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 Northampton
The roads, roundabouts and areas the examiner actually uses, and a workbook to work through them.
The test centre
Gladstone Business Centre, Gladstone Road, NN5 7QA
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
- St James roundabout (one-way system)
- Sixfields roundabout (Weedon Road)
- Upton Way roundabout (Danes Camp Way)
- Nene Valley Way roundabout (Hunsbury Tesco)
- St Peter's Way roundabout (ring road)
- Moulton Park estate roundabouts
- Chapel Brampton crossroads (STOP)
Faster roads
- A45 (Upton Way / Nene Valley Way)
- A4500 Weedon Road
- Spencer Bridge Road & Harlestone Road
- M1 slips J15 / 15A / 16 (instructor only)
City & one-way
- St Peter's Way ring road
- Spencer Bridge Road one-way sections
Areas and villages
- Duston
- New Duston
- Harpole
- Kingsthorpe (Acre Lane)
- Moulton
- Far Cotton
- Kings Heath
- East & West Hunsbury
- Duston village
Northampton routes come out of Gladstone Road onto the A4500 Weedon Road, so Sixfields and St James roundabouts arrive early. Duston, New Duston and Kings Heath give the estate work, and Harlestone Road runs out towards Harpole and the Chapel Brampton STOP crossroads. The A45 links Upton Way and Nene Valley Way for the dual carriageway sections and the Hunsbury Tesco roundabout.
Care2DriveNorthamptonLocal practice edition
The Northampton workbook
52 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 · 52pp 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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- KetteringKettering (Orion Way)
- RugbyRugby (Aspect House)
- BedfordBedford (Bedford Heights)
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