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Ashford (Kent) · Route 13 · variant 2

Near Ashford (Kent) test centre

91.3 km
Distance
35 min
Duration
Challenging
Difficulty
19
Manoeuvres
Difficulty: Challenging

Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 16 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 26 navigation steps.

How this route is examined

This is an independent 91.3 km practice route near Ashford (Kent) test centre, taking roughly 35 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, dual-carriageway joins, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads 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 Ashford (Kent) 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.

Manoeuvre breakdown

What you’ll actually do on this loop, counted from its turn-by-turn directions.

8
Left turns
8
Right turns
7
Roundabouts
4
Traffic lights
26
Total steps

Skills & features

71
Roundabouts
6.9 km
Dual carriageway
20, 30, 40, 50 mph
Speed limits
20
Landmarks

This route helps you practise:

  • Multiple roundabouts
  • Dual-carriageway joins
  • 20 mph zones
  • Changing speed limits
  • Residential manoeuvres
  • Busy A-roads
  • Sustained concentration

Road mix

  • B-roads 33.0 km
  • A-roads 27.6 km
  • Minor roads 10.4 km
  • Trunk roads 6.9 km
  • Residential 6.7 km
  • Unclassified 2.1 km
  • service_other 0.9 km

Turn-by-turn directions

The full 169-step drive on real, named roads (about 91.3 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.

  1. Depart:

    Drive southwest.

    22 m

  2. Turn right:

    Turn right.

    13 m

  3. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road967 m

  4. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    171 m

  5. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road1.0 km

  6. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Church Road/B378.

    Church Road219 m

  7. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Dudley Road.

    Dudley Road89 m

  8. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Clarendon Road.

    Clarendon Road246 m

  9. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road97 m

  10. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Church Road/B378.

    Church Road138 m

  11. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Parkland Grove.

    Parkland Grove490 m

  12. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Parkland Road.

    Parkland Road167 m

  13. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Clockhouse Lane/B3003.

    Clockhouse Lane361 m

  14. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Convent Road/B3003.

    38 m

  15. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Convent Road/B3003.

    Convent Road1.1 km

  16. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A308.

    A3081.4 km

  17. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Windmill Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A2441.9 km

  18. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Upper Halliford Bypass/A244.

    34 m

  19. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Upper Halliford Bypass/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244846 m

  20. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    17 m

  21. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    Gaston Bridge Road504 m

  22. Roundabout:

    Enter Marshalls Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    Marshalls Roundabout67 m

  23. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    Walton Bridge Road513 m

  24. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    14 m

  25. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Walton Bridge Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244493 m

  26. Turn right:

    Take the exit on the right.

    Oatlands Drive14 m

  27. Turn right:

    Move right to stay on Oatlands Drive/A3050.

    Oatlands Drive2.5 km

  28. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Queens Road/A317.

    Queens Road49 m

  29. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    39 m

  30. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    Hanger Hill1.0 km

  31. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto B374.

    10 m

  32. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B374.

    B3741.5 km

  33. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto B374.

    21 m

  34. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B374.

    B374946 m

  35. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Parvis Road/A245.

    32 m

  36. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Parvis Road/A245.

    Parvis Road302 m

  37. Keep left:

    Keep left to take High Road.

    High Road159 m

  38. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Clock House Close.

    Clock House Close129 m

  39. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn to stay on Clock House Close.

    Clock House Close129 m

  40. Turn right:

    Turn right onto High Road.

    High Road111 m

  41. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Parvis Road/A245.

    Parvis Road363 m

  42. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto B374.

    6 m

  43. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B374.

    B374944 m

  44. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Caenswood Hill/B374.

    39 m

  45. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Caenswood Hill/B374. Continue on B374.

    B3741.5 km

  46. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    36 m

  47. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    Hanger Hill1.0 km

  48. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A317.

    12 m

  49. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A317.

    A31750 m

  50. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Oatlands Drive/A3050.

    Oatlands Drive2.5 km

  51. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Bridge Street/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244548 m

  52. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    26 m

  53. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    Walton Bridge Road512 m

  54. Roundabout:

    Enter Marshalls Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    Marshalls Roundabout62 m

  55. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    Gaston Bridge Road502 m

  56. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    23 m

  57. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244849 m

  58. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Upper Halliford Road/A244.

    22 m

  59. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Upper Halliford Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A2441.8 km

  60. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A308.

    A3081.4 km

  61. Turn right:

    Turn right onto School Road/B378.

    B3781.2 km

  62. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Feltham Road/B377.

    69 m

  63. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road546 m

  64. Turn left:

    Turn left.

