Leeds test route maps — visualise every route before test day.
Study the common roads around the Fernville and Colton Mill test centres with our map images, so you know what to expect before you get in the car. Tap any route to enlarge it.
Fernville Driving Test Centre
Fernville (formerly the Harehills test centre, now relocated to Leeds's old fire station and renamed) is one of Leeds's practical driving test centres, sitting just east of the city centre. The routes around it have a character all of their own — busy multi-lane roads, hill starts, narrow residential streets for manoeuvres and a sat-nav independent driving section. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Fernville Route 3 — Easterly Road & Gipton Loop
Ring Road Seacroft → North Parkway → Easterly Road → Harehills Lane → Beech Lane → Foundry Lane → Gipton Approach. Approx. 27 min, 9 miles.
Fernville Route 2 — Wetherby Road & Harehills Loop
Ring Road Seacroft → Wetherby Road → Foundry Approach → Shakespeare Lawn → Lupton Avenue. Approx. 29 min, 10 miles.
Fernville Route 1 — York Road & Ironwood Loop
York Road → Foundry Lane → Ironwood Approach → Redmire Drive → Rosgill Drive → Kentmere Avenue → Ring Road Seacroft. Approx. 26 min, 8 miles.
Colton Mill Driving Test Centre
Colton Mill is our east Leeds practical test centre, serving the LS15 area — Cross Gates, Whitkirk, Colton, Halton, Temple Newsam and Barwick-in-Elmet. The routes around it take in the A6120 Outer Ring Road, the A63 Selby Road and busy retail-park junctions: real east Leeds driving. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Colton Route 7 — Century Way & New Temple Gate
Century Way → York Road → New Temple Gate → Colton Lane.
Colton Route 6 — Swillington & Kippax Loop
Wakefield Road, Swillington → Astley Lane, Great Preston → Allerton Bywater → Brigshaw Lane, Kippax → Goody Cross Lane → Swillington Lane.
Colton Route 5 — York Road & Manston Lane
Colton Lane → Kingswear Crescent → York Road → Penda's Grove → Manston Lane.
Colton Route 4 — Garforth & Swillington Common
Colton Lane → Selby Road → Wakefield Road, Garforth → Westbourne Grove → Lidgett → Church Lane, Swillington.
Colton Route 3 — Selby Road & Cross Gates
Selby Road → York Road → Ring Road Cross Gates → Penda's Way.
Colton Route 2 — School Lane & East Leeds Orbital
School Lane → Barwick Road, Garforth → East Leeds Orbital Road.
Colton Route 1 — Bullerthorpe & Barwick Loop
Bullerthorpe Lane → Leeds Lane → Barwick Road, Garforth → Gascoigne Avenue → Manston Lane → Kingswear Crescent.
Walton (Wetherby) Driving Test Centre
Walton (Wetherby) is a practical driving test centre on Wighill Lane, serving pupils from Wetherby, Boston Spa, Collingham and the north-east Leeds area. The routes mix fast A-roads like the A58 and A64 with quiet village lanes — a real test of both speed management and rural observation. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Wakefield Driving Test Centre
Wakefield is a practical driving test centre at Silkwood Park, Ossett, just off junction 40 of the M1. It serves pupils from Wakefield, Ossett, Horbury and the south Leeds area. The routes mix the A638 Dewsbury Road, busy suburban streets and rural lanes toward Horbury — a real test of both urban and rural driving. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Knaresborough Driving Test Centre
Knaresborough is a practical driving test centre at St James Business Park, serving pupils from Knaresborough, Harrogate and the north Leeds area. The routes mix the A59, A658 and rural North Yorkshire lanes — a real test of both A-road confidence and country driving. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Pontefract Driving Test Centre
Pontefract is a practical driving test centre at Baghill Station, serving pupils from Pontefract, Castleford, Knottingley and the south-east Leeds area. The routes mix the A645, A639 and busy market-town streets — a real test of both A-road and town-centre driving. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Barnsley Driving Test Centre
Barnsley is a practical driving test centre on West Road, serving pupils from Barnsley, Darton, Wombwell and the broader South Yorkshire area. The routes mix the A628 Dodworth Road, the A635 and quiet residential streets — a real test of both A-road and suburban driving. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
Horsforth Driving Test Centre
Horsforth is a practical driving test centre in north-west Leeds, serving pupils from LS16, LS18 and the broader north-west Leeds area. The routes mix busy suburban roads with the A65 corridor and the A6120 Outer Ring Road — a real test of urban and suburban driving skills. We help pupils practise the roads, junctions, manoeuvres and types of driving commonly encountered around this test centre. Test routes can vary.
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