The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish learner driver or extended driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the official extended driving test routes for Southport 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.
The DVSA and test examiners develop extended driving test routes for the purpose of retesting disqualified drivers. A court has ruled that an extended driving test must be passed before before the individuals licence is reinstated. Extended routes are different from normal learner 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 Southport extended car routes 1 to 4.
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 | Southport |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | Left |
| Part St | Left |
| Eastbank St | T/L right |
| Lord St | Roundabout ahead |
| Albert Rd | Left |
| Argyle Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hesketh Rd | Right |
| Fleetwood Rd | Right |
| Radnor Rd | Left, EOR right |
| Marshside Rd | T/L left |
| Preston New Rd | 2 nd right |
| Lexton Drive | EOR right |
| Preston New Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A565 | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| B5246 | EOR right |
| A59 | Right |
| A5242 / Pippin St | Roundabout ahead 1 st exit, left |
| Halsall Lane / Smithy Lane | EOR right |
| A570 | Left |
| Turning Lane | EOR right |
| Jacksmere Lane / Birkdale Cop | Right |
| Town Lane | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Town Lane / Southbank Rd | EOR left |
| Cemetery Rd | Right |
| Portland St | Right |
| St James St | Roundabout left |
| Eastbank St | Left |
| Part St | Right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Left |
| Part St | Right |
| Eastbank St | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Virginia St / Forest Rd | T/L left |
| Rose Hill / St Lukes Rd | Right |
| Hawkshead St | Left |
| Tithebarn Rd | T/L left |
| Norwood Avenue | T/L right |
| Roe Lane | Left |
| Bibby Rd | Left, right |
| Denmark Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Little Cambridge Rd | T/L right |
| Preston New Rd | Right |
| Lexton Drive | EOR right |
| Preston New Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A565 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Gravel Lane | EOR right |
| A565 | Roundabout right 2 nd exit (Rufford) |
| B5246 | EOR left |
| A59 | T/L left |
| A565 | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Guinea Hall Lane | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, mini roundabout ahead 1 st exit |
| Hoole Lane | EOR left |
| Ralph’s Wife’s Lane / Banks Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Marine Drive | Left |
| Marshside Rd | Right |
| Fleetwood Rd | EOR right |
| Hesketh Drive | Left |
| Fleetwood Rd | EOR left |
| Park Rd West | T/L right |
| Albert Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Lord St | T/L left |
| Eastbank St | Right |
| Part St | Right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Left |
| Part St | EOR left |
| Eastbank St | Left |
| Talbot St / Hollybrook Rd | EOR right |
| Aughton Rd | EOR left |
| Lulworth Rd / Waterloo Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Liverpool Rd / Liverpool Drive / Liverpool | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd exit, T/L right |
| Kenilworth Rd | Right, T/L right |
| Liverpool Rd / A565 | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, T/L left |
| B5195 | EOR left |
| A5147 | EOR left |
| A570 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Meols Cop Rd / Norwood | Left |
| Cypress Rd | Right |
| Hawkshead St | Right |
| Windsor Rd | EOR right |
| Hartwood Rd | T/L left |
| Manchester Rd | Left |
| Zealand St | Right |
| Sussex Rd | T/L left |
| Derby Rd | Right |
| Mornington Rd / Hill St | Left |
| Lord St | Left |
| Market St | EOR right |
| Princes St | Left |
| Portland St | Left |
| Part St | Left |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 4 |
| DTC | Left |
| Part St | Right |
| Eastbank St | Roundabout right, 4 th exit |
| St James St | Left |
| Portland St | EOR right |
| Fleetwood Rd | EOR right |
| Cemetery Rd / Eastbourne Rd | T/L left |
| Liverpool Rd | Left |
| Shaftsbury Avenue | EOR left |
| Halsall Rd / New Cut Lane / Gregory Lane | EOR left |
| Halsall Rd | Right |
| North Moor Lane / Asmall Lane | Left |
| Halsall Lane | T/L left |
| A59 (Burscough) | Right |
| Yewtree Rd | Left, EOR left |
| Burscough St | EOR right |
| A59 | T/L left |
| Trevor Rd | EOR left |
| A59 | T/L left |
| A565 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Rufford Rd / Bankfield Lane | Left |
| Botanic Rd / Mill Lane | Mini roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Roe Lane | T/L left |
| Hartwood Rd / St Lukes Rd / Ash St | T/L right |
| Scarisbrick New Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Eastbank St | Left |
| Part St | Right |
| DTC |