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.
Route 1
| 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 |
Route 2
| 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 |
Route 3
| 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 |
Route 4
| 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 |
Route 5
| 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 |
Route 6
| 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 |
Route 7
| 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 |
Route 8
| 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 |
Route 9
| 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 |
Route 10
| 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 |
Route 11
| 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 |
Route 12
| 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 |
Route 13
| 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 |
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