
Upper Blandford Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Blandford Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit
Waterloo Rd 2nd left
Hatchpond Rd End of road right
Nuffield Rd 2nd left
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 5
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of 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 light left
Wimborne Rd Traffic light ahead
Fernside Rd Traffic light left
Ringwood Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit
Danecourt Rd End of road left
North Rd End of road traffic light
Ashley Rd Roundabout left
Alder Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Kinson Rd 2nd left
Turbary Park Ave End of road right
Poole Lane End of road left
Wimborne Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, 2x roundabout ahead, 2x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, traffic light ahead, 4th right
Dorchester Rd Mini roundabout ahead, traffic light right
Wimborne Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Waterloo Rd Right
Hatchpond Rd End of road right
Nuffield Rd 2nd left
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 6
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of road right
Nuffield Rd Left
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light left
Waterloo Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Wimborne Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right, roundabout ahead, roundabout left
Longfleet Rd Traffic light right
Fernside Rd 3rd exit
Sandbanks Rd/Shore Rd 18th left
Haven Rd Mini roundabout left
Canford Cliffs Rd Traffic light right
Leicester Rd Left
Lindsay Rd Left
Poole Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Ashley Rd Roundabout right 2nd exit
Alder Rd 2x traffic light ahead, 2x roundabout ahead
Kinson Rd 2x mini roundabouts ahead, end of road left
Wimborne Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd 3x roundabout ahead, 2x mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, 7th right
Dorchester Rd Mini roundabout ahead, traffic light right
Wimborne Rd Roundabout right 4th exit
Dorset Way Left
Nuffield Rd 3rd right
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 7
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of road left
Nuffield Rd 3rd left
Dorset Way Roundabout right 2nd exit
Old Wareham Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd 2x mini roundabouts ahead, 2x 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 road right
Yarmouth Rd End of road traffic light 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 road right
Shore Rd/Sandbanks Rd Left
Parkstone Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout right 3rd exit
Wimborne Rd Roundabout ahead
Wimborne Rd Traffic light ahead, roundabout right 4th exit
Dorset Way Left
Nuffield Rd 3rd right
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 8
Road Direction
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Service Rd End of road left
Nuffield Rd 3rd left
Dorset Way Roundabout right 2nd exit
Old Wareham Rd Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd 2x mini roundabout right
Herbert Ave End of road left
Alder Rd Right
Winston Ave Mini roundabout ahead, right
Guest Ave End of road left
Yarmouth Rd Roundabout ahead
Surrey Rd Traffic light left
Branksome Wood Rd 3rd traffic light left
Glenferness Ave 3rd right
East Ave Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Wimborne Rd 3rd traffic light left
Talbot Rd Roundabout right 3rd exit
Talbot Ave Roundabout right 2nd exit
Boundary Rd Left
Redhill Drive Left
Coombe Ave/Leybourne Ave/East Howe Lane End of road left
Wimborne Rd 3rd left
Kinson Rd 2nd mini roundabout right
Turbary Park Ave End of road left
Poole Lane Roundabout left
Ringwood Rd 2x 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
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Route Number 9
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre
Service Rd End of road left
Nuffield Rd Left
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light right
Waterloo Rd Traffic light ahead, roundabout left
Blandford Rd Roundabout ahead 3rd exit
Upper Blandford Rd Traffic light 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 light left
St Johns Hill Mini roundabout right 2nd exit
Rowlands Hill/Wimborne Rd End of road right
Middlehill Rd Roundabout right 5th exit
Leigh Rd Traffic light left
Ave Rd End of road left
Newborough Rd/Station Rd End of road left
Poole Rd Roundabout left
Oakley Rd/Gravel Hill Traffic light ahead, 2x roundabout ahead
Waterloo Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light 2nd left
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, end of road right
Nuffield Rd 2nd left
Harwell Rd Left
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Route Number 10
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre
Service Rd End of road left
Nuffield Rd Left
Hatchpond Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light left
Waterloo Rd Roundabout right 4th exit
Upton Rd 2x roundabout ahead, left
Poole Lane Roundabout left
Blandford Rd Traffic light ahead, mini roundabout left
Over Lifting Bridge Right
Bay Hog Lane Left
West St 2x traffic light ahead
Towngate Bridge Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Longfleet Rd Right
Elizabeth Rd Left
Parkstone Rd Roundabout ahead
Commercial Rd Traffic light ahead, 2nd right
Station Rd Mini roundabout left
Penhill Rd Traffic light ahead
Leicester Rd Traffic light ahead, left
Lindsey Rd Left
Poole Rd Roundabout ahead 2nd exit
Ashley Rd Roundabout ahead, left
North Rd 4th right
Fernside Rd Traffic light right
Ringwood Rd Roundabout 1st exit, 3rd left
Dorchester Rd Mini roundabout ahead, traffic light right
Wimborne Rd Roundabout right 4th exit
Dorset Way Left
Nuffield Rd 3rd right
Harwell Rd Left
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