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 Pontypridd 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 Pontypridd extended car routes 1 to 3.
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 | Pontypridd |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | |
| Maesycoed Rd | Bear left |
| Woodland Terrace | Follow sharp right bend into |
| Mound Rd | 2 nd left |
| Llanwern Rd / Factory Lane | EOR right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Left |
| St Andrews Rd | Follow to left, EOR left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Sharp left bend |
| Pencoedcae Rd | Left |
| Heol Y Beddau | Right |
| Commercial St | EOR right |
| Parish Rd / Tynant Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Gwaunmiskin Rd | Roundabout left |
| Llantrisant Rd | Downhill & uphill into |
| Llantrisant | After brow right |
| High St | Follow to right |
| The Common | EOR left |
| Mint Estate | Dual carriageway |
| Ynysmaerdy | Left |
| A473 | Dual carriageway, roundabout left, T/L right |
| Llantrisant Rd | Left |
| Heol Miskin | Right |
| Miskin | Around sharp left bend into |
| School Rd | EOR left |
| A4119 | Dual carriageway, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A473 | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Llantwit Faerdre | T/L ahead |
| Church Village | T/L right |
| Power Station Hill | Left, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| A470 | 2 nd exit |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| West St | Follow to right |
| Middle St | Crossroads ahead |
| Bonvilston Rd | Crossroads ahead, left |
| The Parade | Right after bend |
| Berw Bridge | EOR left |
| Berw Rd | Mini roundabout right 3rd |
| Morgan St | T/L ahead |
| Gelliwasted Rd | EOR right |
| Mill St | T/L left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| 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 | 2 nd exit just before T/L |
| Berw Rd | Right |
| Berw Bridge | EOR left |
| The Parade | EOR left |
| Bonvilston Rd | EOR right |
| Coedpenmaen Rd | EOR left |
| Doddington Place | EOR left |
| Merthyr Rd / Cilfynydd Common | T/L left, T/L right |
| Pontypridd Rd | Left |
| Abercynon / Ynysmeurig Rd | Left |
| Walter St | Crossroads ahead |
| Margaret St | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Ynysmeurig Rd | Sharp right into |
| Abercynon Rd / Mountain Ash Rd | T/L ahead |
| Aberdare Rd | Right |
| Aberaman Ind Est | 2 nd left |
| Estate Rd | Left |
| Aberdare Rd | Mini roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Cardiff New Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| A4059 | T/L ahead, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A470 | 1 st exit |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Bridge St | T/L ahead |
| Morgan St | T/L ahead |
| Gelliwasted Rd | EOR T/L approach in right lane, follow signs for Rhondda valley |
| Mill St | T/L right |
| Rhondda Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| 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 | EOR left |
| Berw Rd | Right |
| Berw Bridge | Left up hill, left |
| Bonvilston Rd | EOR right |
| Coedmenpaen Rd | Right |
| Church St | EOR left |
| Thurston Rd | 2 nd left |
| Dorothy St | EOR left |
| Thurston Rd | EOR left |
| Ralph St | Sharp left bend |
| Coedpenmaen Rd | Follow around bend |
| Dodington Place | EOR right |
| Merthyr Rd | Right, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| A470 | Roundabout ahead toward Cardiff, 2 nd exit |
| A468 | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| B4600 | Roundabout ahead, T/L right, 3 rd left |
| St Martins Rd | EOR left, T/L ahead, T/L ahead |
| Pontygwyndy Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Ystrad Mynach | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Nelson | Mini roundabout right, shortly left toward, 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Cardiff | Exit for Pontypridd, roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Town Centre | T/L ahead |
| Morgan St / Galliwasted Rd | EOR T/L right |
| Rhondda Valleys | 2 x T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Pwllgwaun Rd | |
| DTC |