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.
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |
Road | Direction |
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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 |