Barnstaple driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
Unit 1A, Benning Court (off Riverside Road), EX31 1AB
Barnstaple had a car driving test pass rate of 51.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (5,562 tests), 1.3 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 13 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 8.4 km and takes around 15 minutes, mostly on A roads (41%) and country lanes (24%).
What the practice routes cover
- A roads41%
- Country lanes24%
- Town and residential roads20%
- B roads8%
- Dual carriageways7%
On a typical route you'll go through 5 roundabouts and 6 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- TA Roundabout · Roundabout12 of 13 routes
- Sticklepath Junction · Large roundabout7 of 13 routes
- A3125 · Roundabout4 of 13 routes
- Lake Roundabout · Large roundabout4 of 13 routes
- Longbridge Roundabout · Roundabout4 of 13 routes
- Mermaid Cross · Roundabout4 of 13 routes
- A39 / A39 Inner Relief Road · Roundabout3 of 13 routes
- A39 Eastern Avenue · Large roundabout3 of 13 routes
Roads the routes use most
- A3910 of 13 routes
- Bear Street9 of 13 routes
- A39 Alexandra Road8 of 13 routes
- A361 Barnstaple Western Bypass6 of 13 routes
- A31255 of 13 routes
- A3615 of 13 routes
- B3149 Braunton Road5 of 13 routes
- Newport Road5 of 13 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 5,562 car tests were taken at Barnstaple and 2,859 passed: a pass rate of 51.4%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 13 Barnstaple routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.
These are practice routes built by Drive Round App around the test centre, not official test routes: DVSA doesn't publish its routes, and examiners can use any road in the area. Practise a mix of roads and junctions, not one route. Routes last updated 27 August 2026.