Near Crawley test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 14 roundabouts and 12 turns across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 112.3 km practice route near Crawley test centre, taking roughly 40 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, Bewbush Manor Roundabout and Breezehurst 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, 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, 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 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 204-step drive on real, named roads (about 112.2 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.
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 4th exit towards Pease Pottage/Services.
Pease Pottage Interchange331 m
Exit the roundabout towards Pease Pottage/Services.
Brighton Road227 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road.
73 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road172 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Horsham Road.
50 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 2nd exit onto A264.
Pease Pottage Interchange158 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A264304 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A264.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A2642.2 km
Enter Bewbush Manor Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Bewbush Manor Roundabout90 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Horsham Road986 m
Enter Breezehurst Roundabout and take the 1st exit.
Breezehurst Roundabout18 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 3rd exit onto Bewbush Drive.
71 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bewbush Drive.
Bewbush Drive690 m
Turn left onto Mowbray Drive.
Mowbray Drive470 m
Turn right onto Buckswood Drive.
Buckswood Drive793 m
Turn left to stay on Buckswood Drive.
Buckswood Drive149 m
Turn right to stay on Buckswood Drive.
Buckswood Drive413 m
Turn right onto Dower Walk.
Dower Walk418 m
Turn left onto Gossops Drive.
Gossops Drive674 m
Turn left onto Buckswood Drive.
Buckswood Drive333 m
Turn left onto Dower Walk.
Dower Walk418 m
Turn left onto Gossops Drive.
Gossops Drive112 m
Turn right onto Craigans.
Craigans270 m
Turn left onto Hillmead.
Hillmead157 m
Turn left to stay on Hillmead.
Hillmead245 m
Turn left onto Highams Hill.
Highams Hill326 m
Turn right onto Craigans.
Craigans146 m
Turn right onto Gossops Drive.
Gossops Drive234 m
Turn right onto Rother Crescent.
Rother Crescent917 m
Turn right onto Gossops Drive.
Gossops Drive432 m
Turn left onto Bewbush Drive.
Bewbush Drive617 m
Enter Broadfield Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Broadfield Roundabout8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Horsham Road403 m
Enter Cheals Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Crawley Avenue/A23.
Cheals Roundabout105 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crawley Avenue/A23.
Crawley Avenue914 m
Enter Southgate Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road/A23.
Southgate Roundabout56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road/A23.
Brighton Road1.6 km
Enter Pease Pottage Interchange and take the 2nd exit towards Pease Pottage/Services.
Pease Pottage Interchange167 m
Exit the roundabout towards Pease Pottage/Services.
Brighton Road227 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brighton Road.
73 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brighton Road.
Brighton Road172 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Horsham Road.
50 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 2nd exit onto A264.
Pease Pottage Interchange158 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A264304 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A264.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto A264.
A2642.2 km
Enter Bewbush Manor Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Bewbush Manor Roundabout90 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horsham Road/A2220.
Horsham Road986 m
Enter Breezehurst Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Pelham Drive.
Breezehurst Roundabout140 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pelham Drive.
Pelham Drive242 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Pelham Drive.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pelham Drive.
Pelham Drive98 m
Turn right onto Seaford Road.
Seaford Road120 m
Turn left onto Selsey Road.
Selsey Road160 m
Turn right onto Beachy Road.
Beachy Road110 m
Turn right 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 right to stay on Beachy Road.
Beachy Road27 m
Turn right onto Creasys Drive.
Creasys Drive1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Tollgate Hill.
75 m
Exit the roundabout onto Tollgate Hill.
Tollgate Hill797 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A264.
7 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 20 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, Bewbush Manor Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 38.7 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.
B-9 Fire
Continue to B-9 Fire.
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 Kitchen Co.
Continue to Brighton Kitchen Co..
Maidenhead Aquatics
Continue to Maidenhead Aquatics.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
Jeremy's Corner
Continue to Jeremy's Corner, taking the junction with good observation.
All Saints
Continue to All Saints.
Black Swan
Continue to Black Swan.
M&S Foodhall
Continue to M&S Foodhall.
Bewbush Manor Roundabout
Continue to Bewbush Manor Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Breezehurst Roundabout
Continue to Breezehurst Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
St Alban's
Continue to St Alban's.
St Theodore of Canterbury
Continue to St Theodore of Canterbury.
Windmill
Continue to Windmill.
Broadfield Roundabout
Continue to Broadfield Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Cheals Roundabout
Finish back near Cheals Roundabout, 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 112.3 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Crawley test centre, not an official DVSA route.