Near Belvedere test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 18 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 73.2 km practice route 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 Brampton Road and Oakfield Lane. 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, 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 churches, schools, named junctions 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 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 171-step drive on real, named roads (about 73.7 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 Road141 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 right onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road673 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Bedonwell Road.
36 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road628 m
Keep right to take King Harolds Way.
King Harolds Way36 m
Turn right onto Leckwith Avenue.
Leckwith Avenue314 m
Turn left onto Glenview.
Glenview423 m
Turn left onto West Heath Road.
West Heath Road79 m
Turn left onto Canberra Road.
Canberra Road293 m
Turn left onto Lessness Avenue.
Lessness Avenue96 m
Turn left onto Marley Avenue.
Marley Avenue158 m
Turn right onto Heath Avenue.
Heath Avenue97 m
Turn right onto Powys Close.
Powys Close236 m
Turn left onto Abbott's Walk.
Abbott's Walk348 m
Turn right onto Leckwith Avenue.
Leckwith Avenue771 m
Enter Bedonwell Road and take the 1st exit onto Nuxley Road.
Bedonwell Road5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road179 m
Turn right onto Grosvenor Road.
Grosvenor Road70 m
Keep right to stay on Grosvenor Road.
Grosvenor Road248 m
Turn left onto Cheshunt Road.
Cheshunt Road193 m
Turn left onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road194 m
Turn left onto Stapley Road.
Stapley Road61 m
Turn right onto Lessness Road.
Lessness Road49 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Lessness Road.
Lessness Road49 m
Turn left onto Stapley Road.
Stapley Road61 m
Turn left onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road295 m
Enter Bedonwell Road and take the 2nd exit.
Bedonwell Road36 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road628 m
Keep right to take King Harolds Way.
King Harolds Way663 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brampton Road.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road841 m
Turn right onto Normanhurst Avenue.
Normanhurst Avenue276 m
Keep left to stay on Normanhurst Avenue.
Normanhurst Avenue72 m
Turn right onto Gipsy Road.
Gipsy Road675 m
Turn left onto Okehampton Crescent.
Okehampton Crescent493 m
Turn left onto Tor Road.
Tor Road76 m
Turn left onto Axminster Crescent.
Axminster Crescent513 m
Turn left onto Gipsy Road.
Gipsy Road473 m
Turn left onto First Avenue.
First Avenue271 m
Turn left onto Madison Crescent.
Madison Crescent258 m
Turn left onto Lansdowne Avenue.
Lansdowne Avenue309 m
Turn left onto First Avenue.
First Avenue352 m
Turn right onto Hadlow Road.
Hadlow Road63 m
Keep left to stay on Hadlow Road.
Hadlow Road170 m
Turn left onto Langley Road.
Langley Road256 m
Turn left onto Lodge Hill.
Lodge Hill430 m
Keep left to stay on Lodge Hill.
Lodge Hill86 m
Turn left onto Bideford Road.
Bideford Road105 m
Turn left onto Totnes Road.
Totnes Road189 m
Keep left to stay on Totnes Road.
Totnes Road99 m
Turn right onto Lodge Hill.
Lodge Hill423 m
Turn right onto Longleigh Lane.
Longleigh Lane223 m
Turn left onto West Heath Road.
West Heath Road143 m
Turn left onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road277 m
Turn left onto Woolwich Road/A206. Continue on A206.
A206319 m
Turn right onto Bostall Hill Road.
Bostall Hill Road71 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Bostall Hill Road.
Bostall Hill Road71 m
Turn left onto Bostall Hill/A206.
Bostall Hill207 m
Keep right to stay on A206.
A206111 m
Turn right onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road795 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Brampton Road.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road1.2 km
Turn left onto Basilon Road.
Basilon Road261 m
Turn left onto Pickford Lane.
Pickford Lane238 m
Turn left onto Dorcis Avenue.
Dorcis Avenue295 m
Turn right onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road883 m
Keep right to stay on Brampton Road.
Brampton Road98 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brampton Road.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brampton Road.
Brampton Road1.6 km
Enter Knee Hill and take the 4th exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Knee Hill78 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway336 m
Keep left to stay on Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway195 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway250 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Eynsham Drive.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eynsham Drive.
Eynsham Drive613 m
Turn right onto Finchale Road.
Finchale Road133 m
Turn left to stay on Finchale Road.
Finchale Road78 m
Turn right to stay on Finchale Road.
Finchale Road82 m
Turn left onto Eynsham Drive.
Eynsham Drive618 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Manorway/A2041.
Harrow Manorway491 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
266 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eastern Way/A2016.
Eastern Way1.0 km
Make a right U-turn to stay on Eastern Way/A2016.
Eastern Way694 m
Take the A2041 exit.
338 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit.
371 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eastern Way/A2016.
Eastern Way2.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Picardy Manorway/A2016.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Picardy Manorway/A2016.
Picardy Manorway364 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bronze Age Way/A2016.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bronze Age Way/A2016.
