Near Aylesbury test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts and 20 turns across 30 navigation steps.
This is an independent 53.0 km practice route near Aylesbury test centre, taking roughly 40 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.
Along the way you'll meet Coldharbour Way, Vale Park Drive and Wendover Road. Knowing the approach, lane and exit at each one before you arrive is the difference between a planned manoeuvre and a last-second reaction, and last-second reactions are where avoidable faults come from.
On this route you’ll practise multiple roundabouts, dual-carriageway joins, national-speed roads, 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 named junctions, churches, pubs 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 Aylesbury 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 180-step drive on real, named roads (about 53.5 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northeast.
16 m
Turn right onto Smeaton Close.
Smeaton Close56 m
Turn right to stay on Smeaton Close.
Smeaton Close97 m
Turn left onto Brunel Road.
Brunel Road144 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Coldharbour Way.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Coldharbour Way.
Coldharbour Way207 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Coldharbour Way.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Coldharbour Way.
Coldharbour Way211 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Griffin Lane.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Griffin Lane.
Griffin Lane157 m
Keep right to stay on Griffin Lane.
Griffin Lane582 m
Turn right onto A41/Bicester Road.
A41229 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A41/Gatehouse Road.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Gatehouse Road.
A41670 m
Keep right to stay on A41/Gatehouse Road.
A41110 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A41/Friarage Road.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Friarage Road.
A41210 m
Keep right to stay on A41/Friarage Road.
A4165 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A41/Friarage Road.
7 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Friarage Road.
A41329 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A41/Friarage Road.
4 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Friarage Road.
A41125 m
Enter Exchange Street and take the 2nd exit onto A413/Walton Street.
Exchange Street59 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Walton Street. Continue on A413.
A413534 m
Keep right to stay on A413.
A413133 m
Turn right onto A413/Walton Street.
A413550 m
Enter Exchange Street and take the 3rd exit onto A413/Walton Street.
Exchange Street94 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Walton Street. Continue on A413.
A413534 m
Keep left to stay on A413.
A4131.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A413/Wendover Road.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413895 m
Turn left onto Westminster Drive.
Westminster Drive312 m
Turn left onto Ringstead Way.
Ringstead Way60 m
Turn right onto Glenfield Close.
Glenfield Close7 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Glenfield Close.
Glenfield Close7 m
Turn left onto Ringstead Way.
Ringstead Way114 m
Turn left onto Lynwood Road.
Lynwood Road117 m
Turn right onto Elm Farm Road.
Elm Farm Road134 m
Turn left onto Hazlehurst Drive.
Hazlehurst Drive243 m
Turn left onto Waivers Way.
Waivers Way30 m
Keep right to stay on Waivers Way.
Waivers Way133 m
Turn left onto Charmfield Road.
Charmfield Road302 m
Turn left onto Elm Farm Road.
Elm Farm Road168 m
Turn left onto Hazlehurst Drive.
Hazlehurst Drive243 m
Turn left onto Waivers Way.
Waivers Way164 m
Turn right onto Charmfield Road.
Charmfield Road129 m
Turn right onto Weill Road.
Weill Road226 m
Turn right onto Patrick Way.
Patrick Way118 m
Keep left to stay on Patrick Way.
Patrick Way82 m
Turn left onto Eascote Road.
Eascote Road140 m
Turn left onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413364 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A413/Wendover Road.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Wendover Road. Continue on A413.
A4131.4 km
Turn right onto A413/Walton Street.
A413550 m
Enter Exchange Street and take the 2nd exit.
Exchange Street64 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Exchange Street.
A41282 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
A41893 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Upper Hundreds Way/A413.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Upper Hundreds Way/A413.
Upper Hundreds Way230 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto New Street/A413.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto New Street/A413. Continue on A413.
A413382 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A413.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413.
A41355 m
Move left onto New Street/A413. Continue on New Street.
New Street319 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Upper Hundreds Way/A413.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Upper Hundreds Way/A413.
Upper Hundreds Way236 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
A41895 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A41/Exchange Street.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/Exchange Street.
A41276 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A413/Walton Street.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Walton Street. Continue on A413.
A413534 m
Keep left to stay on A413.
A4131.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A413/Wendover Road.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413324 m
Make a sharp left onto Elm Farm Road.
Elm Farm Road38 m
Turn left to stay on Elm Farm Road.
Elm Farm Road40 m
Turn right onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413270 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A413/Wendover Road.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Wendover Road.
A41322 m
Keep left to stay on A413/Wendover Road.
A413583 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A413/Wendover Road.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413164 m
Enter Hampden Hall Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A413.
Hampden Hall Roundabout30 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413.
A413284 m
Keep left to stay on A413.
A413479 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A413.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413.
A413339 m
Keep right to stay on A413.
A413235 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Marroway.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Marroway.
Marroway227 m
Keep right to stay on Marroway.
Marroway654 m
Turn right onto World's End Lane.
World's End Lane817 m
Keep right to stay on World's End Lane.
World's End Lane945 m
Turn right onto Wendover Road/B4009.
Wendover Road511 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Wendover Road.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto Wendover Road.
Wendover Road1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Marroway.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Marroway.
Marroway159 m
Keep right to stay on Marroway.
Marroway722 m
Move left onto Main Street.
Main Street593 m
Turn left onto New Road.
New Road872 m
Turn right to stay on New Road.
New Road752 m
Turn right to stay on New Road.
New Road999 m
Turn left onto A41.
