WELLINGBOROUGH · LOCAL PRACTICE EDITION

Passing your driving test in Wellingborough

The roads, roundabouts and areas the examiner actually uses, and a workbook to work through them.

The test centre

Wellingborough (Glamis Hall), Goldsmith Road, NN8 3RU

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

  • Wilby roundabout (Northampton Road / Wilby Way)
  • A45 roundabout (Higham Road / Wilby Way)
  • Turnells Mill Lane roundabouts
  • Niort Way (A509) roundabouts
  • Doddington Road T-junction

Faster roads

  • A45 (dual carriageway)
  • A509 / Niort Way (to Harrowden)
  • Park Farm Way
  • Higham Road
  • A45 / Higham Road slip roads (merging)

Town one-way

  • Commercial Way one-way

Areas and villages

  • Kingsway
  • Queensway
  • Harrowden Road
  • Havelock St
  • Finedon Rd
  • Eastfield Rd (terraced)
  • Wilby
  • Sywell
  • Great & Little Harrowden

Wellingborough routes work out from Goldsmith Road through Kingsway and Queensway, then use Park Farm Way and the Turnells Mill Lane roundabouts. Wilby roundabout and the A45 roundabout at Higham Road bring in the dual carriageway and its merging slip roads, and Niort Way runs north past Harrowden Road towards Great and Little Harrowden.

The Wellingborough 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

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