Behind the wheel in Northumberland
Blyth DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 16 routes- Practice routes
- 16
- Average length
- 10.7 mi
- Longest route
- 13.5 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 16 Blyth 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.
16 routes at Blyth 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
- 7.8 mi12.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 0
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 9.1 mi14.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 9
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 12.7 mi20.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 11
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 12.4 mi20.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 10.0 mi16.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 11
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 3
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 13.5 mi21.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 9.2 mi14.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 0
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 12.1 mi19.4 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 12.2 mi19.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 14
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 3
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 11.9 mi19.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 10.1 mi16.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 2
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 8.8 mi14.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Route 13
Free route
- Route length
- 7.2 mi11.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 9
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 14
Free route
- Route length
- 12.9 mi20.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 15
Free route
- Route length
- 9.3 mi14.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 16
Free route
- Route length
- 11.6 mi18.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Blyth DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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Plessey Road (B1327) / Rotary Way (A193)
Roundabout · on 13 of 16 routes
7 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Links Road (A193) / Rotary Way (A193)
Roundabout · on 8 of 16 routes
6 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Vulcan Place (B1331) / Front Street East (A193)
Junction · on 2 of 16 routes
6 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Front Street West (A193) / Choppington Road (A1068)
Roundabout · on 2 of 16 routes
5 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Cowpen Road (A193)
Junction · on 9 of 16 routes
4 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Broadway (A193)
Junction · on 5 of 16 routes
4 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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