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 Dorchester below.
While test routes around Dorchester 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 | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Right |
| St Georges Rd | 3 rd right |
| Eddison Ave | EOR right |
| Ackerman Rd | EOR left |
| St Georges Rd | EOR right |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd / High East St / High West St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridport Rd | 2 nd left |
| Williams Ave | EOR right |
| Damers Rd | 2 nd left |
| Alice Rd | Right |
| Lorne Rd | Right |
| Alice Rd | Right |
| Cambridge Rd | 4 th left |
| Baynards Rd | EOR left |
| Coburg Rd / Marie Rd | EOR left |
| Coburg Rd | Left |
| Maud Rd | Right |
| Edward Rd | EOR right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section 2 | Right |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Culliford Rd North | EOR left |
| South Walks Rd | 2 nd right |
| Trinity St | EOR left |
| High West St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridport Rd | 4 th left |
| Damers Rd | Right |
| Windsor Rd | Left |
| Cambridge Rd | Crossroads ahead, right |
| Marie Rd | EOR right |
| Damers Rd | 2 nd right |
| Maud Rd / Clarence Rd | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | Left |
| Britannia Way | EOR left |
| Roman Rd / Apollo Close | EOR left |
| Roman Rd | EOR left |
| Celtic Crescent | EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | EOR right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two / By- Pass Section One | Left |
| Stinsford Hill / London Rd | Left |
| Kings Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd | Left, crossroads ahead |
| Barnes Way | Follow right into |
| Monmouth Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Rothesay Rd | Right |
| South Court Ave | Left |
| Grosvenor Rd | Right |
| Manor Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Grosvenor Crescent | EOR left |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Rothesay Rd | EOR right |
| Mellstock Ave | EOR right |
| Herrington Rd | EOR left |
| Maumbury Rd | T/L ahead, 3 rd right |
| Great Western Rd | EOR left |
| South Walks Rd | T/L left |
| Acland Rd | 2 x mini roundabouts ahead |
| Church St | EOR right |
| High East St / London Rd / Stinsford Hill | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One | Left |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Right |
| Kings Rd | Right, mini roundabout right |
| Alington Rd | Left |
| St Georges Rd | 3 rd right |
| Eddison Ave | EOR left |
| Ackerman Rd | EOR left |
| Alington Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Feeder Rd | EOR left |
| By-Pass Section Two | Roundabout left |
| Weymouth Ave | 2 nd left |
| Chalky Rd | Left |
| Herrington Rd | Right |
| Mellstock Ave | Right |
| Weatherbury Way | 3 rd left |
| Shaston Crescent | EOR left |
| Weatherbury Way | EOR left |
| Mellstock Ave | Right |
| Rothesay Rd | 3 rd right |
| South Court Ave | Right |
| Manor Rd | EOR right |
| South Court Ave | Roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd | Follow right |
| Icen Way | Follow left |
| South Walks Rd | 2 nd right |
| Trinity St | EOR left |
| High West St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridport Rd | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Wessex Rd | EOR left |
| Whitfield Rd | EOR left |
| Bridport Rd | Right |
| Gloucester Rd | EOR right |
| Damers Rd | Left |
| Windsor Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Coburg Rd | 3 rd right |
| Baynards Rd / Castle Close | EOR left |
| Baynards Rd | EOR right |
| Cambridge Rd | 4 th left |
| Marie Rd | Staggered junction ahead |
| Gloucester Rd | EOR left |
| Bridport Rd | 3 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Three | Roundabout ahead |
| By-Pass Section Two | Right |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | T/L ahead, EOR left |
| Weymouth Ave | T/L ahead, 2 nd right |
| Queens Ave | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Clarence Rd | EOR left |
| Maiden Castle Rd | Right |
| Celtic Crescent | 2 nd left |
| Minerva Close | EOR left |
| Celtic Crescent | Right |
| Roman Rd | 2n right |
| Britannia Way | EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | EOR right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| By-Pass Section Three | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Bridport Rd | 3 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right |
| Albert Rd / Cornwall Rd | T/L ahead |
| Maumbury Rd | 2 nd left |
| Upper Fairfield Rd | EOR left |
| Weymouth Ave / South Walks Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| Culliford Rd North | 4 th left |
| Prince Of Wales Rd | Left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Kings Rd | EOR right T/L |
| London Rd / Stinsford Hill | Roundabout left |
| Puddletown Rd / Puddletown By-Pass | Northbrook exit left |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
| Blandford Rd | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Backwater | Follow right |
| Mill St | Left |
| Orford St | EOR left |
| Mill St | EOR right |
| High St | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Slip Rd | Onto |
| Puddletown Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| By-Pass Section One | Left |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout left |
| Buckingham Way | Right |
| Balmoral Crescent | EOR left |
| Buckingham Way | Right |
| Balmoral Crescent | EOR left |
| Buckingham Way | Roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Right |
| Ackerman Rd | Right |
| Eddison Ave | EOR left |
| St Georges Rd | EOR right |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd | left, left |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd / High East St / High | |
| West St | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| The Grove / New Rd | Roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Four | Roundabout left |
| Bridport Rd | 3 x roundabouts ahead, 3 rd right |
| Gloucester Rd | EOR left |
| Damers Rd | Right |
| Alice Rd | 2 nd right |
| Cambridge Rd | 2 x crossroads ahead, left |
| Windsor Rd | Left |
| Damers Rd | Follow left into |
| Blagdon Rd | Follow left into |
| Cambridge Rd / Elizabeth Place | EOR right |
| Cambridge Rd | Left |
| Baynards Rd | EOR left |
| Coburg Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Edward Rd | EOR left |
| Weymouth Ave | Right |
| Maumbury Rd | Left |
