Orkney Driving Test Centre Practice Routes
In order to allow examiners to provide a test more representative of real driving conditions, the DVSA no longer publishes the current driving test routes. The below routes were the most recent to be published for the Orkney driving test centre. If the test centre has relocated since the last routes were published, then these routes will be applicable to the old location.
Please note that these routes are indicative only and examiners may alter their exact routes at their discretion, for example depending on traffic conditions.
| Orkney Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Harbour St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Cromwell Rd |
2nd right |
| Mount Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Weyland Drive |
End of the road, left |
| East Rd |
Right |
| Annfield Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Berstane Rd |
4th right |
| Meadowbank / Thomas St |
5th left |
| George St |
End left |
| Bignold Park Rd |
Right |
| Clay Loan / Union St |
End of the road, left |
| Junction Road |
Right |
| Wellington St |
Right |
| Glaitness Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Old Scapa Rd A964 to Orphir |
Right |
| Bloomfield Rd |
End of the road, right, End of the road, left |
| Wellington St |
End of the road, right |
| Duncan Rd |
2nd left |
| Pipersquoy Rd |
Left, left, left |
| Laverock Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Clay Loan |
Left |
| Buttquoy Place |
End of the road, left |
| Buttquoy Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Watergate |
End of the road, left |
| Place Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St |
Left |
| Castle St |
Left |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Ayre Rd |
3rd left |
| Sunnybank Rd |
End of the road, right, right, End of the road, right, right |
| Crowness Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Grain Shore |
End of the road, left |
| Ayre Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead |
| Harbour St / Shore St |
Roundabout right |
| St. Catherines Pl |
End of the road, right |
| Queen St / King St / School Place |
End of the road, left |
| Dundas Crescent |
2nd right |
| Clay Loan |
2nd left |
| Earl Thorfinn St |
End of the road, right |
| Holm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Holm Branch Rd |
3rd right |
| Scapa Crescent |
2nd left, right, End of the road, right |
| New Scapa Rd, Junction Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Great Western Rd |
2nd right |
| West Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St |
Right |
| Victoria St |
Right |
| Tankerness Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
2nd left |
| Great Western Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Ayre Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 3rd left |
| Pipersquoy Rd |
2nd left, left, left |
| Laverock Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Clay Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Bignold Park Rd |
2nd left |
| Inganess Rd |
2nd right |
| Single track |
End of the road, left |
| A960 to airport |
Left |
| Tankerness |
Right |
| Jewellery |
Right, End of the road, right, 4th left |
| Easdale Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Holm Rd |
2nd left |
| Quoybanks Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Clay Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 2nd right |
| Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St |
Right |
| Victoria St |
Right |
| Tankerness Lane / North Tankerness Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd |
Right |
| Wellington St / High St |
Right |
| Chaitness Rd / Bloomfield |
End of the road, left |
| Kirkwall |
Right |
| Scapa Beach |
End of the road, left, End of the road, left |
| Holm Branch Rd |
2nd right |
| Scapa Crescent |
2nd left, right, End of the road, right |
| New Scapa Rd |
2nd right |
| Union St / Clay Loan |
End of the road, left |
| Dundas Crescent |
Right |
| George St |
End of the road, right |
| Dundas Crescent |
Right |
| Thomas St |
3rd left |
| Slater St / Willow Rd / Willowburn Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Berstane Rd / Queen St / School Place |
End of the road, right |
| Palace Rd / Broad St |
Left |
| Castle St |
Right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ayre Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Grainshore |
4th left |
| Crowness Crescent |
End of the road, left, End of the road, left |
| Ayre Rd |
Right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd / New Scapa Rd / HolmBranch Rd |
Left |
| Trade Park Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Kirkwall |
3rd right |
| George St |
End of the road, right |
| Thomas St |
End of the road, left |
| Meadowbank |
2nd right |
| Reid Crescent |
Left, right, End of the road, right |
| Meadows East Rd |
3rd right |
| St Catherine’s Place |
