Recently the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stopped publishing the driving test routes for each test centre to prevent test candidates from practicing the routes that the examiners take you on.
The driving test routes for Birmingham Shirley may have altered in the mean-time, although it is likely they are very similar if not identical. Listed below are the driving test centre routes for Birmingham Shirley, routes 1-5.
The Birmingham Shirley driving test routes should be used for a guide only as test routes are for the discretion of the test examiner and may be subject to change.
Driving test routes incorporate the most challenging areas to drive in that particular location. Study the roads and the routes to establish which areas you will need practice on.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Practical Test Centre | Birmingham (Shirley) |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Car |
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Union Rd | Roundabout right |
| Longmore Rd | T/L ahead |
| Widney Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Widney Manor Rd / Church Hill Rd | Roundabout right, mini roundbaout ahead |
| New Rd | T/L left |
| Warwick Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Ashleigh Rd | T/L right |
| Streetsbrook Rd | Left |
| Sharmans Cross Rd | Right |
| Woodlea Drive | Left |
| Yewhurst Rd | EOR left |
| Prospect Lane | Right |
| Ralph Rd | Roundabout left |
| Jacey Rd | EOR left |
| Stratford Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout left |
| Marshall Lake Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cranmore Rd | Left |
| Avon Rd | Right |
| Shakespeare Rd | Right |
| Clinton Rd | Left |
| Cranmore Rd | Right |
| Cranmore Boulevard | Left |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Dog Kennel Lane | Roundabout left |
| Tanworth Lane | Roundabout right |
| Dickens Heath Rd | EOR right |
| Tilehouse Lane / Haslucks Green Rd | Left |
| Green Lane / Aqueduct Rd | Roundabout right |
| High St / Colebrook Rd | Left |
| Acheson Rd | Right |
| Stroud Rd | Right |
| Horrell Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Velsheda Rd | Left |
| Middleton Rd | EOR right |
| Hurdis Rd | Left |
| Grenville Rd | Right |
| Shirley Park Rd | Left |
| Bills lane | Right |
| School Rd | T/L ahead |
| Union Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Union Rd | T/L ahead |
| School Rd | Left |
| Bills Lane | Left |
| Queens Ave | Right |
| Oberon Drive | Left |
| Shakespeare Drive | Right |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Blackford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Tanworth Lane | Left |
| Watery Lane / Illshaw Heath Rd | Left |
| Kineton Lane | Roundabout left |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Monkspath Hall Rd | Left |
| Highlands Rd | Roundabout left, mini roundabout right |
| Cranmore Boulevard | Roundabout left |
| Widney Lane | T/L right |
| Blossomfield Rd | Left |
| Charles Rd | Roundabout left |
| Witherford Crescent | Left |
| Yoxall Rd | Left |
| Longmore Rd | Roundabout right |
| Union Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Rear of service Rd left |
| Union Rd | T/L ahead |
| School Rd | Left |
| Bills Lane | Left |
| Portia Ave | Left |
| Fabian Crescent | Right |
| Shottery Rd | EOR right |
| Shakespeare Drive | EOR left |
| Bills Lane | EOR left |
| Haslucks Green Rd / Tilehouse Lane | Right |
| Lowbrook Lane | EOR left |
| Norton Lane | Left |
| Lady Lane | Left |
| Tanworth Lane | Roundabout right |
| Dog Kennel Lane | EOR left |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Marshall Lake Rd | Left |
| Longmore Rd | Left |
| Union Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Service Rd | Left |
| Stratford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Dog Kennel Lane | Roundabout left |
| Tanworth Lane | Right |
| Lady Lane | Right |
| Cleobury Lane | EOR left |
| Dickens Heath Lane | Left |
| Fulford Hall Rd | Right |
| Norton Lane | Right |
| Lea Green Lane / Hollywood Lane | Mini roundabout right |
| Truemans Heath Lane | Right |
| Haslucks Green Rd | Right |
| Bills Lane | Left |
| Neville Rd | Right |
| Loxley Ave | Right |
| Burman Rd | Left |
| Shakespeare Drive | Right |
| Queens Ave | Roundabout left |
| Shakespeare Drive | T/L left |
| Stratford Rd | T/L right |
| Union Rd | |
| DTC |
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