Behind the wheel in Colchester
Colchester 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
- 9.6 mi
- Longest route
- 12.1 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 12 Colchester 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 Colchester 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 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 8.4 mi13.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 0
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 0
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Route 2 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 12.1 mi19.4 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 8
- Traffic lights
- 1
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Route 3 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 11.9 mi19.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 14
- Traffic lights
- 2
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 8.4 mi13.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 0
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 0
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 8.6 mi13.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 8.1 mi13.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 9.5 mi15.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 9.8 mi15.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 0
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 0
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 10.6 mi17.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 0
- Mini-roundabouts
- 6
- Traffic lights
- 0
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 9.1 mi14.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 8
- Traffic lights
- 10
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 9.0 mi14.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 9.5 mi15.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 5
- Traffic lights
- 11
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Colchester DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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Southway (A134) / Magdalen Street (A134)
Roundabout · on 6 of 12 routes
14 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Westway (A134) / Cymbeline Way (A133)
Roundabout · on 2 of 12 routes
10 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Abbot's Road
Mini-roundabout · on 8 of 12 routes
9 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Magdalen Street (A134)
Traffic lights · on 3 of 12 routes
9 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Greenstead Roundabout (A133) / Avon Way
Mini-roundabout · on 1 of 12 routes
9 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Maldon Road (B1022) / A1124
Roundabout · on 5 of 12 routes
8 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mini-roundabouts from OpenStreetMap contributors.
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not driving route lengths.
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