Bronze Age Way2.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Bexley Road/A220.
92 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bexley Road/A220.
Bexley Road245 m
Keep right to stay on Bexley Road/A220.
Bexley Road1.3 km
Turn right onto Mill Road.
Mill Road31 m
Keep right to stay on Mill Road.
Mill Road422 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 right to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close23 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close23 m
Turn left to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close64 m
Turn right to stay on Bronte Close.
Bronte Close59 m
Turn right onto Wilde Road.
Wilde Road258 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 Road738 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 Road690 m
Turn right onto Upper Park Road.
Upper Park Road277 m
Move left onto Fremantle Road.
Fremantle Road165 m
Turn right onto Picardy Road/B250.
Picardy Road234 m
Turn right onto Halt Robin Road.
Halt Robin Road41 m
Turn right onto Bunkers Hill.
Bunkers Hill170 m
Turn left onto Picardy Road/B250.
Picardy Road288 m
Keep left to stay on Picardy Road/B250.
Picardy Road504 m
Move right.
12 m
Turn right.
20 m
Move right onto Albert Road.
Albert Road75 m
Turn right onto Bedwell Road.
Bedwell Road151 m
Turn right.
56 m
Turn right onto Nuxley Road.
Nuxley Road490 m
Enter Bedonwell Road and take the 2nd exit.
Bedonwell Road228 m
Keep left to stay on Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road465 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bedonwell Road.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bedonwell Road.
Bedonwell Road663 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Long Lane.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Long Lane.
Long Lane748 m
Keep left to stay on Long Lane.
Long Lane348 m
Turn right onto Erith Road/A220.
Erith Road265 m
Keep left to stay on Erith Road/A220.
Erith Road112 m
Keep left to stay on Erith Road/A220.
Erith Road263 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gravel Hill/A220.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gravel Hill/A220.
Gravel Hill94 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Gravel Hill/A220.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gravel Hill/A220.
Gravel Hill162 m
Keep right to stay on Gravel Hill/A220.
Gravel Hill588 m
Keep right to stay on Gravel Hill/A220.
Gravel Hill57 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
67 m
Exit the roundabout onto A2/Rochester Way.
A26.0 km
Take the Darenth exit onto M25 towards Dartford Crossing/Dover.
478 m
Enter Darenth Interchange and take the 3rd exit.
Darenth Interchange89 m
Exit the roundabout.
34 m
Take the A282 ramp on the right towards Dartford Crossing.
A2823.1 km
Keep right to stay on A282/E 15/Canterbury Way.
A2824.6 km
Take exit 30 onto A13 towards London/Tilbury/Thurrock Lakeside/Services.
769 m
Enter Mardyke Junction and take the 2nd exit.
Mardyke Junction13 m
Exit the roundabout onto A13.
A1310.3 km
Take the Goresbrook exit onto A1306 towards Dagenham/Hornchurch.
A13361 m
Turn left onto Goresbrook Interchange.
Goresbrook Interchange3 m
Make a sharp right to stay on Goresbrook Interchange.
Goresbrook Interchange184 m
Turn right onto Ripple Road/A1306.
Ripple Road568 m
Turn left onto Heathway/A1240.
Heathway653 m
Turn right onto Ford Road.
Ford Road66 m
Keep left to stay on Ford Road.
Ford Road116 m
Turn left onto Broad Street.
Broad Street222 m
Turn left onto Heathway/A1240.
Heathway114 m
Turn left onto Ford Road.
Ford Road182 m
Turn right onto Broad Street.
Broad Street147 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Belvedere · 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.
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.
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 25.1 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.
Changing speed limits
Limits change across this route (20, 30, 50, 60, 70 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.
Little Dolphins Day Nursery
Continue to Little Dolphins Day Nursery.
Brampton Road
Continue to Brampton Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Vine Christian Community Church
Continue to Vine Christian Community Church.
Bexleyheath
Continue to Bexleyheath.
Abbey Wood Station
Continue to Abbey Wood Station.
Overton Road
Continue to Overton Road.
Southmere Lake
Continue to Southmere Lake.
Erith
Continue to Erith.
St Paul's
Continue to St Paul's.
Erith Fire Station
Continue to Erith Fire Station.
Belvedere and Erith Congregational Church
Continue to Belvedere and Erith Congregational Church.
Broomfield Road
Continue to Broomfield Road.
Halcot Avenue
Continue to Halcot Avenue.
Gravel Hill Close
Continue to Gravel Hill Close.
Oakfield Lane
Continue to Oakfield Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Golden Star
Continue to Golden Star.
Essex Point
Continue to Essex Point.
Dagenham Dock
Continue to Dagenham Dock.
Cherubim and Seraphim Church
Finish back near Cherubim and Seraphim Church, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 16 turns · 1 set of lights
5 roundabouts · 16 turns
10 roundabouts · 7 turns · 1 set of lights
7 roundabouts · 16 turns · 2 sets of lights
This route is 73.2 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.