Near Chorley test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 17 turns across 29 navigation steps.
This is an independent 41.7 km practice loop near Chorley 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, 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 stations, churches, schools and pubs, 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 Chorley 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 144-step drive on real, named roads (about 41.6 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive south.
12 m
Turn left onto Rossall Road.
Rossall Road10 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rossall Road.
Rossall Road39 m
Turn left onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane237 m
Turn right onto Mossfield Road.
Mossfield Road29 m
Turn right.
43 m
Turn right onto Greenfield Road.
Greenfield Road31 m
Turn left onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane89 m
Turn left onto Stump Lane.
Stump Lane171 m
Turn left to stay on Stump Lane.
Stump Lane300 m
Turn left onto Friday Street.
Friday Street627 m
Turn left onto East Way.
East Way279 m
Turn left onto Friday Street.
Friday Street319 m
Turn right onto Steeley Lane.
Steeley Lane113 m
Turn left onto Lyons Lane/B6228.
Lyons Lane151 m
Turn right onto Worthy Street.
Worthy Street251 m
Turn right onto Brooke Street.
Brooke Street305 m
Turn right to stay on Brooke Street.
Brooke Street58 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
Lyons Lane South120 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Shepherds Way/A6.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Shepherds Way/A6.
Shepherds Way319 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Shepherds Way/A6.
69 m
Exit the roundabout onto Shepherds Way/A6.
Shepherds Way319 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Shepherds Way/A6.
79 m
Exit the roundabout onto Shepherds Way/A6.
Shepherds Way319 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street131 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bengal Street/A6.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bengal Street/A6.
Bengal Street324 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Commercial Road/A581.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Commercial Road/A581.
Commercial Road32 m
Turn left onto Water Street.
Water Street459 m
Turn left to stay on Water Street.
Water Street53 m
Turn left onto Hollinshead Street.
Hollinshead Street210 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bengal Street/A6.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bengal Street/A6.
Bengal Street324 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Commercial Road/A581.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Commercial Road/A581.
Commercial Road125 m
Turn left onto Park Road/A581.
Park Road52 m
Turn right onto Astley Road.
Astley Road63 m
Turn right onto Highfield Road South.
Highfield Road South298 m
Turn right onto Chorley Hall Road.
Chorley Hall Road76 m
Turn right onto Preston Road/A6. Continue on A6.
A6164 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Street/A6.
22 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Street/A6.
Preston Street29 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Water Street/A6.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Water Street/A6.
Water Street159 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Commercial Road/A581.
63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Commercial Road/A581.
Commercial Road73 m
Turn left onto Parker Street.
Parker Street64 m
Turn left onto Astley Street.
Astley Street42 m
Turn left onto Water Street.
Water Street74 m
Turn right onto Commercial Road/A581.
Commercial Road32 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Water Street/A6.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Water Street/A6.
Water Street159 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Street/A6.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Street/A6.
Preston Street35 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Preston Street/A6.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Street/A6. Continue on A6.
A6170 m
Turn left onto Chorley Hall Road.
Chorley Hall Road252 m
Turn right onto Rookwood Avenue.
Rookwood Avenue234 m
Turn right onto Fairway.
Fairway75 m
Turn right onto Highfield Road North.
Highfield Road North86 m
Turn left to stay on Highfield Road North.
Highfield Road North74 m
Turn left onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road359 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Road/A6.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road183 m
Enter Preston Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road Roundabout3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road1.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Preston Road/A6.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road1.4 km
Turn right onto Cow Well Lane.
Cow Well Lane42 m
Move right to stay on Cow Well Lane.
Cow Well Lane87 m
Make a left U-turn at Cow Well Lane to stay on Cow Well Lane.
Cow Well Lane139 m
Turn left onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Road/A6.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road163 m
Turn left onto Moss Lane.
Moss Lane1.4 km
Turn left onto Millennium Way/A674. Continue on A674.
A6742.8 km
Move right onto Bett Lane.
Bett Lane222 m
Make a sharp left onto Jenny Lane.
