Canterbury Driving Test Centre Routes
To make driving tests more representative of real-life driving, the DVSA no longer publishes official test routes. However, you can find a number of recent routes used at the Canterbury driving test centre in this document.
While test routes from this centre are likely to be very similar to those below, you should treat this document as a rough guide only. Exact test routes are at the examiners’ discretion and are subject to change.
Route Number 1
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Left
New Dover Rd 6th left
Barton Rd 2nd right, left, end of road left
New Dover Rd Roundabout left
Dover Rd/A2 1st exit, right
Coldharbour Lane End of road right
Old A2 2nd left
Bridge Hill/Bridge High St 2nd left
Western Avenue 3rd left
Windmill Close End of road right
Western Avenue Left
Saxon Rd End of road right
Union Rd End of road left
High St/Town Hill Left
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Wincheap Roundabout 3rd exit
Pin Hill/Rhodaus Town Roundabout 3rd exit
Old Dover Rd 2nd left
Oaten Hill/Upper Chantry Lane Right
New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 2
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light
St Georges Place Roundabout 3rd exit
Lower Bridge St/Broad St/Military Rd Roundabout left
Tourtel Rd Roundabout 2nd exit
Kingsmead Rd Roundabout 2nd exit, roundabout 3rd exit
Broad Oak Rd Left
Farleigh Rd Right
Headcorn Drive Right
Otham Close End of road left
Headcorn Drive/Bawden Close End of road right
Long Meadow Way End of road right
Tenterden Drive/Downs Rd End of road right
St Stephens Hill Mini roundabout left
Giles Lane End of road left
Whitstable Rd/St Thomas Hill 2nd left
Harkness Drive End of road left
Whitstable Rd Mini roundabout right
London Rd Roundabout 4th exit
Harbledown Bypass Roundabout 2nd exit
Rheims Way 2nd roundabout 2nd exit
Pin Hill/Rhodaus Town Roundabout 3rd exit
Old Dover Rd 2nd left
Oaten Hill/Upper Chantry Lane Right
New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 3
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Left
New Dover Rd Roundabout left
Dover Rd/A2 Slip Rd End of road right
Bekesbourne Rd 2nd right
Town Hill Left
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Wincheap Roundabout left
Rheims Way Roundabout left, roundabout 4th exit
London Rd 3rd right
St Dunstan’s Terrace End of road left
Orchard St Left
New St End of road right
London Rd Mini roundabout left
Whitstable Rd Right
Forty Acres Rd 3rd left
Salisbury Rd 4th left
Bramshaw Rd End of road left
Salisbury Rd End of road left
Forty Acres Rd/Beaconsfield Rd Roundabout 3rd exit
St Stephens Rd Roundabout 2nd exit
Kingsmead Rd 2nd roundabout 2nd exit
Tourtel Rd Roundabout 2nd exit
Military Rd/Broad St/Lower Bridge St Roundabout left
St Georges Place/New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 4
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light ahead
St Georges Place Roundabout left
Upper Bridge St Roundabout 2nd exit
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
Rheims Way Roundabout left, roundabout 4th exit
London Rd 2nd left
Temple Rd End of road left
Bishops Way Right
Davidson Rd End of road right
Westgate Court Avenue Left
Harcourt Drive End of road left
Westgate Court Avenue End of road left
Whitstable Rd Right
Harkness Drive Left
Friary Way End of road right
Harkness Drive End of road right
Whitstable Rd/St Thomas Hill/Whitstable Rd Mini roundabout left
Rough Common Rd / Palmers Cross Hill End of road left
Harbledown Bypass Roundabout 2nd exit
Rheims Way Roundabout 2nd exit, roundabout 4th exit
Wincheap Traffic light ahead, traffic light left
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Bekesbourne Rd 2nd right
Town Hill/Dover Rd Roundabout 3rd exit
Old Dover Rd 6th right
Oaten Hill /Chantry Lane Right
New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 5
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Left
New Dover Rd 5th left
Service Rd 2nd left
Barton Rd Left
Mount Rd End of road left
Pilgrims Way Right
Pilgrims Rd Mini roundabout right
Spring Lane Right, 2nd left
Cumberland Avenue End of road right
Spring Lane 2nd right
Sussex Avenue Left
Kent Ave/Warwick Rd End of road left
Littlebourne Rd/St Martins Hill/Longport Roundabout right