| Monmouth Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd | Right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Left |
| Barnes Way | Follow right |
| Monmouth Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| South Court Ave | 2 nd left |
| Rothesay Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Mellstock Ave | Right |
| Weatherbury Way | 2 nd right, EOR right |
| Shaston Crescent / Egdon Rd | EOR right |
| Shaston Crescent | EOR right |
| Weatherbury Way | EOR left |
| Mellstock Ave | EOR right |
| Herrington Rd | 2 nd right |
| The Triangle | EOR right |
| South Court Ave / Maumbury Rd | T/L right |
| Weymouth Ave | 4 th left |
| Trinity St | EOR left |
| High West St | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| The Grove / New Rd | Roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Four | Roundabout left |
| Bridport Rd | 3 x roundabouts ahead, 4 th right |
| Williams Ave | EOR left |
| Damers Rd | T/L ahead |
| Great Western Rd | EOR left |
| The Junction | Right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 4 th left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Culliford Rd North | EOR right |
| South Walks Rd | Left |
| Icen Way | EOR left |
| High East St / High West St | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| The Grove | 3 rd right |
| Old Sherborne Rd | 4 th left |
| East Hill / West Hill | EOR left crossroads |
| North St | EOR left |
| Yeovil Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| New Rd / The Grove | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Bridport Rd | 2 nd left T/L |
| Williams Ave | EOR right |
| Damers Rd | Left |
| Maud Rd / Clarence Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Queens Ave | Mini roundabout left |
| Clarence Rd | EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | 2 nd left |
| Celtic Crescent | 3 rd left |
| Cunnington Close | EOR left |
| Celtic Crescent | EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | EOR left |
| Weymouth Ave | 3 rd right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 4 th left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd left |
| Culliford Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| South Court Ave | 3 rd left |
| Grosvenor Rd / Grosvenor Crescent | EOR left |
| Grosvenor Rd | Left |
| Manor Rd | Crossroads ahead, right |
| Rothesay Rd | Right |
| South Court Ave | Right |
| Manor Rd | EOR right |
| Herrington Rd | EOR left |
| Maumbury Rd | 2 nd right T/L |
| Weymouth Ave | 3 rd left |
| Great Western Rd | T/L right |
| Cornwall Rd / Albert Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| High West St / High East St / London | |
| Rd / Stinsford Hill | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One | Left |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd | Follow right |
| Icen Way | Follow left |
| South Walks Rd | Right |
| Acland Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead 2 nd exit |
| Church St | EOR left |
| High East St / High West St | Roundabout left |
| Albert Rd / Cornwall Rd | 2 nd right T/L |
| Damers Rd | Left |
| Maud Rd | 3 rd left |
| Edward Rd | Right |
| Coburg Rd | Crossroads ahead, right |
| Clarence Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | 2 nd left |
| Celtic Crescent | 5 th left |
| Roman Rd | EOR left |
| Celtic Crescent | EOR right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | EOR right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two | Right |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Kings Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd / High East St / High West St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridport Rd | Right |
| Poundbury Rd | 2 nd left |
| Normandy Way / Chestnut | |
| Way / Cedar Rd | EOR right |
| Poundbury Rd | EOR left |
| Wessex Rd | EOR right |
| Bridport Rd | Left |
| Gloucester Rd | Staggered junction ahead |
| Marie Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Louise Rd | EOR left |
| Marie Rd | EOR left |
| Coburg Rd | Crossroads ahead, left |
| Clarence Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Maiden Castle Rd | EOR right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two | Right |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd left |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 14
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd left |
| Culliford Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| South Court Ave | Left |
| Manor Rd | EOR left |
| Herrington Rd | Left |
| Mellstock Ave | 2 nd left |
| Kingsbere Crescent | EOR left |
| Mellstock Ave | Left |
| Rothesay Rd | 2 nd left |
| Manor Rd | Left |
| Rothesay Rd | Left |
| South Court Ave / Maumbury Rd | T/L left |
| Weymouth Ave | 3 rd right |
| Maiden Castle Rd | Right |
| Clarence Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Maud Rd | EOR right |
| Damers Rd / Great Western Rd | EOR left |
| the Junction / Trinity St | EOR right |
| High West St / High East St / London Rd / Stinsford Hill | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One | Left |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd | 2 nd right |
| Kingsbere Crescent | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
Route 15
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR right |
| Prince of Wales | Right |
| Kings Rd | Left |
| Icen Way | Follow left |
| South Walks Rd | Right |
| Acland Rd | 2 x mini roundabouts ahead |
| Church St | EOR left |
| High East St / High West St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Bridport Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Gloucester Rd | Staggered junction ahead |
| Marie Rd | 2 nd left |
| Lorne Rd | Right |
| Alice Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Louise Rd | Left |
| Alice Rd | Left |
| Cambridge Rd | 3 rd left |
| Margaret Place | EOR right |
| Cambridge Rd | 2 nd left |
| Windsor Rd | EOR right |
| Damers Rd | 4 th right T/L |
| Maumbury Rd | T/L right |
| Weymouth Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two | Right |
| Feeder Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Came View Rd | 2 nd left, EOR left |
| Casterbridge Rd | Left |
| Came View Rd | EOR right, roundabout right |
| Alington Ave | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Alington Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales | 2 nd right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
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