Behind the wheel in Darwen
Blackburn (Darwen) DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 20 routes- Practice routes
- 20
- Average length
- 7.5 mi
- Longest route
- 10.5 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 20 Blackburn (Darwen) DTC routes with you in UK Routes. Pick a route, hear the next turn and build familiarity with every drive.
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- One route at this centre, free to practise

Plan your next practice
Find your next route.
20 routes at Blackburn (Darwen) DTC.
Compare the distance and junctions before you set off.
Practice routes, not official DVSA test routes. Your examiner may take a different route on the day.
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Route 1
Free route
- Route length
- 6.5 mi10.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 7.9 mi12.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 7.3 mi11.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 8
- Traffic lights
- 16
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 7.6 mi12.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 6.1 mi9.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 18
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 7.6 mi12.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 7.3 mi11.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 1
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 6.8 mi10.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 9.4 mi15.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 6.6 mi10.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 8.4 mi13.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 7.4 mi12.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 13
Free route
- Route length
- 8.0 mi12.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 3
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Route 14
Free route
- Route length
- 7.7 mi12.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 15 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 7.4 mi11.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 1
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Route 16 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 7.4 mi11.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 17 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 10.5 mi16.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 14
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 18 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 6.5 mi10.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 19 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 6.5 mi10.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 9
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 20 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 7.8 mi12.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Blackburn (Darwen) DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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B6231
Traffic lights · on 2 of 20 routes
13 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Wainwright Way (A6078)
Traffic lights · on 1 of 20 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Aqueduct Road (B6447) / Alan Shearer Way (A666)
Traffic lights · on 8 of 20 routes
8 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Earcroft Way (A666) / Mary Leaver Way
Roundabout · on 20 of 20 routes
6 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Sandy Lane (B6231) / Blackburn Road (A666)
Junction · on 11 of 20 routes
6 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Alan Shearer Way (A666)
Roundabout · on 7 of 20 routes
6 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
Police-reported injury collisions within about 60 m of each junction, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). Busy junctions naturally see more collisions; the counts do not take traffic volume into account.
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