Behind the wheel in Cardington
Cardington DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 12 routes- Practice routes
- 12
- Average length
- 12.1 mi
- Longest route
- 14.7 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 12 Cardington DTC routes with you in UK Routes. Pick a route, hear the next turn and build familiarity with every drive.
- Turn-by-turn voice guidance
- Offline maps, once your route is downloaded
- One route at this centre, free to practise

Plan your next practice
Find your next route.
12 routes at Cardington DTC.
Compare the distance and junctions before you set off.
Practice routes, not official DVSA test routes. Your examiner may take a different route on the day.
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Route 1
Free route
- Route length
- 11.4 mi18.4 km
- Roundabouts
- 11
- Mini-roundabouts
- 0
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 14.7 mi23.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 10
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 2
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 12.3 mi19.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 15
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 11.2 mi18.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 13.5 mi21.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 16
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 10.4 mi16.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 11
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 1
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 10.3 mi16.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 16
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 11.4 mi18.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 17
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 12.0 mi19.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 16
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 13.6 mi21.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 16
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 23
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 13.6 mi21.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 17
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 11.3 mi18.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 18
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 8
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Cardington DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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A5141 / Bedford Southern Bypass (A421)
Roundabout · on 5 of 12 routes
26 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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A5141
Roundabout · on 5 of 12 routes
19 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Rope Walk (A5140) / St Johns Street (A600)
Roundabout · on 6 of 12 routes
18 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Midland Road / Prebend Street (A5141)
Mini-roundabout · on 2 of 12 routes
15 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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West End (A5134) / A5141
Traffic lights · on 4 of 12 routes
13 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Longholme Way (A5140) / Rope Walk (A5140)
Roundabout · on 8 of 12 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
Police-reported injury collisions within about 60 m of each junction, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). Busy junctions naturally see more collisions; the counts do not take traffic volume into account.
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