Practical Driving Test Centre Address:
25 New Dover Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 3AS
Canterbury
Average Pass Rate: 47.7%
Canterbury is a cathedral city in England. The city is also close to kent downs area of outstanding natural beauty. This means your test could involve rural are urban driving. Rural driving is perceived to make the test easier, because of the less complex road layouts and traffic. On your test, the route could involve roundabouts, crossroads and junctions of a complex nature though. This is why practising Canterbury’s test routes is so important.
DTC: Driving Test Centre | T/L: Traffic Light | EOR: End Of Road
Canterbury Test Route 1
Maps to be added soon
| Route Number | Canterbury 1 |
|---|---|
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | 6 th left |
| Barton Rd | 2 nd right, left, EOR left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 | 1 st exit, right |
| Coldharbour Lane | EOR right |
| Old A2 | 2 nd left |
| Bridge Hill / Bridge High St | 2 nd left |
| Western Avenue | 3 rd left |
| Windmill Close | EOR right |
| Western Avenue | Left |
| Saxon Rd | EOR right |
| Union Rd | EOR left |
| High St / Town Hill | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Wincheap | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Oaten Hill / Upper Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 2
| Route Number | Canterbury 2 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Lower Bridge St / Broad St / Military Rd | Roundabout left |
| Tourtel Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Kingsmead Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Broad Oak Rd | Left |
| Farleigh Rd | Right |
| Headcorn Drive | Right |
| Otham Close | EOR left |
| Headcorn Drive / Bawden Close | EOR right |
| Long Meadow Way | EOR right |
| Tenterden Drive / Downs Rd | EOR right |
| St Stephens Hill | Mini roundabout left |
| Giles Lane | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill | 2 nd left |
| Harkness Drive | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| Harbledown By Pass | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | 2 nd roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 2 nd left |
| Oaten Hill / Upper Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 3
| Route Number | Canterbury 3 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 Slip Rd | EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Wincheap | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| London Rd | 3 rd right |
| St Dunstan’s Terrace | EOR left |
| Orchard St | Left |
| New St | EOR right |
| London Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Whitstable Rd | Right |
| Forty Acres Rd | 3 rd left |
| Salisbury Rd | 4 th left |
| Bramshaw Rd | EOR left |
| Salisbury Rd | EOR left |
| Forty Acres Rd / Beaconsfield Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| St Stephens Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Kingsmead Rd | 2 nd roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Tourtel Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Military Rd / Broad St / Lower Bridge St |
Roundabout left |
| St Georges Place / New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 4
| Route Number | Canterbury 4 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 4 th exit |
| London Rd | 2 nd left |
| Temple Rd | EOR left |
| Bishops Way | Right |
| Davidson Rd | EOR right |
| Westgate Court Avenue | Left |
| Harcourt Drive | EOR left |
| Westgate Court Avenue | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Right |
| Harkness Drive | Left |
| Friary Way | EOR right |
| Harkness Drive | EOR right |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill / Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout left |
| Rough Common Rd / Palmers Cross Hill |
EOR left |
| Harbledown By Pass | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Wincheap | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill / Dover Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 6 th right |
| Oaten Hill / Chantry Lane | Right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 5
| Route Number | Canterbury 5 |
| Name/Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Left |
| New Dover Rd | 5 th left |
| Service Rd | 2 nd left |
| Barton Rd | Left |
| Mount Rd | EOR left |
| Pilgrims Way | Right |
| Pilgrims Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| Spring Lane | Right, 2 nd left |
| Cumberland Avenue | EOR right |
| Spring Lane | 2 nd right |
| Sussex Avenue | Left |
| Kent Ave / Warwick Rd | EOR left |
| Littlebourne Rd / St Martins Hill / Longport | Roundabout right |
| Monastry St | 2 nd left |
| Lady Wootons Green | Left |
| Broad St / Lower Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | Left |
| St Nicholas Rd | EOR right |
