Watch driving test routes in Banbury

Route 1 from Banbury test centre loops through Neithrop and back along the ring road. It starts on quiet 20 mph streets, takes in busy 30 mph A roads with traffic lights and yellow boxes, then a faster stretch on Concord Avenue and Hennef Way with eight roundabouts before the 20 mph streets of Park Road and Bath Road.

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1. 0:00
   Mewburn Road

   Out of the test centre lane and right onto Mewburn Road, a quiet 20 mph street with parked cars.

2. 0:58
   Queensway

   Give way and turn left onto Queensway, where the limit goes up to 30 mph.

3. 1:41
   Bloxham Road

   Give way and turn left onto Bloxham Road, then take the right lane for the lights.

4. 3:23
   Bloxham Road lights and yellow boxTricky spot 04

   We wait in the right lane at a long red light, then turn right across a large yellow box. We enter the box only when our exit is clear.

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5. 3:37
   Oxford Road

   Left lane for the lights, then left onto Upper Windsor Street.

6. 4:41
   Upper Windsor Street

   The limit goes up to 40 mph and drops back to 30 mph before the roadworks.

7. 5:57
   Roadworks and temporary lights

   Temporary lights, a yellow box and a KEEP CLEAR at the petrol station. We wait for green and keep the junction clear.

8. 8:18
   Cherwell Street

   Cones narrow our lane past the roadworks, so we keep a safe gap behind the bus.

9. 11:15
   Concord Avenue roundabout painted lanesTricky spot 09

   A big roundabout with painted lanes marked TOWN CENTRE and A4260. We go straight on, so we pick the correct lane early.

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10. 11:56
    Hennef Way roundabout left turnTricky spot 14

    A busy roundabout at the end of a 50 mph road, where traffic keeps coming from the right. We wait for a safe gap and do not rush.

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11. 12:57
    Ruscote Avenue roundabout with lightsTricky spot 11

    There is a green light at the crossing, but the roundabout still has a give way line. Traffic comes from the right, so we look before we go.

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12. 15:49
    Warwick Road and Orchard Way

    Left at the roundabout onto Warwick Road, then right at the next one onto Orchard Way, with parked cars on our side.

13. 17:20
    Park Road

    A 20 mph zone where the road narrows between parked cars. We look well ahead and are ready to wait in a gap.

14. 18:39
    Bath Road and Broughton Road

    Right onto Bath Road at a give way with walls on both sides, then left onto Broughton Road and back to 30 mph.

15. 19:27
    Kingsway and Mewburn Road

    Right into Kingsway, right again into Mewburn Road and into the narrow test centre lane.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Mewburn Road
2. 2Queensway
3. 3Bloxham RoadA361
4. 4Oxford RoadB4100
5. 5Upper Windsor StreetA4260
6. 6Windsor StreetA4260
7. 7Cherwell StreetA4260
8. 8Concord AvenueA4260
9. 9Hennef WayA422
10. 10Ruscote AvenueA422
11. 11Warwick RoadB4100
12. 12Orchard Way
13. 13Hilton Road
14. 14Park Road
15. 15Bath Road
16. 16Broughton RoadB4035
17. 17Kingsway
18. 18Mewburn Road

Route 2 from Banbury test centre is the long one through the town centre and Grimsbury. It crosses Banbury Cross twice, takes in Warwick Road, Ruscote Avenue and the 50 mph Hennef Way, then winds through the 20 mph streets of Grimsbury and the town centre with yellow boxes, KEEP CLEAR markings and pedestrian crossings all the way.

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1. 0:00
   Mewburn Road

   A 20 mph road out of the test centre.

2. 0:48
   Queensway

   Give way and turn left onto Queensway, where the limit goes up to 30 mph.

3. 1:30
   Bloxham Road

   Give way and turn left onto Bloxham Road from the left lane, past a KEEP CLEAR and parked cars.

4. 2:39
   South Bar Street

   A yellow box at the junction and a pedestrian crossing at the lights, which we never block.

5. 4:32
   Banbury Cross zebra and roundaboutTricky spot 06

   A zebra crossing with people crossing comes right before the roundabout, and there is a KEEP CLEAR marking at our exit. We look for people first, then give way on the roundabout.

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6. 5:32
   North Bar Street yellow boxTricky spot 07

   A left turn at busy lights, over a yellow box. We get in the left lane early and check that our exit is clear.

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7. 5:48
   Warwick Road

   A 20 mph stretch, then a roundabout where we go straight on and a crossing with lights.

8. 7:42
   Warwick Road lights and roundaboutTricky spot 08

   Crossing lights are followed straight away by a small roundabout. We stop at the red light, then turn right onto Ruscote Avenue.

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9. 8:09
   Ruscote Avenue

   The limit goes up to 40 mph, with two roundabouts where we go straight on and follow the A422.

