ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL
HACKNEY CARRIAGE/PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER’S KNOWLEDGE TEST
THE PASS MARK FOR THIS TEST WILL BE 25 CORRECT ANSWERS OUT OF 30 (AT LEAST 2 CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SECTION D)
NAME...... DATE ......
SECTION A
QUESTIONS 1 - 7 in this section will be chosen from any of the hackney carriage and private hire driver’s conditions.
SECTION B
QUESTIONS 8 - 15 will be chosen from the information contained in this section B
Q Give the location of the following tourist attractions
Osborne House York Ave, East Cowes Butterfly & Fountain World Staplers Road, Wootton Flamingo Park/Wildlife Encounter Oakhill Road, Seaview Fort Victoria Aquarium Westhill Lane, Yarmouth Model Village High Street, Godshill Robin Hill Adventure Park Downend Road, Newport Oasis Carpenters Road, Brading Isle of Wight Tiger Sanctuary Culver Parade, Sandown
Q Give the location of the following
The Balcony Nightclub? Esplanade, Ryde Holliers Hotel? Church Road (Old Village) Shanklin William Coppin Coppins Bridge, Newport
Q Name three cinemas or theatres on the Island and give their location.
The Commodore, Star Street, Ryde Cineworld, Coppins Bridge, Newport Apollo Theatre, Pyle Street, Newport Medina Theatre, Fairlee Road, Newport Shanklin Theatre, Steephill Road, Shanklin Trinity Theatre, The Grove, Cowes
SECTION C
QUESTIONS 16 - 25 will be selected from this section C
Q Give the location of the following from the list
Isle of Wight Zoo Culver Parade, Sandown Wildlife Encounter Oakhill Road, Seaview Osborne House Whippingham Road/York Ave, E Cowes Amazon World Watery Lane, Newchurch Fort Victoria Aquarium Westhill Lane, Norton, Yarmouth Blackgang Chine Blackgang, Ventnor Parkhurst Prison Haskell Road St Mary’s Hospital Parkhurst Road Carisbrooke Castle Castle Hill Needles Alum Bay New Road County Hall High Street Newport Cowes Doctors Surgery Newport Road Quarr Abbey Quarr Road Kingston Arms Newport Road, Cowes Woodvale Hotel Princes Esplanade, Cowes Travellers Joy Pallance Road, Northwood, Cowes Sportsmans Rest Main Road, Porchfield Horseshoe Inn Newport Road, Cowes The Anchor High Street, Cowes Painters Arms Cross Street, Cowes White Hart Inn Trinity Road, East Cowes The Lifeboat Britannia Way, East Cowes The Waterside High Street, Cowes Union Inn Watch House Lane, Cowes Northwood House Ward Avenue, Cowes Royal London Yacht Club The Parade, Cowes Cowes Corinthian Birmingham Road, Cowes Waverley Hotel High Street, Carisbrooke Wheatsheaf Hotel St Thomas’Square, Newport The Bargemans Rest Little London, Newport Newport Quay Hotel Quay Street, Newport Castle Inn High Street Newport Robin Hood Inn Robin Hood Street, Newport Bengal Palace Shide Road, Newport Newport Social Club Lower St.James Street, Newport Valentino’s Restaurant Carisbrooke High Street, Newport Yates Wine Bar High Street, Newport House of Legends High Street, Newport Eight Bells Carisbrooke High Street Hare & Hounds Downend Road, Newport The Castle High Street, Ryde Fleming Arms Binstead Road, Ryde Liquid Lounge Union Street, Ryde The Crown Hotel St Thomas Square, Ryde High Park Tavern Marlborough Road, Ryde Appley Manor Hotel Appley Road, Ryde Old Fort Pub Esplanade, Seaview Ponda Rosa Ashey Road, Ryde Town Club Star Street, Ryde Roadside Inn Nettlestone Green, Seaview Black Sheep Bar Union Street, Ryde Vine Inn Upper Green Road, St Helens Fishbourne Inn Fishbourne Lane, Ryde Channel View Hotel Hope Road, Shanklin Bourne Hall Country Hotel Luccombe Road, Shanklin Carlton Hotel Park Road, Shanklin Hartland Hotel/Restaurant Victoria Ave, Shanklin Daish’s Hotel High Street, (Old Village) Shanklin Burlington Hotel Avenue Road, Sandown Grand Hotel Culver Parade, Sandown Broadway Park Hotel Melville Street, Sandown Marina Bay Hotel Culver Parade, Sandown Cygnet Hotel Carter Street, Sandown Castle Inn Fitzroy Street, Sandown Sandringham Hotel Esplanade, Sandown Shanklin Hotel Eastmount Road, Shanklin The Porter Club/Asia Fusion Sandown Road, Lake The Spyglass Inn Esplanade, Ventnor Ventnor Social Club Down Lane, Ventnor The Volunteer Inn Victoria Street, Ventnor The Blenheim High Street, Ventnor Ventnor Towers Hotel Madeira Ave, Ventnor Windsor Carlton Hotel Alexandra Gardens, Ventnor Crab & Lobster Grove Road, Ventnor Mill Bay Inn Esplanade, Ventnor Burlington Hotel Bellevue Road, Ventnor Royal British Legion Social Club High Street, Ventnor Cask & Taverners High Street, Godshill George Hotel, Quay Street, Yarmouth Albion Hotel, Gate Lane, Freshwater Bay The Bugle Hotel, The Square, Yarmouth Vine Inn School Green Road, Freshwater King’s Head Quay St. Yarmouth Red Lion Inn Church Place, Freshwater Waterfront Bar The Promenade, Totland Bay Wheatsheaf Hotel Bridge Road, Yarmouth Brambles Chine Club Monks Lane, Freshwater West Wight Social Club Avenue Road, Freshwater West Wight Football Club Camp Road, Freshwater Freshwater Conservative Club Queens Road, Freshwater
SECTION D
QUESTIONS 26 - 30 will be chosen from this section D
You will be asked to give the shortest route by distance between two given places/roads.
TOTAL MARKS ...... PASS/FAIL