Behind the wheel in Oxford
Oxford (Cowley) DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 18 routes- Practice routes
- 18
- Average length
- 9.6 mi
- Longest route
- 13.5 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 18 Oxford (Cowley) DTC routes with you in UK Routes. Pick a route, hear the next turn and build familiarity with every drive.
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- One route at this centre, free to practise

Plan your next practice
Find your next route.
18 routes at Oxford (Cowley) 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
- 8.1 mi13.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 9.0 mi14.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 18
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 12.4 mi20.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 10.5 mi16.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 8.5 mi13.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 12
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 17
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 8.3 mi13.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 13.5 mi21.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 17
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 9.0 mi14.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 9.3 mi14.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 14
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 9.3 mi14.9 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 16
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 9.4 mi15.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 12
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 11.2 mi18.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 21
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Route 13
Free route
- Route length
- 13.1 mi21.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 19
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Route 14
Free route
- Route length
- 8.9 mi14.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 14
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Route 15
Free route
- Route length
- 10.7 mi17.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 0
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 16
Free route
- Route length
- 6.5 mi10.5 km
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 17 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 7.2 mi11.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 5
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Route 18 (NEW)
Free route
- Route length
- 7.3 mi11.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Oxford (Cowley) DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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Eastern By-pass Road (A4142) / London Road (A40)
Roundabout · on 13 of 18 routes
23 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Dene Road / The Slade (B4495)
Junction · on 12 of 18 routes
13 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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B480 / Eastern By-pass Road (A4142)
Roundabout · on 4 of 18 routes
12 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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London Road (A420)
Traffic lights · on 2 of 18 routes
9 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Barton Fields Road
Traffic lights · on 10 of 18 routes
8 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Marsh Lane (B4150) / Cherwell Drive (B4495)
Traffic lights · on 8 of 18 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.
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Explore a little further
Nearby test centres
Distances from Oxford (Cowley) DTC,
not driving route lengths.
- 26 km
Aylesbury DTC
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- 33 km
High Wycombe DTC
High Wycombe · 14 routes
- 33 km
High Wycombe DTC (Holiday Inn)
High Wycombe · 14 routes
- 37 km
Banbury DTC
Banbury · 17 routes
- 37 km
Reading DTC
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- 39 km
Newbury (Hambridge Lane) DTC
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