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 Taunton
The roads, roundabouts and areas the examiner actually uses, and a workbook to work through them.
The test centre
Taunton (Acres Hill Business Park), Off Venture Way, TA2 8RX
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
- Priorswood / Venture Way (test centre)
- Heron Gate (Sainsbury's)
- Obridge Viaduct (Tone Way / Priory Ave)
- Hyde Lane roundabout
- A358 / Eastwick Road
- Toneway / A358 lights
Faster roads
- A38
- Toneway
- A3259
- Trenchard Way
- Priory Bridge Road
- Critchard Way
Areas and villages
- Monkton Heathfield
- Priorswood
- Rowbarton
- Bathpool
- West Monkton
- Ruishton
- Creech St Michael
Taunton routes begin at the Priorswood and Venture Way roundabout by the test centre, then take in Priorswood and Rowbarton before Heron Gate and the Obridge Viaduct. The Toneway and the A3259 give the faster driving, with the A358 and Eastwick Road on the longer loops out to Bathpool, West Monkton and Monkton Heathfield.
Care2DriveTauntonLocal practice edition
The Taunton 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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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)
- ExeterExeter (Marsh Barton)
- DorchesterDorchester (Poundbury)
- GloucesterGloucester (Quedgeley)
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