Practical Driving Test Centre Address:
Palting House
Trinity Road
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 2RH
Folkestone
Average Pass Rate:40.4%
Centre Telephone Number:
01303 252566
Folkestone driving test centre is near the centre of town. Because of this, there is likely to be a high density of traffic in the area. Some busy roads to practice would be the A259 and A2034 as these could come up in your exam. On your test, the route could involve roundabouts, crossroads and junctions of a complex nature. This is why practising Folkestone’s test routes is so important.
DTC: Driving Test Centre | T/L: Traffic Light | EOR: End Of Road
Test Route 1
Maps to be added soon
| Folkestone Route Number | 1 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Sandgate Rd | Left |
| Clifton Road | EOR right |
| Clifton Crescent | Right |
| Earls Avenue | 2 nd left |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Right |
| Coolinge Lane | Right |
| Bathhurst Rd | Right |
| Bodenham Rd | Right |
| Hardwick Rd | EOR right |
| Turketel Rd | EOR right |
| Bathurst Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout ahead, 4 th left |
| Joyes Rd | Left |
| Joyes Close | EOR right |
| Joyes Rd | EOR left |
| Canterbury Rd / Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | Left |
| New Rd | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square | Left |
| Cheriton Place | Right |
| Sandgate Rd | Right |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Bouverie Road West | EOR left |
| Cheriton Gardens / Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 2
| Folkestone Route Number | 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Middleburg Square | Left |
| Forresters Way | Roundabout left |
| Grace Hill | Right |
| New St | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Left |
| Dover Rd | Left, roundabout left |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Dover Hill / Dover Rd | Right |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Victoria Rd | Right |
| Albany Rd | Left |
| Clarence Rd | EOR left |
| Albany Rd | EOR right |
| Alexander Rd | EOR right |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Helena Rd | Right |
| New Dover Rd / Folkestone Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Right |
| Cherry Garden Lane | EOR left |
| Harcourt Rd | EOR left |
| Surrenden Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd | 6 th right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th right |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 3
| Folkestone Route Number | 3 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bathurst Rd | Right |
| Welson Rd | EOR left |
| Baldric Rd | EOR right |
| Audley Rd | EOR right |
| Shorncliffe Rd | EOR left |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd / Cheriton High St | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Weymouth Rd / Biggins Wood Rd | Left |
| Charles Crescent | EOR left |
| Biggins Wood Rd | EOR right |
| Tile Kiln Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | Left |
| New Street | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 4
| Folkestone Route Number | 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout right |
| A20 | 2 nd exit, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Folkestone Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| New Dover Rd / Dover Hill | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | 4 th left |
| Joyes Rd | Left |
| Joyes Close | EOR left |
| Joyes Rd | EOR right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Southern Way | Right |
| The Tram Rd | EOR left |
| Harbour St | Left |
| Harbour Approach | Right |
| Marine Parade | Right |
| Marine Terrace | EOR left |
| Road of Remembrance | Right |
| West Terrace / Bouverie Place / Bouverie Square | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 5
| Folkestone Route Number | 5 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grimstone Avenue | Left |
| Grimstone Gardens | EOR left |
| Grimstone Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Crescent | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St / Sandgate Esplande / Seabrook Rd |
2 nd right |
| Horn St | EOR right |
| Cheriton High St | EOR left |
| Cheriton Interchange | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | T/L right |
| Risborough Lane | Left |
| Risborough Way / Shorncliffe Rd | EOR right, |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cheriton Rd | EOR right |
| Middleburgh Square / Bouverie Rd West |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 6
| Folkestone Route Number | 6 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th left, 4 th left |
| Shorncliffe Crescent | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd / Risborough Way | EOR left |
| Risborough Lane | 2 nd right |
| Oaks Rd | EOR left |
| Kings Rd / Royal Military Rd / Risborough Lane | Left |
| Nasenby Rd | EOR left |
| Risborough Lane | EOR right |
| North Rd | Left |
| West Rd | Left |
| Hospital Hill | EOR left |
| Seabrook Rd / Sandgate Esplande / Sandgate High St / Sandgate Hill / Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| West Terrace / Remembrance Hill / Lower Sandgate Rd / Harbour St |
Left |
| Tontine St | EOR left |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 7
| Folkestone Route Number | 7 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | T/L ahead |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Cherry Garden Lane | Left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout Right |
| A20 | 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Folkestone Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| New Dover Rd / Dover Hill | Left, 2 nd left |
| Wear Bay Rd | 3 rd right |
| Hasborough Rd | Left |
| Verne Place | EOR left |
| Hasborough Rd | EOR left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Wear Bay Rd / Radnor Bridge Rd | Right |
| Ryland Place | EOR right |
| The Tram Rd | EOR right |
| Tontine St | EOR left |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square / Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 8
| Folkestone Route Number | 8 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 2 nd left |
| Godwyn Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Dixwell Rd | Right |
| Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Crescent | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St | 2 nd right |
| Military Rd | Right |
| Enbrook Rd | 4 th right |
| Romney Avenue | Left |
| Fremantle Rd | Left |
| Digby Rd | EOR left |
| Fremantle Rd | EOR right |
| Enbrook Valley | EOR left |
| Risborough Way | EOR right |
| Risborough Lane | Right |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | 5 th left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Right |
| Radnor Park Rd | EOR left, roundabout left |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 9
| Folkestone Route Number | 9 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR Right |
| Jointon Rd | EOR Right |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout Left 1 st Exit |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Radnor Park Rd | 2 nd left |
| Park Farm Rd | Left |
| Alder Rd | Right |
| Lynwood | Right |
