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 Oxford (Cowley) below.
While test routes around Oxford (Cowley) 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 |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Horspath Driftway | EOR left T/L |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | Left |
Beaumont Rd / Quarry Hollow | Left, right |
Margaret Rd | Left |
York Rd | Left |
Weyland Rd (Marl Rd) | EOR left |
York Rd | Right |
Rock Edge | EOR left |
Windmill Rd | T/L right |
Old Rd | T/L ahead |
Warneford Lane | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Morrell Ave | 5 th left |
Cross St | EOR left |
Rectory Rd | EOR left |
Cowley Rd | 7 th right, right |
Magdelen Rd | Left |
Ridgefield Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR left |
Howard St | Left |
Cricket Rd / Rymers Lane | Left |
Littlehay Rd | EOR right |
Oxford Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, right lane |
Garsington Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | Left |
Horspath Driftway | Roundabout left |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
James Wolfe Rd | 3 rd right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout left |
The Slade | 6 th left T/L |
Old Rd | 3 rd right |
Bickerton Rd / All Saints Rd | Left |
Latimer Rd | EOR left |
London Rd | 2 nd right T/L |
Headley Way | Left |
Franklin Rd | EOR left |
Headley Way | 2 nd left |
Staunton Rd / Jack Straw’s Lane | EOR right |
Marston Rd | 2 nd left |
Old Marston Rd | 2 nd left, left |
Rippington Drive | Right |
Lewell Ave | Left |
Mortimer Drive / Fairfax Ave / Rippington Drive | 3 rd left |
Lewell Ave | EOR left |
Rippington Drive | EOR left |
Service Rd | EOR left |
Oxford Rd | EOR right |
Cherwell Drive | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
Marsh Lane | EOR left |
Northern By-Pass Rd / North Way | Roundabout ahead 3 rd exit |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | 2 nd right, 2 nd T/L ahead |
Horspath Driftway | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR left |
Hollow Way | EOR right T/L |
Oxford Rd | T/L ahead, 4 th left |
Littlehay Rd | Crossroads ahead |
Cornwallis Rd | Left |
Outram Rd | EOR left |
Cornwallis Rd | Left |
Florence Park Rd | 2 nd right |
Campbell Rd | Right |
Florence Park Rd | EOR left |
Church Cowley Rd | 3 rd right T/L |
Crowell Rd / Littlemore Rd / Cowley Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout left |
Sandford Rd / Henley Rd | Left |
A4074 Sandford Link | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | Roundabout left |
Oxford Rd | Right |
Newman Rd | Roundabout ahead 1 st exit |
Cowley Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit, ahead |
Littlemore Rd | 2 nd right |
Bartholomew Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
Barns Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Between Towns Rd | EOR right T/L |
Oxford Rd | T/L left |
Hollow Way | 7 th right |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Horspath Driftway | EOR right T/L |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | Left |
Horspath Rd / Oxford Rd / Cuddesdon Rd | EOR left |
Ladder Hill | EOR right |
High St | EOR left |
Friday Lane | EOR left |
Church Rd | Right |
Holloway Rd | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
Park Hill | Left |
A40 London Rd | 3 rd left |
Collinwood Rd | 2 nd left |
Stanway Rd | Right |
Downside Rd | Right |
Collinwood Rd | 1 st left or 2 nd left |
Collingwood Close or The Link | EOR left |
Collinwood Rd | Left |
The Link | EOR left |
Collinwood Rd | EOR left |
A40 London Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
London Rd | 3 rd left |
Wharton Rd | EOR right |
Margaret Rd | Left |
York Rd | EOR right |
Old Rd | Left |
The Slade | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Horspath Driftway | EOR right T/L |
Easter By-Pass Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
Oxford Rd / Rose Hill | T/L right |
Church Cowley Rd | Left |
Florence Park Rd | Left |
Campbell Rd | Crossroads ahead, 2 nd left |
Rymers Lane | 2 nd left |
Cornwallis Rd | Left |
Outram Rd | EOR right |
Cornwallis Rd | Left |
Rymers Lane | 4 th right |
Ridgefield Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
Magdelen Rd | EOR left |
Cowley Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
St Clements St | T/L ahead, left Lane |
London Place | T/L ahead, right lane |
Headington Rd | Right |
Gypsy Lane | 2 nd left T/L |
Old Rd | 3 rd right T/L |
The Slade | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout left |
The Slade | 2 nd right |
Woodfarm Rd | Right |
Atkyns Rd / Nuffields Rd | 2 nd left |
Bonar Rd | EOR left |
Nuffield Rd | Left |
Masons Rd | EOR right |
Tipup Hall Drive | EOR right |
Old Rd | Left |
Quarry Rd | 3 rd or 4 th left |
Mark Rd or Welland Rd | EOR left |
Quarry Rd | Right |
Quarry Hollow / Beaumont Rd | EOR left |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit |
A40 London Rd | T/L ahead, left |
Church Hill / Main St | EOR left |
Stanton Rd | Left |
Un-named | EOR left |
Bayswater Rd | Left |
Waynflete Rd | EOR left |
Bayswater Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | 2 nd right 2 nd T/L |
Horspath Driftway | Roundabout left |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
Hollow Way | Roundabout left |
The Slade | 3 rd right T/L |
Old Rd | Left |
York Rd | Left |
Rock Edge | EOR left |
York Rd | 2 nd right |
Weyland Rd | EOR left |
York Rd | Left |
Mark Rd | EOR right |
Quarry Rd | EOR right |
Old Rd | 2 nd right T/L |
Windmill Rd | T/L left |
London Rd | 4 th right T/L |
Headley Way | 3 rd left |
Jack Straw Lane | EOR right |
Marston Rd | Roundabout left |
Headley Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Marsh Lane | EOR left |
Northern By-Pass Rd / North Way | Roundabout Ahead 3 rd exit |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | 2 nd right, 2 nd T/L |
Horspath Driftway | Roundabout left |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
Road | Direction |
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DTC | Left |
James Wolfe Rd | EOR left |
Hollow Way | Left |
Crammer Rd | 2 nd right |
Rupert Rd | EOR right |
Horspath Rd | EOR left, T/L |
Hollow Way | EOR left |
Garsington Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
Eastern By-Pass Rd | 2 nd right, 3 rd T/L |
Kiln Lane | EOR left |
Green Rd | Right |
Ridgeway Rd | Left |
Forest Rd | EOR right |
Ridgeway Rd | Left |
The Link | EOR left |
Collinwood Rd | EOR left |
A40 London Rd | Roundabout right 3 RD exit |
North Way / Northern By-Pass Rd | Left |
Slip Rd | EOR left, EOR right |
Marsh Lane | Roundabout left 1 ST exit |
Headley Way | Roundabout ahead, left |
Copse Lane / Westlands Drive | Left |
Maltfield Rd | EOR right |
Westlands Drive | 2 nd left |
Saxon Way | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Dunstan Rd / St Andrews Rd | 3 rd right |
Old High St | T/L ahead |
Windmill Rd | T/L ahead |
The Slade | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
James Wolfe Rd | 3 rd right |