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