Near Crewe test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 11 turns and 3 signalled junctions across 20 navigation steps.
This is an independent 59.2 km practice loop near Crewe test centre, taking roughly 30 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 Alvaston Roundabout, Roundabouts Day Nursery, Weston Gate Roundabout and Cheerbrook 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, dual-carriageway joins, national-speed roads, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads and independent driving. 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 churches, stations, pubs and shops, 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 Crewe 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 132-step drive on real, named roads (about 59.2 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west on Nile Street.
Nile Street71 m
Turn right onto Westminster Street.
Westminster Street175 m
Turn left onto Stalbridge Road.
Stalbridge Road62 m
Turn left onto Walthall Street.
Walthall Street424 m
Turn right onto Nantwich Road/A534.
Nantwich Road289 m
Turn left onto Salisbury Avenue.
Salisbury Avenue362 m
Turn right onto Manor Way.
Manor Way345 m
Turn right to stay on Manor Way.
Manor Way353 m
Turn right onto Nantwich Road/A534.
Nantwich Road682 m
Turn right onto Sherwin Street.
Sherwin Street160 m
Turn right onto Bedford Street.
Bedford Street165 m
Turn left onto Nantwich Road/A534. Continue on A534.
A5341.3 km
Turn left onto Berkeley Crescent.
Berkeley Crescent378 m
Turn right onto Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road220 m
Keep right to stay on Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road337 m
Keep left to stay on A534.
A534594 m
Keep right to take Nantwich Road/A534.
Nantwich Road1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Crewe Road/A534.
75 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road193 m
Turn left onto Ludlow Avenue.
Ludlow Avenue21 m
Turn right onto Crewe Road.
Crewe Road177 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Crewe Road.
Crewe Road177 m
Turn left onto Ludlow Avenue.
Ludlow Avenue38 m
Turn right onto Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road191 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Nantwich Road/A534.
55 m
Exit the roundabout onto Nantwich Road/A534. Continue on Nantwich Road.
Nantwich Road1.4 km
Keep right to stay on A534.
A5343.1 km
Turn right onto Colleys Lane.
Colleys Lane1.7 km
Turn left onto A530/Middlewich Road.
A530529 m
Enter Alvaston Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
Alvaston Roundabout39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
Middlewich Road170 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
Middlewich Road26 m
Keep left to stay on Middlewich Road/B5334.
Middlewich Road146 m
Turn left to stay on Middlewich Road.
Middlewich Road23 m
Turn right to stay on Middlewich Road.
Middlewich Road143 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Middlewich Road.
Middlewich Road105 m
Keep right to stay on Middlewich Road.
Middlewich Road37 m
Turn left to stay on Middlewich Road.
Middlewich Road23 m
Turn right onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
Middlewich Road173 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Middlewich Road/B5334.
Middlewich Road159 m
Enter Alvaston Roundabout and take the 4th exit.
Alvaston Roundabout107 m
Exit the roundabout onto A51/Nantwich Bypass.
A511.5 km
Enter Peacock Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A51/Nantwich Bypass.
Peacock Roundabout58 m
Exit the roundabout onto A51/Nantwich Bypass.
A51907 m
Enter Cheerbrook Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
Cheerbrook Roundabout49 m
Exit the roundabout onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
A5003.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
44 m
Exit the roundabout onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
A5001.9 km
Enter Weston Gate Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
Weston Gate Roundabout224 m
Exit the roundabout onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
A5001.9 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto B5071.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto B5071.
B507116 m
Keep left to stay on B5071.
B5071284 m
Turn left onto Crewe Road/B5071.
Crewe Road302 m
Keep left to stay on Crewe Road/B5071.
Crewe Road765 m
Keep right to stay on Crewe Road/B5071.
Crewe Road53 m
Turn right onto Barons Road.
Barons Road207 m
Turn right to stay on Barons Road.
Barons Road195 m
Turn left onto Main Road.
Main Road648 m
Keep left to stay on Main Road.
Main Road120 m
Turn right onto Newcastle Road.
Newcastle Road2.3 km
Enter Cheerbrook Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A51/Newcastle Road.
Cheerbrook Roundabout32 m
Exit the roundabout onto A51/Newcastle Road.
A51161 m
Keep right to stay on A51/Newcastle Road.
A51348 m
Keep right to stay on Newcastle Road.
Newcastle Road1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
Millstone Lane545 m
Turn left onto Beam Street.
Beam Street605 m
Turn left onto Oat Market.
Oat Market65 m
Turn right onto High Street.
High Street25 m
Keep left to stay on High Street.
High Street44 m
Turn left onto Water Lode/B5341. Continue on B5341.
B5341524 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Station Road.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Station Road.
