The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish learner driver or extended driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the official extended driving test routes for Oxford Driving Test Centre. The test routes are developed by examiners from the actual test centre to incorporate a wide variety of roads and traffic systems.
Extended driving test routes are intended for drivers that were previously qualified but lost their licence due to disqualification. Before their licence is reinstated, a court has ruled that they must pass the extended driving test. These test routes a different from the standard learner test routes. If you would like to view the standard learner test routes, please see driving test routes.
The test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or identical. Test routes are for Oxford (Cowley) extended car routes 1 to 3.
Use the test routes below to form a knowledge base for the various types of roads and traffic systems that you will encounter during the practical extended driving test.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Practical Test Centre | Oxford (Cowley) |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | Right |
| James Wolfe Rd | EOR right |
| Hollow Way | Roundabout left |
| The Slade | T/L left |
| Old Rd / Warneford Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Morrel Ave | 5 th left |
| Cross St | Left |
| Rectory Rd | EOR left |
| Cowley Rd | 6 th right |
| Magdalen Rd | Left |
| Ridgefield Rd | Crossroad ahead, EOR left |
| Cricket Rd | 2 nd left |
| Milton Rd | EOR left |
| Cricket Rd / Rymers Lane | EOR Left |
| Between Towns Rd | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | T/L ahead |
| Garsington Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Wallington Rd | 2 nd left T/L |
| Oxford Rd | Left |
| Wheatley Rd / Ladder Hill | Left |
| High St | EOR right |
| Church Rd | Left |
| Hollow Rd | Roundabout left |
| Park Hill / A40 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| A40 Northway | Roundabout left |
| Banbury Rd | T/L left |
| Marston Ferry Rd / Cherwell Drive | 2 x roundabouts ahead |
| Headley Way | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Windmill Rd | T/L ahead |
| The Slade | Roundabout right |
| Hollow Way | 3 rd left |
| James Wolfe Rd | 3 rd right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Left |
| James Wolfe Rd | EOR left |
| Hollow Way | 2 nd right |
| Crescent Rd | EOR right |
| Marsh Rd | EOR left |
| Cowley Rd / Oxford Rd | 2 nd right |
| Littlehay | 2 nd left |
| Rymers Lane | EOR left |
| Between Towns Rd | Right |
| Cromwell Rd | 3 rd right |
| Mayfair Rd | EOR right |
| Littlemore Rd | Roundabout right, roundabout left |
| Cowley Rd | EOR right |
| Oxford Rd | Roundabout right |
| Eastern By–Pass | 1 st exit , left, roundabout left |
| Garsington Rod | Roundabout ahead, T/L right |
| Hollow Way | 3 rd right |
| James Wolfe Rd | 2 nd right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Left |
| James Wolfe Rd | EOR left |
| Hollow Way | EOR right |
| Garsington Rd / Cowley Rd | Left |
| Littelmay Rd | Crossroads ahead |
| Cornwallis Rd | 3 rd left |
| Campbell Rd | Left |
| Lytton Rd | EOR left |
| Campbell Rd | Right |
| Florence Park Rd | Left |
| Church Cowley Rd | Right |
| Church Hill Rd | EOR right |
| Kelbourne Rd | Left |
| Hillsborough Rd | Left |
| Mayfair Rd | EOR left |
| Littlemore Rd | T/L right |
| Between Towns Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L left |
| Garsington Rd | T/L ahead, roundabout ahead |
| Watlington Rd | Roundabout ahead, T/L ahead |
| B480 Chiselhampton | Right |
| B4015 | Roundabout ahead, EOR right |
| A415 | Ahead through all roundabout, roundabout right |
| A34 | 8 miles left |
| Slip Rd | Roundabout right |
| Ring Rd | Roundabout left |
| Abingdon Rd | T/L right |
| Donnington Bridge Rd | EOR T/L right |
| Iffley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ring Rd | 2 nd left |
| Horspath Driftway | Roundabout left |
| Hollow Way | 3 rd right |
| James Wolfe Rd | Right |
| DTC |