Northampton 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 Northampton 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.
| Northampton Route Number |
1 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Pembroke Rd |
Right |
| St Francis Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| St Andrews Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| St Peters Way |
Roundabout right |
| Towcester Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead, left |
| Delapre Crescent Rd |
Right |
| Pleydell Rd |
Right |
| Delapre Crescent Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Delapre Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| London Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Nene Valley Way |
Ahead |
| Bedford Rd |
2nd Traffic lights, left |
| Victoria Prom / St Peters Way |
Roundabout ahead, 2 x Traffic lights, ahead, roundabout right |
| Horseshoe St / Horsemarket |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| St Andrews St |
End of the road, left |
| Grafton St |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Right |
| Gladstone Rd |
2nd roundabout ahead, right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
2 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Left |
| Swansea Rd / Aberdare Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Tintern Ave |
Roundabout right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Weedon Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Duston Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Tollgate Way |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| A45 |
Roundabout right |
| Sandy Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Berrywood Rd |
Left |
| Weggs Farm Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Wrenbury Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Ryeland Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Duston Main Rd |
Left |
| Eldean Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Firsview Drive |
Traffic lights, right |
| Harlestone Rd |
Left |
| Hawksmoor Way |
Left |
| Montague Crescent |
End of the road, right |
| Hawksmoor Way |
End of the road, left |
| Harlestone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
3 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Harlestone Rd |
Left |
| Cotswold Ave |
Right |
| Edgehill Road |
Right |
| Stoneleigh Chase |
Left |
| Harlestone Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Lodge Way |
Left |
| Barn Way |
End of the road, right |
| Lodge Way |
Traffic lights, right |
| Harlestone Rd |
Left |
| Whites Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Port Rd |
Right |
| Sandy Lane |
Left |
| Weggs Farm Rd |
Right, right |
| Berrywood Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Sandy Lane |
Roundabout left |
| A45 Dual Carriageway |
Roundabout right |
| Upton Way |
Roundabout left |
| Walter Tull Way |
2 x roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Onto Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Baring Rd / Dallington Rd |
Right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
4 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Right |
| Glebeland Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bants Lane |
Traffic lights, right |
| Chiltern Ave |
End of the road, Right |
| Cotswold Ave |
Left |
| Edge Hill Road |
Left |
| Longmynd Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Cotswold Ave |
Left |
| Hardlands |
Roundabout ahead |
| Kerrfield Estate |
End of the road, left |
| Duston Main Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Berrywood Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Sandy Lane |
Right |
| Larkhall Lane |
Left |
| Carrs Way |
End of the road, left |
| Northampton Rd |
Left |
| A45 |
2 x roundabout ahead |
| Weedon Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Left |
| Baring Rd |
Right |
| Tintern Ave |
Right |
| Countess Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Tintern Ave |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
5 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Right |
| Glebeland Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bants Lane |
Left |
| Ellesmere Ave |
Left |
| Malcolm Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Ellesmere Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Duston Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
| Sixfields |
Roundabout left, 2 x roundabout right |
| T.G.I. Fridays |
Roundabout left |
| Upton Way |
Roundabout left |
| Danes Camp Way |
Roundabout right |
| Hunsbury Hill Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Hunslet Lane |
Left |
| Whaddon Close |
End of the road, right |
| Hunslet Lane |
Roundabout left |
| Hunsbury Hill Rd |
2nd roundabout right |
| Danes Camp Way |
Roundabout left |
| Towcester Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Thirlestane Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Towcester Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| St Peters Way |
Traffic lights, right |
| St Andrews Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Gladstone Rd |
2 x roundabouts ahead, right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
6 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout ahead |
| Bants Lane |
Left |
| Melrose Ave |
Right |
| Cameron Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Ellesmere Drive |
2nd left |
| Malcolm Drive |
End of the road, right |
| Ellesmere Drive |
End of the road, left |
| Bants Lane |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Tollgate Way |
Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| A45 Dual carriageway |
Roundabout right |
| Sandy Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Berrywood Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead, right |
| Southfield Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Orchard Way |
End of the road, left |
| Stanfield Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Mill Way |
Left |
| A45 |
Roundabout ahead |
| Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Harlestone Rd |
Right |
| Warren Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Dallington Rd |
Right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
7 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Pembroke Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, right |
| Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Sixfields |
2 x roundabout right, roundabout left |
| Upton Way |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Danes Camp Way |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Rothersthorpe Rd |
Roundabout right, roundabout ahead, End of the road, left |
| Towcester Rd |
Right |
| Delapre Crescent Rd |
Follow right |
| Pleydell Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Delapre Crescent Rd |
Left |
| Haines Rd |
End of the road, left |
| St Leonard’s Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Towcester Rd |
2 x roundabout ahead |
| Horseshoe St |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Horsemarket |
2 x Traffic lights, ahead |
| Broad St |
Traffic lights, left |
| Grafton St |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
8 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout right |
| Mill Lane |
Left |
| Lincoln St |
End of the road, left |
| Garfield St |
Left |
| Washington St |
Left |
| Harborough Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead, left |
| Welford Rd |
Left |
| North Western Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Welford Rd |
Left |
| Leyland Drive |
End of the road, right, End of the road, left |
| Welford Rd |
Left |
| Sandy Lane |
Left |
| Brampton Rd |
Left |
| Harlestone Rd |
Right |
| Whites Lane |
End of the road, left |
| Port Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Main Rd |
Left |
| Grafton Way |
Right |
| Meadow Close |
End of the road, left |
| Firsview Drive |
Traffic lights, right |
| Harlestone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| Warren Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Dallington Rd |
Right |
| Merthyr Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
9 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, right |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Mill Lane |
Roundabout right |
| Harlestone Rd |
Left |
| Stoneleigh Chase |
End of the road, left |
| Edgehill Rd |
Right |
| Longmynd Drive |
End of the road, left, End of the road, right |
| Cotswold Ave |
End of the road, left |
| Eastfield Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Duston Main Rd |
Left |
| Malpas Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Ryeland Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Berrywood Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Sandy Lane |
Right |
| Larkhall Lane |
End of the road, left |
| High St / Northampton Rd |
Left |
| A45 |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Upton Way |
Roundabout left |
| Sixfields |
2 x roundabout left, roundabout right |
| Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |
| Northampton Route Number |
10 |
| Street Name |
Instruction |
| Starting from the Driving Test Centre |
Left |
| Heathfield Way |
End of the road, left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, left |
| St Francis Ave |
End of the road, right |
| Pembroke Rd |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, right |
| St Andrews Rd |
Traffic lights, ahead |
| St Peters Way |
Roundabout right |
| Towcester Rd |
2 x roundabouts ahead, left |
| Southampton Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Haines Rd |
End of the road, right |
| Delapre Crescent Rd |
Left |
| Pleydell Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
| Queen Eleanor Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Towcester Rd |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Danes Camp Way |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Upton Way |
Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Weedon Rd |
Roundabout ahead, Traffic lights, ahead, Traffic lights, left |
| Spencer Bridge Rd |
Traffic lights, left |
| Harlestone Rd |
Right |
| Vicarage Rd |
End of the road, left |
| Baring Rd / Dallington Rd |
Right |
| Tintern Ave |
Roundabout left |
| Gladstone Rd |
Roundabout ahead, right |
| Heathfield Way |
Right |
| Arrive into the Driving Test Centre |
Park your vehicle |