Near Chorley test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 14 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 17 navigation steps.
This is an independent 69.1 km practice loop near Chorley test centre, taking roughly 20 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 Eaves 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 independent driving. 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 pubs, named junctions, churches and shops, 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 119-step drive on real, named roads (about 69.0 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. Continue on Eaves Lane.
Eaves Lane878 m
Move left onto Cowling Brow.
Cowling Brow493 m
Move left onto Cowling Road.
Cowling Road655 m
Move left onto Long Lane.
Long Lane220 m
Turn right to stay on Long Lane.
Long Lane2.2 km
Turn right onto Babylon Lane.
Babylon Lane776 m
Turn right onto Sutton Lane.
Sutton Lane93 m
Turn left onto Fielding Place.
Fielding Place57 m
Turn left onto Babylon Lane.
Babylon Lane838 m
Turn left onto Long Lane.
Long Lane2.2 km
Turn left to stay on Long Lane.
Long Lane220 m
Move right onto Weavers Brow.
Weavers Brow654 m
Move right onto Cowling Brow.
Cowling Brow493 m
Move right onto Eaves Lane.
Eaves Lane1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
4 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Harpers Lane391 m
Turn left onto Railway Road.
Railway Road375 m
Turn left onto Brock Road.
Brock Road30 m
Turn right onto Briercliffe Road.
Briercliffe Road190 m
Turn right onto Stump Lane.
Stump Lane239 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Union Street.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto Union Street.
Union Street300 m
Turn left onto Park Road/A581.
Park Road62 m
Move left onto High Street.
High Street13 m
Move right onto Market Street.
Market Street282 m
Turn right onto Gillibrand Street.
Gillibrand Street75 m
Turn left onto Peel Street.
Peel Street70 m
Turn left onto Library Street.
Library Street145 m
Turn left onto Pall Mall/B5251. Continue on B5251.
B5251372 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lyons Lane/B6228.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lyons Lane/B6228. Continue on B6228.
B62281.2 km
Turn right onto Rivington Road.
Rivington Road182 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rivington Road.
Rivington Road182 m
Turn left onto Eaves Lane/B6228. Continue on B6228.
B62281.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
Lyons Lane South125 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
Lyons Lane South186 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bolton Street/A6.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bolton Street/A6.
A62.4 km
Keep right to stay on A6.
A62.0 km
Turn left onto Railway Road/B6277.
Railway Road307 m
Turn right onto Mayfield Avenue.
Mayfield Avenue175 m
Turn left onto Belmont Road.
Belmont Road246 m
Turn left onto Rivington Avenue.
Rivington Avenue197 m
Turn right onto Railway Road/B6277.
Railway Road153 m
Turn left onto Chorley Road/A673.
Chorley Road1.5 km
Turn right onto Westhoughton Road/A6. Continue on A6.
A62.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
Lyons Lane South186 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
16 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 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 3rd exit onto Stump Lane.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stump Lane.
Stump Lane239 m
Turn left onto Briercliffe Road.
Briercliffe Road189 m
Turn left onto Brock Road.
Brock Road30 m
Turn right onto Railway Road.
Railway Road375 m
Turn left onto Harpers Lane/B6229.
Harpers Lane240 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Preston Street/A6.
33 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.
A6726 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 3rd exit onto Millennium Way/A674.
Preston Road Roundabout56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Millennium Way/A674.
Millennium Way393 m
Enter Chorley North Link Junction and take the 3rd exit onto M61.
Chorley North Link Junction268 m
Exit the roundabout onto M61.
M6111.6 km
Take exit 6.
M61303 m
Keep right to take M61.
M61172 m
Enter Horwich Link Interchange and take the 3rd exit onto De Havilland Way/A6027.
Horwich Link Interchange277 m
Exit the roundabout onto De Havilland Way/A6027.
De Havilland Way327 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Chorley Road/A6.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chorley Road/A6. Continue on A6.
A62.2 km
Turn right onto Church Street/B5236.
Church Street1.3 km
Turn left onto Market Street.
Market Street756 m
Turn left onto A58/Cricketers Way. Continue on A58.
A581.3 km
Enter Chequerbent Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A58/Snydale Way.
Chequerbent Roundabout99 m
Exit the roundabout onto A58/Snydale Way. Continue on A58.
A58640 m
Enter Hunger Hill Interchange and take the 1st exit onto M61.
Hunger Hill Interchange12 m
Exit the roundabout onto M61.
M6115.8 km
Take exit 8.
M61516 m
Enter Chorley North Link Junction and take the 1st exit onto Millennium Way/A674.
Chorley North Link Junction22 m
Exit the roundabout onto Millennium Way/A674.
Millennium Way402 m
Enter Preston Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road Roundabout29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6.
Preston Road183 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Preston Road/A6.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Preston Road/A6. Continue on A6.
A6731 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 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 4th exit onto Clifford Street/A6.
44 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clifford Street/A6.
Clifford Street134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Stump Lane.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stump Lane.
Stump Lane499 m
Turn right to stay on Stump Lane.
Stump Lane171 m
Turn right onto Eaves Lane/B6228.
Eaves Lane132 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 11 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
Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.
Dual-carriageway join
About 26.0 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, 50, 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.
Black Horse
Start near Black Horse.
Spinners at Cowling
Continue to Spinners at Cowling.
Bretherton Arms
Continue to Bretherton Arms.
Eaves Lane
Continue to Eaves Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Saint Laurence's
Continue to Saint Laurence's.
St Joseph
Continue to St Joseph.
Chorley Electrical
Continue to Chorley Electrical.
Yarrow Bridge
Continue to Yarrow Bridge.
Adlington
Continue to Adlington.
Retreat
Continue to Retreat.
Chorley Interchange
Continue to Chorley Interchange.
L
Continue to L.
Hartwood Hall
Continue to Hartwood Hall.
Nature Trail Nursery Park Road
Continue to Nature Trail Nursery Park Road.
Parish Church of St. John The Evangelist
Continue to Parish Church of St. John The Evangelist.
Westhoughton
Continue to Westhoughton.
St Bartholomew's
Continue to St Bartholomew's.
Westhoughton United Reform Church
Continue to Westhoughton United Reform Church.
Derby Arms
Continue to Derby Arms.
Shaver Sales & Repair Service
Finish back near Shaver Sales & Repair Service, completing the loop.
18 turns
23 turns
13 turns · 2 sets of lights
18 turns
This route is 69.1 km and takes about 20 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Chorley test centre, not an official DVSA route.