Poole

Poole 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 Poole 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.

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