| Coniston Rd | Left |
| Buttermere Close | EOR left |
| Coniston Rd | Right |
| Grasmere Rd | EOR right |
| Coniston Rd | EOR right |
| William Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Lucy Avenue | 4 th right |
| Linksway | EOR right |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Churchill Avenue | 2 nd roundabout ahead |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Southern Way / Warren Rd | 2 nd right |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Wear Bay Rd | Left |
| East Cliff Gardens / The Durlocks / North St |
EOR right |
| Radnor St | EOR left |
| The Tram Rd | Left |
| Harbour St / Harbour Approach | Right |
| Marine Parade | Right |
| Marine Terrace | EOR left |
| Road of Remembrance | Left |
| The Leas | 3 rd right |
| Shakespeare Terrace | EOR left |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 10
| Folkestone Route Number | 10 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Earls Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Sandgate Rd / Sandgate Hill | Left |
| Radnor Cliff Rd | EOR left |
| Sandgate Hill / Sandgate High St / Princess Parade | Right |
| Twiss Rd | EOR left |
| East St | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Station Rd / Blackhouse Hill | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Ashford Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cheriton Interchange / Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd |
7 th right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 4 th right |
| Grimstone Avenue | Left |
| Grimston Gardens | EOR left |
| Grimston Avenue | Left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 11
| Folkestone Route Number | 11 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Grimston Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Right |
| Beachborough Rd | Left |
| Station Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd / Cheriton High St | 2 nd right |
| Ashley Avenue | 2 nd right |
| Phillip Rd | Left |
| Bowen Rd | EOR left |
| Phillip Rd | Right |
| Ilex Rd | EOR left |
| Cheriton Rd | Left |
| Surrenden Rd | Left |
| Harcourt Rd / Cherry Garden Lane |
EOR right |
| Tile Kiln Lane | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Blackbull Rd | Right |
| Radnor Park Rd | EOR left, roundabout left |
| Cheriton Rd | EOR right |
| Millfield / Ingles Rd | Left |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 12
| Folkestone Route Number | 12 |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Sandgate Rd | EOR right |
| West Terrace / Rd of Remembrance / Lower Sandgate Rd | Left |
| Harbour St | Left |
| Tontine St | Right |
| Dover Rd | Left, roundabout left, left |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| White Horse Hill | 2 nd left |
| Aerodrome Rd | Left |
| Blenheim Drive | EOR left |
| Aerodrome Rd | Left |
| Haven Drive | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Spitfire Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Canterbury Rd | Left |
| Alkham Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Left |
| Links Way | EOR left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | T/L ahead |
| Beachborough Rd / Shorncliffe Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 13
| Folkestone Route Number | 13 |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR right |
| Bouverie Rd West | Left |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| West Cliffe Gardens | Left |
| Remembrance Hill / Lower Sandgate Rd / Harbour St |
Left |
| Tontine St | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Harbour Way | Left |
| Radnor Bridge Rd / Wear Bay Rd | 2 nd left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | Left |
| Seagrave Rd | EOR left |
| Wear Bay Crescent | EOR right |
| Foreland Avenue | Left |
| Warren Way | Left, left |
| Foreland Avenue | Left |
| Wear Bay Rd / Hill Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Canterbury Rd | Right |
| Alkham Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | 6 th left |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Shorncliffe Rd | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Left |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 14
| Folkestone Route Number | 14 |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Jointon Rd | EOR right |
| Earls Avenue | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th left, 4 th left |
| Shorncliffe Crescent | EOR left |
| Shorncliffe Rd / Risborough Way | EOR right |
| Risborough Lane | T/L right |
| Cheriton High St / Cheriton Rd | 4 th left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| M20 flyover | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Spitfire Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Swann Drive | EOR right |
| Heron Forstal Avenue | 2 nd left |
| Uphill | Left |
| Canterbury Rd | 2 x roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Blackbull Rd | Left |
| Foord Rd | EOR left |
| New St | Right |
| Bradstone Rd | Right |
| Dover Rd | Right |
| Grace Hill | Roundabout left |
| Shellons St / Middleburg Square | 2 nd left |
| Cheriton Gardens | EOR right |
| Sandgate Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Right |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
Test Route 15
| Folkestone Route Number | 15 |
| DTC | Right |
| Palting Way | EOR left |
| Trinity Rd | EOR left |
| Bouverie Rd West | Roundabout left |
| Castle Hill Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cheriton Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Radnor Park Rd | T/L ahead |
| Pavillion Rd | Left |
| Blackbull Rd | 5 th left |
| Downs Rd | Right |
| Dolphins Rd | EOR right |
| Downs Rd | Left |
| Walton Gardens | EOR left |
| Downs Road | EOR Left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Hill Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Dover Hill / Folkestone Rd | Roundabout left |
| A20 | 1 st exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Alkham Valley Rd | EOR left |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Churchill Avenue | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| Cherry Garden Avenue | T/L ahead |
| Beachborough Rd / Shorncliffe Rd | 6 th right |
| Earls Avenue | Left |
| Jointon Rd | Right |
| Trinity Rd | Left |
| Palting Way | Left |
| DTC |
General Information
When booking your test it’s important to think about the time of day you’ll be taking it at. For example if you take your test in rush hour before the hours of 9 o’clock you will be likely to be stuck in traffic and compete against impatient drivers, anxious to get to work on time. However, after 9 the roads are less likely to be filled with traffic, giving you more space on the road. The table shown is our opinion on the optimum time to take your test, to avoid traffic.
On the day of the test, you will be required to complete 1 of 3 possible manoeuvres at a selected location on the route. This will either be a turn in the road ( 3 point turn), Parallel park or a bay park. The bay park however, can only be carried out at the end of the test on the test centre car park, so it can be useful to practice on the car park when the centre is closed if possible. It’s also at the examiner’s discretion to incorporate an emergency stop into the test.