DVSA test centre
Blackburn driving test centre
Blackburn Interchange, Commercial Road, off Junction 4 M65, Blackburn, BB3 0DB
Local road picture
This centre sits beside strategic routes and industrial roads, with a quick shift from fast traffic to urban junctions and residential streets.
Use Commercial Road, the M65 approaches and the town links as practice context. Focus on planning before a slip road, checking blind spots around larger vehicles and adapting speed when the road becomes built up.
Practise these skills
- Dual-carriageway joining, lane changes and safe exit planning.
- Roundabouts with heavy traffic and clear use of the correct lane.
- Pedestrian awareness near town streets after a fast section.
On the day
The interchange is easy to reach but can be busy at peak times. Check the centre instructions and avoid arriving with your first fast-road practice still to do.
Practise on the real routes
Our instructors use the local road pattern as a teaching plan, not a promise of a fixed examiner route. DVSA chooses the route on the day, so the goal is to make you confident on the decisions that repeat across the area.
Areas that test here
- Darwen
- Accrington
- Lower Darwen
- Haslingden