Near Coventry test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts, 12 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 25 navigation steps.
This is an independent 43.4 km practice loop near Coventry 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.
Along the way you'll meet Exhall Interchange, Rowleys Green Roundabout and Three Spires Junction. 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 churches, pubs, shops 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 Coventry 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 96-step drive on real, named roads (about 43.2 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest.
18 m
Turn left onto Bayton Road.
Bayton Road552 m
Turn right onto Coventry Road Exhall/B4113.
Coventry Road Exhall496 m
Keep right to stay on Coventry Road Exhall/B4113.
Coventry Road Exhall52 m
Turn left onto Hayes Lane.
Hayes Lane269 m
Turn left onto Windmill Road.
Windmill Road291 m
Turn left to stay on Windmill Road.
Windmill Road48 m
Turn right onto Exhall Green.
Exhall Green38 m
Keep left to stay on Exhall Green.
Exhall Green162 m
Turn left onto School Lane.
School Lane282 m
Turn right onto Coventry Road Exhall/B4113.
Coventry Road Exhall304 m
Keep left to take Longford Road.
Longford Road251 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Longford Road/B4113.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Longford Road/B4113. Continue on B4113.
B41131.0 km
Turn right onto Vinecote Road.
Vinecote Road21 m
Keep right to stay on Vinecote Road.
Vinecote Road257 m
Turn left to stay on Vinecote Road.
Vinecote Road88 m
Turn left onto Longford Road/B4113.
Longford Road1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Longford Road.
171 m
Exit the roundabout onto Longford Road.
Longford Road55 m
Move left onto Longford Road/B4113. Continue on B4113.
B41131.0 km
Keep right to take Coventry Road Exhall/B4113.
Coventry Road Exhall315 m
Keep left to stay on Coventry Road Exhall/B4113.
Coventry Road Exhall735 m
Turn left onto Park Road.
Park Road499 m
Turn left onto Newtown Road.
Newtown Road337 m
Turn right onto Newdegate Road.
Newdegate Road824 m
Turn left onto Sutherland Drive.
Sutherland Drive228 m
Move left onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
A4442.7 km
Enter Exhall Interchange and take the 3rd exit onto A444/Phoenix Way.
Exhall Interchange279 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Phoenix Way.
A4441.5 km
Enter Rowleys Green Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A444/Jimmy Hill Way.
Rowleys Green Roundabout93 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Jimmy Hill Way.
A4441.1 km
Enter Three Spires Junction and take the 1st exit onto A444/Jimmy Hill Way.
Three Spires Junction29 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Jimmy Hill Way.
A444538 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Foleshill Road/B4113.
134 m
Exit the roundabout onto Foleshill Road/B4113.
Foleshill Road750 m
Turn right onto Station Street West.
Station Street West66 m
Keep straight to stay on Station Street West.
Station Street West205 m
Turn left to stay on Station Street West.
Station Street West119 m
Turn right onto Lockhurst Lane/B4118.
Lockhurst Lane202 m
Keep right to stay on Lockhurst Lane.
Lockhurst Lane302 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Holbrook Lane/B4118.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Holbrook Lane/B4118.
Holbrook Lane100 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Holbrook Lane.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane65 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Holbrook Lane.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane8 m
Keep right to stay on Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane341 m
Keep left to stay on Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane350 m
Keep left to stay on Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane13 m
Turn right onto Lythalls Lane.
Lythalls Lane869 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Lythalls Lane.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lythalls Lane.
Lythalls Lane670 m
Turn right onto St Lukes Road.
St Lukes Road205 m
Turn left onto Beacon Road.
Beacon Road283 m
Turn right onto Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane97 m
Turn right onto Whitmore Park Road.
Whitmore Park Road328 m
Turn left onto St Luke's Road.
St Luke's Road858 m
Turn left onto Lythalls Lane.
Lythalls Lane669 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Lythalls Lane.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lythalls Lane.
Lythalls Lane870 m
Turn right onto Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane33 m
Keep left to stay on Holbrook Lane.
Holbrook Lane453 m
Keep left to take Wheelwright Lane.
Wheelwright Lane1.4 km
Turn right onto St Giles Road.
St Giles Road121 m
Keep right to stay on St Giles Road.
St Giles Road50 m
Turn left onto Deans Way.
Deans Way175 m
Turn left onto Canon Drive.
Canon Drive34 m
Turn right onto Deans Way.
Deans Way175 m
Turn right onto St Giles Road.
St Giles Road172 m
Turn left onto Wheelwright Lane.
Wheelwright Lane114 m
Keep left to stay on Wheelwright Lane.
Wheelwright Lane755 m
Turn left onto Winding House Lane.
Winding House Lane250 m
Keep left to stay on Winding House Lane.
Winding House Lane101 m
Keep left to stay on Winding House Lane.
Winding House Lane145 m
Keep right to stay on Winding House Lane.
Winding House Lane269 m
Enter Rowleys Green Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A444/Phoenix Way.
Rowleys Green Roundabout16 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Phoenix Way.
A4441.5 km
Enter Exhall Interchange and take the 2nd exit onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
Exhall Interchange155 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
A4443.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
136 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
A4443.6 km
Enter Exhall Interchange and take the 6th exit onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
Exhall Interchange570 m
Exit the roundabout onto A444/Bedworth Bypass.
A4441.5 km
Take the exit.
294 m
Turn left onto Newtown Road.
Newtown Road463 m
Turn right onto Silver Birch Avenue.
Silver Birch Avenue188 m
Keep left to stay on Silver Birch Avenue.
Silver Birch Avenue519 m
Turn right onto Heath Road.
Heath Road90 m
Turn right to stay on Heath Road.
Heath Road819 m
Move right onto Smarts Road.
Smarts Road18 m
Turn left onto Bowling Green Lane.
Bowling Green Lane527 m
Keep left to stay on Bowling Green Lane.
Bowling Green Lane76 m
Turn left onto School Lane.
School Lane938 m
Keep left to take Bayton Road.
Bayton Road420 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Coventry · Route 19 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.
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 Rowleys Green Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 17.1 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, 50, 60, 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.
Gurdwara Dhan Dhan Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji
Start near Gurdwara Dhan Dhan Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji.
Gurdwara Dukh Nirwaran Sahib
Continue to Gurdwara Dukh Nirwaran Sahib.
Longford Engine
Continue to Longford Engine.
St. Thomas
Continue to St. Thomas.
Longford Fish And Chips
Continue to Longford Fish And Chips.
Spice Sensation
Continue to Spice Sensation.
Black Bank
Continue to Black Bank.
Newdigate
Continue to Newdigate.
Zion Baptist Church
Continue to Zion Baptist Church.
Exhall Interchange
Continue to Exhall Interchange, taking the junction with good observation.
Rowleys Green Roundabout
Continue to Rowleys Green Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Three Spires Junction
Continue to Three Spires Junction, taking the junction with good observation.
Bethel New Life Apostolic Church
Continue to Bethel New Life Apostolic Church.
Faizen E Islam
Continue to Faizen E Islam.
Cherry Tree Social Club
Continue to Cherry Tree Social Club.
Holly Bush
Continue to Holly Bush.
Bull & Anchor
Continue to Bull & Anchor.
B&P Convenience
Continue to B&P Convenience.
One Stop
Continue to One Stop.
Bayton Vehicle Services
Finish back near Bayton Vehicle Services, completing the loop.
11 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 15 turns · 6 sets of lights
9 roundabouts · 14 turns · 3 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 19 turns · 6 sets of lights
This route is 43.4 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Coventry test centre, not an official DVSA route.