Recently the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stopped publishing the driving test routes for each test centre to prevent test candidates from practicing the routes that the examiners take you on.
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The driving test routes for Hastings may have altered in the mean-time, although it is likely they are very similar if not identical. Listed below are the driving test centre routes for Hastings, routes 1-5.The Hastings driving test routes should be used for a guide only as test routes are for the discretion of the test examiner and may be subject to change.
Driving test routes incorporate the most challenging areas to drive in that particular location. Study the roads and the routes to establish which areas you will need practice on.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Test Centre | Hastings |
|---|---|
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Crossroads left |
| Hatherley Rd | EOR right |
| Southwater Rd / Ellenslea Rd | Crossroads left |
| Chapel Park Rd | 2 nd left |
| St Peters Rd | EOR right |
| Tower Rd | EOR left |
| Bohemia Rd | T/L ahead |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Sedlescombe Rd North | 2 x roundabout left |
| Old Harrow Rd / Ashbrook Rd | Right |
| Battle Rd | Left |
| Old Church Rd | 4 th left |
| Lancaster Rd | EOR right |
| Tilebarn Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Gresley Rd | EOR left |
| Castleham Rd / Napier Rd | EOR left |
| Queensway | Left |
| Churchwood Drive | 5 th right |
| Wishing Tree Rd | 3 rd left |
| Chambers Rd | EOR left |
| Wishing Tree Rd | Left |
| Redgeland Rise | EOR right |
| Blackman Ave / Ironlatch Ave | Roundabout left |
| Gillsmans Hill | EOR right |
| The Green | 2 nd left |
| Dane Rd | 3 rd left |
| Brittany Rd | Left |
| Dane Rd | EOR left |
| Pevensey Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | 3 rd right |
| Alexandra Rd | EOR left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Crossroads right |
| Hatherley Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | 2 nd right |
| Pevensey Rd | Right |
| Dane Rd | Right |
| Charles Rd | 2 x crossroads ahead |
| Charles Rd West | 2 nd right |
| Clinton Crescent | EOR right |
| Charles Rd West | Crossraods ahead |
| Hollington Park Rd | 4 th left |
| Marlborough Close | EOR left |
| Hollington Park Rd | EOR left |
| Gillsmans Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Crowhurst Rd / Queensway | Right |
| Napier Rd / Castleham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Telford Rd | EOR right |
| Battle Rd | 2 nd right |
| Old Church Rd | 2 nd left |
| Quebec Rd | 3 rd right |
| Marline Rd | 2 nd left |
| Wishing Tree Rd | 4 th left |
| Redgeland Rise | EOR left |
| Blackman Ave | 6 th right |
| Battle Rd | 3 rd right |
| Sedlescombe Rd South | 3 rd left |
| Springfield Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | 4 th left |
| Alexandra Rd | EOR left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Crossroads left |
| Hatherley Rd | EOR left |
| Southwater Rd | Left |
| Woodland Vale Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Sedlescombe Road North | 7 th right |
| Briers Ave | EOR left |
| Madeira Drive | Left |
| The Crescent | EOR left |
| Madeira Drive | EOR left |
| King Edward Ave | EOR left |
| St Helens Rd | Roundabout right |
| Sedlescombe Rd North | Roundabout left |
| Old Harrow Rd / Ashbrook Rd | T/L right |
| Battle Rd | T/L left |
| Old Church Rd | 2 nd left |
| Quebec Rd | 3 rd right |
| Marline Rd | Right |
| Ingleside | EOR left |
| Napier Rd | EOR left |
| Queensway / Crowhurst Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Harley Shute Rd | Left |
| Fernside Ave | Left |
| Gillsmans Park | EOR right |
| Gillsmans Hill | EOR left |
| The Green | Right |
| Springfield Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | 4 th left |
| Alexandra Rd | EOR left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Crossroads right |
| Hatherley Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | Right |
| Pevensey Rd | Right |
| Dane Rd | 2 nd right |
| Brittany Rd | Left |
| Charles Rd | Left |
| Markwick Terrace | EOR left |
| Charles Rd | Right |
| Tower Rd West | Left |
| Combermere Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| St Matthews Gardens | EOR right, left crossroads left |
| Springfield Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | Right |
| North Rd | EOR right |
| Bohemia Rd | 4 th right |
| Church Rd | EOR left |
| St Margaret’s Rd | Right |
| Schwerte Way | EOR left |
| White Rock | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Harold Place / Havelock Rd | Right |
| Devonshire Rd | EOR right |
| South Terrace | EOR left |
| Queens Rd | Roundabout left |
| Bethune Way | 2 nd right |
| Priory Ave / Amherst Rd / Newgate Rd | EOR right |
| Bohemia Rd | Left |
| Tower Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Alexandra Rd | EOR left |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| Hatherley Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd | Left |
| Norman Rd / Warrior Square | 2 nd left |
| Church Rd | EOR right |
| Bohemia Rd | 4 th right |
| White Rock Gardens | Left |
| Schwerte Way | EOR left |
| White Rock | 2 x T/L ahead, T/L left |
| Albert Rd / Queens Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Elphinstone Rd | 2 nd left, left |
| Laton Rd | Left |
| Baldslow Rd | EOR left |
| Laton Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| St Helens Crescent | Right |
| Thanet Way | EOR right |
