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 Chippenham below.
While test routes around Chippenham 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 | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd | 
| exit | |
| Malmesbury Rd | T/L right | 
| Hardenhuish Lane | Left | 
| Ridings Mead | EOR left | 
| Long Ridings | EOR left | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Right | 
| Hill Corner | Right | 
| Oaklands | EOR right | 
| Greenway Lane | 2 nd left | 
| Birch Grove | EOR left | 
| Greenway Lane | EOR left | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| New Rd | Follow left lane under arches, mini roundabout ahead | 
| The Bridge | Mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre ahead 2 nd exit | 
| Rowden Hill | Mini roundabout left | 
| Patterdown A350 Melksham | EOR left | 
| A350 Melksham | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bath Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Hungerdown Lane | 4 th right | 
| Orchard Rd | 1 st or 2 nd left | 
| Orchard Crescent | Out right | 
| Orchard Rd | EOR right | 
| Hungerdown Lane | Mini roundabout right | 
| Sheldon Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Woodlands Rd | 2 nd right | 
| Canterbury St | 2 nd right | 
| Dover St | EOR right | 
| Canterbury St | EOR right | 
| Audley Rd | EOR left | 
| Lowden Hill | EOR left | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre right 4 th exit, mini roundabout left | 
| The Bridge / New Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| New Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Marshfield Rd | Follow right hand lane | 
| Park Lane | Left lane, roundabout ahead | 
| Langley Rd / Pew Hill | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Mauds Heath Causeway | Left | 
| Hill Corner Rd | EOR right | 
| Malmesbury Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | 3 x roundabout ahead | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Patterdown A350 | T/L left | 
| Queens Bridge / Saltersford Lane | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| Bath Rd | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit | 
| Rowden Hill / Bath Rd | Bridge Centre ahead 4 th exit, mini roundabout left | 
| The Bridge / New Rd | Mini roundabout right | 
| Station Hill | 2 nd right | 
| Sadlers Mead | Left | 
| Esmead | EOR right | 
| Cocklebury Rd | EOR right | 
| Eastern Ave | Right | 
| Seymour Rd | Right | 
| Boundary Rd | Left | 
| Eldridge Close | Out right | 
| Boundary Rd | EOR right | 
| Seymour Rd | EOR right | 
| Lady Coventry Rd | Follow right into | 
| Western Ave | 2 nd left | 
| Cocklebury Rd / Station Rd | Mini roundabout right | 
| New Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit | 
| Bristol Rd | 3 rd right | 
| Castle Combe Rd | Right | 
| Fowlswich Lane | EOR right | 
| Chippenham Rd | T/L right | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout ahead, left | 
| Hill Corner Rd | Right | 
| Oaklands | Follow left, EOR right | 
| Greenway Lane | Left | 
| Maple Way | EOR right | 
| Elmwood | Left | 
| Maple Way | EOR left | 
| Greenway Lane | Left | 
| Birch Grove | EOR right | 
| Langley Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit | 
| New Rd | Left lane under arches, mini roundabout ahead | 
| The Bridge | Mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre right 4 th exit | 
| Ivy Lane / Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout right | 
| Hungerdown Lane | 2 nd left | 
| Brook St | Left | 
| Boothmead | Out right | 
| Brook St | 2 nd left | 
| Saxon St | Left | 
| Wessex Rd | EOR right | 
| Saxon St | EOR left | 
| Brook St | EOR left | 
| Hungerdown Lane | Double mini roundabout ahead, T/L | 
| ahead, 4 th right | |
| Bath Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, T/L left | 
| Cross Keys Rd / Newlands Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left | 
| Pickwick Rd / South Place | Mini roundabout right | 
| Pound Hill | Mini roundabout right | 
| Stokes Rd | EOR right | 
| Station Rd | Left | 
| Pickwick Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Patterdown A350 | T/L right, mini roundabout left | 
| Bath Rd | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Hungerdown Lane | T/L left | 
| Queens Crescent | Left | 
| Minister Way | Right | 
| Queens Crescent | T/L left | 
| Hungerdown Lane | 2 nd right | 
| Ladyfield Rd | 4 th right | 
| Palmer St | EOR right | 
| Lowden | EOR left | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre right 4 th exit, mini roundabout left | 
| The Bridge / New Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| New Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout | 
| 2 nd exit | |
| Malmesbury Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right | 
| Sutton Benger Rd | EOR right | 
| Chippenham Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Parsonage Way | EOR left | 
| Maud Heaths Causeway | Right | 
| Hill Corner Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Heathfield | Follow right hand bend | 
| Hill Rise | Left | 
