The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish learner driver or extended driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the extended driving test routes for Newcastle-under-Lyme Driving Test Centre. The test routes are developed by examiners from the actual test centre to incorporate a wide variety of roads and traffic systems.
Extended driving test routes are intended for drivers that were previously qualified but lost their licence due to disqualification. Before their licence is reinstated, a court has ruled that they must pass the extended driving test. These test routes a different from the standard learner test routes. If you would like to view the standard learner test routes, please see driving test routes.
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 Newcastle-under-Lyme extended car routes 1 to 3.
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 practical extended driving test.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Practical Test Centre | Newcastle under Lyme |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | Right |
| Parklands | EOR left |
| Newcastle Rd / London Rd | Roundabout right |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Queen St / Brampton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wulston Drive | Roundabout right |
| Hempstalls Lane / Hoon Ave | Roundabout left |
| Milehouse Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | Right |
| Meadow Ave | EOR right |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | EOR left |
| Albemarle Rd | EOR left |
| Lower Milehouse Lane | 2 nd left |
| St Bernards Rd | 2 nd right |
| St Giles Rd | EOR left |
| Knutton Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Ryescroft | Roundabout ahead |
| King St | Right |
| Borough Rd | Left |
| George St | Left |
| Shelton New Rd / Shearer St | T/L right |
| Howard Place | T/L left |
| Snow Hill / Broad St | Roundabout right |
| Hanley Ring Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Ring Rd | 2 x roundabout left |
| Hope St | EOR right |
| Newhall St | EOR left |
| Marsh St | T/L right |
| Etruria Rd | 2 x roundabout left |
| Queensway | Roundabout left |
| Beech Rd | Crossroads left |
| Stone Rd | Left |
| Tittensor Rd | EOR left |
| Stone Rd / Springfield | T/L left |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | EOR left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L left |
| Newcastle Rd / London Rd | 2 nd left roundabout |
| Lower St | Left 2 nd roundabout |
| Pooldam | T/L left |
| Blackfriars Rd | T/L right |
| Priory Rd | 2 nd left |
| Pilkington Ave | Right |
| Beresford Crescent / Chester Crescent | 3 rd left |
| Kingsway High St | 2 nd right |
| The Square | Right |
| The Plaisance | Right |
| Queensbury | EOR right |
| The Plaisance | Crossroads ahead |
| Edward Ave | Right |
| Abbots Way | EOR right |
| Clayton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Queensway A500 | 1 st exit |
| A500 exit Road | Roundabout right |
| Stone Rd | Roundabout left |
| Longton Rd / Trentham Rd | 2 nd T/L left |
| Church Rd / Blurton Rd | T/L ahead |
| Heron St / Blebedale Rd | T/L left |
| City Rd | Roundabout right |
| Leek Rd | T/L left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Stoke Rd | Roundabout right |
| Queensway A500 | 4 th exit |
| A500 exit Road | Roundabout left |
| Porthill Bank | Roundabout left |
| High St / Church Lane | T/L ahead |
| High St / May Bank / Brampton Rd / Queen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout left |
| London Rd / Newcastle Rd | T/L right |
| Clayton Lane | Right |
| Parklands | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Left |
| Parklands | EOR left |
| Clayton Lane | T/L left |
| Newcastle Rd / London Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Barracks Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Queens St / Brampton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wulstan Drive | Right |
| Marina Drive | EOR right |
| Sparch Hollow | 3 rd left |
| Southlands Ave / West View | Left |
| South Terrace | EOR left |
| Dimsdale Parade East / Dimsdale Parade West | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Talke Rd | Left 1 st exit 2 nd roundabout |
| A500 | 1 st exit |
| Audley Slip Road | Left |
| Audley / Alsager Rd | Right |
| Nantwich Rd | Left |
| Betley Rd A531 / A525 | Right |
| Station Rd | Right |
| Three Mile Lane | EOR left |
| A53 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Dartmouth Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Stafford Ave / Clayton Lane | Left |
| Parklands | |
| DTC |