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 Colchester 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 Colchester, routes 1-5.
The Colchester 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
| Name of Test Centre | Colchester |
|---|---|
| Route Number | 1 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | 4 th left |
| Salisbury Ave | EOR right |
| Butt Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Layer Rd | 5 th right |
| Bodicea Way | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | 3 rd left |
| Berechurch Rd | 5 th right |
| Meyrick Crescent | EOR right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Bourne Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 2 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | Left |
| Magdalen St | Roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 3 rd right |
| Powhall Crescent | Crossroads ahead |
| Circular Rd South | Right |
| Circular Rd West | EOR left |
| Butt Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Drury Rd | Becomes |
| Drury Rd / Shrub End Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Norman Way | Left |
| The Commons | Left |
| Winston Ave | EOR right |
| Shrub End Rd | Left |
| Walnut Tree Way / Iceni Way | 3 rd right |
| John Kent Ave | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Abbots Rd | EOR mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Rd | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 3 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd / Military Rd | EOR left |
| Magdelen St | Roundabout ahead |
| Southway | Roundabout left |
| Maldon Rd | Right |
| Creffield Rd | Left, crossroads ahead, EOR left |
| Cambridge Rd | Right |
| Queens Rd | Left |
| Victoria Rd | Right |
| Queens Rd | EOR right |
| Cambridge Rd | EOR right |
| Maldon Rd / Shrub End Rd | T/L left |
| Bodicea Way | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR 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 | EOR right, right |
| Gainsborough Rd | Left |
| Van Dyck Rd | EOR left |
| The Commons | Right |
| Winston Ave | EOR left |
| Shrub End Rd | T/L left, crossroads right |
| Bodicea Rd | EOR right |
| Layer Rd | Double mini roundabout ahead, left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | EOR mini roundabout left |
| Mersea Rd | 2 x mini roundabout ahead, 3 rd mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | EOR mini roundabout right |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Whitehall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way | |
| DTC | |
| Route Number | 5 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| Grange Way | EOR left |
| Whitehall Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Old Heath Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Abbotts Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd | 2 nd left |
| Pownall Crescent | 3 rd left |
| Berechurch Rd | 2 nd left |
| Daniel Cole Rd | Right |
| Gurdon Rd | EOR left |
| Berechurch Rd | Crossroads left |
| Berechurch Hall Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Mersea Rd | 3 rd left |
| Haye Lane | EOR left |
| Abberton Rd | Left |
| Fingringhoe Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout right |
| Whithall Rd | Right |
| Grange Way | |
| DTC |
Colchester DRIVING TEST CENTRE ROUTES
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