Near Armagh Test Centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 2 roundabouts and 6 turns across 29 navigation steps.
This is an independent 13.7 km practice loop near Armagh Test Centre, taking roughly 13 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 independent driving. 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 17 catalogued landmarks, including churches, stations, shops and pubs, 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 Armagh 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:
The full 29-step drive on real, named roads (about 15.2 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west on Hamiltonsbawn Road/A51. Continue on A51.
A51955 m
Turn right onto The Mall East.
The Mall East486 m
Turn left onto A3.
A357 m
Turn right onto A29/Lonsdale Road.
A29357 m
Keep left to stay on A29.
A29270 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A29/Moy Road.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto A29/Moy Road.
A29483 m
Keep left to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29114 m
Keep left to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29749 m
Keep left to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29121 m
Keep left to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29494 m
Turn right.
346 m
Turn left onto Drumcairn Road.
Drumcairn Road593 m
Turn left onto A29/Moy Road.
A291.2 km
Keep right to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29105 m
Keep right to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A29102 m
Keep straight to stay on A29/Moy Road.
A2997 m
Move right.
36 m
Keep left at the fork.
1.1 km
Turn right onto B115.
B115802 m
Turn left onto Ballycrummy Road/C188.
Ballycrummy Road925 m
Turn right onto Killylea Road/A28.
Killylea Road3.0 km
Keep right to stay on A28.
A281.0 km
Keep right to take A3.
A3105 m
Keep right to stay on A3.
A3101 m
Keep right to stay on A3.
A3656 m
Move right onto Barrack Hill/A51.
Barrack Hill210 m
Keep right to stay on A51.
A51744 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Armagh Test Centre · Dual-carriageway practice loop 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.
Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Local junctions
Take each junction on its merits, good observation, clear signalling and the right speed on approach. Rehearse the sequence so nothing surprises you on the day.
Navigate by these 17 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Maranatha Pentecostal Church
Start near Maranatha Pentecostal Church.
Milford House Museum
Continue to Milford House Museum.
Armagh Bus Station
Continue to Armagh Bus Station.
Armagh County Museum
Continue to Armagh County Museum.
Armagh Courthouse
Continue to Armagh Courthouse.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Mix Market
Continue to Mix Market.
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
Continue to Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum.
War memorial
Continue to War memorial.
Centra
Continue to Centra.
Mackey Car Sales
Continue to Mackey Car Sales.
Mickey Kelly's Bar
Continue to Mickey Kelly's Bar.
Screwfix
Continue to Screwfix.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Mays
Continue to Mays.
Orchard Motorsports
Continue to Orchard Motorsports.
Victoria Bar
Finish back near Victoria Bar, completing the loop.
12 turns
17 turns
2 roundabouts · 6 turns
6 roundabouts · 4 turns
This route is 13.7 km and takes about 13 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Armagh Test Centre, not an official DVSA route.