Blackburn 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 Blackburn 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.
| Blackburn Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Left |
| East Park Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Montague St |
2nd right |
| Johnston St / Downham St / Livingston St |
End of the road, right |
| Buncer Lane / Billinge Ave |
Left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Meins Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Beardswood Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Columbia Way / Quebec Rd / Dominioin Rd / Montreal Rd / Knighton Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Lammack Rd |
Right |
| Rasgrave Drive |
Right |
| Pleckgate Rd |
Right |
| Shear Brow |
Right |
| East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Right |
| St James Rd |
Left |
| Openshaw Drive |
Left |
| Pleck Farm Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Pleckgate Rd |
Right |
| Ramsdreave Drive |
Left |
| Parsonage Rd |
Right |
| Brownhill Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Parsonage Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Blackburn Old Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Brownhill Drive |
Left |
| Emerald Ave / Emerald St |
End of the road, left |
| Whalley New Rd |
Right |
| St James Rd / East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
3rd left |
| Larkhill |
Right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
2nd right |
| Daisy Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Daisy St |
Left |
| Moss St |
End of the road, right |
| Peter St |
End of the road, left |
| Moss St |
End of the road, left |
| Florence St |
End of the road, right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
Right |
| Beechwood Rd / Philips Rd |
Left |
| Whitebirk Drive / Brownhill Drive |
Right |
| Whalley New Rd |
Left |
| Ramsgeave Rd |
Left |
| Barker Lane / Lammack RdShearbrow |
Right |
| East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Left |
| East Park Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Meins Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Mire Ash Brow / Church Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Mellor Lane |
Right |
| Barker Lane / Lammack Rd |
Left |
| Ramsgreave Rd |
Left |
| Pleckgate Rd |
Left |
| Pleck Farm Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Openshaw Drive |
End of the road, right |
| St James Rd / East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick Brow / Shear Brow / Lammack Rd |
Left |
| Whinney Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Yew Tree Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Billinge End Rd |
Left |
| Buncer Lane |
End of the road, right, right |
| Preston Old Rd |
4th left |
| Grant Rd |
2nd right |
| Selous Rd |
Left |
| Grant Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston Old Rd |
4th left |
| Feniscliffe Drive / St Francis Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Preston Old Rd / Redlam |
Left |
| Garden St |
Left |
| Billinge Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Right |
| St James Rd |
3rd right |
| Conway Ave |
Left |
| Snowden Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Conway Ave |
End of the road, right |
| St James Rd |
Left |
| Openshaw Drive / Rosewood Ave / Campbell St |
End of the road, left |
| Rosewood Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Whalley New Rd |
Right |
| Jasper St |
End of the road, left |
| Cornelian St |
2nd right |
| Emerald St / Emerald Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Brownhill Drive |
Left |
| Whalley Old Rd / Blackburn Old Rd |
Left |
| Parsonage Rd / Ramsgreave Rd |
Left |
| Barkers Lane / Lammack Rd / Shear Brow |
Right |
| East Park Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Right |
| Pleckgate Rd |
Left |
| Ramsgreave Drive |
Right |
| Lammack Rd / Barker Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Mellor Lane |
Left |
| Church Lane |
Left |
| Whitecroft Lane |
Left |
| Glendale Drive |
Left, End of the road, right |
| St Marys Gardens |
End of the road, left |
| Glendale Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Hob Green |
End of the road, right |
| Whitecroft Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Mire Ash Brow |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Beardwood |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
3rd left |
| Larkhill |
Right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
Left |
| Laburnum Rd / Providence St |
End of the road, right |
| Laburnum Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Whalley Old Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Whitebirk Drive |
Right |
| Blakewater Rd |
Left |
| Greenbank Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Gorse St / Stanley St |
End of the road, left |
| Harwood St |
End of the road, right |
| Bottomgate |
3rd left |
| Lambeth St |
End of the road, right |
| William Hopwood St |
2nd right |
| Audley Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Strathclyde Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Chester St / Higher Barn St |
End of the road, left |
| Eanam |
2nd exit |
| Barbara Castle Way |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Shear Bank Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick |
Ahead |
| Shear Brow |
Ahead |
