Nelson ICBC Road Test Centre Routes

Practice your Nelson ICBC road test route

Real routes used for the Nelson ICBC road test centre at 310 Ward Street, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Nelson ICBC office details

Location: Nelson Service BC Centre, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, BC V1L 5S4
Phone: (250) 354-6104
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed weekends and statutory holidays.
Map: View on Google Maps
Street view: Preview the office on Google Street View

Driver licensing here is handled through the Nelson Service BC Centre, a provincial government office that also processes ICBC road tests and knowledge tests, rather than a standalone ICBC location.

Other ICBC offices near Nelson

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, or you're comparing wait times before booking, here's how far it actually is to drive from this location:

• Castlegar ICBC: 44 km, about 39 minutes
• Salmo ICBC: 41 km, about 35 minutes
• Slocan Park ICBC: 34 km, about 28 minutes

This sample route runs 12.71 km and takes about 27 minutes:

1. Drive northwest, 0.05 km.
2. Turn left onto Stanley Street, 0.05 km.
3. Turn left onto Vernon Street/BC 3A, 0.11 km.
4. Turn left onto Ward Street/BC 3A. Continue on BC 3A, 1.54 km.
5. Turn left toward Kootenay Lake Ferry, 0.13 km.
6. Turn right onto Behnsen Street, 0.30 km.
7. Turn right onto 5th Street, 0.02 km.
8. Drive southwest on 5th Street, 0.71 km.
9. Bear right onto Morgan Street, 0.14 km.
10. Bear left onto Gyro Park Road, 0.48 km.
11. Turn right onto Silica Street, 0.34 km.
12. Turn left onto Hall Street, 1.08 km.
13. Turn right onto Delbruck Street, 0.11 km.
14. Drive east on Delbruck Street, 0.00 km.
15. Turn left onto Josephine Street, 0.79 km.
16. Turn right onto Latimer Street, 0.45 km.
17. Turn left onto Park Street, 0.78 km.
18. Bear right onto Morgan Street, 0.14 km.
19. Bear left onto Douglas Road, 0.56 km.
20. Bear left onto 5th Street, 0.43 km.
21. Turn left onto Davies Street, 0.07 km.
22. Drive west on Davies Street, 0.02 km.
23. Turn left onto 4th Street, 0.13 km.
24. Turn left onto Cottonwood Street, 0.10 km.
25. Turn right onto 5th Street, 0.86 km.
26. Bear right onto Morgan Street, 0.14 km.
27. Bear left onto Gyro Park Road, 0.68 km.
28. Turn right onto Mill Street, 0.11 km.
29. Turn left onto Cedar Street, 0.35 km.
30. Drive southeast on Cedar Street, 0.04 km.
31. Turn right onto Robson Street, 0.23 km.
32. Turn right onto Hall Street, 0.69 km.
33. Turn left onto Victoria Street, 0.50 km.
34. Drive southwest on Victoria Street, 0.07 km.
35. Turn right onto Falls Street, 0.10 km.
36. Turn right onto Baker Street, 0.23 km.
37. Turn left onto Stanley Street, 0.16 km.
38. Turn right, 0.05 km.
39. Your destination is on the right.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Nelson routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 12.71 km
• Duration: about 27 minutes
• Turns: 25 total, 13 left and 12 right, plus three bear rights and four bear lefts
• Longest stretch: 5th Street, 2.02 km combined

What to expect on the roads this route covers

5th Street is the most-repeated street, crossed three separate times for 2.02 km combined. Hall Street is used twice for 1.77 km combined, and Gyro Park Road twice for 1.16 km combined, both reached by a bear rather than a full turn each time. Early in the route, a turn signed toward the Kootenay Lake Ferry marks the start of a loop through Nelson's hillside streets. With 25 regular turns plus seven bears, this is one of the most maneuver-dense routes in the entire project.

Tips for this specific route

• Get very familiar with 5th Street before test day. Crossed three times, it totals 2.02 km combined and anchors much of the route.
• Expect Morgan Street and Gyro Park Road to reappear as a pair. The bear-right-then-bear-left sequence between them happens three separate times.
• Slow down mentally for this route overall. 25 regular turns plus seven additional bears make it one of the busiest in this project.
• Don't confuse a bear for a full turn. Seven of this route's direction changes are gentle bears, not sharp turns, and mistaking one for the other is an easy way to drift out of your lane.
• Expect a nearly even turn pattern. 13 of the 25 regular turns are lefts.