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 (Hanbury Road) below.
While test routes around Chelmsford (Hanbury Road) 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 |
| 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 |
Route 2
| 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 |
Route 3
| 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 |
Route 4
| 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 |
Route 5
| 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 |
Route 6
| 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 |
Route 7
| 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 |
Route 8
| 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 |
Route 9
| 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 |
Route 10
| 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 |
Route 11
| 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 |
Route 12
| 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 |
Route 13
| 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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