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 Exeter
The roads, roundabouts and areas the examiner actually uses, and a workbook to work through them.
The test centre
Oak Business Units, 18 Thorverton Rd, Marsh Barton, EX2 8FS
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
- Countess Wear roundabout (A379)
- Marsh Barton estate roundabouts
- Alphin Brook Road roundabout
- Bad Homburg Way roundabout
- A30 ring road roundabouts
- M5 Junction 30 roundabout (Clyst St Mary)
- Alphington / Church Road crossroads (Lidl)
- Princes Street / Princes Square T-junctions
Faster roads
- A377 (Alphington Road / Cowick Street)
- A379 (Bridge Road / Topsham Road)
- A30
- A38
City & bus lanes
- Topsham Road bus lane (cameras)
- Cowick Street bus lane (St Thomas)
Areas and villages
- Alphington
- St Thomas
- Clyst St Mary
- Exminster
- Ide
- Shillingford
- Shillingford Abbott
- Broadclyst
Exeter routes start on the Marsh Barton estate roundabouts and Alphin Brook Road, then head for Alphington and the Church Road crossroads by Lidl. The A379 takes you round to Countess Wear, and St Thomas brings in the Cowick Street bus lane and the A377. Longer runs use the A30 ring road roundabouts or reach out past Exminster, Ide and Clyst St Mary.
Care2DriveExeterLocal practice edition
The Exeter workbook
50 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 · 50pp paperback
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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.
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- YeovilYeovil (Abbey Manor Business Centre)
- DorchesterDorchester (Poundbury)
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