Colchester Driving Test Centre Practice Routes
In order to allow examiners to provide a test more representative of real driving conditions, the DVSA no longer publishes the current driving test routes. The below routes were the most recent to be published for the Colchester driving test centre. If the test centre has relocated since the last routes were published, then these routes will be applicable to the old location.
Please note that these routes are indicative only and examiners may alter their exact routes at their discretion, for example depending on traffic conditions.
| Colchester Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
Left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd |
4th left |
| Salisbury Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Butt Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Layer Rd |
5th right |
| Bodicea Way |
End of the road, right |
| Layer Rd |
Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
3rd left |
| Berechurch Rd |
5th right |
| Meyrick Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Mersea Rd |
2nd left |
| Bourne Rd |
Traffic lights, left, crossroads right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
Left |
| Magdalen St |
Roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
3rd right |
| Powhall Crescent |
Crossroads ahead |
| Circular Rd South |
Right |
| Circular Rd West |
End of the road, left |
| Butt Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead |
| Drury Rd |
Becomes |
| Drury Rd / Shrub End Rd |
Traffic lights, left, crossroads right |
| Norman Way |
Left |
| The Commons |
Left |
| Winston Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Shrub End Rd |
Left |
| Walnut Tree Way / Iceni Way |
3rd right |
| John Kent Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Layer Rd |
Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Abbots Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd |
Right |
| Creffield Rd |
Left, crossroads ahead, End of the road, left |
| Cambridge Rd |
Right |
| Queens Rd |
Left |
| Victoria Rd |
Right |
| Queens Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Cambridge Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Maldon Rd / Shrub End Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Bodicea Way |
End of the road, right |
| Layer Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
Left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout ahead |
| Lexden Rd |
9 th left |
| Church Lane |
Left |
| Parsons Hill |
Left |
| Magazine Farm Way |
End of the road, right, right |
| Gainsborough Rd |
Left |
| Van Dyck Rd |
End of the road, left |
| The Commons |
Right |
| Winston Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Shrub End Rd |
Traffic lights, left, crossroads right |
| Bodicea Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Layer Rd |
Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
2 x mini roundabout ahead, 3rd mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
End of the road, mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd |
2nd left |
| Pownall Crescent |
3rd left |
| Berechurch Rd |
2nd left |
| Daniel Cole Rd |
Right |
| Gurdon Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Berechurch Rd |
Crossroads left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd |
3rd left |
| Haye Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Abberton Rd |
Left |
| Fingringhoe Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Whithall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout ahead |
| Lexden Rd |
5th right |
| Lockhart Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Lexden Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Cymbeline Way |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Ave of Remembrance |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Westway |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Balkerne Hill |
Roundabout left |
| Southway |
Left |
| Headgate |
Traffic lights, right |
| St Johns St |
Right |
| Stanwell St |
Left |
| Southway |
Roundabout ahead |
| Magdalen St |
Right |
| Military Rd / Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Military Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout right |
| Balkerne Hill |
Roundabout ahead |
| Westway |
Roundabout left |
| Colne Bank Ave / Cymberline Way |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Lexden Rd |
3rd right |
| St Clare Rd / Alton Drive |
Left |
| Fitzwalter Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Lexden Rd |
2nd left |
| Lockhart Ave |
End of the road, right |
| The Chantry |
End of the road, right |
| Sussex Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Lexden Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Southway |
Roundabout ahead |
| Magdalen St |
Right |
| Military Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Old Heath Rd |
4th left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Old Heath Rd |
2nd left |
| Barnhall Ave / Cavendish Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Barnhall Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Churchill Way |
Left |
| Normandy Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Mersea Rd |
2nd left |
| Pownall Crescent |
3rd left |
| Berechurch Rd |
Crossroads ahead |
| Bounstead Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Layer Rd |
Crossroads left |
| Mersea Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbots Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Rowhedge Rd / Head St / Rectory Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Fingringhoe Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Abberton Rd |
2nd right |
| Fingringhoe Rd |
Crossroads right |
| Mersea Rd |
3 x mini roundabout ahead, 2nd left |
| The Willows |
Right, End of the road, left |
| Mersea Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, 3rd right |
| Bourne Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Queensland Drive |
Right |
| Adelaide Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Queensland Drive |
Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
3rd left |
| Bounstead Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Layer Rd |
Left |
| Mersea Rd |
3 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
11 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Old Heath Rd / Fingeringhoe Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Aberton Rd |
Right |
| Haye Lane |
End of the road, right |
| Mersea Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 2nd left |
| Queen Elizabeth Way |
End of the road, left |
| Mersea Rd |
Left |
| The Willows |
2nd left |
| Silverthorne Close |
End of the road, left |
| The Willows |
End of the road, left |
| Mersea Rd |
Roundabout ahead, 2nd right |
| Bourne Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Wimpole Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Hythe Hill |
Roundabout right |
| Maudlyn Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Haven Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Whitehall Rd |
2nd left |
| Grange Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
12 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Southway |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Balkerne Hill |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Westway |
Roundabout left |
| Cymbeline Way |
2nd left |
| Glen Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Lexden Rd |
2nd left |
| Lockhart Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Lexden Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Maldon Rd |
4th left |
| Salisbury Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Butt Rd |
Left |
| Circular Rd West |
Left |
| Circular Rd Nth |
Right |
| Circular Rd East |
End of the road, left |
| Berechurch Rd |
Right |
| Meyrick Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Mersea Rd |
2nd left |
| Bourne Rd |
Traffic lights, crossroads right |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
13 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd |
Left |
| Magdelen St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Southway |
Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd |
Traffic lights, crossroads right |
| Norman Way |
Left |
| The Commons |
Left |
| Winston Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Shrub End Rd |
Left |
| Walnut Tree Way |
Left |
| Rayner Rd |
Left |
| Walnut Tree Way / Iceni Way |
3rd right |
| John Kent Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Layer Rd |
Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Mersea Rd |
2 x mini roundabout ahead, 3rd mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
14 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, right |
| Whitehall Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Haven Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Colne Causeway |
Roundabout ahead |
| Eastern Approach / Greenstead Ring |
Roundabout ahead |
| Avon Way |
6th left |
| Magnolia Drive |
Left |
| Hamlet Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Avon Way |
2nd left |
| Kingfisher Close |
End of the road, left |
| Longridge |
End of the road, right |
| Bromley Rd |
2nd right |
| Tye Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Clacton Rd |
2nd right |
| School Rd |
Right |
| Bird Farm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Brightlingsea Rd |
Right |
| Colchester Rd |
End of the road, left |
| St Andrews Ave |
Greenstead Ring left |
| Eastern Approach |
2 x roundabout ahead |
| Colne Causeway |
Roundabout left |
| Haven Rd |
Right |
| Whitehall Rd |
3rd left |
| Grange Way |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Colchester Route Number |
15 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Grange Way |
End of the road, left |
| Whitehall Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd |
2nd left |
| Barnhall Ave |
2nd left |
| Cavendish Ave |
Right |
| Barnhall Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Old Heath Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Wimpole Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Magdalen St |
Roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Queensland Drive |
Right |
| Adelaide Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Queensland Drive |
Mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Fingeringhoe Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Abberton Rd |
Left |
| Fingeringhoe Rd / Old Heath Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, right |
| Whitehall Rd |
Right |
| Grange Rd |
|
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |