Near Airdrie test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 8 turns and 1 signalled junction across 19 navigation steps.
This is an independent 29.5 km practice loop near Airdrie test centre, taking roughly 30 min to drive. It is NOT an official DVSA examiner route, the DVSA does not publish those, but it uses the same local roads and junction types an examiner is likely to choose.
On this route you’ll practise multiple roundabouts, national-speed roads, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads, independent driving and sustained concentration. Driving it a few times before your test builds the muscle memory that frees up attention for observation and decision-making on the day.
The loop is anchored by 20 catalogued landmarks, including churches, shops, pubs and parks, so you can navigate it from recognisable features rather than a memorised turn list. Rehearsing it in this way means that on test day the area already feels familiar, and your attention is free for the traffic rather than the map.
Whatever the route, your practical test follows the same national shape: an eyesight check, a couple of vehicle-safety questions, around forty minutes of general driving, one reversing manoeuvre chosen by the examiner, and roughly twenty minutes of independent driving following signs or a sat-nav. Practising on roads like these is how you make each of those elements feel routine rather than new.
Treat this route as practice, not a script. The value is not in repeating one fixed sequence but in getting comfortable with the road types, speed changes and junction patterns of the area around Airdrie test centre, so that whatever order your examiner chooses on the day, none of it is unfamiliar. Drive it a few times, focus on smooth observation and planning, and it becomes one more stretch of road you already know, which is exactly the kind of preparation that turns nerves into confidence.
If you are practising with a supervising driver rather than an instructor, take it steadily: agree the manoeuvre spots in advance, keep to a comfortable pace, and stop to talk through anything that felt rushed. And remember the basics that apply on every road, mirrors before any change of speed or direction, signals in good time, and a following distance that gives you room to react. Those habits travel with you long after the test is passed.
What you’ll actually do on this loop, counted from its turn-by-turn directions.
This route helps you practise:
Road mix
The full 100-step drive on real, named roads (about 29.6 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northeast on Aitchison Street/A8010.
Aitchison Street57 m
Turn left onto Wilson Street.
Wilson Street272 m
Turn left onto Mavisbank Street.
Mavisbank Street187 m
Enter Park Crescent and take the 2nd exit onto McKenna Drive.
Park Crescent72 m
Exit the roundabout onto McKenna Drive.
McKenna Drive53 m
Keep right to stay on McKenna Drive.
McKenna Drive365 m
Keep right to stay on McKenna Drive.
McKenna Drive18 m
Turn right onto Mulvey Crescent.
Mulvey Crescent84 m
Keep left to take Centenary Avenue.
Centenary Avenue426 m
Turn left onto Southburn Road.
Southburn Road18 m
Turn left onto Railway Road.
Railway Road257 m
Turn left onto Deedes Street/A89. Continue on A89.
A89180 m
Keep left to take Aitchison Street/A8010.
Aitchison Street1.0 km
Turn left onto North Bridge Street/B802. Continue on B802.
B802306 m
Turn right onto Quarry Road.
Quarry Road392 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Quarry Road.
Quarry Road392 m
Turn left onto Commonside Street/B802. Continue on B802.
B802305 m
Turn right onto High Street/A8010. Continue on A8010.
A8010938 m
Turn left to stay on Aitchison Street.
Aitchison Street10 m
Turn right onto Alexander Street/A89. Continue on A89.
A89683 m
Enter Main Street and take the 3rd exit onto Muiryhall Street East.
Main Street52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Muiryhall Street East.
Muiryhall Street East216 m
Keep right to stay on Muiryhall Street East.
Muiryhall Street East265 m
Turn left onto Hillcrest Avenue.
Hillcrest Avenue295 m
Turn right onto Main Street/A89.
Main Street254 m
Keep right to stay on Main Street/A89.
Main Street143 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Main Street/A89.
98 m
Exit the roundabout onto Main Street/A89.
Main Street1.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Main Street.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Main Street.
Main Street1.3 km
Keep straight to stay on Alexander Street/A89.
Alexander Street58 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Stirling Street.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stirling Street.
Stirling Street250 m
Turn left onto Bank Street/B802.
Bank Street93 m
Turn left onto Anderson Street.
Anderson Street125 m
Turn left onto Wellwynd.
Wellwynd85 m
Turn right onto Stirling Street.
Stirling Street128 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Alexander Street/A89.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Alexander Street/A89.
Alexander Street57 m
Keep left to stay on A89.
A891.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Main Street/A89.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Main Street/A89.
Main Street920 m
Keep right to stay on Main Street/A89.
Main Street143 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto South Circular Road/A89.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto South Circular Road/A89.
South Circular Road36 m
Keep right to stay on South Circular Road/A89.
South Circular Road130 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto South Circular Road/A89.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto South Circular Road/A89.
South Circular Road397 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto West Canal Street.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto West Canal Street.
West Canal Street515 m
Turn right onto Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street309 m
Turn right to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street81 m
Keep left to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street53 m
Make a left U-turn at Blairhill Street to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street503 m
Enter Bank Street and take the 2nd exit onto Dundyvan Road/B753.
