Near Craigavon test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 26 roundabouts and 11 turns across 77 navigation steps.
This is an independent 20.4 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 Hospital Roundabout, Lisnisky Roundabout, Mandeville Roundabout, Highfield Roundabout and Tullygally Roundabout and 2 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 shops, churches 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 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 77-step drive on real, named roads (about 21.6 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.
A3222 m
Turn left onto Mill Avenue.
Mill Avenue211 m
Move left onto Castle Street/A27.
Castle Street67 m
Turn left onto Castle Street/B28.
Castle Street841 m
Keep right to take Garvaghy Road/B28.
Garvaghy Road253 m
Turn right.
63 m
Turn left.
9 m
Make a right U-turn.
9 m
Turn right.
63 m
Turn left onto Garvaghy Road/B28.
Garvaghy Road988 m
Keep left to take Castle Street/B28.
Castle Street140 m
Move left onto A27.
A27317 m
Keep left to stay on A27.
A271.6 km
Keep right to take Lurgan Road/A27.
Lurgan Road358 m
Enter Hospital Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Hospital Roundabout21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road90 m
Keep left to stay on Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road276 m
Enter Lisnisky Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Lisnisky Roundabout42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road484 m
Enter Mandeville Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Roundabout81 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road62 m
Keep right to stay on Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road467 m
Enter Highfield Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Highfield Roundabout83 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road627 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Lake Road.
A3104 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Lake Road.
A3447 m
Enter Lakes Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A3/Lake Road.
Lakes Roundabout91 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Lake Road.
A394 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Lake Road.
A3571 m
Enter Tullygally Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Tullygally Road.
Tullygally Roundabout218 m
Exit the roundabout onto Tullygally Road.
Tullygally Road184 m
Keep left to stay on Tullygally Road.
Tullygally Road876 m
Move left.
24 m
Enter Drumgask Roundabout and take the 4th exit.
Drumgask Roundabout131 m
Exit the roundabout.
22 m
Move left onto Tullygally Road.
Tullygally Road1.1 km
Enter Tullygally Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A3/Lake Road.
Tullygally Roundabout16 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Lake Road.
A373 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Lake Road.
A3113 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Lake Road.
A3476 m
Enter Lakes Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A3/Lake Road.
Lakes Roundabout107 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Lake Road.
A3543 m
Enter Central Roundabout and take the 1st exit.
Central Roundabout262 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Central Way.
A3155 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Central Way.
A3233 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A3/Central Way.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Central Way.
A323 m
Keep right to stay on A3/Central Way.
A3102 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Central Way.
A3131 m
Keep right to stay on A3.
A3225 m
Keep right to take A3/Northway.
A3102 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Northway.
A31.5 km
Take the Kernan Loop exit.
A3538 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 · School-zone 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.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Multiple roundabouts
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Hospital Roundabout, Lisnisky Roundabout, Mandeville 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.
Michelle's Kitchen
Start near Michelle's Kitchen.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Costcutter
Continue to Costcutter.
Haldane Fisher
Continue to Haldane Fisher.
First Portadown Presbyterian Church
Continue to First Portadown Presbyterian Church.
Portadown First Presbyterian
Continue to Portadown First Presbyterian.
Edwin may
Continue to Edwin may.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Subway
Continue to Subway.
Bamboo
Continue to Bamboo.
Chipped
Continue to Chipped.
Hospital Roundabout
Continue to Hospital Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Lisnisky Roundabout
Continue to Lisnisky 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.
Tullygally Roundabout
Continue to Tullygally Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Lakes Roundabout
Continue to Lakes Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Centra
Continue to Centra.
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
22 roundabouts · 19 turns
20 roundabouts · 32 turns
4 roundabouts · 3 turns
This route is 20.4 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.