Roundabout left |
| Shore St / Harbour St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Ayre Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 2nd right |
| Crowness Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Fin Stonn |
End of the road, right |
| Glain Shore |
End of the road, left |
| Ayre Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Great Western Rd |
3rd right |
| West Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St |
Bear left |
| Palace Rd |
Right |
| Watergate |
Left |
| Buttquoy Crescent |
Right |
| Buttquoy Place |
End of the road, right |
| Clay Loan / Union St |
End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| West Tankerness Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd / New Scapa Rd |
5th left |
| Scapa Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Holm Rd |
Right |
| A961 |
Left |
| Tradespark |
End of the road, left |
| Kirkwall |
3rd right |
| George St |
End of the road, right |
| Dundas Crescent, Palace Rd |
Right |
| Broad St |
Left |
| Castle St |
Ahead |
| West Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Great Western Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Ayre Rd |
Right |
| Grain Shore |
Left, right, End of the road, right |
| Finstown |
Right |
| New Road Grain Shore |
Right |
| Crowness Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Ayre Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Harbour St, Shore St |
Roundabout right |
| St Catherine’s Place |
End of the road, right |
| Queens St, School Place |
End of the road, left |
| Dundas Crescent |
2nd right |
| Clay Loan / Union Street |
End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
2nd right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Harbour St / Shore St |
Roundabout right |
| St. Catherine’s Place |
End of the road, left |
| East Rd |
Left |
| East Hill to Weyland |
Left |
| Carness Rd / Cromwell Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Shore St / Harbour St |
Roundabout left |
| Junction Rd |
2nd left |
| Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St / Palace Rd / DundasCrescent |
2nd right |
| Clay Loan |
2nd left |
| Earl Thorfinn St |
2nd left |
| Craigie Crescent |
2nd left |
| Quoy Banks Crescent |
2nd right |
| Kirklands Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Pipersquoy Rd |
End of the road, right |
| New Scapa Rd |
Left |
| Wellington St |
Right |
| Glaitness Rd |
Left |
| Bloomfield Rd |
Left |
| Kirkwall / Old Scapa Rd / WellingtonSt |
End of the road, left |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 2nd left |
| West Castle St |
End of the road, left |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd |
Left |
| Union St / Clay Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Bignold Park Rd |
3rd right |
| Ettsdale Loan |
End of the road, left |
| Holm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Holm Branch Rd / New Scapa Rd |
3rd right |
| Pipersquoy Rd |
Left |
| Summerdale Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Craigie Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Holm Rd |
End of the road, |
| Bignold Park Rd |
Right |
| George St |
End of the road, right |
| Dundas Crescent / Palace Rd / BroadSt |
Left |
| Castle St / West Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Great Western Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Ayre Rd / Harbour St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Shore St |
Roundabout right |
| St. Catherine’s Place |
End of the road, right |
| Queen St / School Place |
End of the road, left |
| Dundas Crescent |
Left |
| Thomas St / Meadow |
End of the road, left |
| Meadowbank |
3rd right |
| Berstane Rd |
End of the road, left, right, End of the road, left |
| Airport Rd |
Right |
| Tradespark |
End of the road, right |
| Kirkwall / Holm Branch Rd |
Left to |
| Scapa Beach |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Junction Rd |
Left |
| Union St / Clay Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Bignold Park Rd / A960 |
Left |
| Tankerness |
Right |
| Jeweller |
End of the road, right |
| Kirkwall |
Left |
| Tradespark |
End of the road, right |
| Kirkwall |
Roundabout right |
| Holm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Holm Branch Rd / New Scapa Rd |
3rd right |
| Pipersquoy Rd |
Right, End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Great Western Rd |
4th right |
| Burnmouth Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Left |
| Castle St |
End of the road, right |
| Broad St / Palace Rd / DundasCrescent |
2nd right |
| Clay Loan |
End of the road, right |
| Junction Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Tankerness West |
End of the road, left |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Pickaquoy Rd |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Orkney Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Park the vehicle. |