Near Bradford (Heaton) test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 21 turns and 3 signalled junctions across 26 navigation steps.
This is an independent 39.3 km practice loop near Bradford (Heaton) test centre, taking roughly 35 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, dual-carriageway joins, 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, shops, 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 Bradford (Heaton) 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 110-step drive on real, named roads (about 39.5 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west.
17 m
Turn left onto Farfield Street.
Farfield Street133 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Farfield Street.
Farfield Street185 m
Turn left onto Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road296 m
Turn left.
31 m
Turn left onto Graham Street.
Graham Street85 m
Turn right onto Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road399 m
Keep right to stay on Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road128 m
Turn right onto Heaton Road.
Heaton Road92 m
Turn left onto Park View Road.
Park View Road309 m
Turn left onto North Park Road.
North Park Road393 m
Turn right onto Emm Lane.
Emm Lane490 m
Turn right onto A650/Keighley Road.
A65080 m
Keep left to stay on A650/Keighley Road.
A650104 m
Keep right to stay on A650/Keighley Road.
A650647 m
Turn right onto Oak Lane.
Oak Lane60 m
Turn left onto Back Lindum Terrace.
Back Lindum Terrace138 m
Turn left onto St. Paul's Road.
St. Paul's Road51 m
Turn left onto A650/Manningham Lane. Continue on A650.
A650400 m
Keep right to stay on A650.
A6501.3 km
Turn left onto Ashfield Avenue.
Ashfield Avenue263 m
Turn left onto Ashfield Drive.
Ashfield Drive122 m
Turn left onto Aireville Avenue.
Aireville Avenue71 m
Turn left to stay on Aireville Avenue.
Aireville Avenue21 m
Turn right to stay on Aireville Avenue.
Aireville Avenue56 m
Turn left to stay on Aireville Avenue.
Aireville Avenue222 m
Turn left onto A650/Bradford Road.
A650331 m
Turn left onto Redburn Road.
Redburn Road191 m
Turn left onto Ashfield Drive.
Ashfield Drive120 m
Turn left onto Ashfield Avenue.
Ashfield Avenue59 m
Keep right to stay on Ashfield Avenue.
Ashfield Avenue203 m
Turn right onto A650/Bradford Road.
A650868 m
Keep right to stay on A650.
A6501.0 km
Turn right onto Marlborough Road/A6177.
Marlborough Road191 m
Turn right onto Church Street.
Church Street100 m
Keep right to take Bertram Road.
Bertram Road124 m
Turn left onto St. Paul's Road.
St. Paul's Road113 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on St. Paul's Road.
St. Paul's Road113 m
Turn right onto Bertram Road.
Bertram Road124 m
Move left onto Church Street.
Church Street1.2 km
Turn left onto Westgate/B6144.
Westgate30 m
Keep right to stay on Westgate.
Westgate3.7 km
Move left.
294 m
Enter Odsal Top and take the 5th exit onto Odsal Road/B6380.
Odsal Top176 m
Exit the roundabout onto Odsal Road/B6380. Continue on B6380.
B6380427 m
Keep right to stay on B6380.
B6380568 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Folly Hall Road.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Folly Hall Road.
Folly Hall Road254 m
Turn right onto St. Paul's Road.
St. Paul's Road22 m
Turn left.
62 m
Turn right onto St. Paul's Road.
St. Paul's Road22 m
Turn left onto Folly Hall Road.
Folly Hall Road18 m
Turn right to stay on Folly Hall Road.
Folly Hall Road237 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto High Street/B6380.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto High Street/B6380. Continue on B6380.
B6380639 m
Turn left onto Wibsey Bank.
Wibsey Bank292 m
Turn left onto Manchester Road/A641.
Manchester Road441 m
Keep right to stay on Manchester Road/A641.
Manchester Road2.6 km
Turn left onto Sunbridge Road/A6181.
Sunbridge Road79 m
Keep right to stay on Sunbridge Road/A6181.
Sunbridge Road18 m
Turn right onto Barry Street/A6181. Continue on A6181.
A6181400 m
Turn right onto Drewton Road/A6181.
Drewton Road238 m
Turn left onto Manningham Lane/A650. Continue on A650.
A6501.7 km
Keep right to stay on A650.
A6502.4 km
Turn right onto St Paul's Road.
