To make driving tests more representative of real-life driving, the DVSA no longer publishes official test routes. However, you can find a number of recent routes used at Bedford below.
While test routes around Bedford are likely to be very similar to our compiled list, you should treat this content as a rough guide only. Exact test routes are at the examiners’ discretion and are subject to change.
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Right |
Goldington Rd | Left |
St Peters St | T/L ahead |
Dame Alice St | T/L ahead |
Hassett St | Left |
Greyfriars | Roundabout ahead |
Midlands Rd | T/L right |
Prebend St | Roundabout left |
Kempston Rd | T/L right, T/L ahead |
Spring Rd | T/L left |
Elstow Rd | Left |
Ampthill Rd | Roundabout right |
A6 | 2 x roundabout ahead |
Slip Rd To A421 By pass | Left |
Hitchin/Bedford | 1 st exit slip rd |
High Rd | Roundabout left |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
Worcester Rd | Left |
Winchester Rd | Right |
Meadowsweet | Left, EOR right |
London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Ivy Rd / Dents Rd | Left |
Brook St | Right |
Willows Rd | Left |
Brook St | Return to |
London Rd | Left |
Barford Ave | Right |
Cardington Rd | Left |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right, T/L ahead, right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Right |
Goldington Rd | Left |
St Peters / Dame Alice St / Bromham | |
Rd / Union St | T/L ahead, T/L right |
Warwick Rd | Left |
Cowper St / Sidney Rd | Left |
Cowper St | Right |
Byron Crescent | Left |
Shakespeare Rd | Right |
Ashburnham Rd | Double mini roundabout right, left |
Midland Rd | Roundabout left |
Prebend St | Roundabout right |
Kempston Rd | Roundabout right |
Britannia Rd | Left |
Ampthill Rd | Roundabout right |
Bypass (A421) | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
High St | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
Lovell Rd | Right |
Cardington Rd | Left, roundabout 1 st exit |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
Newnham Ave | Roundabout ahead |
Tennyson Rd | Left |
Shaftesbury Rd | Left |
The Embankment | Right |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
Castle Rd | Right |
Rothsay Rd | Roundabout left |
The Embankment | Right |
St Marys St | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
St Johns St / London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Elstow Rd | T/L Right |
Haynes Rd | Right |
Millers Rd / Hope Rd / Elstow Rd | Right |
Mile Rd | Roundabout left |
Lancaster Ave | Left |
Gloucester Rd | Left |
Lancaster Ave | Right |
Harewood Rd | Left |
Lancaster Rd | Left |
Progress Way | Roundabout ahead |
West End | Roundabout right |
A6 | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
A421 (Slip Rd) | Left |
High Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
Eastcotts Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Cardington Rd | Mini roundabout left, roundabout 1 st |
exit | |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right, T/L ahead |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Right |
Goldington Rd | Left |
Kimbolton Rd | Right |
Kimbolton Ave | 2 nd right |
Right Rd | Right |
Campbell Rd | Left |
Bradgate Rd | Roundabout right |
Campbell Rd | Roundabout left |
Goldington Ave | Left |
Goldington Green | T/L ahead, 4 th left |
Church Lane | Roundabout ahead |
Needwood Rd | Right |
Ettrick Drive | Right |
Glenavon Rd | Left |
Norse Rd | Right, roundabout ahead |
A428 | Roundabout left |
Bypass (A421) | Roundabout right |
Cardington Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout right, roundabout ahead, mini roundabout ahead |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
The Embankment | Roundabout right |
St Marys | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
St Johns / Ampthill Rd | Roundabout right |
Bypass | Roundabout left |
High Rd | 1 st exit onto |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
Duchess Rd | Left, left |
Herbrand Rd | Left |
Duchess Rd | Right |
Harrowden Rd | Left |
Meadowsweet | Roundabout left |
London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Brook St | Left |
Willow Rd | Left |
Myrtle Rd / Willow Rd | Right |
Brook St | Right |
London Rd | Left |
Barford Ave | Right |
Cardington Rd | Left |
Rope Walk | Roundabout left |
Kingsway | Roundabout right |
Cauldwell St | Right |
St Marys | Left |
St Pauls Square | Follow Rd round to right |
High St / The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
Castle Rd | Left |
Phillpotts Ave | Right |
Greenshields Rd | Left |
Newnham Ave | Right |
Longholme Way | Roundabout ahead |
Cardington Rd | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
Eastcotts | Mini roundabout right |
High Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Harrowden Lane | Double roundabout ahead, left |
Bedford Rd | Left |
Bypass (A421) | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
A428 | Roundabout left |
St Neots Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Goldington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Queen Alexander Rd | Left |
King Edwards Rd | Left |
Barkers Lane / Goldington Rd | Left |
