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 Barnstaple below.
While test routes around Barnstaple 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 | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead |
Eastern Ave | Roundabout left |
Whiddon Drive | Left |
Barton Rd | EOR left |
Westacott Rd | 2 nd right |
Castle Park Rd | EOR left |
Westacott Rd | Roundabout left |
By-Pass | Roundabout right |
A39 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Bishops Tawton Rd | Right |
Chichester Rd | Right |
Style Close | Left |
Willow Tree Rd | EOR left |
Rumsam Rd | Left |
Fortescue Rd | EOR left |
Bishops Tawton Rd | Roundabout left |
A39 | Roundabout right |
A361 | Right |
Landkey | 3 rd right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR right |
Church Meadow | EOR right |
Mount Sandford Rd | Left |
Landkey | EOR left |
A361 | Roundabout right |
Eastern Ave | 3 x roundabouts ahead |
Victoria Rd | Left |
Portmarsm Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd | Follow right |
Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Long Bridge | Roundabout ahead |
Sticklepath Terrace / Sticklepath | |
Hill | Right |
Westfield Ave | 2 nd right |
Chestwood Ave | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Oakland Ave | Left |
Lynhurst Ave | Right, EOR left |
Oakland Ave | EOR left |
Park Ave | Right |
Lynhurst Ave / Oakland Park South | EOR left |
Ellerslie Rd | EOR left |
Bickington Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Roundswell | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
A39 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
A361 | Right |
Landkey | 3 rd right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR right |
Church Meadow | EOR left |
Mound Sandford Rd / Landkey Rd / Newport Rd | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | 2 nd right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Portmarsh Lane | Follow right |
Victoria St | Right, EOR left |
Newport Rd | T/L right |
South St | Left |
Rumsam Rd | Right |
Fortescue Rd | EOR left |
Bishops Tawton Rd | Roundabout right |
A39 | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
Roundswell | 2 nd roundabout left |
Old Bideford Rd | Left, crossroads ahead, right |
Westaway Hill / Old School Rd | EOR right |
Yelland Rd | 3 rd right |
Greenfields | EOR right |
Mill Hill | Roundabout ahead |
Bickington Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
Sticklepath Hill / Sticklepath Terrace | Roundabout ahead |
Long Bridge / The Square | 1 st exit into |
Belle Meadow | Roundabout right |
Barbican Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
Victoria Rd | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd | Right |
New Rd / Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Longbridge | Roundabout right, left |
The Strand / Castle St / North Walk | Roundabout left |
Rolle St / Braunton Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Wrafton | 2 nd right |
Crosstrees | EOR right |
Wrafton Rd | EOR left |
Braunton Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
Pilland Way | EOR left |
Riverside Rd | Right |
Pilland Way | T/L left, right |
Chaddiford Lane | EOR right |
Underminnow Rd | Right |
Abbey Rd | EOR left |
Pilton Quay | T/L right |
Pilton Causeway | Roundabout left |
Inner Relief Rd | Roundbaout ahead, roundabout left |
Barbican Rd | Roundabout right |
Victoria Rd | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd | Follow right |
New Rd / Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Long Bridge | Roundabout right, left |
The Strand / Castle St / North Walk | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
Pilton Causeway / North Rd | Right |
Signed Roborough | EOR right, T/L right, left |
Westaway Plain | Left |
Youngs Drive | Right |
Westaway Plain | EOR right |
North Rd | 2 nd left |
St Georges Rd | EOR left |
Derby Rd | Left |
Bicton St | Mini roundabout ahead, EOR left |
Bear St | Right |
Chanters Hill / Constitution Hill | Roundabout right |
Victoria Rd | EOR left |
Eastern Ave | Roundabout right |
Hollow Tree Rd | T/L right |
Newport Rd | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | 2 nd right |
Portmarsh Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd | Follow right |
Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Long Bridge | Roundabout ahead |
Sticklepath Terrace / Sticklepath Hill | Roundabout ahead |
Bickington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Mill Hill / Yelland Rd | Left |
Higher Rd / Beechfield Rd | EOR right |
Yelland Rd | 2 nd right |
Old School Rd / Westaway Hill | EOR left |
Old Bideford Rd | EOR right, roundabout right |
Roundswell | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
A39 | Roundabout left |
Bishops Tawton Rd | Right |
Chichester / Willow Tree | Left |
Rumsam Rd | 2 nd right |
Hillcrest Rd | EOR left |
Landkey Rd | T/L ahead |
Newport Rd | Right |
Victoria St | EOR left, ahead |
Portmarsh Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Eastern Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Whiddon Drive | Left |
