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 Swindon below.
While test routes around Swindon 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 | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Broome Manor Lane / Carleton | |
| Gate | EOR right |
| Broome Manor Lane | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit, roundabout left | |
| Stratton St Margaret By-Pass | Left |
| Wheatstone Rd | EOR right |
| Liden Drive | EOR left |
| Eddison Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dorcan Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Queens Drive | 2 nd right |
| Whitbourne Ave | 2 x roundabouts ahead, left |
| Bridport Rd | EOR right |
| Welcombe Ave | 3 rd right |
| Honiton Rd | EOR right |
| Welcombe Ave | Left |
| Dulverton Ave | Roundabout left |
| Kingswood Ave | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right |
| Whitbourne Ave | EOR left |
| Queens Drive | Right |
| Windsor Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 2
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, left |
| Sandringham Rd | Right |
| Buckingham Rd / Melbourne Rd | EOR left |
| Buckingham Rd | EOR right |
| Sandringham Rd | EOR right |
| Windsor Rd | EOR left |
| Queens Drive | Right |
| Whitbourne Ave | 2 x roundabouts ahead, left |
| Bridport Rd | EOR right |
| Welcombe Ave | 3 rd right |
| Honiton Rd | EOR right |
| Welcombe Ave | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Marlowe Ave | 2 x roundabouts ahead, EOR left |
| Drakes Way | Roundabout left |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout 5 th exit |
| Marlborough Rd | Right |
| Sandringham Rd | Left |
| Guildford Ave | Roundabout left |
| Windsor Rd | Roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 3
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | 2 x roundabout left |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| Devizes Rd | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd | Right |
| Union Row | Left |
| Belle View Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Drove Rd | Roundabout right |
| Upham Rd | Left |
| Burford Ave | Right |
| Walcot Rd | EOR right |
| Southview | EOR left |
| Upham Rd | Left |
| Woodside Ave | EOR right |
| Upham Rd | 4 th right |
| Burford Ave | 4 th left |
| Cumberland Rd | Right |
| Drove Rd | Roundabout left |
| Fleming Way | Left |
| Newcastle St | EOR left |
| Fleming Way | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Holbrook St | Right |
| Cheltenham St | EOR right |
| Station Rd | Left |
| Whitehouse Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Great Western Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| County Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Drove Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cricklade St / High St | Roundabout right |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Devizes Rd / Croft Rd | Left |
| St Margaret’s Rd | Right |
| Winifred St | EOR left |
| Evelyn St | Right |
| Marlborough Lane | Right |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 4
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout |
| 2 nd exit | |
| Shaftesbury Ave | 3 rd left |
| Beaufort Green | EOR left |
| Shaftesbury Ave | 3 rd left |
| Honiton Rd | EOR right |
| Welcombe Ave | Left |
| Dulverton Ave | Roundabout left |
| Kingswood Ave | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Welcombe Ave | Roundabout left |
| Kingswood Ave | Roundabout right |
| Whitbourne Ave | EOR right |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Fleming Way | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Holbrook Way | Right |
| Faringdon Rd | Left |
| Farnsby St / Market St | Left |
| Commercial Rd | Right |
| Deacon St | EOR right |
| Crombey St | EOR left |
| Curtis St | 3 rd left |
| Cambria Bridge Rd | EOR right |
| Radnor St | Left |
| Clifton St | EOR left |
| Kingshill | Roundabout ahead |
| Bath Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Devizes Rd | Left |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 5
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Pipers Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Swindon Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Berkeley Rd | EOR right |
| Perrys Lane | 2 nd right |
| Inverary Rd | Left |
| Dunbar Rd | Right |
| Boness Rd | 3 rd left |
| Beaufort Rd | EOR left |
| Boness Rd / Maskelyne Way | EOR left |
| Kellsborough Ave | Roundabout left |
| Wharf Rd | 3 rd left |
| Perrys Lane | Roundabout left |
| Swindon Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Croft Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Devizes Rd | Roundabout right |
| Victoria Rd | 3 rd right |
| Dumbarton Terrace | Follow left bend |
| Belgrave St | EOR right |
| Durham St | Follow left bend |
| Lincoln St | EOR right |
| Groundwell Rd | 3 rd left |
| Drove Rd | Roundabout right |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout 2 nd exit, right |
| Windsor Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 6
