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 Banbury below.
While test routes around Banbury 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 | Exit right |
| West Bar St | Roundabout ahead |
| High St | 4 th right |
| Britannia Rd | 3 rd right |
| Gatteridge St | Left |
| Newlands Rd | Right |
| Dashwood Rd | EOR left |
| Oxford Rd | 3 rd right T/L |
| Farmfield Rd | Left |
| Beechfield Crescent | EOR right |
| Grange Rd | Left |
| Timms Rd | Left |
| St Annes Rd | 2 nd left |
| Mayfield Rd | EOR left |
| St Annes Rd | 2 nd left |
| Sycamore Rd | Roundabout right |
| White Post Rd | Right |
| Wykham Lane | Right |
| Bloxham Rd | 5 th left |
| Queensway | Roundabout right |
| Broughton Rd | 3 rd left |
| Bath Rd | EOR right |
| Warwick Rd | T/L ahead |
| Castle St | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Concord Ave | T/L ahead |
| Cherwell St | T/L right |
| George St | Left |
| Broad St | 2 nd right |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit left |
| West Bar St / Broughton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Queensway | 2 nd left |
| Mewburn Rd / Queensway | Right |
| Brantwood Rise | 2 nd left |
| Browning Rd | EOR right |
| Bloxham Rd | Right |
| Broughton Lane | Right |
| Danvers Rd | EOR right |
| Broughton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Queensway | EOR left |
| Bloxham Rd | Right |
| Easington Rd | Right |
| St Georges Crescent | EOR left |
| Horton View | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | 3 x T/L ahead, left |
| Bankside | EOR left, EOR right |
| Swan Close Rd | EOR right, left |
| Gatteridge St / Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead, left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Bar St / Broughton Rd | Left |
| Bath Rd / Paradise Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | Right |
| Foundery St / Nursery Drive / Ruscote Ave | Roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Orchard Way | Roundabout ahead |
| Woodgreen Ave | 2 nd left |
| Deacon Way | EOR left |
| Gillet Rd | Left |
| Beatrice / Woodgreen Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Queensway | 2 nd left |
| Mewburn Rd | Return into |
| Queensway | EOR left |
| Bloxham Rd | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | 4 x T/L ahead, 2 nd left |
| Bankside | EOR left |
| Bankside | EOR right |
| Swan Close Rd | 2 nd left T/L |
| George St | Left |
| Broad St | 2 nd right |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout right |
| Horsefair | T/L left |
| Warwick Rd | 2 nd left |
| Paradise Rd / Bath Rd | EOR left |
| Broughton Rd | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Right |
| West Bar St | Roundabout ahead |
| High St | EOR right |
| Windsor St | 2 nd left |
| Swan Close Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bankside | 9 th right |
| Chatsworth Drive | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Bankside | Right |
| White Post / Oxford Rd | Right |
| Broad Gap | EOR right |
| White Post Rd / Wykeham Lane | Left |
| A361 | Mini roundabout right, 2 nd right |
| Tadmarton Rd | 6 th right |
| Courtington Lane | EOR left |
| Bloxham Rd (A361) | 6 th left |
| Beargarden Rd | EOR right |
| West Bar St | Right |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| West Bar St | 2 nd right |
| Bath Rd / Paradise Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Ruscote Ave | Left |
| Sinclair Ave | EOR left |
| Austin Drive | EOR right |
| Riley Drive | EOR right |
| Nuffield Drive | EOR left |
| Hillview | EOR left |
| Sinclair Ave | Left |
| Ruscote Ave | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Concord Ave | Roundabout left, T/L ahead |
| Windsor St | T/L Ahead, 2 nd left |
| Swan Close Rd / Hightown Rd | EOR left |
| Oxford Rd | Right |
| Broad Gap | EOR right |
| White Post Rd | Roundabout right, left |
| Oxford Rd | Roundabout left |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit right |
| West Bar St | Roundabout ahead |
| High St / George St | EOR left |
| Cherwell St | T/L right |
| Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Middleton Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Daventry Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grimsbury Drive | EOR left, left |
| Service Rd | Right, right |
| Daventry Rd | Roundabout left |
| Middleton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Ermont Way | Roundabout left |
| Overthorpe Rd | Left |
| Warkworth Rd | Roundabout left |
| Middleton Bypass | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Hennef Way | Roundabout left |
| Concord Ave | Roundabout left |
| Concord Ave | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| George St | Left |
| Broad St | 2 nd right |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit right, roundabout right |
| South Bar | 2 nd right |
| Bloxham Rd | 5 th right |
| Browning Rd | Left |
| Byron Rd | Follow to right |
| Brooke Rd | Return to |
| Byron Rd | EOR left |
