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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff, routes 1-5.
The Cardiff 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 | Cardiff |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Car |
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd | 2 nd right, EOR left |
| Pwllmelin Rd | 5 th right |
| Fairwood Rd | EOR left |
| Pwllmelin Rd / Fairwater Rd | T/L left |
| Cardiff Rd / Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Llantrisant Rd | Right |
| Gillian Rd / Highfields | Left |
| Greenwood Rd | EOR right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout right |
| Danescourt Way | Roundabout right |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead, left |
| Crofft Y Genau Rd | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| Llandetty Rd | EOR left |
| Llanbedr Rd | EOR right |
| Llangattock Rd | EOR left |
| Finchley Rd | Left |
| Norbury Rd | Left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L left |
| Western Avenue | 4 th T/L ahead, 2 nd slip rd left |
| Gabalfa Roundabout | Roundabout left, |
| North Rd | T/L ahead |
| Merthyr Rd | Bear left |
| The Philog | EOR left |
| Merthyr Rd | Right |
| Heol Penyfai | EOR right |
| Westfield Rd | Left |
| Heol Penyfai | Right |
| Merthyr Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| St. Davids Rd | EOR right |
| Tynewydd | EOR left |
| Bishops Rd | Right |
| Bishops Place | EOR left |
| Church Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Don / Station Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Bridge Rd | Roundabout right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Waterhall Rd / Plasmawr Rd / Fairwater Rd | T/L left |
| St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Norbury Rd | DTC |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd / Plasmawr Rd | Left |
| Pentrebane Rd | Right |
| Ashcroft Crescent | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | Left |
| Beechley Drive | 2 nd left |
| Maple Rd | EOR right |
| Beechley Drive | EOR right |
| Pentrebane Rd | EOR left |
| Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | 2 nd roundabout ahead, left |
| Croft-Y-Genau Rd | Ahead, EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd right |
| Fairways Crescent / Bwlch Rd / Finchley Rd | Left |
| Norbury Rd | Into |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| St Fagans Rd | T/L right |
| Fairwater Rd / Plasmawr Rd / Waterhall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Heol Isaf | Left |
| Windsor Rd | Left |
| Derwen Drysgol / Bryn Derwen | EOR right |
| Heol Isaf | Left |
| Kings Rd | Right, left, EOR left |
| Taff Terrace | Left |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| Heol Isaf | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Llantrisant Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Crofft Y Genau | EOR left |
| Cardiff Rd / St Fagans Rd | T/L ahead, 3 rd right |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Norbury Rd | Right, left, EOR right |
| St Fagans Rd / Waungron Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Ely Rd | Right |
| St Michaels Rd | Right, left, right |
| Palace Rd | EOR right |
| Pencisely Rd | Left |
| Greenwich Rd / Ovington Terrace | Right |
| Greenwich Rd | EOR right |
| Pencisely Rd | Right |
| Clive Rd | T/L ahead |
| Grosvenor Rd | T/L ahead |
| Broad St | Roundabout left, T/L right |
| Leckwith Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| A4232 | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Cowbridge Rd West | Roundabout left |
| Western Avenue | T/L left |
| Waungron Rd / St Fagans Rd | 3 rd left |
| Norbury Rd | Right |
| DTC |
Cardiff DRIVING TEST CENTRE ROUTES
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