Watch driving test routes in Lichfield

Route 1 from Lichfield test centre heads south along Sainte Foy Avenue, Falkland Road and London Road, past roadworks with temporary lights, to a slip road onto the 70 mph A38. It leaves the A38 again for Cappers Lane and comes back through the 20 mph streets of Brownsfield Road, the narrow bridge on Rotten Row and the narrow lanes of Broad Lane and Quarry Hills Lane, with a STOP junction onto Tamworth Road at the end.

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1. 0:00
   Lower Sandford Street

   Out of the test centre to a T junction, where we creep forward and turn right onto Swan Road, then signal right for the roundabout.

2. 0:42
   Swan Road roundabout onto The FriaryTricky spot 01

   A right turn at a roundabout straight after a crossing with lights. Watch for people near the entry, signal right and give way to traffic on the roundabout. Our exit is onto The Friary.

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3. 2:00
   Sainte Foy Avenue roundabout with lightsTricky spot 04

   Traffic lights on the way into the roundabout, with a queue ahead, and we turn right on the roundabout. Keep a gap to the car in front and only go on green when it is clear. Give way to traffic on the roundabout and signal right early.

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4. 3:33
   Falkland Road

   The limit goes up to 40 mph, a roundabout where we go straight on, then the right lane for the right turn at the lights onto London Road.

5. 5:19
   London Road

   40 mph, then a queue for roadworks with temporary lights, where we stop with the tyres of the car ahead in view. The limit goes up to 60 mph before we turn left for the A38.

6. 7:48
   Joining the A38 for BurtonTricky spot 16

   A curved slip road leads onto the A38, a 70 mph dual carriageway. Build up speed on the slip road and watch the traffic so you can match it. Check your right mirror and blind spot, then merge into a gap.

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7. 9:05
   Leaving the A38 for Cappers LaneTricky spot 18

   We leave the A38 at 70 mph by a slip road with two lanes, and the limit drops to 30 mph at the end. Slow down on the slip road, not on the A38, and keep to the left lane. Give way at the line and turn left onto Cappers Lane.

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8. 9:33
   Cappers Lane

   A roundabout straight on, roadworks that narrow the road on our side, then a busy roundabout with a queue where we go straight on to Eastern Avenue and wait for a safe gap from the right.

9. 11:40
   Eastern Avenue

   A 40 mph road with a left turn ahead into Brownsfield Road: left mirror, shoulder and signal.

10. 12:59
    Brownsfield Road

    A 20 mph zone with parked cars and vans on our side. A T junction right onto Wissage Road, left onto Saint Michael Road, then right and a give way line before the T junction where we turn right onto Church Street.

11. 15:52
    Church Street

    Left at the lights onto Rotten Row, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists, with a narrow railway bridge ahead.

12. 17:50
    Rotten Row narrow bridge and zebraTricky spot 06

    A narrow bridge with walls on both sides and a zebra crossing straight after it. Keep left and be ready to give way to oncoming traffic on the bridge. Parked cars on our side follow, so look well ahead.

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13. 18:34
    Broad Lane narrowingTricky spot 12

    A narrowing where oncoming traffic has priority and the give way markings are in our lane. Slow down and let the oncoming car through first. Move off again only when it is clear.

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14. 19:55
    Quarry Hills Lane

    SLOW painted on the road and a narrow lane, so we keep our speed down and watch for oncoming cars.

15. 20:53
    Quarry Hills Lane STOP junctionTricky spot 14

    A narrow lane ends at a STOP line on the A51, and trees and hedges block the view. Come to a complete stop, then look right and left before you turn right. A cyclist can come from the left, so wait until it has passed.

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16. 22:31
    Upper Saint John Street

    A zebra crossing, three lanes at the lights where we go straight on, then a 20 mph zone with another zebra. A roundabout right onto Swan Road, 30 mph and left into Lower Sandford Street.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The FriaryA461
4. 4Sainte Foy AvenueA461
5. 5Falkland RoadA461
6. 6Saint Johns AvenueA461
7. 7London RoadA5206
8. 8A38A38
9. 9Cappers LaneA5192
10. 10Eastern AvenueA5192
11. 11Brownsfield Road
12. 12Wissage Road
13. 13Saint Michael Road
14. 14Church StreetA5127
15. 15Rotten Row
16. 16Sturgeon's Hill
17. 17Boley Lane
18. 18Broad Lane
19. 19Quarry Hills Lane
20. 20Tamworth RoadA51
21. 21Upper Saint John StreetA51
22. 22Saint John Street
23. 23The Friary
24. 24Swan Road
25. 25Lower Sandford Street