A41459 m
Keep right to take A41/Tring Road.
A41604 m
Keep right to stay on A41/Tring Road.
A41485 m
Turn right onto Oakfield Road/A4157.
Oakfield Road372 m
Keep straight to stay on Oakfield Road/A4157.
Oakfield Road212 m
Keep left to stay on A4157.
A4157748 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road70 m
Make a right U-turn at Hastoe Park to stay on Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road73 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
138 m
Exit the roundabout onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road1.1 km
Turn right onto A413.
A413179 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Buckingham Road/A413.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Buckingham Road/A413. Continue on A413.
A413805 m
Continue on A413.
A41359 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A413.
85 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413.
A41318 m
Keep right to stay on A413.
A413116 m
Keep right to stay on A413.
A413114 m
Keep left to stay on A413.
A4131.6 km
Turn right onto New Road.
New Road66 m
Keep left to stay on New Road.
New Road230 m
Keep straight to stay on New Road.
New Road170 m
Keep straight to stay on New Road.
New Road315 m
Move right onto Aston Abbotts Road.
Aston Abbotts Road27 m
Make a sharp right.
21 m
Turn right onto Stockaway.
Stockaway18 m
Turn left.
2 m
Move left onto New Road.
New Road2.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Prince Rupert Drive.
89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Prince Rupert Drive.
Prince Rupert Drive189 m
Turn left.
5 m
Make a sharp right.
57 m
Move left onto Martin Dalby Way.
Martin Dalby Way116 m
Keep left to stay on Martin Dalby Way.
Martin Dalby Way1.7 km
Keep right to stay on Martin Dalby Way.
Martin Dalby Way476 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Paradise Orchard.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto Paradise Orchard.
Paradise Orchard365 m
Turn left onto A41/Bicester Road.
A41669 m
Turn left onto Jackson Road.
Jackson Road178 m
Keep left to stay on Jackson Road.
Jackson Road326 m
Turn left onto Aston Close.
Aston Close42 m
Turn left to stay on Aston Close.
Aston Close28 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Aston Close.
Aston Close28 m
Turn right to stay on Aston Close.
Aston Close42 m
Turn left onto Jackson Road.
Jackson Road494 m
Turn left onto Meadowcroft.
Meadowcroft1.0 km
Turn left onto Weedon Road/A4157. Continue on A4157.
A41571.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Douglas Road/A4157.
51 m
Exit the roundabout onto Douglas Road/A4157.
Douglas Road759 m
Keep left to take Oakfield Road/A4157.
Oakfield Road209 m
Keep right to stay on Oakfield Road/A4157.
Oakfield Road372 m
Turn left onto A41.
A4176 m
Keep left to take A41/Tring Road.
A41231 m
Keep right to stay on A41/Tring Road.
A41833 m
Turn right onto Bedgrove.
Bedgrove472 m
Turn right onto Long Meadow.
Long Meadow81 m
Turn right onto New Meadow.
New Meadow104 m
Turn left onto Dover Hedge.
Dover Hedge101 m
Keep straight to stay on Dover Hedge.
Dover Hedge137 m
Turn left onto Queens Mead.
Queens Mead174 m
Turn left onto Craigwell Avenue.
Craigwell Avenue205 m
Move right to stay on Craigwell Avenue.
Craigwell Avenue141 m
Keep straight to stay on Craigwell Avenue.
Craigwell Avenue98 m
Turn right onto Limes Avenue.
Limes Avenue77 m
Keep left to stay on Limes Avenue.
Limes Avenue117 m
Turn right onto Regent Road.
Regent Road328 m
Turn left onto A41/Tring Road.
A411.2 km
Keep left to take A41/Tring Road.
A4182 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Walton Road.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Walton Road.
Walton Road554 m
Turn left onto A413.
A41359 m
Keep right to stay on A413.
A413133 m
Turn right onto A413/Walton Street.
A413438 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Aylesbury · Route 14 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.
Decide your lane and exit on the approach to each of these, get set up early.
Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
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.
Dual-carriageway join
About 20.5 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, 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.
Coldharbour Way
Start near Coldharbour Way.
Holy Trinity, Walton
Continue to Holy Trinity, Walton.
Broad Leys
Continue to Broad Leys.
William Harding Combined School (Juniors
Continue to William Harding Combined School (Juniors.
William Harding Combined School (Infants)
Continue to William Harding Combined School (Infants).
White Hart
Continue to White Hart.
Vale Park Drive
Continue to Vale Park Drive, taking the junction with good observation.
Wendover Road
Continue to Wendover Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Chandos Arms
Continue to Chandos Arms.
Five Bells
Continue to Five Bells.
Plough
Continue to Plough.
St Clare's Roman Catholic Church
Continue to St Clare's Roman Catholic Church.
Horse and Jockey
Continue to Horse and Jockey.
Weedon Methodist Church
Continue to Weedon Methodist Church.
Cotton Wheel
Continue to Cotton Wheel.
Mak Wines
Continue to Mak Wines.
Subway
Continue to Subway.
Limes Avenue Baptist
Continue to Limes Avenue Baptist.
Computer Block
Continue to Computer Block.
Millwrights
Finish back near Millwrights, completing the loop.
11 roundabouts · 10 turns
10 roundabouts · 11 turns
11 roundabouts · 11 turns
9 roundabouts · 20 turns · 2 sets of lights
This route is 53.0 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Aylesbury test centre, not an official DVSA route.