Barton Rd / East Park Rd | Right |
Barton Rd | EOR right |
Whiddon Drive | Roundabout left |
Eastern Ave | Roundabout left |
A361 | Right |
Cobbaton Rd | EOR right |
Old 361 / Landkey | 2 nd left |
Manor Rd | Right |
Bakery Way | EOR right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR left |
Mount Sandford Rd | Right |
St Johns Lane | EOR right |
Landkey Rd / Newport Rd | T/L ahead, right |
Victoria St | EOR left, ahead |
Portmarsh Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Portmarsh Lane / Victoria St | Right |
Victoria St | EOR left |
Newport Rd | T/L ahead |
Landkey Rd | 3 rd left |
St Johns Lane | EOR left |
Landkey Rd / Mount Sandford Rd | Right, left |
Landkey Town Rd / Manor Rd / Bakery Way | EOR right |
Manor Rd | Right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR right |
Old 361 | 2 nd left |
Signed East & West Buckland | EOR left |
A361 | Left |
Landkey Rd | 2 nd right |
Mount Sandford Rd / Landkey Rd | Right |
St Johns Lane | EOR right |
Landkey Rd / Newport Rd | T/L ahead, right |
Victoria St | EOR left, ahead |
Portmarsh Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd | Follow right |
Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Long Bridge | Roundabout ahead |
Sticklepath Terrace / Sticklepath Hill | Roundabout left |
Old Torrington Rd | Right |
Old Bideford Rd | Left |
Grange Ave | Left |
Grange Ave | Crossroads ahead |
Philip Ave | Right |
Anne Crescent | EOR left |
Andrew Rd | Follow left |
Elizabeth Drive | 2 nd right |
Shorelands Way | EOR left |
Old Sticklepath Hill | EOR right, roundabout left |
Bickington Rd | Roundabout left |
Roundswell | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
A39 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
A361 | Right |
Landkey Rd | 3 rd right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR right |
Church Meadow | EOR left |
Mount Sandford Rd / Landkey Rd / Newport Rd | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | 2 nd right |
Portmarsh Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Right |
Portmarsh Lane / Victoria St | Right |
Victoria St | EOR left |
Newport Rd | T/L ahead |
Landkey Rd | 3 rd left |
St Johns Lane | EOR left |
Landkey Rd / Mount Sandford Rd | EOR right |
Old 361 | Right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR left |
Manor Rd | Left |
Bakery Way | EOR right |
Manor Rd | Right |
Vicarage Rd | EOR left |
Old 361 | EOR left |
A39 | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left 4 th exit |
Roundswell | 2 x roundabout ahead, 3 rd |
roundabout left | |
Bickington Rd | Right |
Ellerslie Rd | 2 nd left |
Oaklands Park South / Lynhurst | |
Ave | EOR right |
Oakland Ave | Roundabout left |
Chestwood Ave / Beechwood Ave | EOR left |
Bickington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
Sticklepath Hill / Sticklepath | |
Terrace | Roundabout ahead |
Long Bridge / The Square | 1 st exit |
Belle Meadow | Roundabout right |
Barbican Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
Victoria Rd | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | Right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR right |
Victoria Rd | Roundabout left |
Barbican Rd | Roundabout right |
Alexandra Rd | T/L right |
Bear St / Goodleigh Rd | Left |
Gorwell Rd / Derby Rd | T/L right |
St Georges Rd | EOR right |
Pilton Causeway / North Rd | Left |
Westaway Plain / Youngs Drive | Left |
Westaway Plain / Mear Top | Left |
Wordsworth Ave | EOR left |
Littabourne | Right |
Beech Grove | EOR left |
Northfield Park | EOR right |
Northfield Lane | EOR left |
Westaway Plain | EOR right |
North Rd | T/L ahead |
Pilton Causeway | Roundabout left |
Mermaid Walk | Roundabout ahead |
Gaydon St | T/L ahead |
Alexandra Rd | Roundabout left |
Barbican Rd | Roundabout left |
Victoria Rd / Eastern Ave | 3 rd roundabout left |
A39 | Right |
Landkey Rd | 2 nd right |
Mount Sandford Rd / Newport Rd | Right |
Victoria St | EOR left, ahead |
Portmarsh Lane | Left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
Portmarsh Lane | EOR left |
Victoria Rd / New Rd / Taw Vale | Roundabout left |
Long Bridge | T/L ahead, roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
Belle Meadow Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout left |
Alexandra Rd | T/L ahead |
Gaydon St | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
Derby Rd | T/L right |
St Georges Rd | 2 nd right |
Lathaby Rd / Frankmarsh Rd | EOR left |
Gorwell Rd | EOR left |
Goodleigh Rd | Right |
Walton Way / Sowden Lane | EOR left |
Constitution Hill | Roundabout right |
Victoria Rd | EOR left |
Eastern Ave | Roundabout right |
Hollowtree Rd | T/L ahead |
South St | Left |
Rumsam Rd | Right, left |
Fortescue Rd | EOR left |
Bishops Tawton Rd | Roundabout left |
A39 | Roundabout right |
A361 | Right |
Landkey Town Rd | 2 nd right |
Mount Sandford Rd | T/L ahead |
Newport Rd | Right |
Victoria St | EOR left, ahead |
Portmarsh Lane | Left |