Behind the wheel in Watford
Watford DTCDriving test practice routes
Make the roads around your test centre feel familiar. Compare routes, plan your practice and find your next drive.
Explore 14 routes- Practice routes
- 14
- Average length
- 8.5 mi
- Longest route
- 10.7 mi
Meet your practice companion
Know the route.
Focus on the road.
Take all 14 Watford 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.
14 routes at Watford 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
- 9.7 mi15.6 km
- Roundabouts
- 8
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Route 2
Free route
- Route length
- 9.5 mi15.4 km
- Roundabouts
- 4
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 9
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Route 3
Free route
- Route length
- 7.0 mi11.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 13
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Route 4
Free route
- Route length
- 6.8 mi11.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 3
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 15
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Route 5
Free route
- Route length
- 5.7 mi9.1 km
- Roundabouts
- 2
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 6
Free route
- Route length
- 8.2 mi13.2 km
- Roundabouts
- 13
- Mini-roundabouts
- 0
- Traffic lights
- 17
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Route 7
Free route
- Route length
- 9.8 mi15.8 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 22
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Route 8
Free route
- Route length
- 9.8 mi15.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 17
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Route 9
Free route
- Route length
- 9.1 mi14.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 20
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Route 10
Free route
- Route length
- 10.7 mi17.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 12
- Mini-roundabouts
- 7
- Traffic lights
- 22
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Route 11
Free route
- Route length
- 6.5 mi10.4 km
- Roundabouts
- 6
- Mini-roundabouts
- 4
- Traffic lights
- 6
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Route 12
Free route
- Route length
- 8.1 mi13.0 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 3
- Traffic lights
- 4
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Route 13
Free route
- Route length
- 9.5 mi15.3 km
- Roundabouts
- 5
- Mini-roundabouts
- 1
- Traffic lights
- 31
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Route 14
Free route
- Route length
- 8.5 mi13.7 km
- Roundabouts
- 7
- Mini-roundabouts
- 2
- Traffic lights
- 7
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Junctions to practise carefully
The busiest junctions on the Watford DTC routes.
Practise them with your instructor before test day.
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Otterspool Way; North Western Avenue Otterspool Way (A41) / Hartspring Lane (B462)
Roundabout · on 9 of 14 routes
20 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Colne Way (A41) / Westlea Avenue
Traffic lights · on 11 of 14 routes
13 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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St Albans Road (A412)
Traffic lights · on 1 of 14 routes
11 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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The Avenue (A411) / St Albans Road (A412)
Roundabout · on 2 of 14 routes
10 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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St Albans Road (A412) / Colne Way (A41)
Roundabout · on 7 of 14 routes
9 reported injury collisions (2021–2025)
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Radlett Road / Colonial Way
Roundabout · on 5 of 14 routes
9 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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not driving route lengths.
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