New Zealand

Wellington Driving practice routes

Practise driving on the streets of Wellington on a 3D map — free, in your browser, with nothing to install.

The simulator opens on the city map, where you choose any route.

Route types

First drive
Quiet streets and simple junctions — a few easy turns
- Routes: 34
- Typical length: 2.0 km
- Typical time: 4 min
Parking
A short drive that ends in a street with free kerbside bays
- Routes: 34
- Typical length: 1.5 km
- Typical time: 3 min
Junctions
Give way, STOP and unmarked junctions on the side streets, with turns across the oncoming traffic — who goes first when there are no lights
- Routes: 32
- Typical length: 2.6 km
- Typical time: 5 min
Roundabouts
One or more roundabouts on the way
- Routes: 28
- Typical length: 3.2 km
- Typical time: 6 min
Rush hour
Busy avenues through the centre: traffic lights, lanes, turns across traffic
- Routes: 8
- Typical length: 4.3 km
- Typical time: 9 min
Driving test practice
A drive like the practical test: from a test centre and back where one is known, over the roads and junctions the examiner covers.
- Routes: 3
- Typical length: 19 km
- Typical time: 38 min

The test drive here lasts 45–60 min. Each loop starts and finishes at the test centre.

Loop	Length	Time	Roundabouts	Traffic lights	Turns	Main streets
01	18 km	36 min	3	58	26	Adelaide Road, Taranaki Street, Riddiford Street, Mount Albert Road
02	19 km	38 min	1	49	26	Ohiro Road, The Parade, Victoria Street, Jervois Quay
03	19 km	38 min	5	59	40	Taranaki Street, Riddiford Street, Thorndon Quay, Sutherland Road

The streets the routes of Wellington use most.