Near Chertsey test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 11 roundabouts, 8 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 21 navigation steps.
This is an independent 52.6 km practice loop near Chertsey test centre, taking roughly 30 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 McLaren Roundabout. 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, 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, schools, pubs 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 Chertsey 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 113-step drive on real, named roads (about 52.6 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southwest.
63 m
Turn right onto Hanworth Lane.
Hanworth Lane98 m
Move left onto The Knoll.
The Knoll238 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road899 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road65 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A320.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto A320.
A320727 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road170 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road874 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road1.3 km
Turn left onto Brox Road.
Brox Road1.1 km
Turn left to stay on Brox Road.
Brox Road420 m
Turn right onto Murray Road/B3121.
Murray Road935 m
Turn right onto Hare Hill.
Hare Hill817 m
Turn right onto Row Town.
Row Town2.6 km
Turn right onto Grange Road.
Grange Road254 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Grange Road.
27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Grange Road.
Grange Road88 m
Turn right onto Woodham Lane/B385.
Woodham Lane411 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woodham Lane/B385.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woodham Lane/B385. Continue on Woodham Lane.
Woodham Lane2.5 km
Turn right onto Martyrs Lane.
Martyrs Lane824 m
Turn left to stay on Martyrs Lane.
Martyrs Lane14 m
Enter McLaren Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Road/A320.
McLaren Roundabout82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A3202.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road870 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
33 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road183 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
59 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A320724 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road66 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road901 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A320281 m
Turn left onto Pyrcroft Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A320750 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Staines Road/A320.
67 m
Exit the roundabout onto Staines Road/A320.
Staines Road356 m
Turn right onto St Ann's Road/B375.
St Ann's Road222 m
Turn right onto Grove Road.
Grove Road328 m
Turn left to stay on Grove Road.
Grove Road148 m
Turn right onto St Ann's Road/B375.
St Ann's Road123 m
Turn right onto Staines Lane/B375. Continue on B375.
B3751.1 km
Turn right onto Weir Road/B387.
B3871.2 km
Enter Addlestonemoor Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Road/A318.
Addlestonemoor Roundabout99 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road/A318. Continue on A318.
A3182.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woodham Lane/B385.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woodham Lane/B385.
Woodham Lane1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woodham Lane/B385.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woodham Lane/B385. Continue on Woodham Lane.
Woodham Lane1.8 km
Turn left onto Broadwater Close.
Broadwater Close22 m
Turn left to stay on Broadwater Close.
Broadwater Close106 m
Turn left onto Paxton Gardens.
Paxton Gardens21 m
Turn right onto Woodham Lane/A245. Continue on Woodham Lane.
Woodham Lane1.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woodham Lane/B385.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woodham Lane/B385.
Woodham Lane1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto New Haw Road/A318.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto New Haw Road/A318. Continue on A318.
A3181.2 km
Turn right onto Crockford Park Road.
Crockford Park Road659 m
Turn left onto Corrie Road.
Corrie Road109 m
Turn left onto Station Road/B3121.
Station Road164 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Garfield Road.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garfield Road.
Garfield Road439 m
Turn right onto Crockford Park Road.
Crockford Park Road210 m
Turn right onto Brighton Road/A318. Continue on A318.
A3181.5 km
Enter Addlestonemoor Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Road/A317.
Addlestonemoor Roundabout61 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road/A317.
Chertsey Road340 m
Turn left onto Eastworth Road/A317.
Eastworth Road694 m
Turn left onto Queen Street.
Queen Street117 m
Turn right onto Station Road.
Station Road186 m
Turn right onto Victory Road.
Victory Road120 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Eastworth Road/A317.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eastworth Road/A317.
Eastworth Road801 m
Stay straight to take the ramp.
Eastworth Road53 m
Turn right to stay on Chertsey Road/A317.
Chertsey Road362 m
Enter Addlestonemoor Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Road/A318.
Addlestonemoor Roundabout99 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Road/A318. Continue on A318.
A318925 m
Turn right onto Ecton Road.
Ecton Road336 m
Turn right onto Marsh Lane.
Marsh Lane227 m
Turn left onto Green Lane.
Green Lane1.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road65 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A320.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto A320.
A320727 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road170 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road874 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road1.3 km
Turn left onto Brox Road.
Brox Road1.1 km
Turn left to stay on Brox Road.
Brox Road414 m
Turn left onto Murray Road/B3121.
Murray Road52 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road870 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
33 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road183 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
59 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A320724 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road66 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road901 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto The Knoll.
44 m
Exit the roundabout onto The Knoll.
The Knoll103 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Chertsey · Route 16 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.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Multiple roundabouts
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at McLaren Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Changing speed limits
Limits change across this route (30, 40, 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.
Christ Church
Start near Christ Church.
Salesian School
Continue to Salesian School.
Castle
Continue to Castle.
Toad Hall Nursery - Ottershaw
Continue to Toad Hall Nursery - Ottershaw.
Cricketers
Continue to Cricketers.
Black Prince
Continue to Black Prince.
Victoria
Continue to Victoria.
McLaren Roundabout
Continue to McLaren Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Little Waitrose
Continue to Little Waitrose.
Hungry Horse The Twynersh
Continue to Hungry Horse The Twynersh.
Crown
Continue to Crown.
St. Peter's Church
Continue to St. Peter's Church.
Holly Tree
Continue to Holly Tree.
All Saints Church
Continue to All Saints Church.
Gospel Hall
Continue to Gospel Hall.
Heathervale Road
Continue to Heathervale Road.
Crouch Oak
Continue to Crouch Oak.
St Anne's Catholic Church
Continue to St Anne's Catholic Church.
St. John's
Continue to St. John's.
Electric Center
Finish back near Electric Center, completing the loop.
9 roundabouts · 14 turns · 1 set of lights
15 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
13 roundabouts · 8 turns · 4 sets of lights
9 roundabouts · 11 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 52.6 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Chertsey test centre, not an official DVSA route.