Near Crawley test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts, 12 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 25 navigation steps.
This is an independent 24.7 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, Hawth Roundabout, Hazelwick Avenue and London Road 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 multiple roundabouts, 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 shops, named junctions, 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 112-step drive on real, named roads (about 24.6 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 Road836 m
Turn right onto Southgate Road.
Southgate Road231 m
Turn left onto Malthouse Road.
Malthouse Road89 m
Turn right onto Brewer Road.
Brewer Road125 m
Turn right onto Hawth Close.
Hawth Close61 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Hawth Close.
Hawth Close61 m
Turn left onto Brewer Road.
Brewer Road125 m
Turn right onto Malthouse Road.
Malthouse Road356 m
Turn left onto East Park.
East Park218 m
Turn right onto Brighton Road/A2219. Continue on A2219.
A2219238 m
Keep right to stay on A2219.
A221991 m
Turn left onto Station Way/A2220.
Station Way361 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Station Way/A2220.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Station Way/A2220.
Station Way93 m
Turn left onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue102 m
Turn right onto Haslett Avenue East/A2220.
Haslett Avenue East133 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Three Bridges Road.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Three Bridges Road.
Three Bridges Road1.0 km
Turn left onto North Road.
North Road65 m
Turn left onto Gales Drive.
Gales Drive852 m
Turn left onto Northgate Avenue/A2004.
Northgate Avenue288 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto College Road/A2004.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto College Road/A2004. Continue on A2004.
A2004397 m
Turn right onto Station Way/A2220.
Station Way101 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Station Way/A2220.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Station Way/A2220. Continue on Station Way.
Station Way436 m
Turn left.
27 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road69 m
Turn left onto East Park.
East Park218 m
Turn right onto Malthouse Road.
Malthouse Road356 m
Turn left onto Brewer Road.
Brewer Road229 m
Turn left onto Southgate Drive.
Southgate Drive194 m
Turn right onto Southgate Avenue/A2004.
Southgate Avenue91 m
Turn left onto Hawth Avenue.
Hawth Avenue863 m
Enter The Hawth Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hawth Avenue.
The Hawth Roundabout52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hawth Avenue.
Hawth Avenue232 m
Enter The Squareabout and take the 2nd exit onto Haslett Avenue East.
The Squareabout192 m
Exit the roundabout onto Haslett Avenue East.
Haslett Avenue East688 m
Turn left onto Hazelwick Avenue.
Hazelwick Avenue76 m
Turn left onto Hazelwick Road.
Hazelwick Road358 m
Turn right onto North Road.
North Road268 m
Turn left onto Forge Lane.
Forge Lane129 m
Turn right onto Forge Road.
Forge Road119 m
Turn left onto Crossways.
Crossways177 m
Turn right onto Crossways Close.
Crossways Close92 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Crossways Close.
Crossways Close92 m
Turn right onto Crossways.
Crossways217 m
Turn left onto Gales Drive.
Gales Drive411 m
Turn right onto North Road.
North Road65 m
Turn left onto Three Bridges Road.
Three Bridges Road182 m
Turn left to stay on Three Bridges Road.
Three Bridges Road61 m
Turn left onto New Street.
New Street57 m
Turn right onto Mill Road.
Mill Road93 m
Turn left onto Hazelwick Road.
Hazelwick Road92 m
Turn right onto Crabbet Road.
Crabbet Road226 m
Turn left onto Mill Road.
Mill Road75 m
Turn right onto The Birches.
The Birches34 m
Turn left onto Hazelwick Avenue.
Hazelwick Avenue152 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Hazelwick Avenue.
4 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hazelwick Avenue.
Hazelwick Avenue248 m
Keep left to stay on Hazelwick Avenue.
Hazelwick Avenue282 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Crawley Avenue/A2011.
59 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crawley Avenue/A2011.
Crawley Avenue1.2 km
Enter Tushmore Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto London Road/A2219.
Tushmore Roundabout10 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2219.
London Road542 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto London Road/A2219.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2219.
London Road92 m
Enter London Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto High Street/A2219.
London Road Roundabout14 m
Exit the roundabout onto High Street/A2219.
High Street59 m
Turn left onto Northgate Road.
Northgate Road233 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Northgate Road.
Northgate Road233 m
Turn right onto High Street/A2219.
High Street56 m
Enter London Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto London Road/A2219.
London Road Roundabout35 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2219.
London Road91 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto London Road/A2219.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A2219.
London Road317 m
Turn right onto Barnfield Road.
Barnfield Road559 m
Turn left onto Woodfield Road.
Woodfield Road160 m
Turn left onto Woodfield Close.
Woodfield Close95 m
Turn right.
31 m
Make a right U-turn.
31 m
Turn left onto Woodfield Close.
Woodfield Close95 m
Turn right onto Woodfield Road.
Woodfield Road430 m
Turn right onto Kilnmead.
Kilnmead518 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Kilnmead.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Kilnmead.
Kilnmead399 m
Turn right onto Exchange Road.
Exchange Road149 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto College Road/A2004.
53 m
Exit the roundabout onto College Road/A2004.
College Road289 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on College Road/A2004.
College Road294 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto College Road/A2004.
116 m
Exit the roundabout onto College Road/A2004. Continue on A2004.
A2004397 m
Turn right onto Station Way/A2220.
Station Way101 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Station Way/A2220.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Station Way/A2220. Continue on Station Way.
Station Way436 m
Turn left.
27 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road464 m
Turn left onto Southgate Road.
Southgate Road231 m
Turn right onto Malthouse Road.
Malthouse Road242 m
Turn left onto Brighton Road/A2219.
Brighton Road666 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Crawley · Route 9 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.
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, Hawth Roundabout, London Road Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
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.
West Cornwall Pasty Company
Start near West Cornwall Pasty Company.
Southgate Roundabout
Continue to Southgate Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
New Moon
Continue to New Moon.
Railway
Continue to Railway.
Primark
Continue to Primark.
Coopers
Continue to Coopers.
St Richard of Chichester
Continue to St Richard of Chichester.
West Sussex Coroner Court
Continue to West Sussex Coroner Court.
Crawley
Continue to Crawley.
Christchurch
Continue to Christchurch.
Hawth Roundabout
Continue to Hawth Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
William Hill
Continue to William Hill.
Kingdom Hall
Continue to Kingdom Hall.
Three Bridges Free Church
Continue to Three Bridges Free Church.
Hazelwick Avenue
Continue to Hazelwick Avenue, taking the junction with good observation.
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
London Road Roundabout
Continue to London Road Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
St. Paul's Church
Continue to St. Paul's Church.
Crawley Town Hall
Continue to Crawley Town Hall.
Southgate Fish and Chips
Finish back near Southgate Fish and Chips, 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 24.7 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.