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.
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
| 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 | 
 
                                    
