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Ashford (Kent) · Route 2 · variant 2

Near Ashford (Kent) test centre

30.1 km
Distance
30 min
Duration
Challenging
Difficulty
19
Manoeuvres
Difficulty: Moderate

Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 5 roundabouts, 13 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 22 navigation steps.

How this route is examined

This is an independent 30.1 km practice route near Ashford (Kent) 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, dual-carriageway joins, 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 pubs, churches, shops and schools, 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.

7
Left turns
6
Right turns
5
Roundabouts
4
Traffic lights
22
Total steps

Skills & features

34
Roundabouts
8.5 km
Dual carriageway
30, 40, 50 mph
Speed limits
20
Landmarks

This route helps you practise:

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

Road mix

  • B-roads 10.1 km
  • Trunk roads 8.5 km
  • Residential 6.0 km
  • Minor roads 4.5 km
  • Unclassified 0.8 km
  • service_other 0.0 km

Turn-by-turn directions

The full 78-step drive on real, named roads (about 30.1 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 Road423 m

  7. Turn left:

    Move left onto Station Road.

    Station Road74 m

  8. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Woodthorpe Road.

    Woodthorpe Road361 m

  9. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road381 m

  10. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Stanwell Road/B378.

    Stanwell Road250 m

  11. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Salcombe Road.

    Salcombe Road386 m

  12. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Station Crescent.

    Station Crescent403 m

  13. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Stanwell Road/B378.

    Stanwell Road48 m

  14. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road381 m

  15. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road24 m

  16. Turn right:

    Move right onto Woodthorpe Road.

    Woodthorpe Road264 m

  17. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Ashford Close.

    Ashford Close134 m

  18. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Ashford Close.

    Ashford Close78 m

  19. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Woodthorpe Road.

    Woodthorpe Road263 m

  20. Turn left:

    Move left onto Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road24 m

  21. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road381 m

  22. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Stanwell Road/B378.

    Stanwell Road509 m

  23. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Kenilworth Road.

    Kenilworth Road489 m

  24. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Cumberland Road.

    Cumberland Road36 m

  25. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Cumberland Road.

    Cumberland Road21 m

  26. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Kenilworth Road.

    Kenilworth Road457 m

  27. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Stanwell Road/B378.

    Stanwell Road509 m

  28. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road381 m

  29. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Woodthorpe Road.

    Woodthorpe Road361 m

  30. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Station Road.

    Station Road74 m

  31. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Church Road/B378. Continue on B378.

    B3781.0 km

  32. Turn right:

    Turn right onto A30/Staines Road.

    A30881 m

  33. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on A30/Staines Road.

    A301.1 km

  34. Roundabout:

    Enter Clockhouse Roundabout and take the 6th exit onto A30/Staines Road.

    Clockhouse Roundabout226 m

  35. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A30/Staines Road.

    A301.0 km

  36. Turn left:

    Move left to stay on Staines Road.

    Staines Road174 m

  37. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn at Orchard Way onto A30/Staines Road.

    A30119 m

  38. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Short Lane.

    Short Lane903 m

  39. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Long Lane.

    Long Lane628 m

  40. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Holywell Way.

    Holywell Way280 m

  41. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Stonewell Road.

    Stonewell Road100 m

  42. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Longford Way.

    Longford Way188 m

  43. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Longford Avenue.

    Longford Avenue76 m

  44. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Holywell Way.

    Holywell Way155 m

  45. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Long Lane.

    Long Lane155 m

  46. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Ravensbourne Avenue.

    Ravensbourne Avenue404 m

  47. Turn right:

    Move right onto Hadrian Way.

    Hadrian Way126 m

  48. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Hadrian Close.

    Hadrian Close26 m

  49. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn to stay on Hadrian Close.

    Hadrian Close26 m

  50. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Hadrian Way.

    Hadrian Way138 m

  51. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Clare Road.

    Clare Road256 m

  52. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Frobisher Crescent.

    Frobisher Crescent30 m

  53. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Frobisher Crescent.

    Frobisher Crescent28 m

  54. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Clare Road.

    Clare Road735 m

  55. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Town Lane/B378. Continue on B378.

    B3782.5 km

  56. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto B377.

    11 m

  57. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B377.

    B377151 m

  58. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Convent Road/B3003.

    61 m

  59. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Convent Road/B3003. Continue on Convent Road.

    Convent Road463 m

  60. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Feltham Hill Road.

    Feltham Hill Road335 m

  61. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Park Road.

    Park Road363 m

  62. Turn left:

    Move left onto Chalmers Road East.

    Chalmers Road East204 m

  63. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Feltham Road/B377.

    Feltham Road521 m

  64. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto B377.

    36 m

  65. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto B377.

    B377150 m

  66. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Church Road/B378.

    59 m

  67. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Church Road/B378.

    Church Road746 m

  68. Turn left:

    Move left onto Station Road.

    Station Road74 m

  69. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Woodthorpe Road.

    Woodthorpe Road385 m

  70. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Stanwell Road.

    Stanwell Road764 m

  71. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road247 m

  72. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A308/Staines By-Pass.

    121 m

  73. Leave roundabout:

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

    A3082.2 km

  74. Roundabout:

    Enter Crooked Billet Roundabout and take the 7th exit onto A308.

    Crooked Billet Roundabout264 m

  75. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A308.

    A3082.2 km

  76. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    14 m

  77. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Fordbridge Road/B377.

    Fordbridge Road481 m

  78. Arrive:

    You have arrived at your destination.

Directions for the Ashford (Kent) · Route 2 · 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.

  • Ashford Platform 1

Schools

Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near these.

  • Fordway Centre

Churches

Useful navigation anchors on the loop.

  • St Michael's
  • Salvation Army
  • St Hilda
  • Ashford & Staines Community Centre
  • St Matthew's

Parks & green space

Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.

  • Scott Freeman Garden

Pubs

Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.

  • Kings Fairway
  • Sir John Gibson
  • Kings Head
  • Freeman Arms

Shops & parades

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

  • Coscutter
  • McDonald's
  • Mercury Cars
  • Ancaster

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 8.5 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 (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. Kings Fairway

    Start near Kings Fairway.

  2. St Michael's

    Continue to St Michael's.

  3. Coscutter

    Continue to Coscutter.

  4. Fordway Centre

    Continue to Fordway Centre.

  5. Salvation Army

    Continue to Salvation Army.

  6. St Hilda

    Continue to St Hilda.

  7. Ashford Platform 1

    Continue to Ashford Platform 1.

  8. Scott Freeman Garden

    Continue to Scott Freeman Garden.

  9. McDonald's

    Continue to McDonald's.

  10. Mercury Cars

    Continue to Mercury Cars.

  11. Ancaster

    Continue to Ancaster.

  12. Ashford & Staines Community Centre

    Continue to Ashford & Staines Community Centre.

  13. Londis

    Continue to Londis.

  14. Sir John Gibson

    Continue to Sir John Gibson.

  15. Woking & Sam Beare Hospice

    Continue to Woking & Sam Beare Hospice.

  16. Kings Head

    Continue to Kings Head.

  17. St Matthew's

    Continue to St Matthew's.

  18. Freeman Arms

    Continue to Freeman Arms.

  19. Second Chance Emporium

    Continue to Second Chance Emporium.

  20. Best-one

    Finish back near Best-one, completing the loop.

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Route FAQs

This route is 30.1 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Ashford (Kent) test centre, not an official DVSA route.