Near Belvedere test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 19 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 30 navigation steps.
This is an independent 35.0 km practice loop near Belvedere 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 Lower Road and Bedonwell 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, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads, independent driving 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, pubs, schools and named junctions, 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 Belvedere 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 119-step drive on real, named roads (about 34.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west on Woolwich Road.
Woolwich Road140 m
Turn left onto Harold Avenue.
Harold Avenue319 m
Turn left onto Barnfield Road.
Barnfield Road240 m
Turn left onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road421 m
Turn right onto A206.
A206332 m
Turn left onto Essenden Road.
Essenden Road79 m
Turn left to stay on Essenden Road.
Essenden Road155 m
Turn left to stay on Essenden Road.
Essenden Road53 m
Turn right onto A206.
A206130 m
Turn right onto Heron Hill.
Heron Hill833 m
Turn right onto Gilbert Road/B213. Continue on B213.
B213498 m
Turn right onto Picardy Road/B250.
Picardy Road17 m
Turn left onto Lower Park Road.
Lower Park Road731 m
Turn left onto Erith Road/A206.
Erith Road690 m
Turn left onto Tower Road.
Tower Road266 m
Turn right to stay on Tower Road.
Tower Road29 m
Turn right onto Tower Court.
Tower Court93 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Tower Court.
Tower Court93 m
Turn left onto Tower Road.
Tower Road29 m
Turn left to stay on Tower Road.
Tower Road266 m
Turn right onto Erith Road/A206.
Erith Road738 m
Turn left onto Brook Street.
Brook Street1.4 km
Turn right onto Belmont Road.
Belmont Road181 m
Turn right onto Byron Drive.
Byron Drive193 m
Turn left onto Wilde Road.
Wilde Road65 m
Turn left onto Bronte Close.
Bronte Close59 m
Turn left to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close64 m
Turn left.
15 m
Make a right U-turn.
15 m
Turn right onto Bronte Close.
Bronte Close64 m
Turn right to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close59 m
Turn right onto Wilde Road.
Wilde Road65 m
Turn right onto Byron Drive.
Byron Drive193 m
Turn left onto Belmont Road.
Belmont Road181 m
Turn left onto Brook Street.
Brook Street1.4 km
Turn right onto Erith Road/A206.
Erith Road48 m
Turn left onto Upper Park Road.
Upper Park Road731 m
Turn right onto Picardy Road/B250.
Picardy Road17 m
Turn right onto Lower Road/B213. Continue on Lower Road.
Lower Road270 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Picardy Manorway/B253.
4 m
Exit the roundabout onto Picardy Manorway/B253.
Picardy Manorway773 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Picardy Manorway/A2016.
7 m
Exit the roundabout onto Picardy Manorway/A2016.
Picardy Manorway344 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Eastern Way/A2016.
71 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eastern Way/A2016.
Eastern Way2.1 km
Take the A2041 exit.
338 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway497 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
149 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway491 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
380 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway497 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway254 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway542 m
Enter Knee Hill and take the 3rd exit onto Knee Hill/B213.
Knee Hill122 m
Exit the roundabout onto Knee Hill/B213. Continue on B213.
B21399 m
Turn left onto Wilton Road.
Wilton Road105 m
Move right onto Gayton Road.
Gayton Road79 m
Turn right onto Florence Road.
Florence Road121 m
Turn right onto Abbey Wood Road/B213. Continue on B213.
B213175 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Knee Hill/A2041.
83 m
Exit the roundabout onto Knee Hill/A2041.
Knee Hill1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brampton Road.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road725 m
Turn left onto Bowford Avenue.
Bowford Avenue301 m
Turn left onto Pickford Lane.
Pickford Lane374 m
Enter Long Lane and take the 2nd exit onto Cumberland Drive.
Long Lane30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cumberland Drive.
Cumberland Drive101 m
Move left to stay on Cumberland Drive.
Cumberland Drive340 m
Turn right to stay on Cumberland Drive.
