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 Colchester below.
While test routes around Colchester 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 |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | 4 th left |
| Salisbury Ave | EOR right |
| Butt Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Layer Rd | 5 th right |
| Bodicea Way | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | 3 rd left |
| Berechurch Rd | 5 th right |
| Meyrick Crescent | EOR right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bourne Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdalen St | Roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 3 rd right |
| Powhall Crescent | Crossroads ahead |
| Circular Rd South | Right |
| Circular Rd West | EOR left |
| Butt Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Drury Rd | Becomes |
| Drury Rd / Shrub End Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Norman Way | Left |
| The Commons | Left |
| Winston Ave | EOR right |
| Shrub End Rd | Left |
| Walnut Tree Way / Iceni Way | 3 rd right |
| John Kent Ave | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Abbots Rd | EOR mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Rd |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | EOR left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | Right |
| Creffield Rd | Left, crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Cambridge Rd | Right |
| Queens Rd | Left |
| Victoria Rd | Right |
| Queens Rd | EOR right |
| Cambridge Rd | EOR right |
| Maldon Rd / Shrub End Rd | T/L left |
| Bodicea Way | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout ahead |
| Lexden Rd | 9 th left |
| Church Lane | Left |
| Parsons Hill | Left |
| Magazine Farm Way | EOR right, right |
| Gainsborough Rd | Left |
| Van Dyck Rd | EOR left |
| The Commons | Right |
| Winston Ave | EOR left |
| Shrub End Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Bodicea Rd | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, 3 rd mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Pownall Crescent | 3 rd left |
| Berechurch Rd | 2 nd left |
| Daniel Cole Rd | Right |
| Gurdon Rd | EOR left |
| Berechurch Rd | Crossroads left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd | 3 rd left |
| Haye Lane | EOR left |
| Abberton Rd | Left |
| Fingringhoe Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Whithall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | EOR left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout ahead |
| Lexden Rd | 5 th right |
| Lockhart Ave | EOR right |
| Lexden Rd | Roundabout right |
| Cymbeline Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Ave of Remembrance | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Westway | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Balkerne Hill | Roundabout left |
| Southway | Left |
| Headgate | T/L right |
| St Johns St | Right |
| Stanwell St | Left |
| Southway | Roundabout ahead |
| Magdalen St | Right |
| Military Rd / Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | EOR right |
| Old Heath Rd | T/L ahead |
| Military Rd | EOR left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout right |
| Balkerne Hill | Roundabout ahead |
| Westway | Roundabout left |
| Colne Bank Ave / Cymberline Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Lexden Rd | 3 rd right |
| St Clare Rd / Alton Drive | Left |
| Fitzwalter Rd | EOR right |
| Lexden Rd | 2 nd left |
| Lockhart Ave | EOR right |
| The Chantry | EOR right |
| Sussex Rd | EOR left |
| Lexden Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout ahead |
| Magdalen St | Right |
| Military Rd | T/L ahead |
| Old Heath Rd | 4 th left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | EOR right |
| Old Heath Rd | 2 nd left |
| Barnhall Ave / Cavendish Ave | EOR left |
| Barnhall Ave | EOR left |
| Churchill Way | Left |
| Normandy Ave | EOR right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Pownall Crescent | 3 rd left |
| Berechurch Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Bounstead Rd | EOR left |
| Layer Rd | Crossroads left |
| Mersea Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbots Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | EOR left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Rowhedge Rd / Head St / Rectory Rd | EOR left |
| Fingringhoe Rd | EOR right |
| Abberton Rd | 2 nd right |
| Fingringhoe Rd | Crossroads right |
| Mersea Rd | 3 x mini roundabout ahead, 2 nd left |
| The Willows | Right, EOR left |
| Mersea Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, 3 rd right |
| Bourne Rd | T/L right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Queensland Drive | Right |
| Adelaide Drive | EOR left |
| Queensland Drive | Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | 3 rd left |
| Bounstead Rd | EOR left |
| Layer Rd | Left |
| Mersea Rd | 3 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 11
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | EOR left |
| Old Heath Rd / Fingeringhoe Rd | EOR right |
| Aberton Rd | Right |
| Haye Lane | EOR right |
| Mersea Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd left |
| Queen Elizabeth Way | EOR left |
| Mersea Rd | Left |
| The Willows | 2 nd left |
| Silverthorne Close | EOR left |
| The Willows | EOR left |
| Mersea Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd right |
| Bourne Rd | T/L ahead |
| Wimpole Rd | T/L right |
| Hythe Hill | Roundabout right |
| Maudlyn Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Haven Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Whitehall Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grange Rd |
Route 12
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | EOR left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Southway | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Balkerne Hill | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Westway | Roundabout left |
| Cymbeline Way | 2 nd left |
| Glen Ave | EOR left |
| Lexden Rd | 2 nd left |
| Lockhart Ave | EOR left |
| Lexden Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Maldon Rd | 4 th left |
| Salisbury Ave | EOR right |
| Butt Rd | Left |
| Circular Rd West | Left |
| Circular Rd Nth | Right |
| Circular Rd East | EOR left |
| Berechurch Rd | Right |
| Meyrick Crescent | EOR right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bourne Rd | T/L crossroads right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 13
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Southway | Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | T/L crossroads right |
| Norman Way | Left |
| The Commons | Left |
| Winston Ave | EOR right |
| Shrub End Rd | Left |
| Walnut Tree Way | Left |
| Rayner Rd | Left |
| Walnut Tree Way / Iceni Way | 3 rd right |
| John Kent Ave | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, 3 rd mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way |
Route 14
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR right |
| Whitehall Rd | EOR left |
| Haven Rd | Roundabout right |
| Colne Causeway | Roundabout ahead |
| Eastern Approach / Greenstead Ring | Roundabout ahead |
| Avon Way | 6 th left |
| Magnolia Drive | Left |
| Hamlet Drive | EOR left |
| Avon Way | 2 nd left |
| Kingfisher Close | EOR left |
| Longridge | EOR right |
| Bromley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Tye Rd | EOR left |
| Clacton Rd | 2 nd right |
| School Rd | Right |
| Bird Farm Rd | EOR right |
| Brightlingsea Rd | Right |
| Colchester Rd | EOR left |
| St Andrews Ave | Greenstead Ring left |
| Eastern Approach | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Colne Causeway | Roundabout left |
| Haven Rd | Right |
| Whitehall Rd | 3 rd left |
| Grange Way |
Route 15
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd | 2 nd left |
| Barnhall Ave | 2 nd left |
| Cavendish Ave | Right |
| Barnhall Ave | EOR left |
| Old Heath Rd | T/L right |
| Wimpole Rd | T/L left |
| Magdalen St | Roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Queensland Drive | Right |
| Adelaide Drive | EOR left |
| Queensland Drive | Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Fingeringhoe Rd | EOR left |
| Abberton Rd | Left |
| Fingeringhoe Rd / Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Rd |
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