Route 2 from Lichfield test centre goes out on the 40 mph Western Bypass and Eastern Avenue to the 20 mph streets of Stowe, with parked cars on both sides along Grange Lane, Weston Road and Curborough Road. It returns along Eastern Avenue, Trent Valley Road and Birmingham Road, through yellow boxes and KEEP CLEAR markings, and finishes with the right turn without filter arrow on London Road and the roundabout after the railway bridge on Falkland Road.

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1. 0:00
   Swan Road

   We creep forward and turn right onto Swan Road, then signal right for the roundabout onto The Friary, keep right on it and signal left just before our exit.

2. 0:42
   The Friary

   The road splits into two lanes and we keep to the right lane, marked RUGELEY.

3. 1:02
   The Friary lane split for RugeleyTricky spot 02

   Lane words on the road decide where we go: TAMWORTH, RUGELEY and CITY CENTRE. Read them early, before the lanes split. We take the right lane marked RUGELEY first, then stay in the left lane marked A51 RUGELEY at the next split.

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4. 1:51
   Western Bypass

   The limit goes up to 40 mph. We move right early for the right turn onto Eastern Avenue and wait for the green filter arrow.

5. 4:22
   Eastern Avenue

   A yellow box, which we enter only when our exit is clear, then the right turn lane into Grange Lane.

6. 5:08
   Grange Lane

   A 20 mph zone with parked cars on both sides. We slow down, look for gaps and let oncoming traffic pass first, then give way and turn left onto Weston Road.

7. 6:10
   Weston Road

   Still 20 mph, with parked cars on our side, a mini roundabout straight on and cars coming through the gaps. We creep forward at the junction and turn right onto Curborough Road.

8. 8:18
   Curborough Road

   Parked cars on both sides and on our side with a car coming, so we wait in a gap. When they are parked on their side they should wait, but we slow down in case it gets tight.

9. 9:57
   Saint Chad's Road

   Still 20 mph, then a mini roundabout where we give way to the right and turn left onto Netherstowe.

10. 10:52
    Netherstowe

    A zebra crossing, then a give way where we turn right onto Eastern Avenue and wait for a safe gap.

11. 12:30
    Eastern Avenue

    The limit is 30 mph now. Straight on at the lights in the left lane, then a roundabout where we turn right onto Trent Valley Road.

12. 14:37
    Trent Valley Road

    Two lanes at the lights at the end, where we go straight on in the left lane and the road becomes Church Street.

13. 16:30
    Birmingham Road

    A yellow box and a KEEP CLEAR marking, then left at the lights onto Upper Saint John Street, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists.

14. 17:28
    Upper Saint John Street

    A yellow box, parked cars all along our side and a zebra crossing. The lanes split and we take the right lane to bear right onto London Road, then the right lane again for the lights.

15. 19:48
    London Road right turn without filter arrowTricky spot 10

    A right turn at traffic lights with no filter arrow. Wait in the right turn lane with your wheels straight and give way to oncoming traffic. Turn only when there is a safe gap, and do not feel rushed.

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16. 20:15
    Falkland Road

    The limit goes up to 40 mph and we build up speed smoothly for the railway bridge ahead.

17. 20:54
    Falkland Road roundabout after the railway bridgeTricky spot 13

    A roundabout straight after a railway bridge, where the road splits into two lanes. The left lane has a left arrow, so we take the right lane. Look right and give way to traffic on the roundabout.

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18. 22:14
    Sainte Foy Avenue

    The limit drops to 30 mph. Two roundabouts straight on, looking right each time, then a roundabout where we turn left onto The Friary.

19. 23:32
    The Friary and Swan Road

    A KEEP CLEAR marking, the right lane marked CITY CENTRE at the lights, then the left lane for the roundabout with cyclists on our left. Left onto Swan Road and left into Lower Sandford Street.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The FriaryA51

Route 3 from Lichfield test centre leaves the city through Saint John Street, Cherry Orchard and Roman Way, joins the 70 mph A38 from Cappers Lane and leaves it again at the A5206 roundabout. It comes back through London Road with queues and roadworks, then the rural Fosseway Lane with a level crossing and the hidden Wall Lane junction, and Walsall Road with its roundabouts.