| Ashford Rd | 2 nd left |
| Tenterden Rise | EOR right |
| Ashford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Park View | EOR left |
| Parkstone Rd | EOR right |
| St Helens Rd | Roundabout left |
| Sedlescombe Road North | T/L left |
| London Rd | T/L right, 5 th left |
| Alexandra Rd | EOR left |
| DTC |
Hastings DRIVING TEST CENTRE ROUTES
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Scheduling the Road Test (the 'Skills Test')
I tell my customers (teens and adults) to schedule any way you can. Adapt and overcome. If the software is working that day and a viable time slot is open, take it. You can always cancel it later. Otherwise, call the test station of your choice. They may get you into a time slot that way. Again, it bears repeating that the further out you go from the metro, the easier it will be to schedule. Here's another tip: preregister at dvs.dps.mn.gov to avoid standing in long lines after you pass the road test. In this manner they'll have all your info already. That's the idea anyway. I don't see it in that path, but it's possible it's embedded in the choices after you insert your permit number. I do know of at least a few who have done that however, and if I learn more I'll post the info here.
Test Stations
Below are test stations used by my customers, in general order of frequency. I give my thoughts and/or the primary details as told to me by my customers. NOTE: As of March, 2021, stations closed for the virus deal are back up and doing road tests.
Eagan
Can be tough to glean anything positive from this road test station, other than the location. In nine years in this business, I've never heard much positive from either my teen or adult students. However, it's conveniently located for residents of the southeast metro, and I've had many, many customers pass the road test there. The course has some weird, unusual configurations but I can help avoid the pitfalls. I give my customers some tips to avoid the pitfalls at Eagan. It's not tough if you are prepared. This test station is called a 'closed course'. It's a massive flat chunk of blacktop, all enclosed within a fenced perimeter, and a gate that gets locked each evening. NOTE: Eagan now does some road tests on weekends. Again, check the state DPS site for more details. The DPS website is tough to navigate - just keep poking around until you find what you need.
Hastings - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This is, in my opinion, a great place for people in the southeast metro to take the road test. Everything I've heard about Hastings has been positive, and the workers there are pleasant. I know the general path they take and can give you some pointers. The only down side is the location of the 90 degree backing space. It's in a weird spot, behind the Hastings theater, and the layout is off a bit. It's not a perfect rectangle as one normally sees. The cones form a parallelogram, in essence, and the curb there is curved. So it requires a bit more focus but you can do it. I can give you pointers. The word is out, and they are normally booked out a ways. But call them or watch the website for cancellations - you might get a spot that works for you. Some of their streets are quite wide, and you must know where to be in terms of lateral position. Drive next to the center lane, but if turning right, do so from the parking lane (see the Faribault description also).
Faribault - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
Like Hastings, fairly straightforward and free of the drama you see at Eagan. It's about a 45 minute drive from the southeast metro, but it's worth it. When making a right turn from a street where the lane is two cars wide, turn from the right side. In other words, if you're making a right turn, do a formal lane change and get into the 'parking lane' before making your turn. Failure to do so will likely be a showstopper. I can take you down there if desired, and show you their area.
Arden Hills
This is another closed course but not fraught with the drama that Eagan is. There is a one-way but it's well marked and there are no strange layouts like you'll see at Eagan. Roughly a half dozen of my students take their test there each year, and that number is rising. Overall, they do well and have positive feedback. It is a bit of hike from the south metro, however.
NOTE: Arden Hills now does road tests Saturdays and Sundays !
Plymouth
Same story as Arden Hills, almost verbatim. Yes, that includes road tests Saturdays and Sundays.
Chaska Note: Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This and all the rest listed below are open courses - you will be driving around town. I hear good things about this station and the road test. Be aware though, that Chaska's test area is all within their downtown, which is kind of tight - close quarters are the norm, not like the wide suburban streets of Apple Valley, for example.
Mankato
No issues of note. I have about three or four students a year go there and they do well. Nothing quirky or noteworthy to report.
Albert Lea - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Red Wing
Ditto.
Rochester - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Glencoe - Note: not currently doing road tests
A nice place to test, just west of the metro. I've had a few go there and they passed without any issues.
Fairmont
Ditto. And yes, it's on the Iowa border, about a two hour drive. But if you want to or need to test immediately, this is an option. I have heard good things from my customers doing the road test there.
