Near Doncaster test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 16 roundabouts, 11 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 33 navigation steps.
This is an independent 52.7 km practice route near Doncaster test centre, taking roughly 50 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 Clay Lane Roundabout, White Rose Way and Bawtry Road. 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 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 churches, pubs, shops 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 Doncaster 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 106-step drive on real, named roads (about 52.7 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive south.
39 m
Turn right onto Shaw Wood Way.
Shaw Wood Way127 m
Turn left onto A18/Leger Way.
A18896 m
Enter Armthorpe Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A18/Leger Way.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout23 m
Exit the roundabout onto A18/Leger Way.
A182.0 km
Turn right onto Leicester Avenue.
Leicester Avenue181 m
Turn right onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue585 m
Turn left onto Evelyn Avenue.
Evelyn Avenue73 m
Turn left onto Wolsey Avenue.
Wolsey Avenue574 m
Turn right onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue79 m
Turn right onto Leicester Avenue.
Leicester Avenue195 m
Turn left onto Sandringham Road.
Sandringham Road307 m
Turn left onto Town Moor Avenue.
Town Moor Avenue284 m
Turn left onto A18/Leger Way.
A182.3 km
Enter Armthorpe Road Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road660 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Armthorpe Road.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road120 m
Turn right onto Sandall Rise.
Sandall Rise250 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Thornhill Avenue.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Thornhill Avenue.
Thornhill Avenue227 m
Turn right onto Thorne Road.
Thorne Road433 m
Turn right onto Chestnut Avenue.
Chestnut Avenue110 m
Turn right onto The Grove.
The Grove181 m
Turn right onto Crossways.
Crossways111 m
Turn left onto Thorne Road.
Thorne Road696 m
Turn right onto Winchester Avenue.
Winchester Avenue300 m
Turn right onto Parkway South.
Parkway South266 m
Turn right onto Worcester Avenue.
Worcester Avenue197 m
Turn left onto Lichfield Road.
Lichfield Road559 m
Turn left onto Liverpool Avenue.
Liverpool Avenue301 m
Turn left onto Lincoln Road.
Lincoln Road256 m
Turn left onto Wheatley Hall Road.
Wheatley Hall Road181 m
Turn right onto Liverpool Avenue.
Liverpool Avenue13 m
Turn left onto A630/Wheatley Hall Road.
A63020 m
Make a left U-turn to stay on A630/Wheatley Hall Road.
A6302.5 km
Enter Clay Lane Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Barnby Dun Road.
Clay Lane Roundabout15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barnby Dun Road.
Barnby Dun Road782 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Doncaster Road.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Doncaster Road.
Doncaster Road802 m
Turn right onto Graham Road.
Graham Road469 m
Turn left onto Church Road.
Church Road145 m
Turn left onto Brecks Lane.
Brecks Lane350 m
Turn left onto Doncaster Road.
Doncaster Road1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Doncaster Road.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Doncaster Road.
Doncaster Road779 m
Enter Clay Lane Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A630/Wheatley Hall Road.
Clay Lane Roundabout72 m
Exit the roundabout onto A630/Wheatley Hall Road.
A6301.4 km
Keep left to stay on A630/Wheatley Hall Road.
A6301.5 km
Turn left onto Wentworth Road.
Wentworth Road47 m
Turn right onto Rockingham Road.
Rockingham Road314 m
Turn right onto Wentworth Road.
Wentworth Road1.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Armthorpe Road.
16 m
Exit the roundabout onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road662 m
Enter Armthorpe Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road1.8 km
Move left onto Church Street.
Church Street633 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Mill Street.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mill Street.
Mill Street236 m
Turn right onto St Mary's Drive.
St Mary's Drive146 m
Turn left onto Cleveland Road.
Cleveland Road264 m
Turn left onto Rannds Lane.
Rannds Lane177 m
Turn left onto Mill Street.
Mill Street306 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Church Street.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Church Street.
Church Street634 m
Move right onto Doncaster Road.
Doncaster Road1.7 km
Turn left onto A18/Leger Way.
A182.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A18/Carr House Road.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto A18/Carr House Road.
A181.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A18/Carr House Road.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto A18/Carr House Road.
A18378 m
Keep left to take Green Dyke Lane.
Green Dyke Lane210 m
Turn right onto Kelham Street.
Kelham Street24 m
Turn left onto A630/Balby Flyover.
A63063 m
Turn right to stay on A630/Balby Flyover.
A63091 m
Keep right to take A18.
A18642 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A6182/White Rose Way.
80 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6182/White Rose Way.
A6182615 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6182/White Rose Way.
51 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6182/White Rose Way.
A61821.2 km
Turn right onto A6182/White Rose Way. Continue on A6182.
A6182634 m
Move left.
52 m
Make a sharp right.
62 m
Turn right onto A6182/White Rose Way.
A6182582 m
Keep right to stay on A6182/White Rose Way.
A6182356 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lakeside Boulevard.
86 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lakeside Boulevard.
Lakeside Boulevard366 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit.
36 m
Exit the roundabout.
136 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lakeside Boulevard.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lakeside Boulevard.
Lakeside Boulevard485 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Gliwice Way.
87 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gliwice Way.
Gliwice Way414 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Gliwice Way.
87 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gliwice Way.
Gliwice Way417 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Gliwice Way.
133 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gliwice Way.
Gliwice Way414 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gliwice Way.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gliwice Way.
Gliwice Way294 m
Turn right onto A638/Bawtry Road.
A6383.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A638/Bawtry Road.
69 m
Exit the roundabout onto A638/Bawtry Road.
A6383.9 km
Keep right to stay on A638/Bawtry Road.
A63893 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A18/Leger Way.
109 m
Exit the roundabout onto A18/Leger Way.
A181.3 km
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Doncaster · Route 13 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 Clay Lane Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 28.1 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, 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.
All Saints
Start near All Saints.
Lonsdale
Continue to Lonsdale.
St Aidan
Continue to St Aidan.
Wheatley Park Baptist Church
Continue to Wheatley Park Baptist Church.
Nissan
Continue to Nissan.
BMW
Continue to BMW.
Co-op Food
Continue to Co-op Food.
Slated Beauty
Continue to Slated Beauty.
Clay Lane Roundabout
Continue to Clay Lane Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
House Martin
Continue to House Martin.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Mary Magdalen
Continue to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Mary Magdalen.
Sportsman
Continue to Sportsman.
Wheatsheaf
Continue to Wheatsheaf.
St Leonard & St Mary
Continue to St Leonard & St Mary.
Park Hotel
Continue to Park Hotel.
One Stop
Continue to One Stop.
White Rose Way
Continue to White Rose Way, taking the junction with good observation.
B&M Home Store with Garden Centre
Continue to B&M Home Store with Garden Centre.
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
Bawtry Road
Finish back near Bawtry Road, completing the loop.
10 roundabouts · 16 turns · 9 sets of lights
9 roundabouts · 12 turns · 5 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 18 turns · 6 sets of lights
This route is 52.7 km and takes about 50 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Doncaster test centre, not an official DVSA route.