10. 10:52
    Southam Road roundabout to Hennef WayTricky spot 13

    A busy roundabout with three lanes and arrows. We read the arrows early and pick the lane for Hennef Way.

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11. 11:09
    Hennef Way

    A dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, not 70. We go straight on at the next roundabout.

12. 12:51
    Hennef Way roundabout

    A big roundabout with lights at the entry. We turn right onto Ermont Way from the right lane and still look right on green.

13. 13:24
    Ermont Way

    A 40 mph road to a roundabout where we turn right onto Middleton Road.

14. 14:06
    Middleton Road

    The limit drops to 30 mph, then a yellow box and a 20 mph zone.

15. 15:39
    Howard Road and Causeway

    Narrow 20 mph streets with parked cars on both sides, a T junction onto Causeway and a right turn onto Merton Street.

16. 19:32
    Bridge Street

    A yellow box, then left at the lights onto Bridge Street, a crossing with lights and a KEEP CLEAR.

17. 21:45
    Cherwell Street

    Left at the roadworks onto Cherwell Street, then the right lane and a yellow box for the right turn onto George Street.

18. 22:57
    Broad Street

    Left onto Broad Street in a 20 mph zone with parked cars and people about, then right onto Marlborough Road.

19. 24:06
    High Street and Banbury Cross

    We bear left onto High Street, pass a zebra crossing and give way at Banbury Cross again.

20. 25:06
    West Bar Street

    A zebra crossing just after our exit, then left onto Beargarden Road and right onto Kingsway.

21. 26:09
    Mewburn Road

    Right onto Mewburn Road and right into the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Mewburn Road
2. 2Queensway
3. 3Bloxham RoadA361

Route 3 from Banbury test centre heads out of town along Bloxham Road and Wykham Lane, a narrow rural lane with a 60 mph limit, high hedges and a brick arch with room for one car. It comes back through White Post Road, the 40 mph Oxford Road and the roadworks on Upper Windsor Street, then through the town centre and Banbury Cross.

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1. 0:00
   Mewburn Road

   Out of the car park and right onto Mewburn Road, where hedges limit the view, then left onto Queensway.

2. 1:36
   Queensway to Bloxham Road right turnTricky spot 03

   A wide junction with an island, where we turn right onto Bloxham Road from the right lane. Traffic comes from both ways.

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3. 4:21
   Wykham Lane

   Left onto Wykham Lane. The national limit is 60 mph, but the road is narrow, so we stay well below it.

4. 4:37
   Wykham Lane brick archTricky spot 16

   A sunken narrow lane with high banks and hedges ends in a brick arch with room for one car. We look well ahead for oncoming cars.

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5. 5:58
   Wykham Lane single trackTricky spot 15

   A narrow lane with no centre line and high hedges. Oncoming cars appear late.

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6. 7:21
   White Post Road T junctionTricky spot 19

   A narrow lane between stone walls ends at a T junction. We turn left, so we look right first.

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7. 8:11
   White Post Road zebra and roundaboutTricky spot 17

   A give way line, a zebra crossing and a roundabout follow each other quickly. We look well ahead.

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8. 8:48
   Oxford Road

   A slip road onto the 40 mph Oxford Road, then 30 mph, a KEEP CLEAR and a yellow box at the lights where we turn right.

9. 11:48
   Upper Windsor Street

   40 mph, then 30 mph at the lights and roadworks with temporary lights and a long queue.

10. 12:54
    Cherwell Street

    Lanes moved by roadworks, then a roundabout where we turn left from the lane marked LEISURE.

11. 15:12
    Cherwell Avenue

    Straight on at one roundabout and right at the next onto Castle Street.

12. 16:05
    Castle Street

    Lights at the crossing, then the left lane for the left turn at the lights onto North Bar Street.

13. 17:40
    North Bar Street

    A busy street with shops, where people step out between parked cars.

14. 18:18
    Horse Fair

    We signal right in good time for Banbury Cross.

15. 18:55
    Banbury Cross roundabout from Horse FairTricky spot 05

    A busy roundabout in the town centre with KEEP CLEAR painted on it. We turn right onto West Bar Street, and a zebra crossing follows our exit.

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16. 19:16
    West Bar Street

    Parked cars on our side, then left onto Beargarden Road and straight away right into Kingsway.

17. 20:22
    Mewburn Road

    A 20 mph zone and a right turn back onto Mewburn Road.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Mewburn Road
2. 2Queensway
3. 3Bloxham RoadA361

Route 4 from Banbury test centre stays in the residential streets of Hardwick and Bretch Hill. It is mostly 20 and 30 mph roads with seven roundabouts, zebra crossings, parked cars and a crossing of Woodgreen Avenue in two halves, with no dual carriageway and no town centre.

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1. 0:00
   Mewburn Road

   Out of the car park, left onto Mewburn Road past parked cars and left onto Kingsway.

2. 1:27
   Broughton Road

   Give way and turn left onto Broughton Road, where the limit goes up to 30 mph.

