South Shields 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 South Shields 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.
| South Shields Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Monksway |
Crossroads left |
| Shaftsbury Ave |
Traffic lights, right |
| Newcastle Rd |
Roundabout left |
| John Reid Rd |
2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout 3rd exit |
| Prince Edward Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Sunderland Rd |
2nd left |
| Quarry Lane |
2nd left |
| Pine Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Quarry Lane |
2nd left |
| Larch Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Prince Edward Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Coast Rd / Broadway |
Roundabout left |
| Mowbray Rd |
Left |
| Westoe Rd |
Right |
| East Stevenson St |
Crossroads right |
| Imeary St |
Left |
| Chichester Rd |
Right |
| John Clay St / Victoria Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Western Approach |
Roundabout 4th exit, roundabout 3rd exit, roundabout ahead |
| Jarrow Rd |
Left |
| Bedesway |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway |
End of the road, left |
| Straker St |
Roundabout left |
| A19 South |
2nd exit |
| Abingdon Way |
Right |
| Hedworth Lane |
Traffic lights, left |
| Fellgate Ave |
Left |
| Fieldway |
End of the road, right |
| Fellgate Ave |
Traffic lights, left |
| Hedworth Lane |
Left |
| Calfclose Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Leam Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Monkton Lane |
2 x End of the road, left |
| Campbell Park Rd |
Right |
| Monkton Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Wood Terrace |
Roundabout ahead |
| Butchers Bridge Rd / Springwell Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Field Terrace |
Crossroads right |
| Bedeburn Rd / Park Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Albert Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Howard St |
2 x roundabouts ahead |
| B1297 |
Right |
| Church Bank |
End of the road, left |
| Straker St |
Traffic lights, right |
| Pilgrims Way |
End of the road, left |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Bedesway |
Right |
| Pilgrims Way |
Traffic lights, right |
| Jarrow Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Western Approach |
Roundabout 3rd exit, right |
| West Way |
Roundabout left |
| Stanhope Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Mortimer Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Cauldwell Ave |
2nd left |
| Banbury Terrace |
Left |
| Cauldwell Ave |
Roundabout left |
| Sunderland Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Grovner Rd |
Right |
| Horsley Hill Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Marsdon Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Prince Edward Rd |
3 x roundabouts ahead |
| John Reid Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Boldon Lane |
2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Hudson Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Western Approach |
Roundabout right |
| Jarrow Rd |
Left |
| Bedesway |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Bedesway |
Right |
| Pilgrims Way |
Traffic lights, right |
| Jarrow Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Western Approach |
Roundabout right |
| Hudson St |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Boldon Lane |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Green Lane |
Left |
| Brockley Ave |
Crossroads right, left, right, End of the road, left |
| Green Lane |
Left |
| Winskell Rd |
Roundabout left |
| John Reid Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Whiteleas Way |
Roundabout right |
| Galsworthy Rd |
Left |
| Benton Rd |
Roundabout right |
| New Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Boker Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| A184 |
2 x roundabouts ahead |
| A19 |
Roundabout 2nd exit |
| A194 |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
Crossroads right |
| Monksway |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway |
End of the road, left |
| Straker St |
Roundabout left |
| A19 |
1st exit, roundabout right |
| Leam Lane |
Left |
| Hedworth Lane |
Right, End of the road, left |
| Roman Rd |
Crossroads right |
| York Ave |
Roundabout right |
| Butchers Bridge Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Bede Burn Rd |
Left |
| Park Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Victoria Rd East |
Roundabout right |
| Campbell Park Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Hedgley Rd |
Crossroads ahead |
| Glen St |
Left |
| North Farm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Victoria Rd West |
Traffic lights, left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Leam Lane |
2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Newcastle Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
2nd right |
| Monks Way |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway |
2nd left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway |
End of the road, left |
| Straker St |
Right |
| Church Bank |
End of the road, right |
| Priory Rd |
Left |
| Saxon Way |
End of the road, left |
| Drury Rd |
Crossroads right |
| Ferry Rd |
2 x End of the road, left |
| Priory Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Ellison St |
2nd right |
| Grange Rd West |
End of the road, right |
| Palmer St |
End of the road, left |
| Western Rd |
2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Prince Consort Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Victoria Rd West |
Traffic lights, left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Leam Lane |
Roundabout left |
| A184 |
Roundabout left |
| A19 |
2nd slip road left, roundabout right |
| Newcastle Rd |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
2nd right |
| Monksway |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway |
2nd left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Monksway |
Crossroads left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
Traffic lights, right |
| Newcastle Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A19 South |
Roundabout left |
| A184 |
2 x roundabouts ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Hylton Lane |
Left |
| Dipe Lane |
Left |
| Bridle Path |
Traffic lights, right |
| A184 |
Traffic lights, left |
| Station Rd |
Left |
| Cleadon Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Tileshed Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Benton Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Galsworthy Rd |
Roundabout left |
| White Leas |
Roundabout ahead |
| Boldon Lane |
2 x roundabouts ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Stanhope Rd |
Roundabout left |
| West Way |
Roundabout left |
| Western Approach |
2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right |
| Jarrow Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Pilgrims Way |
End of the road, left |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| South Shields Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Monksway |
Crossroads left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
Traffic lights, right |
| A194 |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A19 |
Roundabout left |
| Washington Rd |
2nd left |
| Hylton Lane |
3rd right |
| Dipe Lane / Avondale Gardens |
Right |
| Dipe Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Hylton Lane |
Traffic lights, left |
| A184 |
Roundabout right |
| Rectory Bank |
End of the road, left |
| North Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Hubert St |
Roundabout right |
| Cotsworld Way |
Left |
| North Rd / Hedworth Lane |
End of the road, right, left, 4th left, End of the road, right |
| Roman Rd |
Slip road ahead |
| A194 |
2 x roundabouts ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Shaftesbury Ave |
Crossroads right |
| Monksway |
End of the road, right |
| Bedesway |
Left |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |