Oxford learner guide Articles

Oxford Driving Test: The Marsh Lane Route

Oxford (Cowley) test routesThe Marsh Lane route, the Cowley circuit with the bay parkThis circuit leaves Cowley on Hollow Way, runs north up the Eastern Bypass to the Headington roundabout, then drops into Headington on the A40 West for a bay park at the Marsh Lane...

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Oxford Driving Test: Cowley Junction Roundabout Sandy Lane West

Oxford (Cowley) test routesCowley Junction and Sandy Lane West, the circuit that tests lane choice twiceThis circuit opens with a tight residential loop off Hollow Way, then puts you on the Cowley Junction roundabout twice, both times needing the fourth exit and the...

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Oxford Driving Test: The Sandhills to Risinghurst Route

Oxford (Cowley) test routesThe Sandhills to Risinghurst route, the most varied circuit out of CowleyThis is the circuit that asks you to do everything. Quiet residential streets at 20 mph, a stretch of the A40 ring road at 50, a bus lane exit that has to be judged in...

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Oxford Driving Test: The Florence Park Route

Oxford (Cowley) test routesThe Florence Park route, nine roundabouts and one junction that fails peopleThis circuit starts in the residential streets around Florence Park, drops down through Rose Hill to Heyford Hill, loops out towards the Kassam on two slip roads...

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