Tipperary SPSV test: Area Knowledge practice

The SPSV test in Tipperary: what the Area module asks

Since October 2025 the NTA tests where the well-known places are and how the county fits together, not turn-by-turn routes: which road or district a hotel, hospital, station or venue sits in, one-way streets and bridges in the centre, motorway junctions, and the main roads between towns. You choose the county when you book the test, and it is printed on your driver display card as the area where you may work.

The Tipperary bank here is 509 questions in 12 topics; the largest are geography (101), roads (88), adjoining (79) and routes (70). They are built on 141 real places around Clonmel and Thurles, among them 14 hotels, 13 landmarks, 8 theatres & venues and 8 rail stations, each on a map with the road it stands on. Route questions also reach the main towns of the neighbouring counties, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway, because the test can ask how you get there.

The nearest of the five NTA test centres to Clonmel are Cork (Wilton, T12 A722) and Dublin Greenhills (Tallaght, D24 PX63). You can sit at any centre and still choose Tipperary as your county; the booking call (0818 064 000, 90 euro) sets both. Addresses and what to bring are in how to book the SPSV test.

Study the Tipperary place list first, then practise here, then sit a timed Tipperary Area Knowledge mock test. What changed in 2025 and how to study is in the Area Knowledge guide; the Industry half of the test is the same for every county and starts with 28 free SPSV test questions.