3. 2:37
   Broughton Road zebra and roundaboutTricky spot 01

   A zebra crossing is right at the roundabout entry, and then we turn right round the roundabout. We slow down early.

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4. 2:53
   Woodgreen Avenue

   Straight on at a roundabout with a zebra crossing after our exit.

5. 4:58
   Warwick Road

   Left at the roundabout onto Warwick Road and get in lane early for the next one.

6. 5:16
   Ruscote Avenue

   Traffic lights, then a roundabout where we turn left onto Longelandes Way.

7. 6:04
   Longelandes Way

   The limit drops to 30 mph, with a pedestrian crossing and a road that narrows where we have priority.

8. 7:26
   Highlands

   Right at the roundabout onto Highlands, a residential road with parked vans and cars.

9. 8:21
   Highlands parked carsTricky spot 18

   Parked cars on our side narrow the road, and oncoming cars come through. We may have to wait.

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10. 9:41
    Warwick Road

    Left at the roundabout onto a wide 30 mph road, where a queue builds up before the right turn.

11. 11:17
    Ferndale Road

    Right into Ferndale Road and into a 20 mph zone.

12. 11:40
    The Fairway

    Give way and turn left onto The Fairway, with parked cars on our side and cars coming.

13. 12:40
    Prescott Avenue

    A quiet 20 mph street on the way to Bretch Hill.

14. 14:18
    Bretch Hill

    A KEEP CLEAR, parked cars on both sides, a bus coming the other way and a narrow gap. We are ready to wait.

15. 17:28
    Woodgreen Avenue crossingTricky spot 02

    Two give ways take us across a road with two carriageways, then we turn right. We take it one half at a time.

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16. 18:15
    Queensway

    Straight on at the roundabout onto Queensway from the left lane, keeping left round the island.

17. 18:41
    Mewburn Road

    Left onto Mewburn Road and back into the 20 mph zone.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Mewburn Road
2. 2Kingsway
3. 3Broughton RoadB4035

Route 5 from Banbury test centre runs out along Bloxham Road and Upper Windsor Street, past roadworks, to Concord Avenue and the dual carriageway on Hennef Way with its big roundabout with lights. It returns through Ruscote Avenue, Orchard Way and the 20 mph streets of Mold Crescent, Edmunds Road and Bretch Hill, with a school area and parked cars on both sides.

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1. 0:00
   Mewburn Road

   We move off past a parked car and give way to the oncoming car.

2. 2:03
   Queensway

   Give way and turn left onto Queensway, where the limit goes up to 30 mph.

3. 2:45
   Bloxham Road

   Give way and turn left onto Bloxham Road, then the right lane for the lights.

4. 4:15
   Bloxham Road lights and yellow boxTricky spot 04

   We wait in the right lane at a long red light, then turn right across a large yellow box. We enter the box only when our exit is clear.

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5. 4:27
   Oxford Road

   Left at the lights onto Upper Windsor Street.

6. 5:21
   Upper Windsor Street

   40 mph, then back to 30 mph before the roadworks.

7. 6:12
   Windsor Street roadworks

   Cones on our side, a yellow box, a KEEP CLEAR and temporary lights. We go only on green.

8. 7:36
   Cherwell Street

   Through the last of the roadworks and on to Concord Avenue.

9. 9:54
   Concord Avenue

   Straight on at the roundabout in the lane marked A4260, then left at the next roundabout onto Hennef Way.

10. 11:03
    Hennef Way

    A dual carriageway. We stay in the left lane for the big roundabout with lights ahead.

11. 11:24
    Hennef Way roundabout from Concord AvenueTricky spot 12

    A big roundabout with lights at the entry, reached from a dual carriageway. We pick our lane early because we go straight on.

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12. 12:15
    Ruscote Avenue roundabout straight onTricky spot 10

    A queue on a 40 mph road leads up to a roundabout. We read the lane arrows and give way to traffic from the right.

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13. 14:45
    Warwick Road

    The limit drops to 30 mph and we turn left at the roundabout onto Warwick Road.

14. 15:06
    Orchard Way and The Fairway

    Right at the roundabout onto Orchard Way, two zebra crossings and a 20 mph zone.

15. 16:15
    Mold Crescent and Edmunds Road

    A school area with parked cars on both sides, a T junction onto Edmunds Road and roads that narrow.

16. 18:45
    Bretch Hill

    Left onto Conway Drive and Bretch Hill, with parked cars on both sides, a bus coming the other way and a downhill stretch at 20 mph.

17. 21:38
    Woodgreen Avenue and Queensway

    Give way and turn right onto Woodgreen Avenue, then straight on at the roundabout onto Queensway.

18. 22:15
    Mewburn Road

    Left onto Mewburn Road into the 20 mph zone and back to the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Mewburn Road
2. 2Queensway
3. 3Bloxham RoadA361