Your driving test, minute by minute
What happens on the day, from the waiting room to the debrief.
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Passing your driving test in Dorchester
The roads, roundabouts and areas the examiner actually uses, and a workbook to work through them.
The test centre
Dorchester (Poundbury), 66 Peverell Avenue West, DT1 3SU
Addresses change. Check yours on GOV.UK before test day.
What you will meet round here
Named from local knowledge, not an official DVSA route. Layouts and limits change, so always confirm on a pre-drive.
Roundabouts and junctions
- Grove roundabout
- Stadium roundabout
- Magpies roundabout (Weymouth Avenue)
- Weirs roundabout (A37)
- Poundbury roundabouts
Faster roads
- A35
- A37
- A354 (Weymouth relief road)
- B3147
- London Road
Areas and villages
- Castle Park
- Poundbury
- Fordington
- Charminster
- Martinstown
- Muckleford
- Winterborne Steepleton
Dorchester routes begin on the Poundbury roundabouts and Peverell Avenue West, then work in through Castle Park and Fordington. The Grove, Stadium and Magpies roundabouts link the town together, and the faster sections use the A35, the A37 past Weirs roundabout, or London Road out towards Charminster and Martinstown.
Care2DriveDorchesterLocal practice edition
The Dorchester workbook
48 pages built around the roads above, to work through in the car and at the kitchen table.
- Local routes and roundabouts
- Three mock tests with marking sheets
- Show me / tell me
- Glovebox cheat sheet
- Test-day plan
£6.99 · 48pp paperback
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Three printable sheets, no payment and no email address.
Swapping your driving test
How a swap works, and how to do it without losing your date or your fee.
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Sitting in the passenger seat
The legal basics, the first drive, and ten practice sessions in order.
DownloadNearby test centres
If you are booking wherever a date comes up first, these are the closest editions.
- YeovilYeovil (Abbey Manor Business Centre)
- TauntonTaunton (Acres Hill Business Park)
- ExeterExeter (Marsh Barton)
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