Newnham Ave | T/L left |
Rosamind Rd | Right |
Philpotts Ave | Left |
Goldington Rd | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
The Embankment | Roundabout right |
St Marys | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
St Johns | T/L ahead |
London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Brook St | T/L ahead, 3 rd right |
Willow Rd | EOR left |
Brook St | Right |
London Rd | Right |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
Cambridge Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left, roundabout right |
Bypass (A421) | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
A428 | Roundabout left |
St Neots Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Goldington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Brookfield Rd | 4 th right |
Hylands Way | Left |
Polhill Ave | Left |
Goldington Rd / Bushmead Ave | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
Castle Rd | Left |
Phillpotts Ave | 9 th left |
Rosamund Rd | Left |
Newnham Ave | Crossroads ahead, left |
Wendover Drive | Right |
Aylesbury Rd | Roundabout right |
Wendover Drive | Roundabout |
Barkers Lane | Right |
Riverfield Drive | Roundabout left |
St Neots Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
A428 | Roundabout ahead |
A421 | Roundabout right |
A6 | 2 nd exit, roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
West End | Roundabout right |
Progress Way | Roundabout left |
Elstow Rd | Roundabout left |
London Rd | T/L left |
Rope Walk | Roundabout right |
Longholme Way | Roundabout ahead |
The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
The Embankment | Mini roundabout right |
St Marys | Left |
St Johns / London Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
Ivy Rd | 3 rd right |
Dents Rd | Left |
Brook St | Crossroads ahead, right |
Willow Rd | Left |
Brook St | Right |
London Rd | Right |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout ahead |
High Rd | Roundabout right |
A421 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
A6 | 1 st exit bypass & roundabout right |
Elstow Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Spring Rd | Right |
Kempston Rd | T/L right |
Cauldwell St | 2 x roundabout ahead |
St Marys | Left |
St Pauls Square | Follow one way system, right |
High St / The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | 2 nd mini roundabout into |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Right |
Goldington Rd | Left |
Kimbolton Rd | Right |
St Albans Rd | Left |
Kimbolton Rd | Left |
Pothill Ave | T/L right |
Brendon Ave | Left |
Chiltern Ave | Right |
Haylands Way / Heronscroft | Right |
Brookfield Rd / Goldington Rd | Left |
St Neots Rd | Roundabout ahead |
A428 | Roundabout ahead |
A421 | Roundabout right |
Cardington Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout right |
Cambridge Rd | Roundabout left, roundabout right |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Lovell Rd | Right |
Cardington Rd | Left, roundabout ahead |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
The Embankment | Mini roundabout right |
St Marys | Left |
Cardington Rd | T/L left |
Rope Walk | Roundabout right |
London Rd | Roundabout left |
Meadowsweet Drive | Roundabout right |
Mile Rd | Roundabout |
Broad Ave | 2 nd right |
Gloucester Rd | Left |
Lancaster Rd | 2 x crossroads ahead, right |
Mile Rd | Right |
Progress Way | Roundabout ahead |
West End | Roundabout right |
A6 | Roundabout left |
A421 | Roundabout left |
High Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
Intolovell Rd | Right |
Cardington Rd | Left, roundabout ahead |
Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
Castle Rd | Left |
Newnham Ave | Right |
Longholme Way | Roundabout ahead |
Cardington Rd | Roundabout left |
Mareth Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit, right |
Moulton Ave | Right |
Acacia Rd | Left |
London Rd | Left |
Meadowsweet Drive | Roundabout right |
High Rd | Roundabout ahead |
A421 | Roundabout ahead & roundabout right |
A6 | 1 st exit, roundabout right |
West End | Roundabout right |
Progress Way | Roundabout left |
Elstow Rd | Roundabout left |
Brackley Rd | Right |
Elstow Rd | EOR right |
London Rd | T/L left |
Kingsway | Roundabout ahead |
Cauldwell St | Right |
St Marys | Left |
St Pauls Square | Right |
High St / The Embankment | Left |
Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | |
Bushmead Ave | Left |
The Embankment | Mini roundabout left |
Tennyson Rd | Left |
The Embankment | Left |
Longholme Way | Left |
Longholme Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
Cardington Rd | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
A421 | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout |
2 nd exit | |
A428 | Roundabout left |
St Neots Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Goldington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Goldington Green | 3 rd right |
Church Lane / Putnoe St | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
Brecon Way / Aspen Ave | Left |
Poplar Ave | Left |
Putnoe Lane | Right |
Kimbolton Rd | Left |
Goldington Rd | Enter one way system, left |
Bushmead Ave | Right |