The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish taxi driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the taxi test routes for Maidstone Driving Test Centre. The taxi test routes are developed by examiners for those who wish to take the hackney carriage (black cab) or private hire taxi test.
The taxi test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or possibly identical. Routes can also change on a daily basis due to road or traffic conditions. Taxi test routes are for Maidstone (Kent), routes 1 to 2.
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 DVSA taxi test. Only use the routes as guidance for basing a representation of the types of roads and traffic systems to expect.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- TTC – Taxi Test Centre
| Name of Taxi Test Centre | Maidstone |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Taxi |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 1 |
| TTC | Right |
| Armstrong Rd | T/L ahead |
| Park Way | EOR left |
| Holtye Crescent | EOR right |
| Heather Drive | EOR left |
| Loose Rd | T/L ahead, T/L right, 2 nd right |
| Anglesey Ave | Left, EOR left |
| Sheppey Rd | EOR right |
| Anglesey Ave | EOR left |
| Lancet Lane / Waldron Drive | EOR right |
| Loose Rd | Right |
| Old Loose Hill | 2 nd left |
| Rosemount Rd | EOR right |
| Loose Rd | T/L right |
| Heath Rd | 7 th right |
| Dean St / Lower Rd | Left |
| Burial Ground Lane / Tovil Green | 2 nd right |
| Church St | EOR left |
| Old Tovil Rd | Right |
| Courtenay Rd / Forest Hill | EOR right |
| Postley Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Armstrong Rd | Right |
| TTC | |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 2 |
| TTC | Left |
| Armstrong Rd | Roundabout right 3 rd exit |
| Postley Rd | EOR left |
| Sheals Crescent / Hayle Rd / College Rd / Mill St | Lane bends to right |
| Palace Ave | Right bend |
| Lower Stone St | Left |
| Romney Place | T/L ahead |
| Romney Place | EOR left |
| Wat Tyler Way / Albion Place / Sittingbourne Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, right |
| Claremont Ave | EOR left |
| Marston Drive | Left, EOR left |
| Commodore Rd | EOR left |
| Alkham Rd | EOR right |
| Hampton Rd | EOR left, EOR left |
| Bearsted Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Peneden Heath Rd | Roundabout left |
| Boxley Rd | 9 th right |
| John St | Left |
| Hardy St | Roundabout ahead |
| Lower Boxley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Sandling Rd / Station Rd / Museum Rd / Earl St | EOR left |
| Fairmeadow | 2 nd left |
| High St | Right |
| Mill St | Left |
| Palace Ave / Lower Stone St | T/L ahead |
| Upper Stone St | 7 th right |
| Sheals Crescent | Left |
| Postley Rd | Roundabout left |
| Armstrong Rd | Right |
| TTC |