Recently the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stopped publishing the driving test routes for each test centre to prevent test candidates from practicing the routes that the examiners take you on.
The driving test routes for Bedford may have altered in the mean-time, although it is likely they are very similar if not identical. Listed below are the driving test centre routes for Bedford, routes 1-4.
The Bedford driving test routes should be used for a guide only as test routes are for the discretion of the test examiner and may be subject to change.
Driving test routes incorporate the most challenging areas to drive in that particular location. Study the roads and the routes to establish which areas you will need practice on.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Test Centre Name | Bedford |
|---|---|
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| Goldington Rd | Left |
| St Peters St | T/L ahead |
| Dame Alice St | T/L ahead |
| Hassett St | Left |
| Greyfriars | Roundabout ahead |
| Midlands Rd | T/L right |
| Prebend St | Roundabout left |
| Kempston Rd | T/L right, T/L ahead |
| Spring Rd | T/L left |
| Elstow Rd | Left |
| Ampthill Rd | Roundabout right |
| A6 | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Slip Rd To A421 By pass | Left |
| Hitchin/Bedford | 1 st exit slip rd |
| High Rd | Roundabout left |
| Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
| Worcester Rd | Left |
| Winchester Rd | Right |
| Meadowsweet | Left, EOR right |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Ivy Rd / Dents Rd | Left |
| Brook St | Right |
| Willows Rd | Left |
| Brook St | Return to |
| London Rd | Left |
| Barford Ave | Right |
| Cardington Rd | Left |
| Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
| Embankment | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right, T/L ahead, right |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| Goldington Rd | Left |
| St Peters / Dame Alice St / Bromham Rd / Union St | T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Warwick Rd | Left |
| Cowper St / Sidney Rd | Left |
| Cowper St | Right |
| Byron Crescent | Left |
| Shakespeare Rd | Right |
| Ashburnham Rd | Double mini roundabout right, left |
| Midland Rd | Roundabout left |
| Prebend St | Roundabout right |
| Kempston Rd | Roundabout right |
| Britannia Rd | Left |
| Ampthill Rd | Roundabout right |
| Bypass (A421) | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| High St | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Harrowden Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lovell Rd | Right |
| Cardington Rd | Left, roundabout 1 st exit |
| Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
| Newnham Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Tennyson Rd | Left |
| Shaftesbury Rd | Left |
| The Embankment | Right |
| Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Bushmead Ave | Left |
| Castle Rd | Right |
| Rothsay Rd | Roundabout left |
| The Embankment | Right |
| St Marys St | Mini roundabout ahead, left |
| St Johns St / London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Elstow Rd | T/L Right |
| Haynes Rd | Right |
| Millers Rd / Hope Rd / Elstow Rd | Right |
| Mile Rd | Roundabout left |
| Lancaster Ave | Left |
| Gloucester Rd | Left |
| Lancaster Ave | Right |
| Harewood Rd | Left |
| Lancaster Rd | Left |
| Progress Way | Roundabout ahead |
| West End | Roundabout right |
| A6 | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
| A421 (Slip Rd) | Left |
| High Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout left |
| Eastcotts Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cardington Rd | Mini roundabout left, roundabout 1 st exit |
| Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
| Embankment | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right, T/L ahead |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| Goldington Rd | Left |
| Kimbolton Rd | Right |
| Kimbolton Ave | 2 nd right |
| Right Rd | Right |
| Campbell Rd | Left |
| Bradgate Rd | Roundabout right |
| Campbell Rd | Roundabout left |
| Goldington Ave | Left |
| Goldington Green | T/L ahead, 4 th left |
| Church Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| Needwood Rd | Right |
| Ettrick Drive | Right |
| Glenavon Rd | Left |
| Norse Rd | Right, roundabout ahead |
| A428 | Roundabout left |
| Bypass (A421) | Roundabout right |
| Cardington Rd | 1 st exit, roundabout right, roundabout ahead, mini roundabout ahead |
| Longholme Way | Roundabout right |
| The Embankment | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Mini roundabout right |
| DTC |
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