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1. 0:00
   Swan Road

   A T junction where we creep forward and turn right onto Swan Road, then the first exit left at the roundabout onto The Friary and into a 20 mph zone.

2. 0:44
   Saint John Street

   A KEEP CLEAR marking and a zebra crossing, the end of the 20 mph zone, then a yellow box before the left turn into Cherry Orchard.

3. 2:06
   Cherry Orchard

   Parked cars on both sides, so we give way if the gap is tight. A T junction where we turn right onto Sturgeon's Hill, with more parked cars after the turn.

4. 3:48
   Sturgeon's Hill and Roman Way

   A zebra crossing, a mini roundabout where we turn left into Austin Cote Lane, then a roundabout where we turn right onto Cappers Lane.

5. 5:57
   Cappers Lane

   We signal right in good time and position early for the right turn onto the slip road.

6. 6:49
   Joining the A38

   National speed limit, 60 mph on the single carriageway, then the slip road where we match the speed and merge. On the dual carriageway the limit is 70 mph, and we stay in the left lane for our exit.

7. 8:06
   A5206 roundabout after the A38 slip roadTricky spot 19

   A fast slip road off the A38 ends at a two lane roundabout, and one lane only turns left. Slow down in good time after the REDUCE SPEED NOW sign and stay in the right lane. Give way to traffic from the right.

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8. 9:12
   London Road

   A long queue, roadworks on the right with workers near the barriers, then the limit drops to 40 and 30 mph. A KEEP CLEAR across both lanes before we turn left at the lights onto the A461.

9. 11:29
   Falkland Road

   The limit goes up to 40 mph, a roundabout straight on, then the left turn into Fosseway Lane with someone standing at the corner.

10. 13:00
    Fosseway Lane

    A small roundabout where we stay on Fosseway Lane. National speed limit, but the lane is narrow, so we keep it slow and keep left.

11. 14:34
    Level crossing

    A level crossing: if the lights show amber or flashing red, we must stop.

12. 15:12
    Wall Lane junctionTricky spot 17

    A junction hidden by high hedges and a brick wall, with a very poor view. Slow down in good time and creep forward slowly until you can see. Look left and right and only go when it is clear.

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13. 16:06
    Walsall Road

    The limit drops to 40 mph for a roundabout where we turn right onto Walsall Road from the right lane. A roundabout straight on, 30 mph, then a mini roundabout where we go round the centre, not over it.

14. 19:09
    Friary Road roundabout

    A roundabout straight on, where we look right ourselves and do not just follow the lorry, someone walking in the road, then the last roundabout left onto Swan Road.

15. 20:14
    Swan Road

    Left mirror, left shoulder and signal left for the turn into Lower Sandford Street.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The Friary

Route 4 from Lichfield test centre is a town route through the 20 mph streets of Stychbrook Park, with six mini roundabouts, parked cars on both sides and T junctions onto Curborough Road, Dimbles Lane and Beacon Street. It returns on the 40 mph Western Bypass and Eastern Avenue, past yellow boxes and filter arrow lights, and ends with the right turn at the lights from Birmingham Road into Saint John Street.

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1. 0:00
   Lower Sandford Street

   A T junction right onto Swan Road, then left at the roundabout onto The Friary and into a 20 mph zone with KEEP CLEAR markings and a zebra crossing. 30 mph, then the left lane for the lights and left onto Birmingham Road.

2. 1:46
   Birmingham Road

   A KEEP CLEAR marking and a yellow box, then the left lane for the left turn at the lights onto Greenhill and right at the next lights onto George Lane, with no filter arrow.

3. 2:58
   George Lane

   Parked cars on our side, a mini roundabout straight on to Stowe Road, then a give way line and back to 20 mph.

4. 4:03
   Saint Chad's Road

   A mini roundabout where we turn left, parked cars on both sides and then on our side, and a T junction where we creep forward and turn right onto Curborough Road.

5. 5:36
   Curborough Road

   A parked van on our side with people around it, so we give way and pass slowly. Still 20 mph.

6. 6:31
   Weston Road

   A mini roundabout straight on, then left onto The Leasowe, where the limit is 30 mph.

