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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 Southend-On-Sea below.
While test routes around Southend-On-Sea 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 |
| Prittlewell Chase | Left |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L right |
| Victoria Avenue | T/L ahead, 1 st left |
| Carnarvon Rd | 1 st left |
| Tunbridge Rd | Right |
| Tickfield Avenue | 1 st left |
| Penhurst Avenue | EOR right |
| East St | Roundabout ahead |
| Royston Avenue | 3 rd right |
| St Lukes Rd | 1 st right |
| Cluny Square | EOR left |
| Norwich Avenue | 1 st right |
| Pantile Avenue | Mini roundabout right fork 2 nd exit |
| Cokefield Avenue | EOR right |
| Hamstel Rd | T/L ahead |
| Lifstan Way | T/L left |
| Woodgrange Drive | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Thorpe Hall Avenue | Right |
| Burgess Rd | Left |
| Thorpe Hall Avenue | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Bournes Green Chase | 1 st left |
| Wakering Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Barling Rd | 2 nd left |
| Shopland Rd | EOR right |
| Sutton Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Southend Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Bradley Way | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| West St | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Hall Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, mini roundabout ahead 1 st exit |
| Main Rd | Becomes |
| Southend Rd | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Main Rd | T/L left |
| Webster’s Way | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Eastwood Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| High St | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Arterial Rd (A127) | 2 nd T/L right |
| Bellhouse Lane | EOR left |
| Eastwood Rd North | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, right |
| Mountdale Gardens | T/L left |
| Kenilworth Gardens | Becomes |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 5 th right |
| Springfield Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | 4 th right |
| Southbourne Grove | 2 nd left |
| Bridgewater Drive | Right |
| Somerset Ave | Right |
| Yeovil Chase | EOR right |
| Exford Ave | EOR left |
| Prince Ave Service Rd | Right |
| Somerton Ave | Left |
| Westbourne Grove Service Rd / Prince Ave / Arterial Rd | 2 x T/Ls ahead, through underpass, slip road left (sign posted A130) |
| Raleigh Spur | Roundabout left |
| London Rd / Bread and Cheese Hill / Kiln Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Hadleigh Rd | EOR left |
| Rectory Grove | EOR right |
| Elm Rd | EOR left |
| Broadway / Leigh Rd | T/L right |
| London Rd | Left |
| Southbourne Grove | Right |
| Westborough Rd | 4 th left |
| Fairmead Ave | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L left |
| Highfield Crescent / Highfield Gardens | T/L right |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gainsborough Drive | Left |
| Shakespeare Ave | Right |
| St Georges Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | 3 x T/Ls ahead, 3 rd left |
| Eastwood Boulevard | Left |
| Clatterfield Gardens | Right |
| Manchester Drive | Left |
| Darlinghurst Grove | Right |
| Glenbervie Drive | EOR left |
| Recreation Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd A13 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Rayleigh Rd | Roundabout ahead, slip road left |
| Arterial Rd | Slip road left, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Rayleigh Spur Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| London Rd / Station Rd / Crown Hill | Mini roundabout left |
| High St | T/L ahead |
| Hockley Rd B1013 | Ahead through Halkwell into Rochford, roundabouts ahead, follow signs for Southend, airport roundabout left |
| Manners Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Prince Ave | T/L left |
| Hobleythick Lane | T/L left |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gainsborough Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | T/L right |
| Hobleythick Lane | T/L left |
| Prince Ave | Roundabout ahead, slip road left, 4 th T/L right |
| Progress Rd | T/L left |
| Eastwood Rd | 8 th right |
| Lancaster Rd / Warwick Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | 2 nd left |
| Jubilee Rd | EOR right |
| Bull Lane | 2 nd left |
| Louise Rd | EOR right |
| Helena Rd | EOR left |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Hockley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hambro Hill | 4 th left |
| Down Hall Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rayleigh Spur Rd | 2 nd roundabout left |
| London Rd / Kiln Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Thames Drive | T/L left |
| Marine Parade | EOR right, left |
| Broadway / Leigh Rd | T/L right |
| London Rd | T/L left |
| Southbourne Grove | Right |
| Westborough Rd | 4 th left |
| Fairmead Ave | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L left |
| Highfield Crescent / Highfield Gardens | T/L right |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
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