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Detailed below are the ADI driving test routes for Cardiff Driving Test Centre. The test routes are developed by examiners for potential driving instructors to be taken during the ADI Part 2 test.
The test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or identical. Test routes are for Cardiff, ADI routes 1-2.
Use the test routes below to form a knowledge base for the various types of roads and traffic systems that you will encounter during the ADI Part 2. The routes are to assist potential driving instructors into formulating their own routes for the Part 2 test based on the structure of the ADI routes found below.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Practical Test Centre | Cardiff |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | ADI Part 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L left |
| Western Ave | 3 x T/L ahead, 2 nd left |
| Gabalfa Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| Merthyr Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Llwynderw Rd | EOR right |
| Twyn Y Fedwen | Crossroads ahead |
| Heol Y Gors | Crossroads ahead |
| Twyn Y Fedwen | Left |
| Llwynderw Rd | EOR left |
| Merthyr Rd | EOR left |
| The Philog | T/L ahead |
| Merthyr Rd | T/L right |
| Old Church Rd | T/L left |
| A470 | 2 x T/L ahead, left |
| Coryton Slip Rd | Roundabout left 3 rd exit |
| M4 West | Next exit |
| Junction 33 | Roundabout left |
| A4232 | 2 nd exit |
| Culver Roundabout | Left |
| Cowbridge Rd | T/L left |
| Michaelston Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
| Castle Hill / Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Fairways Crescent / Bwlch Rd | 5 th left |
| Norbury Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Gorse Place | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | Return along |
| Beechley Drive | 2 nd left |
| Firs Ave | EOR left |
| Beechley Drive | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | EOR left |
| Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout right |
| Heol Isaf | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout right, roundabout left, slip rd |
| A470 | 2 nd exit |
| Upper Boat | Roundabout 3 rd exit, right |
| Tonteg | T/L left |
| Main Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, left |
| Crown Hill / Creigiau | EOR left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Right |
| Croft Y Genau | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Fairways Crescent / Bwlch Rd | 5 th left |
| Norbury Rd | |
| DTC |