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 Taunton below.
While test routes around Taunton 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 | |
| Cook Way | EOR left |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Silk Mills Rd | 3 rd left |
| Mountway Rd | 3 rd right |
| Gipsy Lane | EOR left |
| Wellington Rd | 2 nd left |
| Castle St | EOR right |
| Tower St | Mini roundabout right |
| Corporation St | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Park St / Cann St / Shuttern | Right |
| Burton Place / Middleway | EOR right |
| Sherford Rd | EOR right |
| Middleway | Right |
| Churchill Way | EOR right |
| Middleway | 2 nd left |
| Broadlands Rd | EOR left |
| Trull Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Galmington Rd | EOR left |
| Wellington Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Bishops Hull Rd / Bishops Hull Hill | EOR left |
| Silk Mills Rd | Roundabout right |
| Staplegrove Rd | Mini roundabout right, right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Roundabout left, T/L right |
| Manor Rd / Corkscrew Lane | EOR ahead |
| Hope Corner Lane | Right |
| Quintock Rd | EOR left |
| Wellsprings Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bagbough Rd | EOR left |
| Wellsprings Rd | EOR right |
| Cheddon Rd | Left |
| Eastwick Rd | Mini roundabout right, roundabout ahead |
| Obridge Viaduct | Roundabout ahead |
| Victoria Park Way / East Reach / Each St | Roundabout ahead |
| North St / Bridge St | T/L right |
| Station Rd / Kingston Rd / Greenway Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR right |
| Staplegrove Rd / Bridge St | T/L ahead |
| North St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Corporation St | Mini roundabout right |
| Tower St | Left |
| Castle St | T/L left |
| Wellington Rd | T/L right |
| Parkfield Rd | 2 nd left |
| Manor Drive | EOR right |
| Trull Rd | 2 nd left |
| Broadlands Rd | EOR right |
| Middleway | EOR right |
| Sherford Rd | EOR right, left |
| Middleway | EOR left |
| Shuttern Way / Compass Hill / Wellington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Wellington Rd | Right |
| Bishops Hull / Bishops Hull Hill | EOR left |
| Silk Mills Rd | Roundabout right |
| Staplegrove Rd | Mini roundabout right, right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR right |
| Staplegrove Rd / Bridge St / North St | Roundabout left |
| East St | T/L right |
| Hurdle Way | T/L left |
| Silver St / South Rd / Shoreditch Rd | 2 nd right |
| Killams Drive | EOR right |
| Shoreditch Rd | Left |
| Chestnut Drive | Roundabout left |
| Liseux Way | Left |
| Normandy Drive | EOR left, EOR left |
| Liseux Way | T/L ahead |
| Victoria Parkway | Roundabout ahead |
| Obridge Viaduct | Roundabout left |
| Priorswood Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Andrews Rd / Greenway Rd | Roundabout left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR left |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Silk Mills Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wellington Rd | Right |
| Galmington Rd | 2 nd right |
| Deane Drive | 2 x EOR left |
| Comeytrowe Lane | 2 nd left |
| Queensway | Left |
| Comeytrowe Lane | 2 nd right |
| Claremont Drive | Right |
| Galmington Drive | EOR right |
| Galmington Rd | 4 th left |
| Parkfield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Manor Rd | EOR left |
| Trull Rd | Left |
| Wellington Rd | T/L right |
| Castle St | EOR right |
| Tower St | Mini roundabout left |
| Corporation St | Roundabout left |
| Fore St / North St / Bridge St | T/L right |
| Station Rd / Kingston Rd / St | |
| Andrew Rd | Left |
| Greenway Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR right |
| Staplegrove Rd | T/L left |
| Station Rd | T/L right |
| Priory Bridge Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Priory Ave | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Victoria Parkway | T/L left, left |
| Hamilton Rd | T/L right |
| Old Ilminster Rd | Roundabout right |
| Blackbrook Way | Roundabout right |
| Lisieux Way | T/L right |
| Hamilton Rd | 2 nd left |
| Roman Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Creechbarrow Rd | Left |
| Wheatley Crescent | EOR left |
| Creechbarrow Rd | Ahead onto dual carriageway |
| Toneway | Roundabout right |
| Obridge Viaduct | Roundabout left |
| Priorswood Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Andrews Rd / Greenway Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Staplegrove Rd | 2 nd right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Greenway Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Andrews Rd | T/L ahead |
| Priorswood Rd | 2 nd left |
| Lyngford Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grange Gardens | EOR left |
| Lyngford Rd | 2 nd left |
| Victoria Rd | 3 rd left |
| Lyngford Square | EOR left |
| Victory Rd | EOR right |
| Eastwick Rd | Mini roundabout right, roundabout left |
| Priorswood Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Monkton Heathfield | Right at dual carriageway Taunton |
| A38 | |
| Bridgwater Rd / Bathpool Rd | T/L right |
| Toneway | Roundabout ahead |
| Priory | EOR roundabout left, EOR mini roundabout left |
| Canon St | EOR right |
| Magdalene St / Hammet St | Roundabout right |
| North St / Bridge St | 2 nd T/L left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Left |
| Bindon Rd | Left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR right |
| Staplegrove Rd | T/L left |
| Station Rd | T/L right |
| Priory Bridge Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Priory Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Toneway | Left |
| Bridgewater Rd | 2 nd left |
| Milton Hill | EOR left |
| Priorswood Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Eastwick Rd | 2 nd left |
| Lyngford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Victory Rd | 2 nd left |
| Access Rd | EOR left |
| Victory Rd | EOR left |
| Eastwick Rd | EOR right |
| Cheddon Rd | Left |
| Wellsprings Rd | 2 nd right |
| Bagbrough Rd | EOR left |
| Wellsprings Rd | EOR right |
| Cheddon Rd | T/L ahead |
| Kingston Rd / Greenway Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Right |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR right |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Mini roundabout left, T/L right |
| Manor Rd / Corkscrew Lane | Right |
| Whitmore Rd | EOR left |
| Turner Rd | EOR right |
| Kingston Rd | Left |
| Wellsprings Rd | Left |
| Quantock Rd | EOR right |
| Hope Corner Lane | EOR right |
| Cheddon Rd | 4 th left |
| Eastwick Rd | Right |
| Victory Rd | Right |
| Lyngford Square | EOR right |
| Victory Rd | EOR left |
| Lyngford Rd | EOR left |
| Eastwick Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Selworthy Rd / Bossington Drive / Nerrols Drive | Roundabout right |
| Priorswood Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
| St Andrews Rd | T/L ahead |
| Kingston Rd | 6 th left |
| Corkscrew Lane / Manor Rd | T/L left |
| Staplegrove Rd | Mini roundabout right, right |
| Bindon Rd | Left |
| Cook Way | Into |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Cook Way | EOR left |
| Bindon Rd | EOR left |
| Silk Mills Rd | Right |
| Bishops Hull Hill / Bishops Hull Rd | 2 nd left |
| Waterfield Drive | EOR left |
| Waterfield Rd | EOR right |
| Silk Mills Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cornish Way West | Left |
| Cornish Way North | EOR right |
| Galmington Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Trull Rd | 2 nd left |
| Sherford Rd | EOR right |
| Trull Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Compass Hill / Park St | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Corporation St | Roundabout right |
| East St / East Reach / Victoria Park | |
| Way | Roundabout left |
| Priory Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Priory Bridge Rd | T/L EOR left |
| Station Rd | 2 nd right |
| Staplegrove Rd | Left |
| Bindon Rd | 2 nd left |
| Cook Way | Into |
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