15 routes around the Naas test centre in Co. Kildare, all of them recorded on real driving tests. Drive them with spoken turn-by-turn guidance, and hear the tricky spots before you reach them.
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The places learners who tested here talk about most, and what they advise. Advice sometimes differs: road markings and your instructor have the final word.
The most repeated warning: a small STOP sign as you leave the car park, right before a short right turn onto the roundabout. Learners say people miss it or roll through because the view looks clear, and some say the line was faint. They recommend a full stop with proper observation, turning the indicator off after the short turn, and listening for which exit you are given.
A side-road junction where the STOP line sits well back, a cycle lane crosses in front, and you turn right across a yellow box before traffic lights. Instructors and learners describe stopping at the line, checking for cyclists and pedestrians, then moving up to stop at the cycle lane rather than in it before waiting for a gap. Replies disagree on when you may wait inside the yellow box while traffic is queued; several note that turning right is the exception that allows it if you are fully inside the box.
Learners describe Main Street as busy, with pedestrian crossings, yellow boxes and parked cars. One learner who failed says both faults came at lights here while focused on queuing traffic; an instructor points to the lights near the library at the top of the hill, where the light can change to amber while you wait. Some learners say they were kept off Main Street at busy times, and one picked up a fault for position on a sharp right turn there.
Learners describe a pair of roundabouts around Monread, near the big Tesco and towards the Naas/Sallins train station, where markings on some approaches make the left lane left-only and put straight ahead in the right lane. One learner who failed says they entered in the correct lane but then changed lane on the roundabout out of habit without a mirror check. Another who practised there found nothing unusual, so read the markings on each approach.
Learners mention being taken into Lakelands for the reverse around the corner and for driving past parked cars and blind junctions, with lots of turns inside the estate. One reply says the limit is 50 km/h at the entrance road and 30 km/h near the houses, so watch the signs.
Here the road bends right but you are told to continue straight, which learners say means signalling left in that direction. Coming the other way there is a STOP sign, and replies disagree on whether to signal right or not at all, so ask your instructor.
Learners mention Esmondale as a place for the turnabout; one describes doing it at the first left turn, across from the green. Another learner who passed says their test stayed mostly in housing estates near the centre, including a newer one they think is Esmondale, and suggests practising there beforehand.
One learner describes coming out of Patrician Avenue onto the Kilcullen Road by the Maxol, where a footpath runs across the end of the side road before the main road. They stopped at the line before the path, then crept forward slowly, and had a long wait because the road was busy. It was not on their mock route, so they suggest trying it beforehand.
Learners describe Naas as a test of observation more than tricky layouts: lots of STOP signs, small hills, narrow estates with parked cars, and yellow boxes and pedestrians in the town. Several say the routes themselves are not complicated if you stay calm.
How many of the 15 routes use each road. The roads near the top are the ones to know well.
Distinct places across all 15 routes, and what the tester watches for at each.
Scan the footpaths early and be ready to stop.
Filter arrows and yellow boxes: never enter a box you cannot clear.
Lane choice by exit, a signal on approach where needed, and a left signal after the exit before yours.
A full stop at the line every time, even when the road is clear.
Testers mark speeding and driving too slowly for the road.
Treat it like a full roundabout: observation, yield to the right, signal.
30, 50, 60, 80 km/h. Know the default for each road type in speed limits, and every sign in Irish road signs.
Worked out from the Naas routes themselves.
The Naas routes pass 25 different roundabouts. Know which lane each exit needs before you get there; signs and road markings beat the shape of the roundabout.
Read the guideSome Naas routes reach 80 km/h roads. Build up to a safe speed that suits the road: hesitancy and holding back are marked too.
Read the guide25 sets of traffic lights across the routes. Practise right turns at lights and the yellow box rule.
Read the guide17 STOP signs across the routes. Rolling through one is a common fault; stop at the line, then creep and look.
Mirrors, then signal, then a look over your shoulder where needed. Make the checks clear enough for the tester to see.
Read the guideTuras marks the likely spot for each manoeuvre on every route: quiet side roads, straight stretches and hills. Across the Naas routes:
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All 15 Naas routes were recorded on real driving tests. Each is matched to the OpenStreetMap road network, and learners' shared drives are checked every week for changes. Last updated 30 October 2026. The tester still chooses the route on the day. How test routes work.
Pass rate: 52.9% in 2022 (national 53.2%). That is the RSA's latest table by centre, so treat it as a rough guide. Most fails come from things you can practise: observation, progress and lane choice. All centres.
Waiting time: about 9 weeks until you are invited to book a test, at the end of September 2026 (national average 11.9 weeks). All centres.
Addresses from the RSA's list of test centres; waiting time from RSA figures published by the CSO. Your appointment letter has the final word.
With about 9 weeks to wait at Naas, apply on MyRoadSafety as soon as your EDT lessons are uploaded, and use the wait: learn the road signs and Rules of the Road questions the tester asks first, and drive with your accompanying driver.
Turas: Driving Test Routes for iPhone. Spoken turn-by-turn guidance on the routes around your centre, with the tricky spots called out before you reach them.