    89 m

  65. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road516 m

  66. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Convent Road/B3003.

    3 m

  67. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Convent Road/B3003.

    Convent Road2.0 km

  68. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Charlton Road.

    Charlton Road2.0 km

  69. Turn left:

    Move left onto Squire's Bridge Road.

    Squire's Bridge Road739 m

  70. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Laleham Road/B376.

    Laleham Road523 m

  71. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Littleton Lane.

    3 m

  72. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Littleton Lane.

    Littleton Lane1.5 km

  73. Turn left:

    Move left.

    21 m

  74. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Bridge Road/B375.

    28 m

  75. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Bridge Road/B375. Continue on B375.

    B3751.1 km

  76. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Weir Road/B387.

    B3871.2 km

  77. Roundabout:

    Enter Addlestonemoor Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woburn Hill/A317.

    Addlestonemoor Roundabout48 m

  78. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Woburn Hill/A317.

    Woburn Hill830 m

  79. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on Woburn Hill/A317.

    Woburn Hill253 m

  80. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Weybridge Road/A317.

    28 m

  81. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Weybridge Road/A317. Continue on A317.

    A3171.3 km

  82. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Church Street/B374. Continue on B374.

    B3741.2 km

  83. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto B374.

    35 m

  84. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B374.

    B374796 m

  85. Turn left:

    Turn left.

    159 m

  86. Turn right:

    Turn right onto South Road.

    South Road968 m

  87. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Hill House Drive.

    Hill House Drive358 m

  88. Turn left:

    Move left onto Blue Barn Lane.

    Blue Barn Lane625 m

  89. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Byfleet Road/A245.

    Byfleet Road158 m

  90. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto B374.

    30 m

  91. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B374.

    B374944 m

  92. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Caenswood Hill/B374.

    39 m

  93. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Caenswood Hill/B374. Continue on B374.

    B3741.5 km

  94. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    36 m

  95. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Hanger Hill/B373.

    Hanger Hill1.0 km

  96. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A317.

    12 m

  97. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A317.

    A31750 m

  98. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Oatlands Drive/A3050.

    Oatlands Drive2.5 km

  99. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Bridge Street/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244548 m

  100. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    26 m

  101. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Walton Bridge Road/A244.

    Walton Bridge Road512 m

  102. Roundabout:

    Enter Marshalls Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    Marshalls Roundabout62 m

  103. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    Gaston Bridge Road502 m

  104. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244.

    23 m

  105. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Gaston Bridge Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A244849 m

  106. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Upper Halliford Road/A244.

    22 m

  107. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Upper Halliford Road/A244. Continue on A244.

    A2441.8 km

  108. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A308.

    A3081.4 km

  109. Turn right:

    Turn right onto School Road/B378.

    School Road697 m

  110. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Hill Road.

    Feltham Hill Road49 m

  111. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Convent Road.

    Convent Road9 m

  112. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Convent Road.

    Convent Road523 m

  113. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road513 m

  114. Turn left:

    Turn left.

    89 m

  115. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road85 m

  116. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Chalmers Road.

    Chalmers Road245 m

  117. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Chalmers Road East.

    Chalmers Road East68 m

  118. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Coolgardie Road.

    Coolgardie Road226 m

  119. Turn right:

    Move right onto Poplar Road.

    Poplar Road10 m

  120. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Poplar Road.

    Poplar Road163 m

  121. Turn right:

    Turn right onto New Park Road.

    New Park Road229 m

  122. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Park Road.

    Park Road130 m

  123. Turn left:

    Move left onto Chalmers Road East.

    Chalmers Road East204 m

  124. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road25 m

  125. Turn left:

    Turn left.

    89 m

  126. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road5 m

  127. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Chalmers Road East.

    Chalmers Road East204 m

  128. Turn right:

    Move right onto Park Road.

    Park Road363 m

  129. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Feltham Hill Road.

    Feltham Hill Road465 m

  130. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Elgin Avenue.

    Elgin Avenue400 m

  131. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Saxon Road.

    Saxon Road230 m

  132. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Feltham Hill Road.

    Feltham Hill Road755 m

  133. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Park Road.

    Park Road363 m

  134. Turn left:

    Move left onto Chalmers Road East.

    Chalmers Road East204 m

  135. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Feltham Road/B377. Continue on B377.

    B3771.7 km

  136. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Chertsey Road/A244.

    Chertsey Road1.0 km

  137. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Chertsey Road.

    Chertsey Road137 m

  138. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Road.

    32 m

  139. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road.

    Chertsey Road103 m

  140. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Road.

    42 m

  141. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road.

    Chertsey Road1.6 km

  142. Turn left:

    Move left onto Charlton Road.

