Near Bangor test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 14 roundabouts and 9 turns across 26 navigation steps.
This is an independent 32.3 km practice route near Bangor 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.
On this route you’ll practise multiple roundabouts, national-speed roads, 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 shops, churches, pubs and stations, 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 Bangor 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 101-step drive on real, named roads (about 32.3 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive south.
211 m
Turn left.
270 m
Turn left.
287 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai193 m
Keep left to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai121 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Ffordd Llandegai.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai.
Ffordd Llandegai317 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Llandegai.
Ffordd Llandegai969 m
Turn right onto Ponc y Lôn.
Ponc y Lôn397 m
Keep right to stay on Ponc y Lôn.
Ponc y Lôn531 m
Turn right onto Lon Ddwr.
Lon Ddwr384 m
Keep right to stay on Lon Ddwr.
Lon Ddwr253 m
Move left onto Ffordd Llandegai.
Ffordd Llandegai653 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai314 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai280 m
Keep left to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai108 m
Keep left to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai224 m
Keep left to stay on A5.
A51.6 km
Keep straight to take Garth Road/A5.
Garth Road100 m
Keep left to stay on A5.
A51.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Ffordd Deiniol/A5.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Deiniol/A5.
Ffordd Deiniol145 m
Turn left onto Farrar Road/A5. Continue on A5.
A5293 m
Move left onto Caernarfon Road/A4087.
Caernarfon Road350 m
Keep left to stay on Caernarfon Road/A4087.
Caernarfon Road455 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Ffordd Caernarfon/A4087.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Caernarfon/A4087. Continue on A4087.
A4087421 m
Turn right onto Ffordd Coed Mawr.
Ffordd Coed Mawr126 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Coed Mawr.
Ffordd Coed Mawr76 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Ffordd Coed Mawr.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Coed Mawr.
Ffordd Coed Mawr95 m
Keep straight to stay on Ffordd Coed Mawr.
Ffordd Coed Mawr139 m
Turn left onto Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road27 m
Turn right onto Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos56 m
Keep left to stay on Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos57 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos114 m
Turn right onto Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road917 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ffordd Penrhos.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Penrhos.
Ffordd Penrhos39 m
Keep left to take Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road701 m
Keep left to stay on Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road40 m
Turn right.
245 m
Enter Treborth Road Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road Roundabout100 m
Exit the roundabout onto Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road1.0 km
Keep right to stay on Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road586 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Menai Bridge/A5.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Menai Bridge/A5.
Menai Bridge103 m
Turn right to stay on Menai Bridge/A5.
Menai Bridge486 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Telford Road/A545.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Telford Road/A545. Continue on A545.
A545626 m
Turn right onto St. George's Road.
St. George's Road143 m
Turn right to stay on St. George's Road.
St. George's Road32 m
Turn right onto Ffordd y Coleg.
Ffordd y Coleg136 m
Turn left onto High Street/A545. Continue on A545.
A545296 m
Keep right to stay on A545.
A545209 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Menai Bridge/A5.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Menai Bridge/A5.
Menai Bridge481 m
Turn left to stay on Menai Bridge/A5.
Menai Bridge111 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Treborth Road/A487.
69 m
Exit the roundabout onto Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road491 m
Turn left onto Ffordd Menai.
Ffordd Menai524 m
Turn left onto Ffordd Penrhos.
Ffordd Penrhos22 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Penrhos Road.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road917 m
Turn left onto Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos56 m
Keep left to stay on Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos57 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rhodfa Penrhos.
Rhodfa Penrhos114 m
Turn right onto Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road918 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ffordd Penrhos.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Penrhos.
Ffordd Penrhos39 m
Keep left to take Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road701 m
Keep left to stay on Penrhos Road.
Penrhos Road40 m
Turn right.
245 m
Enter Treborth Road Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road Roundabout100 m
Exit the roundabout onto Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road1.0 km
Keep right to stay on Treborth Road/A487.
Treborth Road586 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Ffordd Caergybi/A5.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Caergybi/A5.
Ffordd Caergybi976 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Ffordd Caergybi/A5.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Caergybi/A5.
Ffordd Caergybi1.7 km
Turn left onto Ffordd Deiniol/A5.
Ffordd Deiniol46 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Deiniol/A5.
Ffordd Deiniol77 m
Move right onto Farrar Road/A5. Continue on A5.
A5320 m
Move right onto Station Road/B5107.
Station Road703 m
Turn right onto College Road.
College Road589 m
Move right onto Upper Garth Road.
Upper Garth Road120 m
Turn right onto Lôn Cariadon.
Lôn Cariadon363 m
Turn left onto Garth Road/A5. Continue on A5.
A52.3 km
Keep left to take Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai101 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai154 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai280 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai193 m
Keep left to stay on Ffordd Llandegai/A5.
Ffordd Llandegai121 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Ffordd Llandegai.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ffordd Llandegai.
Ffordd Llandegai317 m
Keep right to stay on Ffordd Llandegai.
Ffordd Llandegai757 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Bangor · Route 6 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.
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.
Changing speed limits
Limits change across this route (20, 30, 40, 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.
Andy's Tyres
Start near Andy's Tyres.
St Cross Church
Continue to St Cross Church.
Lord Nelson
Continue to Lord Nelson.
Bangor Bus Station
Continue to Bangor Bus Station.
Ffordd Deiniol
Continue to Ffordd Deiniol.
St David's Church
Continue to St David's Church.
City Spice
Continue to City Spice.
Goleufryn
Continue to Goleufryn.
Hafod Elfyn
Continue to Hafod Elfyn.
Penrhos Community Centre
Continue to Penrhos Community Centre.
Ysgol y Faenol
Continue to Ysgol y Faenol.
Antelope
Continue to Antelope.
English Presbyterian Church
Continue to English Presbyterian Church.
Victoria Hotel
Continue to Victoria Hotel.
Penrhos Garnedd
Continue to Penrhos Garnedd.
Top Coed Mawr
Continue to Top Coed Mawr.
Y Bistro
Continue to Y Bistro.
Eifionydd
Continue to Eifionydd.
Bangor Railway Station
Continue to Bangor Railway Station.
Bangor
Finish back near Bangor, completing the loop.
20 roundabouts · 9 turns
11 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 15 turns
11 roundabouts · 13 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 32.3 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Bangor test centre, not an official DVSA route.