| Northwood / Elmwood | EOR left | 
| Birch Grove | EOR right | 
| Maud Heaths Causeway / New Rd | Roundabout ahead, mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre right 3 rd exit | 
| Ivy Lane / Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, 2 nd right | 
| Woodlands Rd | 3 rd left | 
| Loyalty St | EOR right | 
| Audley St | EOR left | 
| Lowden Hill | EOR left | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre right 4 th exit, mini roundabout left | 
| The Bridge / New Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| New Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Marshfield Rd | Follow right hand lane | 
| Park Lane | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit | 
| Langley Rd / Pew Hill | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Mauds Heaths Causeway | Left | 
| Hill Corner Rd | EOR left | 
| Mauds Heaths Causeway | Right | 
| Parsonage Way | EOR right | 
| Mauds Heaths Causeway / Swindon Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Church Rd / The Common / Plough Lane | T/L left | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 3 x roundabout ahead | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd | 
| exit | |
| Malmesbury Rd | Left | 
| Old Malmesbury Rd | EOR right | 
| Kingston St / Michael Rd | T/L right | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead, 3 rd right | 
| Wedmore Ave | EOR right | 
| East Yewstock Crescent | Follow left bend | 
| Yewstock Crescent West | Right | 
| Hardenhuish Ave | Left | 
| King Alfred St | EOR right | 
| Hardenhuish Ave | EOR right | 
| East Yewstock Crescent | Right | 
| Wedmore Ave | EOR right | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| New Rd | Follow left lane under bridge, mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre ahead 2 nd exit, mini roundabout ahead, 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| West Cepen Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left | 
| Park Lane | 2 nd right | 
| New Rd | Under the arches | 
| Ivy Lane | T/L ahead, 2 nd left | 
| Bath Rd | Mini roundabout left | 
| The Bridge / New Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| New Rd | T/L ahead | 
| Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout left | 
| Audley Rd | 3 rd right | 
| Canterbury Rd / Dover St | Right | 
| Canterbury Rd | EOR right | 
| Audley Rd | EOR right | 
| Sheldon Rd | Left | 
| Lady Field Rd | EOR left | 
| Hungerdown Lane | Roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, 2 nd right | 
| Allington Lane | EOR right, left, EOR right | 
| Bristol Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, right | 
| Park Ave | EOR left | 
| Bristol Rd | Mini roundabout right | 
| Hardenhuish Lane | Right | 
| Ridings Mead | EOR left | 
| Long Ridings | Right | 
| Ridings Mead | EOR right | 
| Hardenhuish Lane | T/L left | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit, T/L right | 
| Plough Lane / The Common | |
| / Church Rd | EOR right | 
| Swindon Rd | Mini roundabout right | 
| Maud Heaths Causeway / Langley Rd | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit | 
| New Rd | Follow left lane, mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | 4 th exit | 
| Ivy Lane / Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout left | 
| West Cepen Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bath Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Saltersford Lane | T/L left, left | 
| Patterdown | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| Rowden Hill | Left | 
| Lowden | EOR left | 
| Sheldon Rd | Right | 
| Woodlands Rd | 3 rd right | 
| Canterbury St | 1 st or 2 nd right | 
| Dover St | EOR left | 
| Canterbury St | EOR right | 
| Woodlands Rd | EOR right | 
| Bristol Rd / Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout left | 
| Park Lane | Follow right lane | 
| New Rd | Left lane under the arches, mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | 4 th right | 
| Ivy Lane / Marshfield Rd | Mini roundabout ahead | 
| Bristol Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right | 
| Cavalier Court | 
| Road | Direction | 
|---|---|
| DTC | |
| Bumpers Way | Roundabout right 4 th exit | 
| Bristol Way | Double mini roundabout ahead, 2 nd right | 
| Woodland Rd | 2 nd left | 
| Canterbury St | 2 nd right | 
| Dover St | EOR right | 
| Canterbury St | EOR left | 
| Audley Rd | Mini roundabout left | 
| Bristol Way | 2 nd right | 
| Hardenhuish Ave | EOR right | 
| East Yewstock Crescent | EOR follow left | 
| Yewstock Crescent West | EOR right, right, EOR right | 
| East Yewstock Crescent | Left | 
| Wedmore Ave | EOR right | 
| Malmesbury Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| New Rd | Left lane under the arches, mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right | 
| Bath Rd | Bridge centre ahead 2 nd exit | 
| Rowden Hill | Mini roundabout left | 
| Patterdown | EOR left | 
| A350 Malksham | Roundabout right 3 rd exit | 
| West Cepen Way | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right | 
| Bumpers Way | EOR follow right |