Carlisle driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Port Road Business Park, Port Road, CA2 7AF
Carlisle had a car driving test pass rate of 58.7% from April 2025 to March 2026 (3,518 tests), 8.6 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 4 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 19.5 km, mostly on country lanes (30%) and B roads (28%).
What the practice routes cover
- Country lanes30%
- B roads28%
- A roads22%
- Town and residential roads14%
- Dual carriageways3%
- Other roads2%
On a typical route you'll go through 7 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B5307 Caldcotes / A595 Church Street · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Burgh Road Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Cummersdale Roundabout · Large roundabout3 of 4 routes
- Moorhouse Road Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
- Newby West Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
- Orton Road Roundabout · Large roundabout2 of 4 routes
Roads the routes use most
- B5307 Newtown Road4 of 4 routes
- A6893 of 4 routes
- B5299 Dalston Road3 of 4 routes
- Burgh Road3 of 4 routes
- B52992 of 4 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 3,518 car tests were taken at Carlisle and 2,065 passed: a pass rate of 58.7%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 4 Carlisle routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.
These are practice routes built by Drive Round App around the test centre, not official test routes: DVSA doesn't publish its routes, and examiners can use any road in the area. Practise a mix of roads and junctions, not one route. Routes last updated 1 November 2026.