Near Craigavon test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 4 roundabouts and 3 turns across 36 navigation steps.
This is an independent 10.0 km practice loop near Craigavon test centre, taking roughly 7 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 Carn Roundabout. 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 roundabout approach & exit 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 3 catalogued landmarks, including stations, named junctions 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 Craigavon 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:
The full 36-step drive on real, named roads (about 9.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest on Divinity Drive.
Divinity Drive172 m
Turn left onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road606 m
Enter Carn Roundabout and take the 1st exit.
Carn Roundabout9 m
Exit the roundabout.
98 m
Take the A3 ramp on the right towards craigavon centre/lurgan/portadown/armagh.
104 m
Take the A3 ramp on the right towards craigavon centre/lurgan/portadown/armagh.
A3368 m
Keep right to take A3/Kernan Loop.
A3127 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Kernan Loop.
A3319 m
Turn left to take the ramp.
A3129 m
Move left onto A3/Northway.
A3512 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3125 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3108 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3172 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3131 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3238 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Northway.
A31.0 km
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3681 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3521 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A31.0 km
Keep left to stay on A3/Northway.
A3237 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Northway.
A3131 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Northway.
A3172 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3108 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3125 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3116 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Northway.
A3418 m
Take the Kernan Loop exit on the right.
80 m
Turn right to take the ramp.
A3511 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Kernan Loop.
A3260 m
Take exit 2 onto B2 towards seagoe/carn.
133 m
Take exit 2 on the right onto B2 towards seagoe/carn.
121 m
Take exit 2 on the right onto B2 towards seagoe/carn.
65 m
Enter Carn Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Roundabout170 m
Exit the roundabout onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road610 m
Turn right onto Divinity Drive.
Divinity Drive172 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Craigavon · Dual-carriageway practice loop 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.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Roundabout
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Carn Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Navigate by these 3 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Portadown
Start near Portadown.
Carn Roundabout
Continue to Carn Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
David Prentice BMW
Finish back near David Prentice BMW, completing the loop.
34 roundabouts · 9 turns
26 roundabouts · 11 turns
22 roundabouts · 19 turns
20 roundabouts · 32 turns
This route is 10.0 km and takes about 7 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Craigavon test centre, not an official DVSA route.