Jenny Lane166 m
Turn left onto Blackburn Road/A674. Continue on A674.
A6742.7 km
Turn left onto Blackburn Road/B6228.
B62282.1 km
Enter Eaves Lane and take the 2nd exit onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Eaves Lane27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Harpers Lane630 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Water Street/A6.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Water Street/A6.
Water Street159 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bengal Street/A6.
30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bengal Street/A6.
Bengal Street326 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Clifford Street.
60 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street.
Clifford Street131 m
Turn left onto Chapel Street.
Chapel Street37 m
Turn right onto Victoria Street.
Victoria Street116 m
Turn left onto Anderton Street.
Anderton Street78 m
Turn left onto Railway Street.
Railway Street111 m
Move left onto Chapel Street.
Chapel Street83 m
Turn right onto Clifford Street.
Clifford Street131 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street131 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bengal Street/A6.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bengal Street/A6.
Bengal Street324 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Water Street/A6.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Water Street/A6.
Water Street159 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Harpers Lane627 m
Enter Eaves Lane and take the 1st exit onto Botany Brow/B6228.
Eaves Lane11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Botany Brow/B6228.
B62282.0 km
Turn right onto Blackburn Road/A674. Continue on A674.
A6742.7 km
Move right onto Bett Lane.
Bett Lane222 m
Make a sharp left onto Jenny Lane.
Jenny Lane166 m
Turn left onto Blackburn Road/A674. Continue on A674.
A6742.7 km
Turn left onto Blackburn Road/B6228.
B62282.1 km
Enter Eaves Lane and take the 1st exit onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eaves Lane/B6228. Continue on B6228.
B62281.3 km
Turn left onto Worthy Street.
Worthy Street53 m
Turn right onto Blackburn Street.
Blackburn Street90 m
Turn left onto Buchanan Street.
Buchanan Street198 m
Turn left onto Brooke Street.
Brooke Street287 m
Turn left to stay on Brooke Street.
Brooke Street12 m
Turn left onto Eaves Lane.
Eaves Lane1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Botany Brow/B6228.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Botany Brow/B6228.
Botany Brow209 m
Turn left onto Northgate Drive.
Northgate Drive61 m
Turn left onto Larch Avenue.
Larch Avenue175 m
Turn left onto Thornhill Road.
Thornhill Road64 m
Turn left onto Willow Road.
Willow Road140 m
Turn left onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Harpers Lane91 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane704 m
Turn right onto Mossfield Road.
Mossfield Road29 m
Turn right.
43 m
Turn right onto Greenfield Road.
Greenfield Road31 m
Turn left onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane194 m
Turn right onto Rossall Road.
Rossall Road39 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Chorley · Route 10 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.
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
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 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.
Chorley
Start near Chorley.
Kingdom Hall
Continue to Kingdom Hall.
Sacred Heart
Continue to Sacred Heart.
Sacred Heart Parish Centre
Continue to Sacred Heart Parish Centre.
Chorley Interchange
Continue to Chorley Interchange.
Chorley United Reformed Church
Continue to Chorley United Reformed Church.
Playdor Nursery School
Continue to Playdor Nursery School.
Hartwood Hall
Continue to Hartwood Hall.
Waterloo Lodge
Continue to Waterloo Lodge.
John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-Woods
Continue to John the Evangelist, Whittle-le-Woods.
Dressers Arms
Continue to Dressers Arms.
A&J Ryding Ltfd
Continue to A&J Ryding Ltfd.
Golden Lion
Continue to Golden Lion.
Lock and Quay
Continue to Lock and Quay.
St Joseph
Continue to St Joseph.
L
Continue to L.
HEADLINES
Continue to HEADLINES.
Bretherton Arms
Continue to Bretherton Arms.
Lyons Lane Independent Methodist Church
Continue to Lyons Lane Independent Methodist Church.
Shathi
Finish back near Shathi, completing the loop.
18 turns
23 turns
14 turns · 2 sets of lights
13 turns · 2 sets of lights
This route is 41.7 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Chorley test centre, not an official DVSA route.