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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 Chelmsford below.
While test routes around Chelmsford 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 |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Double mini roundabout left, right |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout left |
| Parkway | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Chelmer Rd | Roundabout right |
| Chelmer Village Way | Roundabout left |
| Beeleigh Link | Roundabout ahead |
| Chelmer Rd | 1 st slip road, roundabout right |
| Springfield Rd | Left |
| Pump Lane | Mini roundabout left |
| Havengore / Rushleydale | EOR right |
| Pump Lane | Left |
| Springfield Rd | Roundabout left |
| Colchester Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Chelmer Rd | Roundabout right |
| Chelmer Rd | T/L right |
| Sandford Rd | EOR left |
| Springfield Rd | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | T/L right |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L left |
| Victoria Rd | T/L left |
| Springfield Rd | T/L right |
| Sandford Rd | T/L left |
| Chelmer Rd | Roundabout right |
| Beeleigh Link | Roundabout right |
| Chelmer Village Way | Roundabout left |
| Chelmer Rd | Roundabout left |
| Essex Yeomanry Way | Left at slip road, roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | Roundabout 1 st exit |
| A12 | Left at 1 st slip road, roundabout left |
| Colchester Rd | Roundabout right |
| White Hart Lane | 4 x roundabout ahead |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout left, T/L left |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L left |
| Victoria Rd | T/L left |
| Springfield Rd | Left |
| Springfield Green | Right |
| Bodmin Rd / Helston Rd | Left |
| Sidmouth Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Pump Lane | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
| Essex Regiment Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Back Lane | EOR left |
| Wheelers Hill / Brook Hill | Left |
| The Street | EOR left |
| Main Dr | Roundabout ahead |
| Broomfield Rd | Left at Slip Rd |
| Valley Bridge | Roundabout right |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | T/L left |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Rectory Lane | T/L right |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Valley Bridge | T/L left |
| Broomfield Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Corporation Rd | Left |
| Kings Rd / North Ave | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Partidge Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Patching Hall Lane | Right |
| School Lane | Left |
| Main Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| The Street | Right |
| Brook Hill | Right, ahead |
| Wheelers Hill | Right |
| Back Lane | Roundabout right |
| Essex Regiment Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left, T/L left |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L ahead |
| Tindal Square / Market Rd | Left |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout left |
| Parkway | Right Into Slip Rd, T/L right |
| New London Rd | T/L left |
| New Writtle St | Right |
| Moulsham St | Left |
| Hamlet Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Lady Lane / Rosebery Rd | Right |
| St Johns Rd | Left |
| Moulsham St | Left, roundabout ahead |
| Wood St | Mini roundabout right |
| Galleywood Rd / Stock Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left |
| A12 | Slip Road, roundabout left |
| A1114 / Essex Yeomanry Way | Over flyover |
| Parkway | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Rectory Lane | T/L right |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | 2 x roundabout right |
| Lawn Lane | Left |
| Brackenden Drive | Mini roundabout left |
| Pump Lane | Roundabout left |
| Paddock Drive / New Nabbotts Way | Roundabout right |
| White Hart Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Colchester Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 x roundabout right |
| A12 | 2 nd Slip Rd |
| A130 | Roundabout right |
| A1114 | Roundabout ahead |
| Essex Yeomanry Way | Over flyover |
| Parkway | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Rectory Lane | T/L right |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Valley Bridge | T/L left |
| Broomfield Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| Kings Rd | Right |
| North Ave | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Melbourne Ave | Left |
| Chignal Rd / Roxwell Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lordship Rd / Ongar Rd | Roundabout left |
| Bullmers Way | Roundabout left |
| Greenbury Way (A414) | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Moulsham St / New London Rd | Left |
| Parkway | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square | Becoming |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Duke St | Mini roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout left |
| Parkway | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Essex Yeomanry Way | Slip Rd, roundabout right |
| Maldon Rd | Left |
| Jeffrey Rd | Right |
| New Rd / The Causeway | Left |
| Maldon Rd | Roundabout left |
| High St / Church St | Follow onto |
| A1114 Essex Yeomanry Way | Roundabout left |
| A12 | Slip Rd roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Colchester Rd | Roundabout right |
| White Hart Lane | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| New Nabbotts Way | Roundabout right |
| Pump Lane | Roundabout left |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left, T/L left |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Rectory Lane | T/L ahead |
| Parkway / Rainsford Lane | Right |
| Beeches Rd / Harewood Rd | Right |
| Savemake Rd | Left |
| Writtle Rd | Right |
| Robjohns Rd | Right |
| Hanbury Rd | Right |
| Robjohns Rd | T/L right |
| Westway | Roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A414 | Roundabout left 1 st exit Slip Rd |
| A12 | 2 nd Slip Rd, roundabout left |
| A1114 / Essex Yeomanry Way / Parkway | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Duke St | Mini roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout right |
| Parkway | 2 nd Slip Rd Left |
| Rainsford Rd / Roxwell Rd | T/L ahead, right |
| St Fabians Drive | Right |
| Roxwell Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lordship Rd | Left |
| The Green | Right |
| Lodge Rd | Left |
| Paradise Rd | Right |
| Rectory Rd | Left |
| Margaretting Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Writtle Rd / Wantz Rd | Crossroads left |
| Main Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| A414 | Roundabout ahead |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Westway | T/L ahead |
| Waterhouse Lane / Rainsford Lane | T/L ahead |
| Parkway | 3 x T/L ahead |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Duke St | Mini roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout left |
| Parkway | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Essex Yeomanry Way | Roundabout left |
| A12 | 2 nd exit, roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Colchester Rd | Roundabout right |
| White Hart Lane | Roundabout left |
| New Bowers Way | Roundabout left |
| Pump Lane | Mini roundabout right |
| Havengore | Right |
| Rushleydale | Left |
| Pump Lane | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, 2 x roundabout left |
| Chelmer Valley Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left, T/L left |
| Rectory Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Rectory Lane | T/L ahead |
| Parkway | 3 x T/L ahead |
| Rainsford Lane / Waterhouse Lane | T/L ahead |
| Westway | Roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| A414 | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Main Rd | Left |
| Maldon Rd / Margaretting Rd | T/L left |
| Stock Rd / Galleywood Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Wood St | Roundabout ahead |
| Moulsham St / New London Rd | Left |
| Parkway | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Hoffmanns Way | Roundabout left |
| New St | T/L right |
| Victoria Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Duke St | Mini roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd South | Roundabout left |
| Parkway | Roundabout right |
| Manor Rd | Right |
| Lady Lane | Left |
| Mildway Rd | Right |
| St Johns Rd / Queen St | Left |
| New London Rd | T/L right |
| Writtle Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
| Chelmsford Rd / Bridge St | Left |
| Lodge Rd | Left |
| Margaretting Rd | Roundabout left |
| Greenbury Way | Roundabout left |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Westway / Waterhouse Lane / Rainsford Lane | Major Junction right |
| Parkway | Roundabout left |
| Victoria Rd South | Mini roundabout right |
| Duke St | Left |
| Tindal Square / New St | T/L ahead |
| New St | Roundabout right |
| Hoffmanns Way | Right |
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