St Paul's Road47 m
Move left to stay on St Paul's Road.
St Paul's Road208 m
Turn right onto Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road196 m
Turn left onto Windsor Road.
Windsor Road79 m
Turn left onto Kirkgate.
Kirkgate189 m
Turn left onto St Paul's Road.
St Paul's Road328 m
Turn left onto A650/Bradford Road.
A650300 m
Keep left to stay on A650/Bradford Road.
A65082 m
Turn left onto Otley Road/A6038.
Otley Road354 m
Turn right onto Valley Road/A6037.
Valley Road280 m
Keep left to stay on Valley Road/A6037 towards Bradford.
Valley Road543 m
Turn left onto Poplar Road.
Poplar Road273 m
Move left onto Crag Road.
Crag Road611 m
Move left to stay on Crag Road.
Crag Road9 m
Turn right onto Crag Road/B6149.
Crag Road430 m
Turn left onto Carr Lane/B6149.
Carr Lane18 m
Turn left onto Leeds Road/A657. Continue on A657.
A657515 m
Turn left onto Otley Road/A6038.
Otley Road252 m
Keep left to stay on Otley Road/A6038.
Otley Road234 m
Move left towards Braford/Wakefield/Huddersfield/Halifax.
Valley Road277 m
Turn left onto Briggate/B6149.
Briggate162 m
Keep left to stay on Briggate/B6149.
Briggate164 m
Make a sharp right onto Crag Road.
Crag Road621 m
Move right onto Poplar Road.
Poplar Road273 m
Turn left onto Valley Road/A6037. Continue on A6037.
A60372.1 km
Make a sharp right onto Station Road.
Station Road236 m
Turn left onto A6177/Queen's Road.
A617768 m
Turn right onto Bolton Lane.
Bolton Lane27 m
Keep right to stay on Bolton Lane.
Bolton Lane181 m
Turn left onto Canal Road/A6037.
Canal Road1.3 km
Move left onto Frizinghall Road.
Frizinghall Road115 m
Turn left to stay on Frizinghall Road.
Frizinghall Road670 m
Move left to stay on Frizinghall Road.
Frizinghall Road60 m
Move left onto A650/Keighley Road.
A65093 m
Keep right to stay on A650/Keighley Road.
A650647 m
Turn right onto Oak Lane.
Oak Lane642 m
Turn right onto Heaton Road.
Heaton Road118 m
Keep right to stay on Heaton Road.
Heaton Road298 m
Turn left onto Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road93 m
Keep left to stay on Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road100 m
Keep left to stay on Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road394 m
Turn left.
31 m
Turn left onto Graham Street.
Graham Street85 m
Turn right onto Scotchman Road.
Scotchman Road235 m
Turn right onto Farfield Street.
Farfield Street137 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Bradford (Heaton) · Route 22 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.
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 8.0 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, 40 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.
Ukrainian Catholic Church
Start near Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Subway
Continue to Subway.
Shipley Masjid
Continue to Shipley Masjid.
Bradford New Church
Continue to Bradford New Church.
Central Jamia Mosque
Continue to Central Jamia Mosque.
Acts Church
Continue to Acts Church.
Kingdom Hall of Jevhovah's Witnesses
Continue to Kingdom Hall of Jevhovah's Witnesses.
Red Lion
Continue to Red Lion.
St Paul's church
Continue to St Paul's church.
Bankfoot Gospel Hall
Continue to Bankfoot Gospel Hall.
St. Joseph's
Continue to St. Joseph's.
Ambassador
Continue to Ambassador.
Bradford Islamic Centre
Continue to Bradford Islamic Centre.
St Paul's
Continue to St Paul's.
Northcliffe Church
Continue to Northcliffe Church.
New Inn
Continue to New Inn.
Old House At Home
Continue to Old House At Home.
Windhill Methodist Church
Continue to Windhill Methodist Church.
Frizinghall
Continue to Frizinghall.
Madrassah Misbahul Uloom
Finish back near Madrassah Misbahul Uloom, completing the loop.
2 roundabouts · 16 turns · 3 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 15 turns · 4 sets of lights
2 roundabouts · 23 turns · 5 sets of lights
21 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 39.3 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Bradford (Heaton) test centre, not an official DVSA route.