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Pipers Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Croft Rd | Roundabout right |
| Tismeads Crescent | Left, EOR right |
| Croft Rd / Devizes Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Windsor Rd | EOR left |
| Queens Drive | 2 nd right |
| Frobisher Drive | Left |
| Raleigh Ave | EOR left |
| Drakes Way | EOR left |
| Marlowe Ave | EOR left |
| Drakes Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Fleming Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| Princes St / Clarence St / Victoria | |
| Hill | 3 rd left |
| Hunt St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Belle Vue Rd | EOR right |
| Cricklade St / High St | Roundabout ahead |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 7
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Queens Drive | Left |
| Queens Drive Service Rd | EOR left |
| Queens Drive | Right |
| Whitbourne Ave | Roundabout left |
| Kingswood Ave | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Welcombe Ave | Roundabout left |
| Kingswood Ave | Roundabout left |
| Whitbourne Ave | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Cranmore Ave | 2 nd right |
| Hanbury Rd | Left |
| Knowsley Rd | EOR right |
| Hanbury Rd | EOR right |
| Cranmore Ave | Right |
| Wolsely Ave | EOR left |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout 5 th exit |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout |
| 3 rd exit, 2 x roundabouts ahead | |
| High St | Left |
| Wood St | Right |
| Belle View Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit, EOR right |
| Cricklade / High St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Devizes Rd / Croft Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Pipers Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout left |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout 3 rd exit, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 8
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | 2 x roundabouts left |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, EOR left |
| Devizes / Croft Rd | Roundabout left |
| Tismead Crescent | Left, EOR left |
| Croft Rd | Right |
| Fitzroy Rd | Left |
| Ambrose Rd | EOR left |
| Fitzroy / Pleydell Rd | EOR left |
| Croft Rd | Left |
| Springfield Rd | Left |
| Grovelands Ave | EOR left |
| Westlecot Rd | Right |
| The Mall | EOR right |
| Okus Rd | Roundabout right |
| Bath Rd | 2 nd left |
| Eastcott Rd Hill | EOR left |
| Crombey St | EOR ahead |
| Curtis St | EOR right |
| Commercial Rd | EOR left |
| Regents Circus / Princes St | Roundabout right |
| Fleming Way | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Drove / Cricklade / High St | Roundabout ahead |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 9
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | 2 x roundabouts left |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| High St | Left |
| Wood St | EOR left |
| Devizes / Croft Rd | 2 nd left |
| Tismead Crescent | EOR right, left |
| Croft Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Swindon Rd | Roundabout ahead, right |
| Berkeley Rd | EOR right |
| Perrys Lane | 2 nd right |
| Inverary Rd | Left |
| Dunbar Rd | Right |
| Boness Rd | 3 rd left |
| Beaufort Rd | EOR left |
| Boness Rd / Maskelyne Way | EOR left |
| Kellsborough Ave | EOR left |
| Wharf Rd | EOR left |
| Devizes Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Swindon Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| Croft Rd | Roundabout ahead, 2 nd right |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
Route 10
| Road | Direction |
|---|---|
| DTC | Left |
| Croft Centre Rd | EOR right |
| Marlborough Lane | 2 x roundabouts left |
| Marlborough Rd | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| High / Cricklade / Drove Rd | Right |
| Upham Rd | 2 nd right |
| Brixham Ave | Right |
| Thurlestone Rd / Falmouth Grove | EOR left |
| Thurlestone Rd | EOR right |
| Parklands Rd | EOR left |
| Upham Rd | 2 nd right |
| Burford Ave | 4 th left |
| Cumberland Ave | Right |
| Drove Rd | Left |
| Southampton St | EOR left |
| Drove Rd | Roundabout right |
| Queens Drive | Roundabout left |
| Drakes Way | Left |
| Ocotal Way | 2 x roundabouts 2 nd exit, roundabout ahead, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| County Rd | Roundabout left |
| Great Western Way | Roundabout left |
| Whitehouse Rd / Corporation St | 2 nd right |
| Manchester Rd | Left |
| Milford St | Left |
| Fleming Way | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Princes St / Clarence St | EOR right |
| Crombey St | Left |
| Eastcott Hill | EOR left |
| Bath Rd | Roundabout right |
| Devizes Rd | Left |
| Newport St | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Marlborough Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout 4 th |
| exit | |
| Marlborough Lane | Roundabout right, left |
| Croft Centre Rd | Right |
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