Near Crawley test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 10 roundabouts and 11 turns across 23 navigation steps.
This is an independent 108.2 km practice route near Crawley 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 Southgate Roundabout, Royal George Road Roundabout, Jeremy's Corner, Breezehurst Roundabout and Bewbush Manor 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, dual-carriageway joins, national-speed roads, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads 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, pubs and churches, 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 Crawley 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 205-step drive on real, named roads (about 108.0 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southwest on The Pavillions.
The Pavillions15 m
Turn left to stay on The Pavillions.
The Pavillions32 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road263 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road168 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road193 m
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 3rd exit towards Crawley.
Pease Pottage Interchange244 m
Exit the roundabout towards Crawley.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Roundabout102 m
Exit the roundabout onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue71 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road80 m
Make a sharp right.
55 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road37 m
Turn right onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue64 m
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brighton Road/A23.
Southgate Roundabout15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road/A23.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 3rd exit onto A23.
Pease Pottage Interchange256 m
Exit the roundabout onto A23.
A23379 m
Move left to stay on A23.
A231.2 km
Take the Handcross exit towards Handcross.
362 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road/B2114.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road/B2114. Continue on B2114.
B21141.4 km
Move right onto High Street/B2110.
High Street467 m
Move right onto Horsham Road/B2110.
Horsham Road32 m
Turn left onto High Street/B2110.
High Street20 m
Turn left to stay on High Street/B2110.
High Street501 m
Move left onto London Road/B2114. Continue on B2114.
B21141.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brighton Road.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road1.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Horsham Road.
7 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horsham Road.
Horsham Road204 m
Turn left to stay on Horsham Road.
Horsham Road496 m
Turn right onto Stanhope Road.
Stanhope Road31 m
Turn right onto Brougham Lane.
Brougham Lane77 m
Turn left onto Hansom Way.
Hansom Way234 m
Turn right onto Brougham Lane.
Brougham Lane43 m
Turn left onto Stanhope Road.
Stanhope Road31 m
Turn left onto Horsham Road.
Horsham Road495 m
Turn right to stay on Horsham Road.
Horsham Road205 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brighton Road.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road168 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road193 m
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 3rd exit towards Crawley.
Pease Pottage Interchange244 m
Exit the roundabout towards Crawley.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Roundabout102 m
Exit the roundabout onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue71 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road80 m
Make a sharp right.
55 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road37 m
Turn right onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue64 m
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brighton Road/A23.
Southgate Roundabout15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road/A23.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 3rd exit onto A23.
Pease Pottage Interchange256 m
Exit the roundabout onto A23.
A23379 m
Move left to stay on A23.
A2312.8 km
Take the Hickstead exit.
311 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way824 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way365 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
Jane Murray Way500 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Sussex Way.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sussex Way.
Sussex Way519 m
Enter Royal George Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road Roundabout29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road749 m
Turn left onto Livingstone Road.
Livingstone Road193 m
Turn left onto Western Road.
Western Road232 m
Turn right.
11 m
Make a right U-turn.
11 m
Turn left onto Western Road.
Western Road232 m
Turn right onto Livingstone Road.
Livingstone Road193 m
Turn right onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road752 m
Enter Royal George Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Sussex Way.
Royal George Road Roundabout29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sussex Way.
Sussex Way515 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
Jane Murray Way505 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
98 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way362 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way810 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Jobs Lane/A2300.
47 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jobs Lane/A2300.
Jobs Lane102 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto London Road/A2300.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2300.
A230013.1 km
Take exit 11 onto A23/A264 towards Crawley/Horsham/Broadfield/Pease Pottage.
A23354 m
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 1st exit onto A264.
Pease Pottage Interchange5 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A264304 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Tollgate Hill.
81 m
Exit the roundabout onto Tollgate Hill.
Tollgate Hill800 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Creasys Drive.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Creasys Drive.
Creasys Drive1.2 km
Turn left onto Beachy Road.
Beachy Road27 m
Turn left to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road51 m
Turn right to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road15 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road15 m
Turn left to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road51 m
Turn left to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road109 m
Turn left onto Selsey Road.
Selsey Road160 m
Turn right onto Seaford Road.
Seaford Road120 m
Turn right onto Pelham Drive.
Pelham Drive226 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Pelham Place.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pelham Place.
Pelham Place62 m
Turn right to stay on Pelham Place.
Pelham Place101 m
Turn left onto Pelham Court.
Pelham Court50 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Pelham Court.
Pelham Court51 m
Turn right onto Pelham Place.
Pelham Place101 m
Turn left to stay on Pelham Place.
Pelham Place65 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Pelham Drive.
89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pelham Drive.
Pelham Drive344 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Pelham Drive.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pelham Drive.
Pelham Drive248 m
Enter Breezehurst Roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
Breezehurst Roundabout91 m
Exit the roundabout.
44 m
Move left onto Breezehurst Drive.
Breezehurst Drive671 m
Turn left onto Douster Crescent.
Douster Crescent74 m
Turn left to stay on Douster Crescent.
