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Detailed below are the ADI driving test routes for Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh, ADI routes 1-5.
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 | Edinburgh |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | ADI Part 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | 2 nd left |
| Muirwood Rd | EOR left |
| Lanark Rd | 3 rd left |
| Baberton Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Woodall Ter/Foulis Crescent | EOR left |
| Lanark Rd West | T/L left |
| Wester Hailes Rd | Roundabout right |
| Clovenstone Rd | 2 nd right |
| Clovenstone Gardens | EOR right |
| Hailesland Rd | EOR left |
| Murrayburn Rd | EOR right |
| Wester Hailes Rd | Roundabout left |
| Calder Rd | Roundabout right |
| Glasgow M8 | 1 st exit |
| M8 West | Ahead, 1 st exit signposted |
| Stirling M9 | 1 st exit |
| Broxburn | Left, T/L left, ahead |
| Wilkieston Village | EOR right |
| A71 | Left, EOR left, ahead |
| Kirknewton Village | EOR left |
| A701 / Balerno to Currie (Lanark Rd West) | 3 rd left |
| Newmills Rd | 2 nd right |
| Cherry Tree Park | 4 th right |
| Cherry Tree Crescent/Stewart Avenue | EOR right |
| Dolphin Gardens | EOR left |
| Pentland | EOR right |
| Forth View Crescent | EOR left |
| Curriehill Rd | Right |
| Riccarton Avenue | Ahead, roundabout ahead |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Roundabout ahead |
| Riccarton Avenue | EOR left |
| Curriehill Rd | 1 st right |
| Forthview Crescent | 1 st left |
| Pentland | 1 st right |
| Dolphin Gardens | 4 th left |
| Stewart Avenue / Cherry Tree Crescent | EOR left |
| Cherry Tree Park | EOR left |
| Newmills Rd | EOR right |
| Lanark Rd West | T/L ahead |
| Lanark | Right |
| RAvenuelrig Rd | E/S EOR left, EOR right, EOR left |
| A71 | T/L ahead, right |
| B7015 Camps / East Calder | Ahead through East Calder, T/L left |
| Kirknewton | 2 nd right, EOR left, T/L left, ahead through East Calder, right |
| B8046 Pumpherston/Uphall | Ahead |
| Uphall Station | Ahead, T/L right |
| Edinburgh A8 | Roundabout ahead |
| Newbridge roundabout M8 Glasgow / Edinburgh | Slip rd |
| Edinburgh / City Bypass | Roundabout right |
| A71 City Centre | Roundabout right |
| A71 West/Kilmarnock | Left |
| A70 Lanark | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Roundabout ahead |
| Riccarton Avenue | Left |
| Curriehill Rd | Right |
| Forthview Crescent | Left |
| Pentland Place | Right |
| Forthview Rd / Dolphin Gardens | 2 nd Left |
| Dolphin Avenue | Crossroad ahead, EOR right |
| Lanark Rd West | T/L ahead |
| Lanark | Ahead, ahead for about 2½ miles, 1 st right |
| Kirknewton | Ahead over railway crossing, right, EOR right |
| A71 / Wilkieston Village | T/L left, ahead, EOR right, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Edinburgh A8 (Airport) | Ahead (exit for) |
| City Bypass | Roundabout 3 rd exit, 1 st exit |
| Edinburgh | Ahead, roundabout left |
| Signposted City Centre A71 | 2 nd roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Longstone Rd | Roundabout right |
| Murrayburn Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hailesland Rd | Left |
| Clovenstone Rd | Left |
| Clovenstone Gardens | EOR left, roundabout left |
| Wester Hailes Rd | T/L right |
| Lanark Rd West | 3 rd right |
| Foulis Crescent | EOR left |
| Baberton Avenue | EOR right |
| Lanark Rd West | 3 rd right |
| Muirwood Rd | EOR right |
| Bryce Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 4 |
| DTC | 2 nd left |
| Muirwood Rd | EOR left |
| Lanark Rd | 3 rd left |
| Baberton Avenue | Right |
| Woodhall Terrace | Left, ahead |
| Foulis Crescent | EOR left |
| Lanark Rd | T/L right |
| Gillespie Rd | T/L, 2 nd right |
| Thorburn Rd | Crossroad left |
| Redford Drive | EOR right |
| Redford Rd | Roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| Oxgangs Rd | Roundabout left, 2 nd right |
| Swanston Avenue | Left |
| Swanston Gardens | EOR left |
| Swanston Avenue | EOR right |
| Biggar Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Towards A702 | Ahead, |
| Peebles / Penicuik | Ahead, left |
| A703 | Roundabout left |
| A701 | Roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| A768 (Dalkeith) | 2 nd left |
| Dryden Terrace | Right |
| McKinlay Terrace | Crossroad ahead, EOR left |
| Clerk St | Roundabout right |
| Loanhead Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| City Bypass | Ahead (1 st slip Rd) |
| A720 | 4 th exit |
| A71 City Centre/ Kilmarnock | Roundabout left |
| A71 Calder Rd | 1 st left |
| Riccarton Mains Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 5 |
| DTC | Roundabout right |
| Riccarton Mains Rd | Roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| Calder Rd A71 | 2 nd roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Broomhouse Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd right, left |
| Ladywell Avenue | 4 th right |
| Dovecot Rd | EOR left |
| Ladywell Avenue | Left |
| Castle Avenue | EOR left |
| Saughton Rd | 4 th right |
| Manse Rd | EOR right |
| St Johns Rd | Left |
| Clermiston Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hillview Terrace | Crossroad left |
| Corstorphine Bank Drive | Right |
| Templeland Rd | Right |
| Hillview Drive | EOR left |
| Caroline Terrace | EOR left |
| Drum Brae South | Right |
| Craigmount View | Right |
| Craigmount Avenue | Right |
| Craigmount Way | EOR left |
| Drum Brae South | EOR left |
| A90 | Ahead, 1 st slip Rd, EOR left |
| Towards Kirkliston | EOR right |
| Main St | T/L right |
| Queensferry Rd | Roundabout left |
| A8000 towards Motorway | Ahead (keep right) |
| Onto M8/M9 | Ahead 1 st slip Rd |
| M8 Edinburgh | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A71 – City Centre | Roundabout right |
| Calder Rd A71 | Left |
| Riccarton Mains Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| DTC |