Cambridge (Cowley Road) Driving Test Centre Address:
Cowley Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB4 0DT
Average Pass Rate: 52.4%
Cowley Road is one of Cambridge’s two test centres. The other being (Chesterton Road). Statistically, this is the easier centre, with the other centre having a pass rate of 51%. On your test, the route could involve roundabouts, crossroads and junctions of a complex nature. This is why practising Cowley Road’s test routes is so important.
DTC: Driving Test Centre | T/L: Traffic Light | EOR: End Of Road
Test Route 1
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 1 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
T/L right |
Kings Hedges Rd |
2nd left |
Campkin Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
Hawkins Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
Campkin Rd |
Traffic lights right |
Arbury Rd |
3rd mini roundabout left |
St Albans Rd |
Left |
Verulam Way |
EOR left |
St. Albans Rd |
EOR left |
Roseford Rd / Ferrars Way |
Right |
Carlton Way |
2nd right |
Perse Way |
Left |
Roseford Rd |
Left |
Histon Rd |
T/L right |
Warwick Rd |
2nd right |
Carisbrooke Rd |
EOR left |
Histon Rd |
Roundabout right |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout right 4th exit |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 2
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 2 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
A10 |
Left |
Butt Lane |
Becomes |
Milton Rd |
Becomes |
Burgoynes Rd |
Becomes |
Impington Lane |
Left |
Glebe Rd |
Left |
Cottenham Rd / High St |
Right |
Station Rd |
3rd right – EOR right – ahead |
Cambridge Rd |
2nd right |
The Crescent |
EOR right |
Cambridge Rd |
EOR left |
Bridge Rd |
T/L right |
Bridge Rd |
Roundabout left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 3
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 2 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit |
Histon Rd |
1st left |
Kings Hedges Rd |
4th right |
Northfields Avenue |
Mini roundabout left |
Armitage Way |
Mini roundabout left |
Northfields Avenue |
5th mini roundabout left |
Campkin Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
Hawkins Road |
Mini roundabout right |
Campkin Road |
EOR right |
Kings Hedges Rd |
Ahead – use right lane |
Green End Rd |
Left |
Green End Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
High St |
Right |
Union Lane |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
3rd left |
Woodhead Drive |
EOR left |
Milton Rd |
Right 3rd T/L |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 4
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 4 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout right |
Bridge Rd |
T/L left – right |
Cambridge Rd |
2nd left |
The Crescent |
EOR left |
Cambridge Rd |
Becomes |
Station Rd |
2nd left – EOR right – EOR left |
Water Lane |
T/L right |
Impington Lane / Burgoynes Rd / Milton Rd / Butt Lane |
T/L right |
A10 |
1st right |
Humphreys Rd |
1st left |
Landbeach Rd |
EOR right |
High St / Cambridge Rd |
4th right |
The Rowans |
EOR right |
Cambridge Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
Cambridge Rd |
Roundabout ahead – 2nd exit |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 5
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 5 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout left |
Histon Rd |
3rd left |
Roseford Rd |
EOR left |
Histon Road |
EOR T/L right |
Victoria Rd |
Left |
Huntingdon Road |
Right |
Mount Pleasant / Lady Margaret Rd |
EOR left |
Madingley Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
Northampton St |
T/L ahead |
Chesterton Lane |
Becomes |
Chesterton Road |
Join one way system – middle lane |
Croft Holme Lane |
Becomes |
Victoria Road |
Left |
Milton Rd |
Right |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 6
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 6 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Green End Rd |
left |
Green End Rd |
Mini-roundabout ahead |
High St |
Roundabout left |
Elizabeth Way |
Roundabout left |
Newmarket Rd |
T/L right |
Coldhams Lane |
Roundabout ahead |
Coldhams Lane |
Roundabout left |
Barnwell Rd |
Left |
Rayson Way |
Left |
Rawlyn Rd |
Becomes |
Thorleye Road |
Right |
Whitehill Road |
Right |
Stanesfield Rd |
EOR right |
Rawlyn Road |
Left |
Rayson Way |
Left |
Barnwell Rd |
Roundabout right |
Newmarket Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
Newmarket Rd |
Roundabout left |
A14 |
First exit – roundabout left |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 7
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 7 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout left |
Histon Rd |
Left |
King Hedges Rd |
T/L right |
Arbury Rd |
3rd mini roundabout right |
Mere Way |
Left |
Brimley Rd |
EOR left |
Carlton Way |
T/L right |
Gilbert Rd |
T/L left |
Histon Rd |
T/L left |
Victoria Rd |
Join one way system – then left |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Gilbert Rd |
Right |
Gurney Way |
EOR right |
Ascham Rd |
EOR left |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout right |
Elizabeth Way |
Roundabout left |
High St |
Mini roundabout ahead |
Green End Rd |
Right |