Douster Crescent59 m
Turn left to stay on Douster Crescent.
Douster Crescent54 m
Turn right onto Breezehurst Drive.
Breezehurst Drive306 m
Turn right onto Salvington Road.
Salvington Road66 m
Turn left to stay on Salvington Road.
Salvington Road135 m
Turn left onto Chailey Close.
Chailey Close51 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Chailey Close.
Chailey Close51 m
Turn right onto Salvington Road.
Salvington Road135 m
Turn right to stay on Salvington Road.
Salvington Road65 m
Turn left onto Breezehurst Drive.
Breezehurst Drive534 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gasson Wood Road.
44 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gasson Wood Road.
Gasson Wood Road821 m
Turn left onto Arcturus Road.
Arcturus Road123 m
Turn left onto Oberon Way.
Oberon Way68 m
Turn right onto Barlow Road.
Barlow Road179 m
Turn left onto Booth Road.
Booth Road39 m
Turn left to stay on Booth Road.
Booth Road30 m
Turn right to stay on Booth Road.
Booth Road110 m
Turn right to stay on Booth Road.
Booth Road49 m
Turn left to stay on Booth Road.
Booth Road43 m
Turn right onto Gasson Wood Road.
Gasson Wood Road108 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 5th exit onto Sullivan Drive.
114 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sullivan Drive.
Sullivan Drive276 m
Turn right onto Barlow Road.
Barlow Road160 m
Turn right onto Booth Road.
Booth Road39 m
Turn right onto Bunyan Close.
Bunyan Close112 m
Turn right.
2 m
Make a right U-turn.
2 m
Turn left onto Bunyan Close.
Bunyan Close112 m
Turn left onto Booth Road.
Booth Road39 m
Turn left onto Barlow Road.
Barlow Road159 m
Turn right onto Sullivan Drive.
Sullivan Drive189 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Sullivan Drive.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sullivan Drive.
Sullivan Drive172 m
Keep right to stay on Sullivan Drive.
Sullivan Drive153 m
Enter Bewbush Manor Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A264.
Bewbush Manor Roundabout44 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A2642.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A264.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A264287 m
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 4th exit onto A23.
Pease Pottage Interchange350 m
Exit the roundabout onto A23.
A23379 m
Move left to stay on A23.
A2312.8 km
Take the Hickstead exit.
311 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way824 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way365 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
Jane Murray Way500 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Sussex Way.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sussex Way.
Sussex Way519 m
Enter Royal George Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road Roundabout29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road749 m
Turn left onto Livingstone Road.
Livingstone Road193 m
Turn left onto Western Road.
Western Road232 m
Turn right.
11 m
Make a right U-turn.
11 m
Turn left onto Western Road.
Western Road232 m
Turn right onto Livingstone Road.
Livingstone Road193 m
Turn right onto Royal George Road.
Royal George Road752 m
Enter Royal George Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Sussex Way.
Royal George Road Roundabout29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sussex Way.
Sussex Way515 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jane Murray Way/A273.
Jane Murray Way505 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
98 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way362 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way810 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Dumbrells Farm Way/A2300.
Dumbrells Farm Way1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Jobs Lane/A2300.
47 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jobs Lane/A2300.
Jobs Lane102 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto London Road/A2300.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2300.
A230013.1 km
Take exit 11 onto A23/A264 towards Crawley/Horsham/Broadfield/Pease Pottage.
A23354 m
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 2nd exit towards Crawley.
Pease Pottage Interchange91 m
Exit the roundabout towards Crawley.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Roundabout102 m
Exit the roundabout onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue71 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road80 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Crawley · Route 17 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 Southgate Roundabout, Royal George Road Roundabout, Breezehurst Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 43.3 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 (30, 40, 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.
Southgate Roundabout
Start near Southgate Roundabout.
West Cornwall Pasty Company
Continue to West Cornwall Pasty Company.
Black Swan
Continue to Black Swan.
Handcross News
Continue to Handcross News.
Red Lion
Continue to Red Lion.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
M&S Foodhall
Continue to M&S Foodhall.
H&D
Continue to H&D.
Royal George Road Roundabout
Continue to Royal George Road Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
St Edward the Confessor
Continue to St Edward the Confessor.
Tesco Express
Continue to Tesco Express.
Brighton Bathroom Co.
Continue to Brighton Bathroom Co..
Brighton Kitchen Co.
Continue to Brighton Kitchen Co..
Maidenhead Aquatics
Continue to Maidenhead Aquatics.
All Saints
Continue to All Saints.
Jeremy's Corner
Continue to Jeremy's Corner, taking the junction with good observation.
Booze Express
Continue to Booze Express.
Breezehurst Roundabout
Continue to Breezehurst Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Bewbush Manor Roundabout
Continue to Bewbush Manor Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Sullivan Drive
Finish back near Sullivan Drive, completing the loop.
9 roundabouts · 9 turns · 1 set of lights
8 roundabouts · 12 turns
12 roundabouts · 6 turns · 1 set of lights
10 roundabouts · 16 turns
This route is 108.2 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Crawley test centre, not an official DVSA route.