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 Watford below.
While test routes around Watford 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 | Right |
| Otterspool Way / Berrygrove Lane | Ahead, EOR left |
| Bushey Mill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Millway | Right |
| Park Ave / Greatham Rd | Ahead, EOR left |
| Bushey Hall Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Aldenham Rd | Left |
| Heathfield Rd | EOR left |
| Grange Rd | EOR right |
| The Avenue | EOR left |
| Finch Lane / Homefield Rd | Ahead, left |
| Bournehall Ave | Right |
| Moatfield Rd | EOR left |
| Palmer Ave | Right |
| Reddings Ave | Roundabout right |
| Coldharbour Lane | Roundabout left |
| Chiltern Ave | Crossroads right |
| Little Bushey Lane | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Elstree Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| North Western Ave | Roundabout left |
| Hartspring Lane | Right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Otterspool Way / Berrygrove Lane | Ahead, EOR right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | EOR left |
| Radlet Rd | Roundabout right |
| Balmoral Rd | 2 nd left |
| Devon Rd / Carisbrooke Ave / Eastfield Ave | Ahead, EOR right |
| Balmoral Rd | Roundabout left |
| Radlett Rd / Bushey Mill Lane | Ahead, 3 rd roundabout ahead, T/L |
| ahead, 2 nd roundabout ahead, left | |
| Southfields Ave | Left |
| Westfield Ave | Right |
| Norfolk Ave | EOR right |
| Balmoral Rd | T/L right |
| St Albans Rd | T/L ahead, left |
| Leggetts Wood Ave | Right |
| Ash Tree Rd | Left |
| Berry Ave | Left |
| Cherry Tree Rd | Left |
| Leggetts Wood Ave | EOR left |
| St Albans Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout right |
| A41 | T/L ahead, roundabout right |
| Hartspring Lane | T/L right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Park Ave | 2 nd left |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Otterspool Way / Berrygrove Lane | Ahead, EOR right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | EOR left |
| Radlett Rd | Roundabout right |
| Balmoral Rd | Right |
| Westfield Ave | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Southfields Ave | EOR left |
| Bushey Mill Lane | 4 th left |
| Sandringham Rd | 2 nd crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Balmoral Rd | 2 nd left |
| Southfields Ave | Right |
| Westfields Ave | Left, crossroads ahead |
| Knutsford Ave | T/L right |
| Bushey Mill Lane / Radlett Rd | 3 rd roundabout ahead, ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Colonial Way | Roundabout left |
| Stephenson Way | Roundabout left |
| A41 | T/L ahead, left |
| Tudor Ave | Left |
| Douglas Ave | EOR left |
| Woodmere Ave | T/L right |
| A41 | Roundabout right |
| Hartspring Lane | Right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
| DTC |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Otterspool Way | EOR left |
| Park Ave | EOR left |
| Hartspring Lane | Roundabout left |
| North Western Ave | T/L right |
| Westlea Ave | 3 rd left |
| York Way | 3 rd right |
| The Phillipers | Roundabout left |
| The Gossamers | 2 nd right |
| Codicote Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gaddesden Crescent | EOR left |
| Codicote Drive | EOR right |
| Garston Lane | 2 nd left |
| Woodhurst Ave | EOR right |
| Fourth Ave | 2 nd right |
| First Ave | EOR left |
| St Albans Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead, T/L |
| left | |
| Bushey Mill Lane | 3 x roundabouts ahead, T/L ahead, 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Woodmere Ave | T/L right |
| North Western Ave | Roundabout right |
| Hartspring Lane | Right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Otterspool Way / Berrygrove Lane | Ahead, EOR left |
| Bushey Mill Lane | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Mead Way / Park Ave / Greatham Rd | Ahead, left, roundabout left, ahead, EOR left |
| Bushey Hall Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Aldenham Rd | Roundabout ahead, 4 th left |
| Hillside Rd | EOR right |
| Grange Rd | EOR left |
| London Rd / High St / Sparrows | |
| Herne | Ahead, left |
| Elstree Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| North Western Ave | Roundabout left |
| Hartspring Lane | T/L right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Park Ave | 2 nd left |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Otterspool Way / Berrygrove Lane | Ahead, EOR right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | EOR right, 3 x roundabouts ahead, T/L left |
| Knutsford Ave | Right |
| Westfield Ave | EOR left |
| Southfield Ave | EOR left |
| Balmoral Rd | Roundabout right |
| Radlett Rd | Roundabout left |
| Colonial Way | Roundabout right |
| Stephenson Way | 1 st slip road left |
| Waterfields Way | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Lower High St | T/L ahead, ahead |
| Chalk Hill / London Rd / High St / Sparrows Herne | T/L ahead, ahead, left |
| Elstree Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| North Western Ave | Roundabout left |
| Hartspring Lane | Right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Otterspool Way | EOR left |
| Park Ave | EOR left |
| Hartspring Lane | Roundabout left |
| North Western Ave | T/L right |
| Westlea Ave | 2 nd left |
| York Way | 2 nd left |
| Meriden Way | EOR right |
| Westlea Ave | T/L ahead |
| Woodmere Ave | Right |
| Douglas Ave | EOR right |
| Tudor Ave | EOR left |
| North Western Ave | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| North Orbital Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| St Albans Rd | T/L left |
| Garston Lane | 5 th left |
| Codicote Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gaddesden Crescent | EOR left |
| Codicote Drive | EOR left |
| Garston Lane | Roundabout right |
| Phillipers | EOR left |
| York Way | 2 nd right |
| Meriden Way | EOR right |
| Westlea Ave | T/L left |
| North Western Ave | Roundabout right |
| Hartspring Lane | T/L right |
| Bushey Mill Lane | Roundabout right |
| Park Ave | 2 nd left |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right, EOR left |
| A41 Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| Stephenson Way | 1 st slip road exit |
| Waterfields Way | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Lower High St | T/L ahead, roundabout right |
| Eastbury Rd | T/L right |
| Deacons Hill | Left, right |
| Riverside Rd | Left |
| Colne Ave | EOR left |
| Eastbury Rd | T/L right |
| Oxhey Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cedar Rd | EOR left |
| Kingsfield | EOR right |
| Eastbury Ave | Roundabout right |
| Chalk Hill | T/L left |
| Aldenham Rd | 3 rd right |
| Silverdale Rd | EOR left |
| Grange Rd | EOR left |
| The Avenue | Roundabout right |
| Aldenham Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
| Hartspring Lane | Left |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Otterspool Way | EOR right |
| Park Ave | Roundabout ahead, EOR left, left, roundabout right |
| Link Rd | EOR left |
| Radlett Rd | Roundabout right |
| Orphenage Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Woodford Rd | EOR left |
| Clarenden Rd | Right |
| Shady Lane | EOR left |
| Westland Rd | Crossroads right |
| St Johns Rd | EOR left |
| St. Albans Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hempstead Rd | Ahead, left, T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Langley Rd | 3 rd left |
| Nascot Wood Rd | EOR right |
| Ridge Lane | EOR left |
| Gammons Lane | EOR right |
| Courtlands Drive | Roundabout ahead |
| Ashfields | T/L right, roundabout right |
| Leavesden High Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| North Western Ave A41 | Roundabout ahead, 2 x T/L ahead, roundabout right |
| Hartspring Lane | Right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| Otterspool Way | Right |
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