    Charlton Road2.0 km

  143. Turn left:

    Move left onto Squire's Bridge Road.

    Squire's Bridge Road739 m

  144. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Laleham Road/B376.

    Laleham Road523 m

  145. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Shepperton Road/B376.

    15 m

  146. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Shepperton Road/B376.

    Shepperton Road1.6 km

  147. Turn right:

    Move right onto The Broadway/B377. Continue on B377.

    B3772.2 km

  148. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Kingston Road/B377.

    Kingston Road146 m

  149. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A308/Staines By-Pass.

    15 m

  150. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A308/Staines By-Pass. Continue on A308.

    A3082.2 km

  151. Roundabout:

    Enter Crooked Billet Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A3044.

    Crooked Billet Roundabout159 m

  152. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A3044.

    A30442.3 km

  153. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Park Road/B378.

    Park Road898 m

  154. Turn left:

    Move left onto High Street.

    High Street486 m

  155. Turn right:

    Move right onto Bedfont Road.

    Bedfont Road1.5 km

  156. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Stanwell Road.

    99 m

  157. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road751 m

  158. Turn right:

    Turn right onto A30/Great South West Road.

    A30457 m

  159. Roundabout:

    Enter Clockhouse Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Clockhouse Lane/B3003.

    Clockhouse Roundabout92 m

  160. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Clockhouse Lane/B3003.

    Clockhouse Lane1.9 km

  161. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Clockhouse Lane/B3003.

    100 m

  162. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Clockhouse Lane/B3003.

    Clockhouse Lane367 m

  163. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Parkland Road.

    Parkland Road166 m

  164. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Parkland Grove.

    Parkland Grove491 m

  165. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Church Road/B378.

    Church Road357 m

  166. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Dudley Road.

    Dudley Road89 m

  167. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Clarendon Road.

    Clarendon Road246 m

  168. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road430 m

  169. Arrive:

    You have arrived at your destination.

Directions for the Ashford (Kent) · Route 13 · variant 2 loop. Always drive to the road and conditions you see, not the list — signs, signals and other traffic take priority.

Local roads & landmarks

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.

Stations

Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around these.

  • Upper Halliford

Churches

Useful navigation anchors on the loop.

  • Ashford Congregational Church
  • St Michael's
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist Walton and Weybridge
  • Church of St Mary Magdalene
  • Evangelist & Presbyterian Church

Parks & green space

Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.

  • Heath

Pubs

Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.

  • Flintgate
  • Kings Head
  • Freeman Arms
  • Harrow

Shops & parades

Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.

  • Goodmans Grooming
  • Kwik-Fit Weybridge
  • ANA Carpets
  • Ashford Kitchens & Interiors

Watch out for

  • Multiple roundabouts

    Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.

  • Dual-carriageway join

    About 6.9 km of this loop is dual carriageway. Build your speed on the slip road, take an effective rearward observation, and merge without forcing other traffic to brake.

  • Changing speed limits

    Limits change across this route (20, 30, 40, 50 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.

Drive it: landmark by landmark

Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.

  1. Ashford Congregational Church

    Start near Ashford Congregational Church.

  2. St Michael's

    Continue to St Michael's.

  3. Goodmans Grooming

    Continue to Goodmans Grooming.

  4. First Church of Christ, Scientist Walton and Weybridge

    Continue to First Church of Christ, Scientist Walton and Weybridge.

  5. Flintgate

    Continue to Flintgate.

  6. Heath

    Continue to Heath.

  7. Kwik-Fit Weybridge

    Continue to Kwik-Fit Weybridge.

  8. Upper Halliford

    Continue to Upper Halliford.

  9. Kings Head

    Continue to Kings Head.

  10. Freeman Arms

    Continue to Freeman Arms.

  11. Harrow

    Continue to Harrow.

  12. Church of St Mary Magdalene

    Continue to Church of St Mary Magdalene.

  13. Kingfisher

    Continue to Kingfisher.

  14. Evangelist & Presbyterian Church

    Continue to Evangelist & Presbyterian Church.

  15. Weybridge Methodist Church

    Continue to Weybridge Methodist Church.

  16. ANA Carpets

    Continue to ANA Carpets.

  17. All Saints Church

    Continue to All Saints Church.

  18. Swan

    Continue to Swan.

  19. Bedfont Lakes country park visitors area.

    Continue to Bedfont Lakes country park visitors area..

  20. Ashford Kitchens & Interiors

    Finish back near Ashford Kitchens & Interiors, completing the loop.

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Route FAQs

This route is 91.3 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Ashford (Kent) test centre, not an official DVSA route.