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 Longbenton 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 Longbenton extended car routes 1 to 2.
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 | Longbenton |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | EOR left |
| Whitley Rd / Benton Rd | Roundabout Left, 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Coast Rd | Roundabout right |
| Billy Mill Ave | Roundabout left |
| Queen Alexandra Rd | T/L right |
| Hawkeys Lane | Roundabout left |
| Albion Rd | T/L right |
| Coach Lane | 2 nd left |
| Percy St / Sydney St | EOR right |
| Albion Rd | T/L Left |
| Preston Rd | T/L Right |
| Trevor Terrace / Linskill Terrace | Roundabout right |
| Manor Rd / Front St | Left |
| Hotspur Rd | Right |
| Lovaine Rd | EOR left |
| Sea Banks / Grande Banks | Roundabout left |
| Beech Rd | Right |
| Aiden Rd | Right |
| Links Rd / Georges Rd | EOR right |
| North View | Roundabout left |
| Whitley Rd | Becomes |
| Whitley Rd / Park View | T/L right |
| Marine Ave | T/L left |
| The Links / Blyth Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hartley Lane | EOR left |
| A192 | Roundabout right |
| Earsden Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead |
| Holystone Bypass | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Whitley Rd | Left |
| Marquis Close | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | EOR left |
| Whitley Rd / Front St | Roundabout right |
| Benton Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Goathland Ave / Ashleigh grove | EOR left |
| Station Rd / Forest Hall Rd | 3 rd right |
| Clousden Drive | EOR left |
| Great Lime Rd | T/L Right |
| Killingworth Rd / Killingworth Lane | End Left |
| Backworth Rd | Left |
| A1056 | Left |
| A19 | 1 st exit, Roundabout left |
| Earsdon Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout left |
| A192 | Roundabout right |
| The Ave | Left |
| St Michaels Rd / Bristol St | Roundabout right |
| A192 | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Spine Rd | 5 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Benton Park Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Haddricks Mill Rd | 2 nd left |
| Castle Farm Rd | Roundabout right |
| Freeman Rd | Roundabout left |
| Newton Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout Left |
| Benton Rd | 2 nd right |
| Fairways / Hoylake Ave | EOR left |
| Coach Lane | EOR right |
| Whitley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Marquis Close | |
| DTC |