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 Pontypridd Driving Test Centre 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 Pontypridd, routes 1-5.
The Pontypridd 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 | Pontypridd |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Car |
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Pwllgwaun Rd / Maesycoed Rd | Left |
| Sardis Link | EOR left |
| Sardis Rd | EOR enter gyratory system in right lane |
| Gyratory System | Follow under railway arches in left lane |
| Mill St / Sardis Rd | T/L ahead |
| The Broadway | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| A470 Off Slip | Down slip road join A470 |
| A470 | 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Nantgarw Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Heol Crochendy | 2 nd roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Heol Y Gamlas | Roundbaout right 3 rd exit |
| Heol Crochendy | EOR T/L right |
| Main Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Cardiff Rd | Right |
| Fairfield Lane | Follow left bend |
| Poplar Rd | EOR right |
| Duffryn Rd | Left |
| Ilan Ave | Left |
| Glyndwr Ave | Crossroads left |
| Ebenezer St | EOR right |
| Cardiff Rd / A470 Off Slip | Roundabout left onto right lane |
| The Bridge | End of bridge joins right lane |
| Fothergill Place | Follow road markings for Ponty then Ponty & Rhondda into |
| The Old Broadway | Follow & take road bearing to left just before T/L into |
| The Broadway | T/L ahead |
| Sardis Rd / Gyratory System / Rhondda Rd | Left after petrol station |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Pwllgwaun Rd / Maesycoed Rd | Left |
| Sardis Link | EOR left |
| Sardis Rd | EOR enter gyratory system in right lane |
| Gyratory System | Follow under railway arches in left lane |
| Mill St / Sardis Rd | T/L ahead |
| The Broadway | Right hand lane next left |
| The Old Broadway | Left lane, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Cardiff Rd | Under bridge, left |
| Ilan Rd | EOR right |
| Ilan Ave | EOR right |
| Duffryn Rd | Left |
| Poplar Rd / Fairfield Lane | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd | Roundabout right 5 th exit |
| Main Ave | T/L left |
| Heol Crochendy | Roundabout right 3 rd exit, 2 nd roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Nantgarw Rd | Roundabout left |
| A470 Slip Rd | 3 rd exit |
| A470 Off Slip Rd | Next left before roundabout |
| New Broadway | 2 nd T/L ahead |
| Sardis Rd | T/L ahead |
| Gyratory System | T/L ahead |
| Rhondda Rd | Left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Pwllgwaun Rd / Maesycoed Rd | Left |
| Sardis Link | EOR left |
| Sardis Rd | EOR enter gyratory system in right lane |
| Gyratory System | Follow under railway arches in left lane |
| Mill St | Bear left signed town centre |
| Gelliwasted Rd | T/L ahead |
| Morgan St | T/L ahead |
| Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| A470 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Navigation Park | Roundabout left |
| Navigation Link Rd | T/L right |
| Abercynon Rd | EOR right |
| Cilfynedd Rd | Left |
| Jones St | 2 nd right |
| William St | Right |
| Cross St | Left |
| Howell St / Bedw Rd | EOR left |
| Cilfynedd Rd | 2 nd right |
| Doddington Place / Coedpenmaen Rd | Around sharp right bend into |
| Ralph St | 2 nd right |
| Dorothy St | Crossroads ahead, right |
| Bonvilston Rd | Left |
| The Parade | Sharp left bend, right |
| Berw Bridge | End of bridge left |
| Berw Rd | T/L right |
| Morgan St | T/L ahead |
| Gelliwasted Rd / Rhondda Rd | Left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Pwllgwaun Rd / Maesycoed Rd | Left |
| Sardis Link | EOR left |
| Sardis Rd | EOR enter gyratory system in right lane |
| Gyratory System | Follow under railway arches in left lane |
| Mill St | T/L ahead |
| The Broadway | Left slip road |
| West Street slip road | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Corn stores hill | Ahead at crossroads |
| Common Road | Ahead follow road around right hand bend continue back down |
| Common Road | At crossroads left |
| Pentrebach Road | Ahead |
| Glyntaff Roundabout | 2 nd exit |
| Cardiff Road | Ahead under A470 then first left |
| Ilan Ave | EOR right |
| Ilan Ave | Continue end of road right |
| Dyffryn Road | End of Road Left |
| Cardiff Road A4054 | Continue to roundabout left 1 st exit |
| A470 | Follow in left hand lane, 2 nd exit, slip road left lane roundabout bear left 1 st exit |
| The New Broadway | 2 nd T/L ahead enter gyratory |
| Gyratory System | Continue ahead left lane into |
| Rhondda Road | After garage left turn |
| Pwllgwaun Road | DTC on left |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Pwllgwaun Rd / Maesycoed Rd | Left |
| Sardis Link | EOR left |
| Sardis Rd | EOR enter gyratory system in left lane |
| Gyratory System / Rhondda Rd | Left |
| Trehafod Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rhondda Rd | 2 nd left |
| Riverside Terrace | Left |
| Cross St | 3 rd right |
| Wyndam St | Left |
| Cross St | Left |
| John St | Left |
| Gwaun Bedw | EOR right |
| Cymmer Hill | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Cymmer Rd / Dinas Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Miskin Link Rd | EOR right |
| Miskin Rd / Brithweunydd Rd / Cemetery Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Ynyshir Rd / North Rd | End of one way system left lane |
| Llwyncelyn Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Trehafod Bypass | Right |
| Ford Bridge | Roundabout left |
| Barry Rd | EOR left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC |
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