| Browning Rd | 3 rd right |
| Brantwood Rise | EOR left |
| Queensway | Roundabout ahead |
| Woodgreen Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Orchard Way | Roundabout right |
| Warwick Rd | T/L left |
| Southam Rd | Roundabout right |
| Hennef Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Ermont Way | Roundabout right |
| Middleton Rd | 3 x mini roundabout ahead |
| Bridge St | T/L right |
| Concord Ave | Roundabout left |
| Castle St | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right, T/L left |
| North Bar | Roundabout right |
| West Bar | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Roundabout right |
| South Bar | 2 nd right |
| Bloxham Rd | 2 nd left |
| Easington Rd | Right |
| St Georges Crescent | Right |
| Horton View | Crossroads ahead |
| Ruskin Rd | 2 nd right |
| Wykham Place | EOR left |
| Ruskin Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Horton View | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, left |
| Bankside | Right, right, roundabout right |
| Sycamore Drive | EOR left |
| Beaconsfield Rd | Rev 1 st left |
| Jaynes Close | Return to |
| Beaconsfield Rd | Right |
| Sycamore Drive | Roundabout right |
| White Post Rd | Right |
| Wykham Lane | Crossroads ahead, right |
| Danvers Rd | EOR right |
| Broughton Rd | Roundabout ahead, |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit left |
| West Bar St | 2 nd right |
| Bath Rd / Paradise Rd | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | 2 nd right |
| Neithrop Ave | EOR left |
| Ruscote Ave | Roundabout right |
| Warwick Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Highlands / Rother Rd | EOR right |
| Highlands | Roundabout right |
| B4100 | Right |
| Hanwell Village | EOR right |
| A423 / Banbury | Roundabout left |
| Southam Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hennef Way | Roundabout right |
| Concord Ave | Roundabout left, T/L ahead |
| Upper Windsor St | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | Right |
| Old Parr Rd | Left |
| Calthorpe St | EOR right |
| St Johns | EOR left |
| Newlands Rd | 2 nd left |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit left |
| Broughton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Queensway | Right, 2 nd left |
| Brantwood Rise | EOR left |
| Browning Rd | EOR right |
| Bloxham Rd | 2 nd left |
| Wykham Lane | EOR right |
| White Post / High St | 3 rd left |
| Freemans Rd | EOR right |
| Weeping Cross | EOR left |
| Oxford Rd | 2 nd left |
| Sycamore Rd | EOR right |
| St Annes Rd | 2 nd right |
| Mayfield Rd | EOR right |
| St Annes Rd | Right |
| Timms Rd | EOR right |
| Grange Rd | 3 rd left |
| Beechfield Crescent | EOR right |
| Farmfield Rd | T/L right |
| Oxford Rd | Left |
| Bankside | EOR left, EOR right |
| Swan Close Rd | EOR right |
| Windsor St | 2 nd left, T/L |
| George St | Left |
| Broad St | 2 nd right |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit left |
| Broughton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Queensway | 2 nd left |
| Mewburn Rd | Return to |
| Queensway | Right, right, 2 nd left |
| Brantwood Rise | EOR left |
| Browning Rd / Longfellow Rd | EOR left, right |
| Masefield Rd / Burns Rd | EOR right |
| Broughton Rd | Roundabout left |
| Woodgreen Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Orchard Way | Roundabout right |
| Warwick Rd | T/L ahead |
| Castle St | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Concord Way | Roundabout right |
| Hennef Way | Roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
| M40 | Roundabout 3 rd exit, left |
| A422 | Left |
| Middleton Lane | EOR right |
| B4525 | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| A422 | M40 Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Ermont Way | Roundabout right |
| Middleton Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead |
| Bridge St | T/L left |
| Cherwell St | T/L Ahead |
| Upper Windsor St | EOR right T/L |
| Oxford Rd | Right |
| Old Parr Rd | Left |
| Calthorpe Rd | EOR right |
| St Johns Rd | EOR left |
| Newlands Rd | 2 nd left |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Exit right |
| West Bar St | Roundabout right |
| South Bar | 2 nd right |
| Bloxham Rd | 5 th right |
| Browning Rd | Right |
| Longfellow Rd | Return to |
| Browning Rd | Left |
| Masefield Rd / Keats Rd / Burns Rd | EOR left |
| B4035 | Right |
| North Newington | Through Village |
| After Village | Right, EOR right |
| A422 (Banbury) | Through Village, Return Banbury |
| EOR right | |
| Warwick Rd | 2 nd roundabout left |
| Ruscote Ave | 4 th roundabout right |
| Concord Ave | Roundabout left, T/L ahead |
| Windsor St | 2 x T/L ahead |
| Upper Windsor St | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | Right |
| Old Parr Rd | Left |
| Calthorpe Rd | EOR right |
| St Marys Rd | EOR left |
| Newlands Rd | 2 nd left |
| Marlborough Rd | EOR left |
| High St | Roundabout ahead |
| West Bar St | Left |