Near Chorley test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 13 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 15 navigation steps.
This is an independent 55.1 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.
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, churches, shops and schools, 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 77-step drive on real, named roads (about 55.1 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 B6228.
B62281.1 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 3rd exit onto Bolton Street.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bolton Street.
Bolton Street78 m
Turn right onto Beacon Street.
Beacon Street85 m
Turn left onto Burlington Street.
Burlington Street108 m
Turn left onto Bolton Street.
Bolton Street136 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Bolton Street/A6.
44 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bolton Street/A6. Continue on A6.
A61.9 km
Turn right onto Wigan Lane/A5106. Continue on A5106.
A51065.9 km
Turn right onto Devon Drive.
Devon Drive106 m
Turn left onto Chorley Road/A5106. Continue on A5106.
A51065.3 km
Turn right onto Rawlinson Lane.
Rawlinson Lane1.3 km
Turn left onto Chorley Road/A673.
Chorley Road739 m
Make a sharp right towards A673.
21 m
Turn right onto Chorley Road/A673.
Chorley Road1.2 km
Turn left onto Daisy Hill Drive.
Daisy Hill Drive129 m
Turn left to stay on Daisy Hill Drive.
Daisy Hill Drive74 m
Turn right to stay on Daisy Hill Drive.
Daisy Hill Drive134 m
Turn right onto Sutton Lane.
Sutton Lane435 m
Move right 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
Turn left onto Brooke Street.
Brooke Street12 m
Turn right to stay on Brooke Street.
Brooke Street545 m
Turn right to stay on Brooke Street.
Brooke Street58 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lyons Lane South/A6.
4 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. Continue on A6.
A61.9 km
Turn right onto Wigan Lane/A5106. Continue on A5106.
A51066.0 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chorley Road/A5106.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chorley Road/A5106.
Chorley Road1.4 km
Enter Boars Head Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A49/Wigan Road.
Boars Head Roundabout2 m
Exit the roundabout onto A49/Wigan Road. Continue on A49.
A491.4 km
Enter Cherry Gardens Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A49/Wigan Lane.
Cherry Gardens Roundabout8 m
Exit the roundabout onto A49/Wigan Lane. Continue on A49.
A491.6 km
Turn left onto Greenough Street.
Greenough Street868 m
Turn right onto A577/Darlington Street East.
A577327 m
Turn right onto Roscoe Street.
Roscoe Street54 m
Turn left onto Hunt Street.
Hunt Street64 m
Turn left onto Rupert Street.
Rupert Street39 m
Turn left onto A577/Darlington Street East.
A577382 m
Turn left onto Birkett Bank.
Birkett Bank831 m
Move right onto Greenough Street.
Greenough Street54 m
Turn right onto A49/Central Park Way. Continue on A49.
A491.6 km
Enter Cherry Gardens Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A49/Wigan Lane.
Cherry Gardens Roundabout21 m
Exit the roundabout onto A49/Wigan Lane. Continue on A49.
A491.4 km
Enter Boars Head Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Chorley Road/A5106.
Boars Head Roundabout15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chorley Road/A5106.
Chorley Road1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Chorley Road/A5106.
1 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chorley Road/A5106. Continue on A5106.
A51066.0 km
Turn left onto Bolton Road/A6. Continue on A6.
A61.9 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 2nd exit onto Brooke Street.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brooke Street.
Brooke Street589 m
Turn left to stay on Brooke Street.
Brooke Street12 m
Turn right onto Cowling Brow.
Cowling Brow493 m
Move left onto Cowling Road.
Cowling Road160 m
Turn left onto Moorland Gate.
Moorland Gate113 m
Turn left.
65 m
Turn left.
111 m
Turn right onto Cowling Road.
Cowling Road57 m
Move right onto Cowling Brow.
Cowling Brow493 m
Move right onto Eaves Lane.
Eaves Lane877 m
Turn right onto Rossall Road.
Rossall Road39 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Chorley · Route 12 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.
Dual-carriageway join
About 6.6 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, 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.
Derby Arms
Start near Derby Arms.
Lyons Lane Independent Methodist Church
Continue to Lyons Lane Independent Methodist Church.
Yarrow Bridge
Continue to Yarrow Bridge.
Hair by Vision
Continue to Hair by Vision.
White Horse
Continue to White Horse.
Bay Horse
Continue to Bay Horse.
Cardwell Arms
Continue to Cardwell Arms.
Sacred Heart
Continue to Sacred Heart.
Sacred Heart Parish Centre
Continue to Sacred Heart Parish Centre.
St James' Church
Continue to St James' Church.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Continue to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
St Catharine's Church of England Primary School
Continue to St Catharine's Church of England Primary School.
Crispin Arms
Continue to Crispin Arms.
Trinity United Reformed
Continue to Trinity United Reformed.
Boar's Head
Continue to Boar's Head.
Chorley Road/Wigan Road
Continue to Chorley Road/Wigan Road.
On a Roll
Continue to On a Roll.
Woodlands Day Nursery
Continue to Woodlands Day Nursery.
Kenyons Funeral Directors
Continue to Kenyons Funeral Directors.
Touch Up by Aash Beauty
Finish back near Touch Up by Aash Beauty, completing the loop.
18 turns
23 turns
14 turns · 2 sets of lights
18 turns
This route is 55.1 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.