Near Craigavon test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 22 roundabouts and 19 turns across 52 navigation steps.
This is an independent 16.2 km practice loop near Craigavon test centre, taking roughly 16 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, Lisnisky Roundabout, Hospital Roundabout, Mandeville Roundabout and Highfield Roundabout and 1 more named junctions. 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, 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 named junctions, shops, churches 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 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 52-step drive on real, named roads (about 16.3 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 2nd exit onto B2.
Carn Roundabout123 m
Exit the roundabout onto B2.
B21.2 km
Turn left onto Kernan Road.
Kernan Road677 m
Enter Hospital Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Hospital Roundabout3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road367 m
Enter Lisnisky Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Lisnisky Road.
Lisnisky Roundabout83 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lisnisky Road.
Lisnisky Road768 m
Turn left onto Lisnisky Walk.
Lisnisky Walk48 m
Turn left to stay on Lisnisky Walk.
Lisnisky Walk100 m
Turn right.
58 m
Turn left onto Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows26 m
Turn left to stay on Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows60 m
Turn left to stay on Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows1 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows1 m
Turn right to stay on Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows60 m
Turn right to stay on Lisnisky Meadows.
Lisnisky Meadows26 m
Turn left.
138 m
Turn right onto Old Lurgan Road/C151. Continue on C151.
C151831 m
Turn left onto Killycomain Road/C151.
Killycomain Road496 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Killycomain Road/C151.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Killycomain Road/C151.
Killycomain Road551 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Carrickblacker Road/A50.
30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Carrickblacker Road/A50.
Carrickblacker Road902 m
Make a sharp right onto Castle Street/A27. Continue on A27.
A27504 m
Keep left to stay on A27.
A272.0 km
Enter Hospital Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Hospital Roundabout21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road367 m
Enter Lisnisky Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Lisnisky Roundabout42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road485 m
Enter Mandeville Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Roundabout81 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road530 m
Enter Highfield Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Roundabout16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Road206 m
Turn left onto Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road288 m
Turn right onto Drumnagoon Meadows.
Drumnagoon Meadows16 m
Turn right.
17 m
Make a right U-turn.
17 m
Turn left onto Drumnagoon Meadows.
Drumnagoon Meadows16 m
Turn left onto Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road287 m
Turn left onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Road377 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Highfield North Road.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto Highfield North Road.
Highfield North Road148 m
Turn right to stay on Highfield North Road.
Highfield North Road302 m
Turn left onto A3/Northway.
A31.2 km
Take the Kernan Loop exit.
A3799 m
Take exit 2 onto B2 towards seagoe/carn.
321 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 · Residential + A-road 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.
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 Carn Roundabout, Lisnisky Roundabout, Hospital Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Carn Roundabout
Start near Carn Roundabout.
David Prentice BMW
Continue to David Prentice BMW.
Chipped
Continue to Chipped.
Lisnisky Roundabout
Continue to Lisnisky Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
J. D. Tipler Food 2 Go
Continue to J. D. Tipler Food 2 Go.
Killicomaine Baptist Meeting House
Continue to Killicomaine Baptist Meeting House.
Edenderry Methodist
Continue to Edenderry Methodist.
McWilliams Car Sales
Continue to McWilliams Car Sales.
Gary’s Bar
Continue to Gary’s Bar.
Portadown First Presbyterian
Continue to Portadown First Presbyterian.
Auto Vogue Specialist Cars
Continue to Auto Vogue Specialist Cars.
First Portadown Presbyterian Church
Continue to First Portadown Presbyterian Church.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Bamboo
Continue to Bamboo.
Hospital Roundabout
Continue to Hospital Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Mandeville Roundabout
Continue to Mandeville Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Highfield Roundabout
Continue to Highfield Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Highfield Road
Continue to Highfield Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Lidl
Finish back near Lidl, completing the loop.
34 roundabouts · 9 turns
26 roundabouts · 11 turns
20 roundabouts · 32 turns
4 roundabouts · 3 turns
This route is 16.2 km and takes about 16 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Craigavon test centre, not an official DVSA route.