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 Southend 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.
The DVSA and test examiners develop extended driving test routes for the purpose of retesting disqualified drivers. A court has ruled that an extended driving test must be passed before before the individuals licence is reinstated. Extended routes are different from normal learner 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 Southend on Sea extended car routes 1 to 4.
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 | Southend on Sea |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | Left |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L right |
| Victoria Avenue | T/L ahead, 1 st left |
| Carnarvon Rd | 1 st left |
| Tunbridge Rd | Right |
| Tickfield Avenue | 1 st left |
| Penhurst Avenue | EOR right |
| East St | Roundabout ahead |
| Royston Avenue | 3 rd right |
| St Lukes Rd | 1 st right |
| Cluny Square | EOR left |
| Norwich Avenue | 1 st right |
| Pantile Avenue | Mini roundabout right fork 2 nd exit |
| Cokefield Avenue | EOR right |
| Hamstel Rd | T/L ahead |
| Lifstan Way | T/L left |
| Woodgrange Drive | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Thorpe Hall Avenue | Right |
| Burgess Rd | Left |
| Thorpe Hall Avenue | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Bournes Green Chase | 1 st left |
| Wakering Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Barling Rd | 2 nd left |
| Shopland Rd | EOR right |
| Sutton Rd | Mini roundabout ahead, roundabout right 2 nd exit |
| Southend Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Bradley Way | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| West St | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Hall Rd | Roundabout right 2 nd exit, mini roundabout ahead 1 st exit |
| Main Rd | Becomes |
| Southend Rd | Mini roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| Main Rd | T/L left |
| Webster’s Way | Mini roundabout ahead, mini roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Eastwood Rd | Mini roundabout left 1 st exit |
| High St | Roundabout left 1 st exit |
| Arterial Rd (A127) | 2 nd T/L right |
| Bellhouse Lane | EOR left |
| Eastwood Rd North | Roundabout ahead 2 nd exit, right |
| Mountdale Gardens | T/L left |
| Kenilworth Gardens | Becomes |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 5 th right |
| Springfield Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | 4 th right |
| Southbourne Grove | 2 nd left |
| Bridgewater Drive | Right |
| Somerset Ave | Right |
| Yeovil Chase | EOR right |
| Exford Ave | EOR left |
| Prince Ave Service Rd | Right |
| Somerton Ave | Left |
| Westbourne Grove Service Rd / Prince Ave / Arterial Rd | 2 x T/Ls ahead, through underpass, slip road left (sign posted A130) |
| Raleigh Spur | Roundabout left |
| London Rd / Bread and Cheese Hill / Kiln Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Hadleigh Rd | EOR left |
| Rectory Grove | EOR right |
| Elm Rd | EOR left |
| Broadway / Leigh Rd | T/L right |
| London Rd | Left |
| Southbourne Grove | Right |
| Westborough Rd | 4 th left |
| Fairmead Ave | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L left |
| Highfield Crescent / Highfield Gardens | T/L right |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gainsborough Drive | Left |
| Shakespeare Ave | Right |
| St Georges Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | 3 x T/Ls ahead, 3 rd left |
| Eastwood Boulevard | Left |
| Clatterfield Gardens | Right |
| Manchester Drive | Left |
| Darlinghurst Grove | Right |
| Glenbervie Drive | EOR left |
| Recreation Ave | EOR right |
| London Rd A13 | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Rayleigh Rd | Roundabout ahead, slip road left |
| Arterial Rd | Slip road left, roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Rayleigh Spur Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| London Rd / Station Rd / Crown Hill | Mini roundabout left |
| High St | T/L ahead |
| Hockley Rd B1013 | Ahead through Halkwell into Rochford, roundabouts ahead, follow signs for Southend, airport roundabout left |
| Manners Way | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Prince Ave | T/L left |
| Hobleythick Lane | T/L left |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 4 |
| DTC | Left |
| Prittlewell Chase | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | 2 nd right |
| Gainsborough Drive | EOR left |
| Prittlewell Chase | T/L right |
| Hobleythick Lane | T/L left |
| Prince Ave | Roundabout ahead, slip road left, 4 th T/L right |
| Progress Rd | T/L left |
| Eastwood Rd | 8 th right |
| Lancaster Rd / Warwick Rd | Crossroads ahead, EOR right |
| Trinity Rd | 2 nd left |
| Jubilee Rd | EOR right |
| Bull Lane | 2 nd left |
| Louise Rd | EOR right |
| Helena Rd | EOR left |
| Victoria Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Hockley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Hambro Hill | 4 th left |
| Down Hall Rd | EOR right |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rayleigh Spur Rd | 2 nd roundabout left |
| London Rd / Kiln Rd | 2 nd mini roundabout ahead, roundabout ahead 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | T/L right |
| Thames Drive | T/L left |
| Marine Parade | EOR right, left |
| Broadway / Leigh Rd | T/L right |
| London Rd | T/L left |
| Southbourne Grove | Right |
| Westborough Rd | 4 th left |
| Fairmead Ave | EOR right |
| Fairfax Drive | T/L left |
| Highfield Crescent / Highfield Gardens | T/L right |
| Prittlewell Chase | Into |
| DTC |