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 Canterbury below.
While test routes around Canterbury 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 |
| New Dover Rd | 6 th left |
| Barton Rd | 2 nd right, left, EOR left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 | 1 st exit, right |
| Coldharbour Lane | EOR right |
| Old A2 | 2 nd left |
| Bridge Hill / Bridge High St | 2 nd left |
| Western Avenue | 3 rd left |
| Windmill Close | EOR right |
| Western Avenue | Left |
| Saxon Rd | EOR right |
| Union Rd | EOR left |
| High St / Town Hill | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Wincheap | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Oaten Hill / Upper Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Lower Bridge St / Broad St / Military Rd | Roundabout left |
| Tourtel Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Kingsmead Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Broad Oak Rd | Left |
| Farleigh Rd | Right |
| Headcorn Drive | Right |
| Otham Close | EOR left |
| Headcorn Drive / Bawden Close | EOR right |
| Long Meadow Way | EOR right |
| Tenterden Drive / Downs Rd | EOR right |
| St Stephens Hill | Mini roundabout left |
| Giles Lane | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill | 2 nd left |
| Harkness Drive | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Harbledown By Pass | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | 2 nd roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Oaten Hill / Upper Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 Slip Rd | EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Wincheap | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| London Rd | 3 rd right |
| St Dunstan’s Terrace | EOR left |
| Orchard St | Left |
| New St | EOR right |
| London Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitstable Rd | Right |
| Forty Acres Rd | 3 rd left |
| Salisbury Rd | 4 th left |
| Bramshaw Rd | EOR left |
| Salisbury Rd | EOR left |
| Forty Acres Rd / Beaconsfield Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| St Stephens Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Kingsmead Rd | 2 nd roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Tourtel Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Military Rd / Broad St / Lower | |
| Bridge St | Roundabout left |
| St Georges Place / New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Temple Rd | EOR left |
| Bishops Way | Right |
| Davidson Rd | EOR right |
| Westgate Court Avenue | Left |
| Harcourt Drive | EOR left |
| Westgate Court Avenue | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Right |
| Harkness Drive | Left |
| Friary Way | EOR right |
| Harkness Drive | EOR right |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill / Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Rough Common Rd / Palmers | |
| Cross Hill | EOR left |
| Harbledown By Pass | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Wincheap | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill / Dover Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 6 th right |
| Oaten Hill / Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | 5 th left |
| Service Rd | 2 nd left |
| Barton Rd | Left |
| Mount Rd | EOR left |
| Pilgrims Way | Right |
| Pilgrims Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Spring Lane | Right, 2 nd left |
| Cumberland Avenue | EOR right |
| Spring Lane | 2 nd right |
| Sussex Avenue | Left |
| Kent Ave / Warwick Rd | EOR left |
| Littlebourne Rd / St Martins Hill / Longport | Roundabout right |
| Monastry St | 2 nd left |
| Lady Wootons Green | Left |
| Broad St / Lower Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | Left |
| St Nicholas Rd | EOR right |
| Thanington Rd | Right |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | Right, EOR right |
| Town Hill / Dover Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 6 th right |
| Oaten Hill / Chantry Lane | T/L right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L right |
| Lower Chantry Lane | Roundabout right |
| Longport | Right |
| Spring Lane | Right |
| Pilgrims Rd | Left |
| Pilgrims Way | 2 nd right |
| Barton Rd | EOR left |
| Pilgrims Way | Left |
| Mount Rd | Right |
| Barton Rd | EOR left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 Slip Rd | EOR left |
| Bekesbourne Rd / Bifrons Hill | Roundabout right |
| The Street / Patrixbourne Rd | EOR left |
| Bridge Hill | EOR left |
| Old A2 / A2 Slip Rd / A2 | 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| Thanington Rd / Wincheap | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout ahead |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| St Georges Place / New Dover Rd | Left |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
| St Augustines Rd / Pilgrims Way / Pilgrims Rd | Roundabout right |
| Spring Lane | Right, right |
| Sussex Avenue | Left |
| Kent Avenue | Right |
| Warwick Rd | Left |
| Avon Close | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | EOR left |
| Littlebourne Rd / St Martins Hill / Longport | Roundabout right |
| Monastry St | 2 nd left |
| Lady Woottons Green | Left |
| Broad St / Lower Bridge | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Wincheap | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR left |
| Bekesbourne Rd / Bifrons Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| The Street | Right |
| Patrixbourne Rd | EOR right |
| High St / Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Harbledown By Pass | 2 nd right |
| Palmers Cross Hill / Rough | |
| Common Rd | Min roundabout right |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill | 2 nd left |
| Harkness Drive | Left |
| Friary Way | EOR left |
| Harkness Drive | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout left |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | 2 nd left |
| Strangers Lane | EOR left |
| Cockering Rd | Left |
| Godwin Rd | Left |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Godwin Rd | Right |
| Alfred Rd | EOR right |
| St Nicholas Rd | EOR right |
| Thanington Rd | Right |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | Left |
| Town Hill / Bridge High St / Bridge Hill | EOR left |
| Old A2 / A2 Slip Rd / Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| St Peters Place | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| North Lane | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| St Stephens Lane | 2 nd roundabout left |
| Beaconsfield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Salisbury Rd | 6 th left |
| Damerham Close | EOR right |
| Salisbury Rd | EOR right |
| Forty Acres | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout |
| 4 th exit | |
| Wincheap | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
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