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.
Route 1
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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