| Thanington Rd | Right |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | Right, EOR right |
| Town Hill / Dover Rd | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Old Dover Rd | 6 th right |
| Oaten Hill / Chantry Lane | T/L right |
| New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 6
| Route Number | Canterbury 6 |
|---|---|
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L right |
| Lower Chantry Lane | Roundabout right |
| Longport | Right |
| Spring Lane | Right |
| Pilgrims Rd | Left |
| Pilgrims Way | 2 nd right |
| Barton Rd | EOR left |
| Pilgrims Way | Left |
| Mount Rd | Right |
| Barton Rd | EOR left |
| New Dover Rd | Roundabout left |
| Dover Rd / A2 Slip Rd | EOR left |
| Bekesbourne Rd / Bifrons Hill | Roundabout right |
| The Street / Patrixbourne Rd | EOR left |
| Bridge Hill | EOR left |
| Old A2 / A2 Slip Rd / A2 | 2 nd exit, EOR right |
| Thanington Rd / Wincheap | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Pin Hill / Rhodaus Town | Roundabout ahead |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| St Georges Place / New Dover Rd | Left |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 7
| Route Number | Canterbury 7 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | 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 | EOR left |
| Warwick Rd | EOR left |
| Littlebourne Rd / St Martins Hill / Longport | Roundabout right |
| Monastry St | 2 nd left |
| Lady Woottons Green | Left |
| Broad St / Lower Bridge | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Wincheap | Left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR left |
| Bekesbourne Rd / Bifrons Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| The Street | Right |
| Patrixbourne Rd | EOR right |
| High St / Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 8
| Route Number | Canterbury 8 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout left, roundabout 3 rd exit |
| Harbledown By Pass | 2 nd right |
| Palmers Cross Hill / Rough Common Rd |
Min roundabout right |
| Whitstable Rd / St Thomas Hill | 2 nd left |
| Harkness Drive | Left |
| Friary Way | EOR left |
| Harkness Drive | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Mini roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 9
| Route Number | Canterbury 9 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout ahead |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout left |
| Wincheap / Thanington Rd | 2 nd left |
| Strangers Lane | EOR left |
| Cockering Rd | Left |
| Godwin Rd | Left |
| Athelstan Rd | EOR left |
| Godwin Rd | Right |
| Alfred Rd | EOR right |
| St Nicholas Rd | EOR right |
| Thanington Rd | Right |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | Left |
| Town Hill / Bridge High St / Bridge Hill | EOR left |
| Old A2 / A2 Slip Rd / Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
| DTC |
Canterbury Test Route 10
| Route Number | Canterbury 10 |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| DTC | Right |
| New Dover Rd | T/L ahead |
| St Georges Place | Roundabout left |
| Upper Bridge St | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rhodaus Town / Pin Hill | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| St Peters Place | Roundabout 3 rd exit |
| North Lane | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| St Stephens Lane | 2 nd roundabout left |
| Beaconsfield Rd | 3 rd right |
| Salisbury Rd | 6 th left |
| Damerham Close | EOR right |
| Salisbury Rd | EOR right |
| Forty Acres | EOR left |
| Whitstable Rd | Roundabout 2 nd exit |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Rheims Way | Roundabout 2 nd exit, roundabout 4 th exit |
| Wincheap | T/L ahead, T/L left |
| A2 | 1 st exit, EOR right |
| Bekesbourne Rd | 2 nd right |
| Town Hill | Right |
| Dover Rd | Roundabout 4 th exit |
| New Dover Rd | Right |
| DTC |
General Information
When booking your test it’s important to think about the time of day you’ll be taking it at. For example if you take your test in rush hour before the hours of 9 o’clock you will be likely to be stuck in traffic and compete against impatient drivers, anxious to get to work on time. However, after 9 the roads are less likely to be filled with traffic, giving you more space on the road. The table shown is our opinion on the optimum time to take your test, to avoid traffic.
On the day of the test, you will be required to complete 1 of 3 possible manoeuvres at a selected location on the route. This will either be a turn in the road ( 3 point turn), Parallel park or a bay park. The bay park however, can only be carried out at the end of the test on the test centre car park, so it can be useful to practice on the car park when the centre is closed if possible. It’s also at the examiner’s discretion to incorporate an emergency stop into the test.
