Behind the wheel in Portsmouth
Portsmouth DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 14 routes- Practice routes
- 14
- Average length
- 12.4 mi
- Longest route
- 15.3 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 14 Portsmouth DTC routes with you in UK Routes. Pick a route, hear the next turn and build familiarity with every drive.
- Turn-by-turn voice guidance
- Offline maps, once your route is downloaded
- One route at this centre, free to practise

Plan your next practice
Find your next route.
14 routes at Portsmouth 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
- 11.4 mi18.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 11.6 mi18.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 10.7 mi17.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 11.0 mi17.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 14
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 13.8 mi22.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 11.0 mi17.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 15.3 mi24.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 9
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 16
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 12.6 mi20.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 12.4 mi20.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 10.3 mi16.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 14
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 13.1 mi21.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 2
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 13.0 mi20.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Route 13
Free route
- Route length
- 14.7 mi23.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 14
Free route
- Route length
- 12.6 mi20.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 9
- Mini-roundabouts
- 0
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Portsmouth DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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Northern Road (A397) / Northern Road (A3)
Roundabout · on 8 of 14 routes
27 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Southampton Road (A3)
Traffic lights · on 4 of 14 routes
13 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Station Road / Castle Street
Roundabout · on 3 of 14 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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South Boarhunt Road / Southwick Road (B2177)
Junction · on 2 of 14 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Southwick Hill Road (B2177) / London Road (A3)
Traffic lights · on 7 of 14 routes
11 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Northern Road (A397) / A27
Roundabout · on 4 of 14 routes
11 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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Explore a little further
Nearby test centres
Distances from Portsmouth DTC,
not driving route lengths.
- 0 km
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- 8 km
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- 20 km
Southampton (Forest Hills) DTC
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- 21 km
Isle of Wight DTC (Newport)
Isle of Wight · 10 routes
- 26 km
Southampton (Maybush) DTC
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- 27 km
Winchester DTC
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