Green End Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
2nd T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 8
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 8 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout left |
Histon Rd |
Left |
Kings Hedges Rd |
T/L right |
Arbury Rd |
Mini roundabout right |
St Albans Rd |
Left |
Roseford Rd |
Becomes |
Butler Way |
Becomes |
Ferrars Way |
Right |
Calton Way |
T/L left |
Gilbert Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Hurst Park Avenue |
Right |
Orchard Avenue |
Right |
Leys Avenue |
Left |
Leys Rd |
Right |
Arbury Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Woodhead Drive |
Left |
Milton Rd |
3rd T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 9
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 9 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout left |
Histon Rd |
3rd left |
Roseford Rd |
Left |
St Albans Rd |
Right |
Roseford Rd |
Left |
Perse Way |
Right |
Carlton Way |
T/L left |
Gilbert Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Join one way system – left lane |
Chesterton Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
High St |
Left |
Union Lane |
T/L ahead |
Arbury Rd |
T/L right |
Campkin Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
Northfield Avenue |
EOR right |
King Hedges Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
2nd T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 10
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 10 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
T/L ahead – right |
Woodhead Drive |
Left |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Kings Hedges Rd |
5th left |
Northfield Avenue |
Right |
Campkin Rd |
T/L left |
Arbury Rd |
T/L right |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout ahead – T/L right |
Gilbert Rd |
2nd T/L ahead |
Warwick Rd |
Right |
Carisbrooke Rd |
Left |
Histon Rd |
Roundabout right |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right |
DTC |
Test Route 11
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 10 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right – T/L left |
Milton Rd |
Over level crossing – left |
Green End Rd |
Mini roundabout ahead – right |
Kendal Way |
EOR left |
Milton Rd |
Right |
Woodhead Drive |
Left |
Milton Rd |
T/L left |
Kingshedges Rd |
Left |
Northfields Avenue |
Right |
Campkin Rd |
T/L right |
Arbury Rd |
Left |
Mereway |
Right |
Ferrars Way / Butler Way |
Left |
Roseford Rd |
EOR right |
Histon Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
Bridge Rd |
Right |
New Rd |
Right |
Burgoynes Rd / Butt Lane |
Right |
A10 |
Roundabout 3rd exit |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Left – right |
DTC |
Test Route 12
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 12 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right – left |
Milton Rd |
Right |
Kings Hedges Rd |
T/L left |
Northfield Rd |
Mini roundabout left |
Armitage Way / Northfield Avenue |
Mini roundabout EOR right |
Campkin Rd |
Right |
Arbury Rd |
Left |
Mansel Way / Alexwood Rd |
Left |
Carlton Way |
Left |
Gilbert Rd |
Right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Victoria Rd |
T/L ahead – T/L right |
Histon Rd |
Left |
Warwick Rd |
Right |
Carisbrooke Rd |
Left |
Histon Rd |
T/L ahead – roundabout right |
A14 |
Right roundabout |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Park |
Left |
DTC |
Test Route 13
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 13 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Right – right |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout ahead 2nd exit |
A10 |
Left |
Butt Lane / Burgoyes Rd |
Left |
New Rd |
Left |
Bridge Rd |
Roundabout ahead |
Histon Rd |
Right |
Carisbrooke Rd |
Right |
Tavistock Rd / Carisbrooke Rd |
Right |
Histon Rd |
T/L left |
Gilbert Rd |
T/L left |
Courtney Way / Gilbert Rd |
T/L left |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout ahead – 2nd T/L ahead – T/L right |
Cowley Rd |
Left – right |
DTC |
Test Route 14
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 14 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
EOR right |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout right |
Cambridge Rd |
Roundabout ahead – 1st left |
The Rowans |
EOR left |
Cambridge Rd/High St |
2nd left |
High St / Landbeach Rd |
EOR right |
Humphries Way |
EOR left |
A10 |
Right |
Butt Lane |
Ahead |
Impington Lane |
T/L left |
Water Lane |
Right |
Station Rd |
Left – EOR right |
Station Rd/Cambridge Rd |
Right |
The Crescent |
EOR right |
Cambridge Rd |
EOR left – T/L right |
Bridge Rd |
Roundabout left |
A14 |
1st exit – roundabout right |
Milton Rd |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Left |
DTC |
Test Route 15
Name/Number of Road |
Direction 15 |
DTC |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
EOR right – right |
Milton Rd |
Roundabout right |
Cambridge Rd |
Roundabout ahead – left |
The Rowans |
Left |
Cambridge Rd / High St |
Follow through village right |
A10 |
Right |
Car Dyke Rd |
Left |
High St |
Right |
Bannold Rd / Way Lane |
Left |
Chapel St / Clayhith Rd |
Toward Horningsea |
Horningsea |
Right |
A14 |
Roundabout left |
Milton |
Left |
Cowley Rd |
Left – right |
DTC |