Station Road158 m
Move left onto Pratchitts Row.
Pratchitts Row147 m
Turn right onto Hospital Street.
Hospital Street198 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Millstone Lane/B5074. Continue on B5074.
B50741.6 km
Enter Reaseheath Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Main Road/B5074.
Reaseheath Roundabout64 m
Exit the roundabout onto Main Road/B5074.
Main Road3.7 km
Turn left onto Station Road.
Station Road223 m
Keep left to stay on Station Road.
Station Road621 m
Keep left to stay on Barons Road.
Barons Road114 m
Keep right to stay on Barons Road.
Barons Road775 m
Turn right onto Main Road/B5074.
Main Road2.7 km
Enter Reaseheath Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Barony Road/B5074.
Reaseheath Roundabout39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barony Road/B5074.
Barony Road328 m
Keep left to stay on B5074.
B50741.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hospital Street.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hospital Street.
Hospital Street197 m
Turn right to stay on Hospital Street.
Hospital Street35 m
Turn right onto The Gullet.
The Gullet74 m
Turn right onto Rectory Close.
Rectory Close37 m
Turn left onto Bowling Green Court.
Bowling Green Court18 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Bowling Green Court.
Bowling Green Court18 m
Turn right onto Rectory Close.
Rectory Close37 m
Turn left onto The Gullet.
The Gullet74 m
Turn left onto Hospital Street.
Hospital Street35 m
Turn left to stay on Hospital Street.
Hospital Street198 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
Millstone Lane546 m
Turn left onto Beam Street.
Beam Street117 m
Turn left onto Scaife Road.
Scaife Road14 m
Turn left onto The Crescent.
The Crescent143 m
Turn right onto Millstone Lane/B5074.
Millstone Lane502 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto London Road/B5074.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/B5074. Continue on B5074.
B5074848 m
Keep left to take Newcastle Road.
Newcastle Road786 m
Keep right to take A51/Newcastle Road.
A51122 m
Enter Cheerbrook Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
Cheerbrook Roundabout81 m
Exit the roundabout onto A500/Shavington Bypass.
A5003.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Jack Mills Way/B5071.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jack Mills Way/B5071.
Jack Mills Way300 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Jack Mills Way/B5071.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jack Mills Way/B5071.
Jack Mills Way452 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Jack Mills Way/B5071.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Jack Mills Way/B5071. Continue on B5071.
B50711.1 km
Move right to stay on Gresty Road.
Gresty Road242 m
Turn right onto Nantwich Road/A534. Continue on Nantwich Road.
Nantwich Road325 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Crewe Road/A534.
75 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road193 m
Turn left onto Ludlow Avenue.
Ludlow Avenue21 m
Turn right onto Crewe Road.
Crewe Road177 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Crewe Road.
Crewe Road177 m
Turn left onto Ludlow Avenue.
Ludlow Avenue38 m
Turn right onto Crewe Road/A534.
Crewe Road191 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Nantwich Road/A534.
55 m
Exit the roundabout onto Nantwich Road/A534. Continue on Nantwich Road.
Nantwich Road916 m
Turn right onto Westminster Street.
Westminster Street296 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Crewe · Route 10 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.
Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near 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 Alvaston Roundabout, Roundabouts Day Nursery, Weston Gate Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 15.6 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 (20, 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.
Parish Church of Saint Andrew
Start near Parish Church of Saint Andrew.
Crewe
Continue to Crewe.
Ebenezer's
Continue to Ebenezer's.
Munchbox
Continue to Munchbox.
Wells Green Methodist Church
Continue to Wells Green Methodist Church.
Alvaston Roundabout
Continue to Alvaston Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Roundabouts Day Nursery
Continue to Roundabouts Day Nursery.
Weston Gate Roundabout
Continue to Weston Gate Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Shavington Social Club
Continue to Shavington Social Club.
Elephant
Continue to Elephant.
Bench Bistro Bar
Continue to Bench Bistro Bar.
Market Street Church
Continue to Market Street Church.
GOAT
Continue to GOAT.
Railway Hotel
Continue to Railway Hotel.
Royal Oak
Continue to Royal Oak.
St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School
Continue to St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School.
Bowling Green
Continue to Bowling Green.
Six
Continue to Six.
Cheerbrook Roundabout
Continue to Cheerbrook Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Gresty Road Evangelical Church
Finish back near Gresty Road Evangelical Church, completing the loop.
1 roundabout · 17 turns · 1 set of lights
3 roundabouts · 15 turns · 3 sets of lights
5 roundabouts · 15 turns · 5 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 15 turns · 3 sets of lights
This route is 59.2 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Crewe test centre, not an official DVSA route.