The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish taxi driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the taxi test routes for Ashford Driving Test Centre in Kent. The taxi test routes are developed by examiners for those who wish to take the hackney carriage (black cab) or private hire taxi test.
The taxi test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or possibly identical. Routes can also change on a daily basis due to road or traffic conditions. Test routes are for Ashford, Kent routes 1-2.
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 DVSA taxi test. Only use the routes as guidance for basing a representation of the types of roads and traffic systems to expect.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- TTC – Taxi Test Centre
| Name of Taxi Test Centre | Ashford (Kent) |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Taxi |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 1 |
| TTC | Left |
| Wellesley Rd | Left |
| Mace Lane | Roundabout 4 th exit, follow left |
| Wellesley Rd / Station Rd / Beaver Rd | Follow left |
| Romney Marsh Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Malcolm Sargent Rd | Roundabout left |
| Wotton Rd / Tennyson Rd | Roundabout left |
| Kingsnorth Rd | Follow left |
| Ashford Rd | Roundabout left, roundabout ahead |
| Forestall Meadow | Roundabout left |
| Moat Field Meadow | Roundabout ahead |
| Sadlers Way | Roundabout left |
| Roman Way | EOR right |
| Sheepfold Lane | 2 nd left |
| Conker Close | EOR right |
| Sheepfold Lane | Roundabout ahead |
| A2070 Slip Rd / Bad Munstereifel Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout left |
| Hythe Rd | T/L left |
| Church Rd | Right |
| Osbourne Rd | 4 th right |
| Hunter Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hythe Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Mace Lane | T/L ahead, follow left |
| Wellesley Rd | T/L right |
| Park St / Edinburgh Rd | EOR right |
| Ringway | Follow left |
| North St | Right |
| Hardinge Rd | Follow right |
| Wellesley Rd | Left |
| TTC | |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 2 |
| TTC | Right |
| Wellesley Rd | Follow left |
| Hardinge Rd / Albert Rd | Right |
| Wall Rd | EOR right |
| Queens Rd | Left |
| Canterbury Rd | EOR right, 3 rd left |
| Bybrook Rd | 2 nd left |
| Grasmere Rd | Left |
| Beecholme Drive | EOR right |
| Grasmere Rd | EOR left |
| The Pasture | EOR right |
| Faversham Rd | Right |
| Church Rd | EOR right |
| The Street | EOR right |
| Canterbury Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Willesborough Rd / Kennington Rd | Roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Hythe Rd | Right |
| M20 Slip Rd / M20 | Leave 1 st exit |
| M20 Slip Rd | Roundabout left |
| Fourgeres Way | Roundabout left |
| Maidstone Rd | 2 nd left |
| Quantock Drive | Follow right, roundabout left, left |
| Malvern Rd | EOR right |
| Magazine Rd | Right |
| Queens Rd | 2 nd right |
| Canterbury Rd | 2 nd left |
| Hardinge Rd | Follow right |
| Wellesley Rd | Left |
| TTC |