7. 8:16
   Friday Acre

   Parked cars on our side all along Friday Acre, then a T junction where we turn right onto Dimbles Lane.

8. 9:16
   Dimbles Lane

   A 20 mph zone, a mini roundabout straight on to Anson Avenue and parked cars with people about. A T junction onto the busy Beacon Street, where we wait for a safe gap and speed up to 30 mph.

9. 11:28
   Beacon Street

   Parked cars on our side, so we keep a door's width and look well ahead.

10. 12:01
    Beacon Street lights and mini roundaboutTricky spot 05

    Traffic lights, then a mini roundabout straight after them, then parked cars on our side. Take each one in turn. Give way to the right at the mini roundabout and stay on Beacon Street.

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11. 12:30
    Abnalls Lane

    Left into Abnalls Lane, straight on at another mini roundabout and up to the T junction with the Western Bypass.

12. 13:05
    Abnalls Lane T junctionTricky spot 07

    A right turn onto the 40 mph Western Bypass, where traffic comes fast from both directions. Slow down at the give way line and be ready to stop. Look right, left and right again and do not feel rushed.

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13. 14:21
    Eastern Avenue

    Yellow boxes, still 40 mph, two lanes that merge into one and the limit dropping to 30 mph. Then a roundabout where we turn right onto Trent Valley Road.

14. 19:00
    Trent Valley Road

    Signal left after the exit before ours, then two lanes at the lights where we go straight on in the left lane and onto Church Street.

15. 21:18
    Birmingham Road

    A yellow box and a KEEP CLEAR at the lights, then the right lane for the right turn onto Saint John Street.

16. 22:51
    Birmingham Road right turn lightsTricky spot 03

    A right turn at traffic lights after a long queue, with no green arrow. Stay in the right lane, where the road arrow points right. On green, give way to oncoming cars and turn only when there is a safe gap.

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Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The Friary

Route 5 from Lichfield test centre is the long one: the narrowings on Shortbutts Lane, the narrow lanes of Quarry Hills Lane, Broad Lane and Wissage Road with a STOP sign, then Cappers Lane and a long slip road onto the 70 mph A38. It returns along London Road with queues and roadworks, the roundabout after the railway bridge on Falkland Road and the right turn onto Sainte Foy Avenue.

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1. 0:00
   Swan Road and The Friary

   We turn right onto Swan Road and right at the roundabout onto The Friary. The left lane marked WALSALL, then a roundabout straight on to Birmingham Road.

2. 2:12
   Birmingham Road

   Left at the lights into Shortbutts Lane, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists.

3. 3:16
   Shortbutts Lane

   The road narrows under the bridge, so we look ahead for oncoming traffic and give way if needed.

4. 3:39
   Shortbutts Lane narrowingsTricky spot 08

   A row of narrowings where the signs decide who goes first: at some we have priority and at others we give way. Check the signs and the give way lines in our lane. Slow down and let oncoming traffic through when it is their turn.

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5. 5:24
   Tamworth Road

   The limit goes up to 40 mph on Tamworth Road, then we slow down early for the left turn into Quarry Hills Lane.

6. 5:54
   Quarry Hills Lane

   A narrow lane with a car coming towards us, so we slow down and keep left, then left into Broad Lane.

7. 6:57
   Broad Lane

   The road narrows to one lane, a give way where we turn right, then a narrowing where we have priority but stay ready to slow down.

8. 8:06
   Boley Lane

   A zebra crossing and a KEEP CLEAR marking, then the right turn at the lights into George Lane: no green arrow, so we give way to oncoming traffic.

9. 9:43
   George Lane

   A mini roundabout straight on, going round the centre, then a 20 mph zone.

10. 11:00
    Wissage Road

    A junction with a limited view where we creep forward slowly and turn right.

11. 11:27
    Wissage Road narrow laneTricky spot 11

    A T junction with a poor view, then a very narrow lane. Creep forward slowly and look left and right before you turn right. In the lane, look well ahead and pull up on the left to let oncoming cars pass.

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12. 12:48
    Trent Valley Road

    The limit is 30 mph. A busy roundabout where we turn right onto Cappers Lane, looking right and waiting for a safe gap.

13. 14:04
    Cappers Lane

    Signal left just after the exit before ours, a roundabout straight on along Cappers Lane, then the right turn ahead onto the slip road for the A38.

