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 Washwood Heath 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 Birmingham Washwood Heath Driving Test Centre, extended routes 1 – 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 | Birmingham Washwood Heath |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | |
| Coleshill Rd | T/L right |
| Bromford Lane | Left |
| Morris Rd | EOR Left |
| St Margarets Rd | Right |
| St Margarets Ave | 2 nd left |
| Ingleton Rd | EOR right |
| Drews Lane | T/L left |
| Bromford Lane | Roundabout left |
| Heartlands Parkway | Roundabout right |
| Cuckoo Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Lichfield Rd | Roundabout right |
| Tyburn Rd | 3 rd left |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR right |
| Wheelwright Rd | Left |
| Croydon Rd | EOR left |
| Wheelwright Rd | EOR left |
| Tybern Rd | T/L left |
| Bromford Lane | Right |
| Kingsbury Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead 2 nd Exit |
| Sutton Coldfield Bypass | Roundabout right 4 th Exit |
| London Rd / Lichfield Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Birmingham Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Collector Rd | Roundabout left |
| Newport Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Coleshill Rd | Roundabout right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | |
| Coleshill Rd | T/L ahead |
| Washwood Heath Rd | 4 th left |
| Thornton Rd | EOR left |
| Alum Rock Rd | Right |
| Treaford Lane | Roundabout left |
| Cotterills Lane | Roundabout right |
| Station Rd / Flaxley Rd | Right, crossroads ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Folliot Rd | Roundabout left |
| Crossfield Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Lea Hall Rd | Roundabout left |
| Church Rd | Left |
| Deepmoor Rd | EOR left |
| Church Rd | EOR right |
| Bordesley Green East | T/L left |
| Station Rd / Stoney Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Church Rd | Roundabout left |
| Coventry Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Catherine De Barnes Lane | Roundabout left |
| Solihull Rd / High St / Meriden Rd | Roundabout left |
| Kenilworth Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Stonebridge Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Birmingham Rd | Roundabout right |
| Collector Rd | Roundabout left |
| Newport Rd | Roundabout right |
| Coleshill Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | |
| Beaufort Ave | EOR left |
| Stechford Rd | Right |
| Hodgehill / Bucklands End Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Brookmeadow Rd | Roundabout right |
| Heathway | EOR right |
| Shard End Crescent | EOR left |
| Packington Ave | Right |
| Pithall Rd | Right |
| Freasley Rd | EOR left, right |
| Longmeadow Crescent | EOR right |
| Hurst Lane | T/L left |
| Chester Rd | Right |
| Manor Park Rd | 2 nd right |
| Marlborough Rd | Left |
| Clifton Rd | Right, EOR right |
| Marlborough Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Water Orton Rd / Birmingham Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Birmingham Rd | Left |
| Marsh Lane | T/L right |
| Lichfield Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Birmingham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Collector Rd | Roundabout left |
| Chester Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, slip rd, roundabout right |
| Coventry Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Church Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Stoney Lane / Station Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Burney Lane | EOR left |
| Alum Rock Rd | Left |
| Treaford Lane | Roundabout left |
| Cotterills Lane | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Stechford Lane | T/L right |
| Coleshill Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 4 |
| DTC | |
| Coleshill Rd | T/L right |
| Bromford Lane | Left |
| Morris Rd | EOR left |
| St Margarets Rd | 2 nd right |
| St Margarets Ave | EOR left |
| St Margarets Rd | T/L ahead |
| Lindale Ave | EOR right |
| Radstock Ave | EOR right |
| Plaistow Ave | Crossroads ahead |
| Sandhurst Ave | EOR left |
| Ventnor Ave | EOR right |
| Bromford Rd | EOR left |
| Coleshill Rd | Roundabout left |
| Newport Rd | Roundabout left |
| Chester Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Kingsbury Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd Exit |
| Sutton By-pass | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Tamworth Rd | Right |
| Fox Hill Rd | Right |
| Slade Lane/ Slade Rd / Little Sutton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Mere Green Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Lichfield Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| High St / Mill St | T/L ahead |
| Victoria | Roundabout left |
| Birmingham Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Chester Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Newport Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd Exit |
| Coleshill Rd | Roundabout right |
| DTC |