Cumberland Drive232 m
Turn right onto King Harolds Way.
King Harolds Way105 m
Turn left onto Leckwith Avenue.
Leckwith Avenue314 m
Turn left onto Glenview.
Glenview423 m
Turn right onto West Heath Road.
West Heath Road97 m
Turn right onto Amberley Road.
Amberley Road708 m
Turn left onto King Harolds Way.
King Harolds Way326 m
Turn right onto Lenham Road.
Lenham Road247 m
Turn right onto Whitfield Road.
Whitfield Road93 m
Turn right onto Knowle Avenue.
Knowle Avenue250 m
Turn left onto Pembury Road.
Pembury Road103 m
Turn left onto Ashbourne Avenue.
Ashbourne Avenue196 m
Turn left onto Whitfield Road.
Whitfield Road263 m
Turn left onto Lenham Road.
Lenham Road149 m
Turn left onto Pembury Road.
Pembury Road288 m
Turn left onto Ashbourne Avenue.
Ashbourne Avenue378 m
Turn left onto Hythe Avenue.
Hythe Avenue379 m
Turn right onto Hurlingham Road.
Hurlingham Road431 m
Turn left onto The Pantiles.
The Pantiles91 m
Turn right onto Little Heath Road.
Little Heath Road240 m
Turn left onto Dunwich Road.
Dunwich Road526 m
Turn left onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road462 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bedonwell Road.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road682 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bedonwell Road.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road513 m
Turn right to stay on Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road200 m
Turn right onto Orchard Avenue.
Orchard Avenue224 m
Turn right to stay on Orchard Avenue.
Orchard Avenue165 m
Turn left onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road305 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Bedonwell Road.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road252 m
Turn left onto Parsonage Manorway.
Parsonage Manorway681 m
Turn right onto Brook Street.
Brook Street442 m
Turn left onto Hengist Road.
Hengist Road90 m
Turn left onto Penda Road.
Penda Road407 m
Turn left onto Carlton Road.
Carlton Road178 m
Turn right onto Brook Street.
Brook Street700 m
Turn right onto Erith Road/A206.
Erith Road310 m
Turn right onto Upper Holly Hill Road.
Upper Holly Hill Road209 m
Turn right onto Holly Hill Road.
Holly Hill Road239 m
Turn right onto Rutland Gate.
Rutland Gate99 m
Turn left onto Erith Road/A206.
Erith Road401 m
Turn left onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road385 m
Move right.
12 m
Turn right.
20 m
Move right onto Albert Road.
Albert Road55 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Belvedere · Route 2 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.
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.
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, 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.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Free Grace Baptist Church
Start near Free Grace Baptist Church.
Village Inn
Continue to Village Inn.
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School
Continue to St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School.
St Augustine’s Church
Continue to St Augustine’s Church.
Belvedere Methodist Church
Continue to Belvedere Methodist Church.
Erith Fire Station
Continue to Erith Fire Station.
Duchess of Kent
Continue to Duchess of Kent.
Northumberland Heath Childrens Centre
Continue to Northumberland Heath Childrens Centre.
Lower Road
Continue to Lower Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Morgan
Continue to Morgan.
Southmere Lake
Continue to Southmere Lake.
Abbey Wood Station
Continue to Abbey Wood Station.
Overton Road
Continue to Overton Road.
Conference Road
Continue to Conference Road.
St Andrew
Continue to St Andrew.
St Peter's
Continue to St Peter's.
Pantiles Methodist Church
Continue to Pantiles Methodist Church.
Bedonwell Road
Continue to Bedonwell Road, taking the junction with good observation.
All Saints
Continue to All Saints.
Belvedere Baptist Church
Finish back near Belvedere Baptist Church, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 16 turns · 1 set of lights
5 roundabouts · 16 turns
7 roundabouts · 18 turns · 2 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 7 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 35.0 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Belvedere test centre, not an official DVSA route.