| Lammack Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Yew Tree Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Billinge Ave / Buncer Lane / SpringLane / Stancliffe St |
Ahead |
| Hollin Bridge St |
3rd left |
| Hamilton St |
5th left |
| Charles St |
End of the road, right |
| Hamilton St |
2nd right |
| Wilson St |
End of the road, right |
| Hamilton St |
End of the road, right |
| Hollin Bridge St |
Ahead |
| Stancliffe St |
Ahead |
| Spring Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Redlam |
Mini roundabout left |
| Garden St |
2nd right |
| Wensley Rd |
Ahead |
| Oakenhurst Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Montague St |
Traffic lights, left, End of the road, Traffic lights, right |
| Preston New Rd |
3rd left |
| Shear Bank Rd |
Into |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow / LammackRd |
End of the road, left |
| Yew Tree Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Billinge Ave / Buncer Lane / SpringLane |
3rd right |
| Mill Hill Bridge St |
End of the road, left |
| Queen Victoria Rd / Peel St |
Right |
| Albert Rd / Spring Bank Terrace / Aqueduct Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Hamilton St |
2nd right, 3rd left |
| Wilson St |
End of the road, left |
| Hamilton St |
Right |
| Lower Hollin Bank St / Chadwick St |
End of the road, left |
| Bolton Rd |
Left |
| Freckleton St / Byrom St |
End of the road, right |
| King St |
Left |
| Montague St |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| East Park Rd |
2nd right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
11 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Left |
| East Park Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Montague St |
2nd right |
| Johnston St / Downham St |
Left |
| Saunders Rd / Garden St |
Right |
| Redlam / Preston Old Rd |
2nd left |
| Grant Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Preston Old Rd |
4th left |
| Feniscliffe Drive / St Francis Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Preston Old Rd |
Left |
| Buncer Lane / Billinge Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Yew Tree Drive |
Right |
| Lammack Rd / Shear Brow |
Right |
| East Park Rd |
4th Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
12 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow |
Right |
| Pleckgate Rd |
2nd right |
| Pleck Farm Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Openshaw Drive / Rosewood Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Whalley New Rd |
Right |
| Jasper St |
End of the road, left |
| Cornelien St |
2nd right |
| Emerald Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Brownhill Drive / Yew Tree Drive |
Left |
| Whinney Lane |
Right |
| St Lawrence Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Quebec Rd |
Right |
| Beardwood |
2nd left |
| Acrefield |
End of the road, left |
| Beardwood |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Right |
| Billinge End Rd |
Left |
| Buncer Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Billinge Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
13 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
3rd left |
| Larkhill |
Right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
2nd right |
| Daisy Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Daisy St |
Right |
| Peter St |
End of the road, left |
| Fort St |
End of the road, left |
| Stanley St / Harwood St |
Right |
| Hutton St |
2nd left |
| Woolwick St |
End of the road, right |
| Harwood St |
End of the road, left |
| Accrington St |
Left |
| Burnley Rd |
Left |
| Whitebirk Drive |
Left |
| Whalley Old Rd |
Right |
| Laburnum Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Whalley Old Rd |
Right |
| St James Rd / East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
14 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Barbara Castle Way |
Roundabout 2nd exit |
| Eanam / Copy Nook / Bottom Gate |
Right |
| Lambeth St |
3rd right |
| William Hopwood St / Mary St |
End of the road, right |
| William Hopwood St |
Left |
| Lambeth St |
Left |
| Addington St |
End of the road, left |
| Lambeth St |
End of the road, left |
| Bottom Gate |
Right |
| Gate St |
Right |
| Ordnance St |
Right |
| Woolwich St |
End of the road, right |
| Harwood St |
Right |
| Stanley St / Gorse St |
Left |
| Greenbank Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Blakewater Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Whitebirk Drive / Brownhill Drive / Ramsgreave Drive |
Left |
| Pleckgate Rd |
Left |
| Shear Brow |
Right |
| East Park Rd |
4th left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Blackburn Route Number |
15 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Brabara Castle Way |
Left |
| Limbrick / Shear Brow / Lammack Rd |
Left |
| Whinney Lane |
2nd left |
| St Lawrence Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Quebec Rd |
Left |
| Beardwood |
2nd left |
| Acrefield |
End of the road, left |
| Beardwood |
End of the road, right |
| Preston New Rd |
2nd right |
| Mire Ash Brow |
Right |
| Whitecroft Lane |
Left |
| Glendale Drive |
Left, End of the road, right, End of the road, left |
| Hob Green |
End of the road, right, End of the road, right |
| Barker Lane |
Right |
| Yew Tree Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Preston New Rd |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |