Dorchester 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 Dorchester 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.
| Dorchester Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Right |
| St Georges Rd |
3rd right |
| Eddison Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Ackerman Rd |
End of the road, left |
| St Georges Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Kings Rd |
End of the road, left |
| London Rd / High East St / High West St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
2nd left |
| Williams Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd |
2nd left |
| Alice Rd |
Right |
| Lorne Rd |
Right |
| Alice Rd |
Right |
| Cambridge Rd |
4th left |
| Baynards Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Coburg Rd / Marie Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Coburg Rd |
Left |
| Maud Rd |
Right |
| Edward Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section 2 |
Right |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Culliford Rd North |
End of the road, left |
| South Walks Rd |
2nd right |
| Trinity St |
End of the road, left |
| High West St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
4th left |
| Damers Rd |
Right |
| Windsor Rd |
Left |
| Cambridge Rd |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Marie Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd |
2nd right |
| Maud Rd / Clarence Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead 2nd exit, End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
Left |
| Britannia Way |
End of the road, left |
| Roman Rd / Apollo Close |
End of the road, left |
| Roman Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Celtic Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two / By- Pass Section One |
Left |
| Stinsford Hill / London Rd |
Left |
| Kings Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout right 2nd exit |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd |
Left, crossroads ahead |
| Barnes Way |
Follow right into |
| Monmouth Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Rothesay Rd |
Right |
| South Court Ave |
Left |
| Grosvenor Rd |
Right |
| Manor Rd |
Crossroads ahead |
| Grosvenor Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Manor Rd |
Right |
| Rothesay Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Mellstock Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Herrington Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Maumbury Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, 3rd right |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, left |
| South Walks Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Acland Rd |
2 x mini roundabouts ahead |
| Church St |
End of the road, right |
| High East St / London Rd / Stinsford Hill |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One |
Left |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Right |
| Kings Rd |
Right, mini roundabout right |
| Alington Rd |
Left |
| St Georges Rd |
3rd right |
| Eddison Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Ackerman Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Alington Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Feeder Rd |
End of the road, left |
| By-Pass Section Two |
Roundabout left |
| Weymouth Ave |
2nd left |
| Chalky Rd |
Left |
| Herrington Rd |
Right |
| Mellstock Ave |
Right |
| Weatherbury Way |
3rd left |
| Shaston Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Weatherbury Way |
End of the road, left |
| Mellstock Ave |
Right |
| Rothesay Rd |
3rd right |
| South Court Ave |
Right |
| Manor Rd |
End of the road, right |
| South Court Ave |
Roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd |
Follow right |
| Icen Way |
Follow left |
| South Walks Rd |
2nd right |
| Trinity St |
End of the road, left |
| High West St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, 2nd right |
| Wessex Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Whitfield Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Bridport Rd |
Right |
| Gloucester Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd |
Left |
| Windsor Rd |
Crossroads ahead, End of the road, left |
| Coburg Rd |
3rd right |
| Baynards Rd / Castle Close |
End of the road, left |
| Baynards Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Cambridge Rd |
4th left |
| Marie Rd |
Staggered junction ahead |
| Gloucester Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Bridport Rd |
3 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Three |
Roundabout ahead |
| By-Pass Section Two |
Right |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, End of the road, left |
| Weymouth Ave |
Traffic lights, ahead, 2nd right |
| Queens Ave |
Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Clarence Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
Right |
| Celtic Crescent |
2nd left |
| Minerva Close |
End of the road, left |
| Celtic Crescent |
Right |
| Roman Rd |
2n right |
| Britannia Way |
End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| By-Pass Section Three |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Bridport Rd |
3 x roundabouts ahead, roundabout right |
| Albert Rd / Cornwall Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Maumbury Rd |
2nd left |
| Upper Fairfield Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Weymouth Ave / South Walks Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, right |
| Culliford Rd North |
4th left |
| Prince Of Wales Rd |
Left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Kings Rd |
End of the road, right Traffic lights, |
| London Rd / Stinsford Hill |
Roundabout left |
| Puddletown Rd / Puddletown By-Pass |
Northbrook exit left |
| Slip Rd |
Roundabout right 4th exit |
| Blandford Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Backwater |
Follow right |
| Mill St |
Left |
| Orford St |
End of the road, left |
| Mill St |
End of the road, right |
| High St |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Slip Rd |
Onto |
| Puddletown Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| By-Pass Section One |
Left |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout left |
| Buckingham Way |
Right |
| Balmoral Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Buckingham Way |
Right |
| Balmoral Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Buckingham Way |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Right |
| Ackerman Rd |
Right |
| Eddison Ave |
End of the road, left |
| St Georges Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd |
left, left |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Kings Rd |
End of the road, left |
| London Rd / High East St / HighWest St |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| The Grove / New Rd |
Roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Four |
Roundabout left |
| Bridport Rd |
3 x roundabouts ahead, 3rd right |
| Gloucester Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Damers Rd |
Right |
| Alice Rd |
2nd right |
| Cambridge Rd |
2 x crossroads ahead, left |
| Windsor Rd |
Left |
| Damers Rd |
Follow left into |
| Blagdon Rd |
Follow left into |
| Cambridge Rd / Elizabeth Place |
End of the road, right |
| Cambridge Rd |
Left |
| Baynards Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Coburg Rd |
Crossroads ahead, End of the road, right |
| Edward Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Weymouth Ave |
Right |
| Maumbury Rd |
Left |
| Monmouth Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd |
Right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Left |
| Barnes Way |
Follow right |
| Monmouth Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Culliford Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| South Court Ave |
2nd left |
| Rothesay Rd |
Crossroads ahead, End of the road, left |
| Mellstock Ave |
Right |
| Weatherbury Way |
2nd right, End of the road, right |
| Shaston Crescent / Egdon Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Shaston Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Weatherbury Way |
End of the road, left |
| Mellstock Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Herrington Rd |
2nd right |
| The Triangle |
End of the road, right |
| South Court Ave / Maumbury Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
4th left |
| Trinity St |
End of the road, left |
| High West St |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| The Grove / New Rd |
Roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Four |
Roundabout left |
| Bridport Rd |
3 x roundabouts ahead, 4th right |
| Williams Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Damers Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Great Western Rd |
End of the road, left |
| The Junction |
Right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
4th left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Culliford Rd North |
End of the road, right |
| South Walks Rd |
Left |
| Icen Way |
End of the road, left |
| High East St / High West St |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| The Grove |
3rd right |
| Old Sherborne Rd |
4th left |
| East Hill / West Hill |
End of the road, left crossroads |
| North St |
End of the road, left |
| Yeovil Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| New Rd / The Grove |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
2nd left Traffic lights, |
| Williams Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd |
Left |
| Maud Rd / Clarence Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Queens Ave |
Mini roundabout left |
| Clarence Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
2nd left |
| Celtic Crescent |
3rd left |
| Cunnington Close |
End of the road, left |
| Celtic Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Weymouth Ave |
3rd right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
4th left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
11 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd left |
| Culliford Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| South Court Ave |
3rd left |
| Grosvenor Rd / Grosvenor Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Grosvenor Rd |
Left |
| Manor Rd |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Rothesay Rd |
Right |
| South Court Ave |
Right |
| Manor Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Herrington Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Maumbury Rd |
2nd right Traffic lights, |
| Weymouth Ave |
3rd left |
| Great Western Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Cornwall Rd / Albert Rd |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| High West St / High East St / LondonRd / Stinsford Hill |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One |
Left |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
12 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Kings Rd |
Follow right |
| Icen Way |
Follow left |
| South Walks Rd |
Right |
| Acland Rd |
2 x roundabouts ahead 2nd exit |
| Church St |
End of the road, left |
| High East St / High West St |
Roundabout left |
| Albert Rd / Cornwall Rd |
2nd right Traffic lights, |
| Damers Rd |
Left |
| Maud Rd |
3rd left |
| Edward Rd |
Right |
| Coburg Rd |
Crossroads ahead, right |
| Clarence Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
2nd left |
| Celtic Crescent |
5th left |
| Roman Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Celtic Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two |
Right |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
13 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout right 3rd exit |
| Kings Rd |
End of the road, left |
| London Rd / High East St / High West St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
Right |
| Poundbury Rd |
2nd left |
| Normandy Way / ChestnutWay / Cedar Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Poundbury Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Wessex Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Bridport Rd |
Left |
| Gloucester Rd |
Staggered junction ahead |
| Marie Rd |
Crossroads ahead |
| Louise Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Marie Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Coburg Rd |
Crossroads ahead, left |
| Clarence Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, End of the road, left |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two |
Right |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd left |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
14 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd left |
| Culliford Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| South Court Ave |
Left |
| Manor Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Herrington Rd |
Left |
| Mellstock Ave |
2nd left |
| Kingsbere Crescent |
End of the road, left |
| Mellstock Ave |
Left |
| Rothesay Rd |
2nd left |
| Manor Rd |
Left |
| Rothesay Rd |
Left |
| South Court Ave / Maumbury Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Weymouth Ave |
3rd right |
| Maiden Castle Rd |
Right |
| Clarence Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead |
| Maud Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd / Great Western Rd |
End of the road, left |
| the Junction / Trinity St |
End of the road, right |
| High West St / High East St / London Rd / Stinsford Hill |
Roundabout right 3rd exit |
| By-Pass Section One |
Left |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales Rd |
2nd right |
| Kingsbere Crescent |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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| Dorchester Route Number |
15 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
|
| Athelstan Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Prince of Wales |
Right |
| Kings Rd |
Left |
| Icen Way |
Follow left |
| South Walks Rd |
Right |
| Acland Rd |
2 x mini roundabouts ahead |
| Church St |
End of the road, left |
| High East St / High West St |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Bridport Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Gloucester Rd |
Staggered junction ahead |
| Marie Rd |
2nd left |
| Lorne Rd |
Right |
| Alice Rd |
Crossroads ahead, End of the road, right |
| Louise Rd |
Left |
| Alice Rd |
Left |
| Cambridge Rd |
3rd left |
| Margaret Place |
End of the road, right |
| Cambridge Rd |
2nd left |
| Windsor Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Damers Rd |
4th right Traffic lights, |
| Maumbury Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Weymouth Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit, roundabout left |
| By-Pass Section Two |
Right |
| Feeder Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Came View Rd |
2nd left, End of the road, left |
| Casterbridge Rd |
Left |
| Came View Rd |
End of the road, right, roundabout right |
| Alington Ave |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
| Alington Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
| Prince of Wales |
2nd right |
| Kings Rd |
Right |
| Athelstan Rd |
|
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