The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish learner driver or extended driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the extended driving test routes for Bedford Driving Test Centre. The test routes are developed by examiners from the actual test centre to incorporate a wide variety of roads and traffic systems.
Extended driving test routes are intended for drivers that were previously qualified but lost their licence due to disqualification. Before their licence is reinstated, a court has ruled that they must pass the extended driving test. These test routes a different from the standard learner test routes. If you would like to view the standard learner test routes, please see driving test routes.
The test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or identical. Test routes are for Bedford, extended routes 1 – 4.
Use the test routes below to form a knowledge base for the various types of roads and traffic systems that you will encounter during the practical extended driving test.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- DTC – Driving Test Centre
| Name of Practical Test Centre | Bedford |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Extended Car |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Driving Test Route Number | 1 |
| DTC | Right |
| Bushmead Ave | EOR |
| Goldington Rd | Left |
| Caves Lane | EOR right |
| Dawlish Drive | EOR right |
| Polhill Ave | Left |
| Goldington Rd | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| A428 | Right |
| A1 | Roundabout right |
| A603 | Left |
| Cople | Right |
| Cardington | Right |
| Cardington Cross | Left |
| Cambridge Rd | Roundabout right |
| Eastcotts Rd | Left |
| Mareth Rd | EOR right |
| Moulton Ave | Right |
| Nash Rd | Left |
| Collie Rd | EOR left |
| Moulton Rd | Left |
| Acacia Rd | Left |
| London Rd | Right |
| Myrtle Rd | EOR right |
| Willow Rd | Left |
| Myrtle Rd | Right |
| London Rd | Roundabout right |
| Mile Rd | EOR right |
| Elstow Rd | Left |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Kingsway | Right |
| Cauldwell St | Left |
| St Mary’s St | Left |
| St Paul’s Square | Left |
| Horne Lane | Right |
| River St | Roundabout right |
| Hassett St | Left |
| Bronham Rd | Right |
| Union St | Roundabout right |
| Tavistock St / Broadway / High St | Left |
| The Embankment | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 2 |
| DTC | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Left |
| Castle Rd | Right |
| George St End / Shaftesbury Ave | Right |
| The Embankment | Left |
| St Mary’s St / St John’s St | Roundabout ahead |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Harrowdon Lane | Roundabout right |
| High Rd / The Highway | Continue through Cotton End |
| A600 Shefford | Roundabout right |
| Clophill A507 | Roundabout right |
| A6(T) Bedford | Roundabout left |
| Brittania Rd | Roundabout right |
| Kempston Rd | Roundabout left |
| Prebend St | Roundabout left |
| Midland Rd | Roundabout right |
| Ashburnham Rd | Roundabout right |
| Bronham Rd | Left |
| Union St | Roundabout ahead |
| Roff Ave | Roundabout right |
| Park Ave | Right |
| St Georges Rd | Left |
| St Augustines Rd | Left |
| Park Ave | Left |
| De Parys Ave | Left |
| The Broadway | Left |
| St Peters St | Right |
| St Cuthberts St / Newnham Rd | Left |
| The Embankment | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 3 |
| DTC | Right |
| Bushmead Ave | Left |
| Goldington Rd / St Peters St | Left |
| High St / St Mary’s St / St Johns St | Roundabout ahead |
| London Rd | Left |
| Bedford Ave End | Right |
| Mark Rutherford Rd | Left |
| Acacia Rd | Right |
| Moulton Ave | Left |
| Nash Rd | Left |
| Collie Rd | Left |
| Moulton Rd | Left |
| Acacia Rd | Left |
| London Rd | Right |
| Myrtle Rd | Right |
| London Rd | Roundabout left |
| Harrowden Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cambridge Rd | Right |
| Cardington A603 / Sandy A1 | Left, roundabout left |
| A428 | 2 x roundabout ahead |
| Goldington Rd | Right |
| Polhill Ave | Left |
| Dawlish Drive | Left |
| Caves Lane | Right |
| Goldington Rd | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Left |
| DTC | |
| Driving Test Route Number | 4 |
| DTC | Left |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| The Embankment | Right |
| Newnham Rd | Right |
| St Cuthberts St | Left |
| St Peters St / Dame Alice St | Right |
| Harpur St North | Right |
| Broadway | Left |
| De Parys Ave | Right |
| Park Ave End | Right |
| St Georges Rd | Right |
| St Andrews Rd | Left |
| Park Ave | Roundabout left |
| Roff Ave | Roundabout ahead |
| Union St | Right |
| Bromham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Ashburnham Rd | Roundabout left |
| Midland Rd | Roundabout right |
| Prebend St | Roundabout right |
| Kempsten Rd | Roundabout left |
| Britannia Rd | Roundabout right |
| Amthill Rd | Roundabout left |
| A6 | Roundabout ahead |
| A6(T)Flying Horse Clophill | Roundabout left |
| Shefford A507 | Roundabout left |
| A600 | Roundabout left |
| Harrowden Rd | Roundabout right |
| London Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Kingsway | Right |
| Cauldwell St | Left |
| St Mary’s St | Right |
| St Paul’s Square | Right |
| High St | Left |
| The Embankment | Left |
| Shaftesbury Ave / George St | Left |
| Castle Rd | Right |
| Bushmead Ave | Right |
| DTC |