Bank Street32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dundyvan Road/B753.
Dundyvan Road514 m
Turn right to stay on Dundyvan Road/B753.
Dundyvan Road100 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Dundyvan Road/B753.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dundyvan Road/B753.
Dundyvan Road23 m
Keep left to stay on Dundyvan Road/B753.
Dundyvan Road170 m
Turn right onto Barrowfield Street.
Barrowfield Street365 m
Move right onto Brownshill Avenue.
Brownshill Avenue241 m
Turn right onto Croy Road.
Croy Road744 m
Turn right onto Lismore Drive.
Lismore Drive210 m
Turn right onto Woodside Street.
Woodside Street520 m
Turn right onto Bank Street/A89.
Bank Street848 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Blairhill Street.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street362 m
Turn right to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street81 m
Keep left to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street53 m
Make a left U-turn at Blairhill Street to stay on Blairhill Street.
Blairhill Street450 m
Turn left onto West Canal Street.
West Canal Street342 m
Turn left onto Canal Court.
Canal Court40 m
Turn left.
108 m
Turn right onto Canal Court.
Canal Court40 m
Turn left onto West Canal Street.
West Canal Street172 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Sunnyside Road/B803.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sunnyside Road/B803.
Sunnyside Road444 m
Move left onto Gartsherrie Road.
Gartsherrie Road270 m
Move left to stay on Gartsherrie Road.
Gartsherrie Road842 m
Enter Blair Road and take the 4th exit onto Gartsherrie Road.
Blair Road97 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gartsherrie Road.
Gartsherrie Road520 m
Keep left to stay on Gartsherrie Road.
Gartsherrie Road591 m
Move right onto Sunnyside Road/B803.
Sunnyside Road272 m
Turn left onto Baird Street.
Baird Street180 m
Turn left onto Church Street.
Church Street55 m
Turn right onto Albert Street.
Albert Street98 m
Turn left onto Crichton Street.
Crichton Street182 m
Turn right onto Sunnyside Road/B803.
Sunnyside Road244 m
Turn left onto Sunnyside Road/B804.
Sunnyside Road48 m
Turn right onto Burnbank Street/B803.
Burnbank Street52 m
Keep right to stay on B803.
B803856 m
Keep left to stay on B803.
B8031.3 km
Keep straight to stay on Coatbridge Road/B803.
Coatbridge Road155 m
Keep left to stay on Coatbridge Road/B803.
Coatbridge Road245 m
Turn right onto Glenmavis Road/B802.
Glenmavis Road564 m
Keep right to stay on Glenmavis Road/B802.
Glenmavis Road406 m
Keep right to stay on B802.
B8021.1 km
Turn right onto High Street/A8010. Continue on A8010.
A8010555 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Airdrie · Route 10 loop. Always drive to the road and conditions you see, not the list — signs, signals and other traffic take priority.
These are the real named features along the loop, straight from our route catalogue. Use them to recognise where you are and to anticipate the hazard each one brings, not to memorise a fixed order.
Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Multiple roundabouts
Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.
Changing speed limits
Limits change across this route (20, 30, 60 mph). Watch for repeater signs and adjust early, examiners mark you down for carrying the wrong speed into a new limit.
Residential streets
Narrow residential roads mean parked cars, pedestrians and reduced visibility. Cover the brake, keep your speed down and be ready to give way.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Ebenezer Evangelical Church
Start near Ebenezer Evangelical Church.
Airdrie High Kirk
Continue to Airdrie High Kirk.
Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church
Continue to Airdrie Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Jade Garden Takeaway
Continue to Jade Garden Takeaway.
All Saints
Continue to All Saints.
Islamic Society of Airdrie & Coatbridge
Continue to Islamic Society of Airdrie & Coatbridge.
Owens Bar
Continue to Owens Bar.
West End Bar
Continue to West End Bar.
Westend Park
Continue to Westend Park.
Coatbridge Fire Station
Continue to Coatbridge Fire Station.
Blairhill and Dundyvan Parish Church
Continue to Blairhill and Dundyvan Parish Church.
Coatbridge Baptist Church
Continue to Coatbridge Baptist Church.
St Augustine's
Continue to St Augustine's.
Kirkwood
Continue to Kirkwood.
Coatbridge Central
Continue to Coatbridge Central.
Coatbridge Middle Parish Church
Continue to Coatbridge Middle Parish Church.
Coatbridge Sunnyside
Continue to Coatbridge Sunnyside.
La Ronde
Continue to La Ronde.
Coatbridge Spiritualist Church
Continue to Coatbridge Spiritualist Church.
Commonhead Mining Disaster Memorial
Finish back near Commonhead Mining Disaster Memorial, completing the loop.
11 roundabouts · 9 turns · 1 set of lights
8 roundabouts · 13 turns · 4 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 19 turns · 1 set of lights
14 roundabouts · 10 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 29.5 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Airdrie test centre, not an official DVSA route.