Near Chertsey test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts, 11 turns and 1 signalled junction across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 49.4 km practice route near Chertsey 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, 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 schools, churches, shops and parks, 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 125-step drive on real, named roads (about 49.4 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 Road169 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 Road852 m
Keep right to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road263 m
Keep left to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road140 m
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 Road869 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.
Guildford Road182 m
Keep right to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road470 m
Turn right onto Little Green Lane.
Little Green Lane800 m
Turn right onto Bittams Lane.
Bittams Lane639 m
Turn right onto Ferndale Avenue.
Ferndale Avenue485 m
Turn right onto Little Green Lane.
Little Green Lane483 m
Turn left onto Bittams Lane.
Bittams Lane145 m
Turn right onto Green Lane.
Green Lane227 m
Keep straight to stay on Green Lane.
Green Lane534 m
Turn right onto School Lane.
School Lane798 m
Turn right onto Church Road/B3121. Continue on B3121.
B31211.1 km
Keep right to stay on B3121.
B3121924 m
Keep right to stay on Murray Road/B3121.
Murray Road154 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Guildford Road/A320.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road852 m
Keep right to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road263 m
Keep left to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road140 m
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 2nd exit onto Chobham Road/A319.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chobham Road/A319.
Chobham Road32 m
Turn right onto Fox Hills Road.
Fox Hills Road417 m
Keep left to stay on Fox Hills Road.
Fox Hills Road117 m
Keep left to stay on Fox Hills Road.
Fox Hills Road626 m
Turn right onto Stonehill Road.
Stonehill Road314 m
Keep left to stay on Stonehill Road.
Stonehill Road261 m
Keep left to stay on Stonehill Road.
Stonehill Road541 m
Turn right onto Holloway Hill/B386.
Holloway Hill360 m
Turn right.
8 m
Keep right at the fork.
102 m
Move left onto Silverlands Close.
Silverlands Close19 m
Turn left.
13 m
Turn left.
122 m
Turn left onto Holloway Hill/B386. Continue on B386.
B386637 m
Keep left to take Longcross Road/B386.
Longcross Road309 m
Turn right onto Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane134 m
Keep left to stay on Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane627 m
Turn right onto Almners Road.
Almners Road398 m
Keep left to stay on Almners Road.
Almners Road773 m
Turn right onto Lyne Crossing Road.
Lyne Crossing Road144 m
Keep right to take Hardwick Lane.
Hardwick Lane1.1 km
Turn right.
19 m
Make a right U-turn.
19 m
Turn left onto Hardwick Lane.
Hardwick Lane1.2 km
Turn left onto Almners Road.
Almners Road1.2 km
Turn right onto Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane1.1 km
Turn right onto Bridge Lane.
Bridge Lane39 m
Turn left onto Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane65 m
Keep left to stay on Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane836 m
Keep right to stay on Lyne Lane.
Lyne Lane312 m
Turn right onto Green Road/B389.
Green Road273 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Mill House Lane/B388.
58 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mill House Lane/B388. Continue on B388.
B388871 m
Keep left to take Thorpe Road/B388.
Thorpe Road1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Staines Road/A320.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Staines Road/A320.
Staines Road356 m
Turn right onto St Ann's Road/B375.
St Ann's Road526 m
Turn right onto Staines Lane/B375. Continue on B375.
B375878 m
Keep left to stay on B375.
B3751.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Bridge Road/B375.
52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chertsey Bridge Road/B375.
Chertsey Bridge Road447 m
Keep left to stay on B375.
B375716 m
Keep right to stay on Bridge Road/B375.
Bridge Road339 m
Turn right onto London Street/B375. Continue on B375.
B375689 m
Turn left onto St Ann's Road/B375.
St Ann's Road502 m
Turn left to stay on St Ann's Road/B375.
St Ann's Road363 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Thorpe Road/B388.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto Thorpe Road/B388. Continue on B388.
B3882.0 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Green Road/B389.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Green Road/B389.
Green Road97 m
Keep right to stay on Green Road/B389.
Green Road1.6 km
Turn left onto Trumps Green Road.
Trumps Green Road10 m
Keep right to stay on Trumps Green Road.
Trumps Green Road804 m
Turn left onto Crown Lane.
Crown Lane23 m
Turn right to stay on Crown Lane.
Crown Lane27 m
Turn right onto Furnival Close.
Furnival Close9 m
Turn right onto Trumps Green Road.
Trumps Green Road541 m
Keep right to stay on Trumps Green Road.
Trumps Green Road303 m
Turn right onto Sandhills Lane/B389. Continue on B389.
B3891.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Green Road.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Green Road.
Green Road411 m
Move left onto Village Road.
Village Road223 m
Keep right to stay on Village Road.
Village Road86 m
Turn left to stay on Village Road.
Village Road101 m
Turn left onto Western Avenue.
Western Avenue18 m
Move right to stay on Western Avenue.
Western Avenue115 m
Keep left to stay on Western Avenue.
Western Avenue19 m
Turn left onto Midway Avenue.
Midway Avenue161 m
Move right onto The Bence.
The Bence61 m
Turn left onto Rosemary Lane.
Rosemary Lane288 m
Turn left onto Green Road.
Green Road145 m
Turn right onto Mill Lane.
Mill Lane504 m
Turn left onto Thorpe Road/B388.
Thorpe Road409 m
Keep left to stay on Thorpe Road/B388.
Thorpe Road1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chilsey Green Road/A320.
36 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chilsey Green Road/A320.
Chilsey Green Road692 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Bell Bridge Road/A320.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bell Bridge Road/A320.
Bell Bridge Road146 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Chertsey · Route 17 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.
Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
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, 50, 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.
Cullum Centre - Salesian School
Start near Cullum Centre - Salesian School.
Salesian School
Continue to Salesian School.
Christ Church
Continue to Christ Church.
Toad Hall Nursery - Ottershaw
Continue to Toad Hall Nursery - Ottershaw.
Londis
Continue to Londis.
Meadowcroft Community Primary School
Continue to Meadowcroft Community Primary School.
St Pauls
Continue to St Pauls.
Spinney Hill Tyres
Continue to Spinney Hill Tyres.
Ottershaw Memorial Fields
Continue to Ottershaw Memorial Fields.
Silverwood
Continue to Silverwood.
Holy Trinity Church
Continue to Holy Trinity Church.
Farm Shop Lyne
Continue to Farm Shop Lyne.
Royal Marine
Continue to Royal Marine.
Hungry Horse The Twynersh
Continue to Hungry Horse The Twynersh.
St. Peter's Church
Continue to St. Peter's Church.
Kingfisher
Continue to Kingfisher.
Simpsons Chicken
Continue to Simpsons Chicken.
Morley Hardware
Continue to Morley Hardware.
Red Lion
Continue to Red Lion.
Windisor Classics
Finish back near Windisor Classics, completing the loop.
9 roundabouts · 14 turns · 1 set of lights
15 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
11 roundabouts · 8 turns · 2 sets of lights
13 roundabouts · 8 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 49.4 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Chertsey test centre, not an official DVSA route.