South Shields Driving Test Centre Address
Bedesway
Bede Industrial Estate
South Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE32 3EG
Tel 0300 200 11 22
South Shields Driving Test Centre Pass Rates
2018-2019 47.2%
2016-2017 46.4%
2015-2016 51%
2014-2015 51%
2013-2014 52.7%
2012-2013 49.5%
2010-2011 48.9%
2008-2009 49.19%
| Type of Test Route | Car |
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Bedesway | Left |
| Monksway | Crossroads left |
| Shaftsbury Ave | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout left |
| John Reid Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Prince Edward Rd | Roundabout right |
| Sunderland Rd | 2 nd left |
| Quarry Lane | 2 nd left |
| Pine Ave | EOR left |
| Quarry Lane | 2 nd left |
| Larch Ave | EOR right |
| Prince Edward Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Coast Rd / Broadway | Roundabout left |
| Mowbray Rd | Left |
| Westoe Rd | Right |
| East Stevenson St | Crossroads right |
| Imeary St | Left |
| Chichester Rd | Right |
| John Clay St / Victoria Rd | Roundabout left |
| Western Approach | Roundabout 4 th exit, roundabout 3 rd exit, roundabout ahead |
| Jarrow Rd | Left |
| Bedesway | Right |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | EOR right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway | EOR left |
| Straker St | Roundabout left |
| A19 South | 2 nd exit |
| Abingdon Way | Right |
| Hedworth Lane | T/L left |
| Fellgate Ave | Left |
| Fieldway | EOR right |
| Fellgate Ave | T/L left |
| Hedworth Lane | Left |
| Calfclose Lane | Roundabout left |
| Leam Lane | Roundabout right |
| Mill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Monkton Lane | 2 x EOR left |
| Campbell Park Rd | Right |
| Monkton Lane | EOR left |
| Wood Terrace | Roundabout ahead |
| Butchers Bridge Rd / Springwell Rd | EOR left |
| Field Terrace | Crossroads right |
| Bedeburn Rd / Park Rd | T/L right |
| Albert Rd | Roundabout right |
| Howard St | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| B1297 | Right |
| Church Bank | EOR left |
| Straker St | T/L right |
| Pilgrims Way | EOR left |
| Bedesway | Left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Bedesway | Right |
| Pilgrims Way | T/L right |
| Jarrow Rd | Roundabout left |
| Western Approach | Roundabout 3 rd exit, right |
| West Way | Roundabout left |
| Stanhope Rd | T/L right |
| Mortimer Rd | Roundabout left |
| Cauldwell Ave | 2 nd left |
| Banbury Terrace | Left |
| Cauldwell Ave | Roundabout left |
| Sunderland Rd | T/L right |
| Grovner Rd | Right |
| Horsley Hill Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Marsdon Lane | Roundabout right |
| Prince Edward Rd | 3 x roundabouts ahead |
| John Reid Rd | Roundabout right |
| Boldon Lane | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Hudson Lane | Roundabout left |
| Western Approach | Roundabout right |
| Jarrow Rd | Left |
| Bedesway | Right |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Bedesway | Right |
| Pilgrims Way | T/L right |
| Jarrow Rd | Roundabout left |
| Western Approach | Roundabout right |
| Hudson St | T/L ahead |
| Boldon Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Green Lane | Left |
| Brockley Ave | Crossroads right, left, right, EOR left |
| Green Lane | Left |
| Winskell Rd | Roundabout left |
| John Reid Rd | Roundabout right |
| Whiteleas Way | Roundabout right |
| Galsworthy Rd | Left |
| Benton Rd | Roundabout right |
| New Rd | T/L left |
| Boker Lane | T/L right |
| A184 | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| A19 | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| A194 | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | Crossroads right |
| Monksway | EOR right |
| Bedesway | Left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | EOR right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway | EOR left |
| Straker St | Roundabout left |
| A19 | 1 st exit, roundabout right |
| Leam Lane | Left |
| Hedworth Lane | Right, EOR left |
| Roman Rd | Crossroads right |
| York Ave | Roundabout right |
| Butchers Bridge Rd | Roundabout right |
| Bede Burn Rd | Left |
| Park Rd | T/L left |
| Victoria Rd East | Roundabout right |
| Campbell Park Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hedgley Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Glen St | Left |
| North Farm Rd | EOR right |
| Victoria Rd West | T/L left |
| Mill Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Leam Lane | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Newcastle Rd | T/L left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | 2 nd right |
| Monks Way | EOR right |
| Bedesway | 2 nd left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 6 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | EOR right |
| Bedesway / Abbotsway | EOR left |
| Straker St | Right |
| Church Bank | EOR right |
| Priory Rd | Left |
| Saxon Way | EOR left |
| Drury Rd | Crossroads right |
| Ferry Rd | 2 x EOR left |
| Priory Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Ellison St | 2 nd right |
| Grange Rd West | EOR right |
| Palmer St | EOR left |
| Western Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Prince Consort Rd | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd West | T/L left |
| Mill Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Leam Lane | Roundabout left |
| A184 | Roundabout left |
| A19 | 2 nd slip road left, roundabout right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | 2 nd right |
| Monksway | EOR right |
| Bedesway | 2 nd left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 7 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | EOR right |
| Bedesway | Left |
| Monksway | Crossroads left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | T/L right |
| Newcastle Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A19 South | Roundabout left |
| A184 | 2 x roundabouts ahead, T/L right |
| Hylton Lane | Left |
| Dipe Lane | Left |
| Bridle Path | T/L right |
| A184 | T/L left |
| Station Rd | Left |
| Cleadon Lane | EOR left |
| Tileshed Lane | Roundabout right |
| Benton Rd | EOR right |
| Galsworthy Rd | Roundabout left |
| White Leas | Roundabout ahead |
| Boldon Lane | 2 x roundabouts ahead, T/L right |
| Stanhope Rd | Roundabout left |
| West Way | Roundabout left |
| Western Approach | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right |
| Jarrow Rd | T/L left |
| Pilgrims Way | EOR left |
| Bedesway | Left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 8 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Bedesway | Left |
| Monksway | Crossroads left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | T/L right |
| A194 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| A19 | Roundabout left |
| Washington Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hylton Lane | 3 rd right |
| Dipe Lane / Avondale Gardens | Right |
| Dipe Lane | EOR right |
| Hylton Lane | T/L left |
| A184 | Roundabout right |
| Rectory Bank | EOR left |
| North Rd | EOR left |
| Hubert St | Roundabout right |
| Cotsworld Way | Left |
| North Rd / Hedworth Lane | EOR right, left, 4 th left, EOR right |
| Roman Rd | Slip road ahead |
| A194 | 2 x roundabouts ahead, T/L left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | Crossroads right |
| Monksway | EOR right |
| Bedesway | Left |
| DTC |