14. 15:40
    Joining the A38 from Cappers LaneTricky spot 20

    A right turn just after an underpass onto a long slip road, then a short lane onto the 70 mph A38. Build up your speed smoothly on the slip road. Match the speed, check your right mirror and blind spot, then merge into a gap.

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15. 18:09
    London Road

    A long queue, a fire engine on the other side and roadworks on the right. The limit drops to 40 and 30 mph, we keep to the left lane and pass a KEEP CLEAR before turning left at the lights.

16. 20:54
    Falkland Road

    40 mph, then a roundabout after the bridge where we go straight on from the right lane with the straight arrow, giving way to the right and signalling left after the exit before ours.

17. 22:48
    Falkland Road roundabout to Sainte Foy AvenueTricky spot 09

    A two lane roundabout at the end of a 40 mph road, where we turn right onto Sainte Foy Avenue. Check your mirrors, signal right and take the right lane. Give way to traffic from the right and be ready to stop.

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18. 24:42
    The Friary

    A KEEP CLEAR marking, the right lane marked CITY CENTRE, then a right turn onto The Friary. Left at the roundabout onto Swan Road, a crossing with people nearby and left into Lower Sandford Street.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The FriaryA461

Route 6 from Lichfield test centre is the shortest, a loop around Stowe Pool. It goes out through Saint John Street, Cherry Orchard and Roman Way to the busy Cappers Lane roundabout, then winds through the 20 mph streets of Brownsfield Road, Saint Chad's Road, Curborough Road and Weston Road with parked cars, mini roundabouts and KEEP CLEAR markings, before the 40 mph Western Bypass brings us back.

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1. 0:00
   Lower Sandford Street

   A T junction where we creep forward and turn right onto Swan Road, then left at the roundabout onto The Friary and into a 20 mph zone.

2. 1:04
   Saint John Street

   KEEP CLEAR markings and a zebra crossing, two lanes at the lights where we go straight on in the left lane with a queue. 30 mph, a yellow box and the left turn into Cherry Orchard.

3. 2:41
   Cherry Orchard

   KEEP CLEAR markings, then a T junction where hedges limit the view, so we creep forward and turn right. Parked cars on our side after the turn.

4. 4:36
   Roman Way

   A zebra crossing, a mini roundabout where we turn left onto Austin Cote Lane, then a roundabout where we turn left onto Cappers Lane.

5. 6:24
   Cappers Lane

   Two lanes for the roundabout ahead: we go straight on in the left lane and give way to the right.

6. 7:04
   Cappers Lane roundabout to Trent Valley RoadTricky spot 15

   A busy roundabout with two lanes at the entry and a queue, so expect a wait. We take the left lane and go straight on. Look right, give way and only go when there is a safe gap.

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7. 7:27
   Eastern Avenue

   An ambulance approaching, so we stay where we are and let it pass. Then the left turn lane for Brownsfield Road.

8. 9:00
   Brownsfield Road

   A 20 mph zone with people walking on our left. Right into Wissage Road, where hedges limit the view, past a parked trailer and downhill at 20 mph to the give way where we turn right onto Saint Chad's Road.

9. 10:47
   Saint Chad's Road

   A mini roundabout where we turn left, parked cars on our side and then on both sides, and a right turn at the junction.

10. 12:06
    Curborough Road

    A parked van and cars on our side, so we give way to oncoming traffic, then left into Weston Road.

11. 13:01
    Weston Road

    A mini roundabout straight on, still 20 mph with the speedometer in view.

12. 15:00
    Wheel Lane

    Parked cars on both sides, so we let oncoming traffic pass first, then a roundabout where we turn right onto Beacon Street.

13. 15:30
    Beacon Street

    The limit goes up to 30 mph before the left turn into Abnalls Lane.

14. 16:01
    Abnalls Lane

    Another mini roundabout straight on, round the centre, then a give way where we turn left onto the Western Bypass after a safe gap from the right.

15. 16:51
    Western Bypass

    40 mph, then 30 mph and the left lane marked CITY C'TRE for the roundabout where we turn left onto The Friary.

16. 18:15
    The Friary

    A roundabout where we turn left onto Swan Road, then left at the lights into Lower Sandford Street.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Lower Sandford Street
2. 2Swan Road
3. 3The Friary