Monastery St 2nd left
Lady Wootton's Green Left
Broad St/Lower Bridge St Roundabout ahead
Upper Bridge St Roundabout ahead
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
Wincheap/Thanington Rd Left
St Nicholas Rd End of road right
Thanington Rd Right
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Bekesbourne Rd Right, end of road right
Town Hill/Dover Rd Roundabout 3rd exit
Old Dover Rd 6th right
Oaten Hill/Chantry Lane Traffic light right
New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 6
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light right
Lower Chantry Lane Roundabout right
Longport Right
Spring Lane Right
Pilgrims Rd Left
Pilgrims Way 2nd right
Barton Rd End of road left
Pilgrims Way Left
Mount Rd Right
Barton Rd End of road left
New Dover Rd Roundabout left
Dover Rd/A2 Slip Rd End of road left
Bekesbourne Rd/Bifrons Hill Roundabout right
The Street/Patrixbourne Rd End of road left
Bridge Hill End of road left
Old A2/A2 Slip Rd/A2 2nd exit, end of road right
Thanington Rd/Wincheap Roundabout 3rd exit
Pin Hill/Rhodaus Town Roundabout ahead
Upper Bridge St Roundabout 3rd exit
St Georges Place/New Dover Rd Left
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 7
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Left
New Dover Rd Left
St Augustines Rd/Pilgrims Way/Pilgrims Rd Roundabout right
Spring Lane Right, right
Sussex Avenue Left
Kent Avenue Right
Warwick Rd Left
Avon Close End of road left
Warwick Rd End of road left
Littlebourne Rd/St Martins Hill/Longport Roundabout right
Monastery St 2nd left
Lady Wootton's Green Left
Broad St/Lower Bridge Roundabout 2nd exit
Upper Bridge St Roundabout 2nd exit
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
Wincheap Left
A2 1st exit, end of road left
Bekesbourne Rd/Bifrons Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
The Street Right
Patrixbourne Rd End of road right
High St/Town Hill Right
Dover Rd Roundabout 4th exit
New Dover Rd Right
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 8
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light ahead
St Georges Place Roundabout left
Upper Bridge St Roundabout 2nd exit
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
Rheims Way Roundabout left, roundabout 3rd exit
Harbledown Bypass 2nd right
Palmers Cross Hill/Rough Common Rd Mini roundabout right
Whitstable Rd/St Thomas Hill 2nd left
Harkness Drive Left
Friary Way End of road left
Harkness Drive End of road left
Whitstable Rd Mini roundabout right
London Rd Roundabout left
Rheims Way Roundabout 2nd exit, roundabout 4th exit
Wincheap/Thanington Rd Traffic light ahead, traffic light left
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Bekesbourne Rd 2nd right
Town Hill Right
Dover Rd Roundabout 4th exit
New Dover Rd Right
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 9
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light ahead
St Georges Place Roundabout left
Upper Bridge St Roundabout ahead
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout left
Wincheap/Thanington Rd 2nd left
Strangers Lane End of road left
Cockering Rd Left
Godwin Rd Left
Athelstan Rd End of road left
Godwin Rd Right
Alfred Rd End of road right
St Nicholas Rd End of road right
Thanington Rd Right
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Bekesbourne Rd Left
Town Hill/Bridge High St/Bridge Hill End of road left
Old A2/A2 Slip Rd/Dover Rd Roundabout 4th exit
New Dover Rd Right
Driving Test Centre
Route Number 10
Road Direction
Driving Test Centre Right
New Dover Rd Traffic light ahead
St Georges Place Roundabout left
Upper Bridge St Roundabout 2nd exit
Rhodaus Town/Pin Hill Roundabout 2nd exit
Rheims Way Roundabout 2nd exit
St Peters Place Roundabout 3rd exit
North Lane Roundabout 2nd exit
St Stephens Lane 2nd roundabout left
Beaconsfield Rd 3rd right
Salisbury Rd 6th left
Damerham Close End of road right
Salisbury Rd End of road right
Forty Acres End of road left
Whitstable Rd Roundabout 2nd exit
London Rd Roundabout left
Rheims Way Roundabout 2nd exit, roundabout 4th exit
Wincheap Traffic light ahead, traffic light left
A2 1st exit, end of road right
Bekesbourne Rd 2nd right
Town Hill Right
Dover Rd Roundabout 4th exit
New Dover Rd Right
Driving Test Centre