Near Aylesbury test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 10 roundabouts and 22 turns across 35 navigation steps.
This is an independent 32.6 km practice route near Aylesbury test centre, taking roughly 50 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, Bicester Road and Vale Park Drive. 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, 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, parks, churches 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 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 132-step drive on real, named roads (about 33.2 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 right onto Waivers Way.
Waivers Way113 m
Turn left onto Dalesford Road.
Dalesford Road347 m
Turn left onto Elham Way.
Elham Way306 m
Turn left onto Patrick Way.
Patrick Way130 m
Keep left to stay on Patrick Way.
Patrick Way54 m
Turn left onto Kingsland Road.
Kingsland Road331 m
Turn left onto Dalesford Road.
Dalesford Road215 m
Turn left onto Elham Way.
Elham Way306 m
Turn left onto Patrick Way.
Patrick Way130 m
Keep left to stay on Patrick Way.
Patrick Way54 m
Turn left onto Kingsland Road.
Kingsland Road331 m
Turn left onto Dalesford Road.
Dalesford Road215 m
Turn left onto Elham Way.
Elham Way306 m
Turn left onto Patrick Way.
Patrick Way48 m
Turn right onto Eascote Road.
Eascote Road141 m
Turn left onto A413/Wendover Road.
A413364 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Camborne Avenue.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Camborne Avenue.
Camborne Avenue387 m
Turn left onto Long Meadow.
Long Meadow144 m
Turn left onto Crosland Road.
Crosland Road144 m
Turn right onto Turnfurlong Lane.
Turnfurlong Lane627 m
Turn left onto Wendover Way.
Wendover Way53 m
Turn right onto Turnfurlong.
Turnfurlong648 m
Turn left onto Walton Road.
Walton Road43 m
Keep right to stay on Walton Road.
Walton Road261 m
Turn left onto A413.
A41359 m
Keep left to stay on A413.
A413520 m
Turn left onto Wendover Way.
Wendover Way388 m
Keep left to stay on Wendover Way.
Wendover Way61 m
Turn right onto Turnfurlong Lane.
Turnfurlong Lane627 m
Turn left onto Crosland Road.
Crosland Road145 m
Turn right onto Long Meadow.
Long Meadow143 m
Turn left onto Camborne Avenue.
Camborne Avenue600 m
Keep right to take Bedgrove.
Bedgrove535 m
Move left onto Camborne Avenue.
Camborne Avenue41 m
Turn left onto A41/Tring Road.
A41650 m
Keep right to stay on A41.
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 Oakfield Road/A4157.
Oakfield Road748 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A418/Bierton Road.
103 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Bierton Road.
A418240 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A418.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418.
A41817 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A418/Aylesbury Road.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Aylesbury Road.
A418325 m
Keep right to stay on A418/Aylesbury Road.
A418160 m
Keep left to stay on A418/Aylesbury Road.
A418315 m
Turn right onto Parsons Lane.
Parsons Lane182 m
Turn left onto Burcott Close.
Burcott Close10 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Burcott Close.
Burcott Close10 m
Turn right onto Parsons Lane.
Parsons Lane182 m
Turn right onto A418/Aylesbury Road.
A4181.2 km
Make a right U-turn at Eastern Link Road to stay on A418.
A4181.6 km
Keep left to stay on A418/Aylesbury Road.
A418401 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A418.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418.
A41816 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Oldhams Meadow.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Oldhams Meadow.
Oldhams Meadow198 m
Turn left onto Cleveland Park.
Cleveland Park10 m
Keep left to stay on Cleveland Park.
Cleveland Park573 m
Turn left onto Verwood Road.
Verwood Road108 m
Turn right onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road601 m
Turn right onto A413.
A413179 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A413.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto A413.
A413172 m
Turn left onto Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road256 m
Make a right U-turn at Radnor End to stay on Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road271 m
Make a right U-turn at A413 to stay on Elmhurst Road/A4157.
Elmhurst Road1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A418/Bierton Road.
101 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Bierton Road.
A418619 m
Move right onto Cambridge Street.
Cambridge Street365 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Cambridge Street.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cambridge Street.
Cambridge Street370 m
Move left onto A418/Bierton Road.
A418108 m
Turn left onto Manor Road.
Manor Road248 m
Turn right onto Vale Road.
Vale Road192 m
Turn right onto Tindal Road.
Tindal Road257 m
Turn right onto A418/Bierton Road.
A418323 m
Turn left to stay on A418.
A418194 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
A418238 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
7 m
Exit the roundabout onto A418/Vale Park Drive.
A41895 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A41/High Street.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto A41/High Street.
A41474 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Walton Road.
101 m
Exit the roundabout onto Walton Road.
Walton Road257 m
Keep right to stay on Walton Road.
Walton Road296 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 5 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.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.
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 15.1 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.
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.
Bicester Road
Continue to Bicester Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Mingle Bob
Continue to Mingle Bob.
Holy Trinity, Walton
Continue to Holy Trinity, Walton.
Aylesbury Police Station
Continue to Aylesbury Police Station.
Broad Leys
Continue to Broad Leys.
William Harding Combined School (Infants)
Continue to William Harding Combined School (Infants).
William Harding Preschool
Continue to William Harding Preschool.
Turnfurlong Junior School
Continue to Turnfurlong Junior School.
Millwrights
Continue to Millwrights.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Continue to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Plough
Continue to Plough.
Haddington Way Park
Continue to Haddington Way Park.
Bierton: St James the Great
Continue to Bierton: St James the Great.
Bell
Continue to Bell.
Dairy Maid
Continue to Dairy Maid.
St Clare's Roman Catholic Church
Continue to St Clare's Roman Catholic Church.
Weavers
Continue to Weavers.
Vale Park Drive
Continue to Vale Park Drive, taking the junction with good observation.
Computer Block
Finish back near Computer Block, completing the loop.
11 roundabouts · 10 turns
10 roundabouts · 11 turns
11 roundabouts · 11 turns
8 roundabouts · 20 turns
This route is 32.6 km and takes about 50 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Aylesbury test centre, not an official DVSA route.