Behind the wheel in Southampton
Southampton (Forest Hills) DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 8 routes- Practice routes
- 8
- Average length
- 9.3 mi
- Longest route
- 12.2 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 8 Southampton (Forest Hills) 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.
8 routes at Southampton (Forest Hills) 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
- 7.5 mi12.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 19
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 9.5 mi15.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 22
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 7.9 mi12.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 6.8 mi10.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 16
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 10.7 mi17.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 8.7 mi13.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 28
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 10.9 mi17.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 23
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 12.2 mi19.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 34
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Southampton (Forest Hills) DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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St Denys Road (A3035) / Thomas Lewis Way (A335)
Traffic lights · on 6 of 8 routes
18 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Lodge Road
Traffic lights · on 2 of 8 routes
15 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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The Avenue (A33)
Traffic lights · on 3 of 8 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Hill Lane (A35) / Burgess Road (A35)
Roundabout · on 2 of 8 routes
11 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Winchester Road (A35) / Bassett Avenue (A33)
Roundabout · on 4 of 8 routes
10 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Burgess Road (A35)
Traffic lights · on 3 of 8 routes
9 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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Distances from Southampton (Forest Hills) DTC,
not driving route lengths.
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