Pipestone Note: not currently doing road tests
What? Mr. Vieths, you can't be serious !
Yes, in fact, I am serious. And yes, it's a hike . . . all the way to the South Dakota border. Nonetheless , I've had two teen students go there within the last couple years. Why? Because they wanted to test immediately, and Pipestone could handle them. One passed, one failed. The one that failed was a very good driver, but suffered from test anxiety. He went somewhere else shortly afterward and passed. Stop at the quarry for the tour, to celebrate your test, prior to heading home.
I tell my customers (teens and adults) to schedule any way you can. Adapt and overcome. If the software is working that day and a viable time slot is open, take it. You can always cancel it later. Otherwise, call the test station of your choice. They may get you into a time slot that way. Again, it bears repeating that the further out you go from the metro, the easier it will be to schedule. Here's another tip: preregister at dvs.dps.mn.gov to avoid standing in long lines after you pass the road test. In this manner they'll have all your info already. That's the idea anyway. I don't see it in that path, but it's possible it's embedded in the choices after you insert your permit number. I do know of at least a few who have done that however, and if I learn more I'll post the info here.
Test Stations
Below are test stations used by my customers, in general order of frequency. I give my thoughts and/or the primary details as told to me by my customers. NOTE: As of March, 2021, stations closed for the virus deal are back up and doing road tests.
Eagan
Can be tough to glean anything positive from this road test station, other than the location. In nine years in this business, I've never heard much positive from either my teen or adult students. However, it's conveniently located for residents of the southeast metro, and I've had many, many customers pass the road test there. The course has some weird, unusual configurations but I can help avoid the pitfalls. I give my customers some tips to avoid the pitfalls at Eagan. It's not tough if you are prepared. This test station is called a 'closed course'. It's a massive flat chunk of blacktop, all enclosed within a fenced perimeter, and a gate that gets locked each evening. NOTE: Eagan now does some road tests on weekends. Again, check the state DPS site for more details. The DPS website is tough to navigate - just keep poking around until you find what you need.
Hastings - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This is, in my opinion, a great place for people in the southeast metro to take the road test. Everything I've heard about Hastings has been positive, and the workers there are pleasant. I know the general path they take and can give you some pointers. The only down side is the location of the 90 degree backing space. It's in a weird spot, behind the Hastings theater, and the layout is off a bit. It's not a perfect rectangle as one normally sees. The cones form a parallelogram, in essence, and the curb there is curved. So it requires a bit more focus but you can do it. I can give you pointers. The word is out, and they are normally booked out a ways. But call them or watch the website for cancellations - you might get a spot that works for you. Some of their streets are quite wide, and you must know where to be in terms of lateral position. Drive next to the center lane, but if turning right, do so from the parking lane (see the Faribault description also).
Faribault - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
Like Hastings, fairly straightforward and free of the drama you see at Eagan. It's about a 45 minute drive from the southeast metro, but it's worth it. When making a right turn from a street where the lane is two cars wide, turn from the right side. In other words, if you're making a right turn, do a formal lane change and get into the 'parking lane' before making your turn. Failure to do so will likely be a showstopper. I can take you down there if desired, and show you their area.
Arden Hills
This is another closed course but not fraught with the drama that Eagan is. There is a one-way but it's well marked and there are no strange layouts like you'll see at Eagan. Roughly a half dozen of my students take their test there each year, and that number is rising. Overall, they do well and have positive feedback. It is a bit of hike from the south metro, however.
NOTE: Arden Hills now does road tests Saturdays and Sundays !
Plymouth
Same story as Arden Hills, almost verbatim. Yes, that includes road tests Saturdays and Sundays.
Chaska Note: Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This and all the rest listed below are open courses - you will be driving around town. I hear good things about this station and the road test. Be aware though, that Chaska's test area is all within their downtown, which is kind of tight - close quarters are the norm, not like the wide suburban streets of Apple Valley, for example.
Mankato
No issues of note. I have about three or four students a year go there and they do well. Nothing quirky or noteworthy to report.
Albert Lea - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Red Wing
Ditto.
Rochester - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Glencoe - Note: not currently doing road tests
A nice place to test, just west of the metro. I've had a few go there and they passed without any issues.
Fairmont
Ditto. And yes, it's on the Iowa border, about a two hour drive. But if you want to or need to test immediately, this is an option. I have heard good things from my customers doing the road test there.
Pipestone Note: not currently doing road tests
What? Mr. Vieths, you can't be serious !
Yes, in fact, I am serious. And yes, it's a hike . . . all the way to the South Dakota border. Nonetheless , I've had two teen students go there within the last couple years. Why? Because they wanted to test immediately, and Pipestone could handle them. One passed, one failed. The one that failed was a very good driver, but suffered from test anxiety. He went somewhere else shortly afterward and passed. Stop at the quarry for the tour, to celebrate your test, prior to heading home.