Near Doncaster test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts, 15 turns and 6 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 31.5 km practice route near Doncaster 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 Clay Lane Roundabout, Coventry Grove and Armthorpe 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, dual-carriageway joins, 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 93-step drive on real, named roads (about 32.0 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.
A18591 m
Keep right to stay on A18/Leger Way.
A18152 m
Keep right to stay on A18/Leger Way.
A18152 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 Avenue205 m
Keep right to stay on Wolsey Avenue.
Wolsey Avenue368 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 Avenue283 m
Turn left onto A18/Leger Way.
A18606 m
Keep left to stay on A18/Leger Way.
A181.7 km
Enter Armthorpe Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout22 m
Exit the roundabout onto A18/Leger Way.
A18477 m
Turn left.
39 m
Turn right onto Sandall Park Drive.
Sandall Park Drive26 m
Turn left onto Boundary Avenue.
Boundary Avenue385 m
Turn left onto Thorne Road.
Thorne Road357 m
Keep right to stay on Thorne Road.
Thorne Road823 m
Turn right onto Winchester Avenue.
Winchester Avenue300 m
Turn left onto Parkway South.
Parkway South254 m
Turn left onto Beckett Road.
Beckett Road142 m
Turn right onto Lincoln Road.
Lincoln Road321 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 3rd exit onto Barnby Dun Road.
Clay Lane Roundabout76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barnby Dun Road.
Barnby Dun Road13 m
Keep right to stay on Barnby Dun Road.
Barnby Dun Road254 m
Turn right onto Derby Road.
Derby Road93 m
Turn left onto Truro Avenue.
Truro Avenue291 m
Keep right to stay on Truro Avenue.
Truro Avenue285 m
Turn left onto Guildford Road.
Guildford Road393 m
Enter Coventry Grove and take the 3rd exit onto Exeter Road.
Coventry Grove62 m
Exit the roundabout onto Exeter Road.
Exeter Road561 m
Turn left onto Parkway South.
Parkway South347 m
Turn left onto Beckett Road.
Beckett Road1.3 km
Turn left onto Queens Road.
Queens Road207 m
Turn right onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Road551 m
Turn left onto Market Road.
Market Road10 m
Turn left onto East Laith Gate.
East Laith Gate93 m
Turn right onto Frances Street.
Frances Street85 m
Turn right.
30 m
Turn left onto Frances Street.
Frances Street85 m
Turn left onto East Laith Gate.
East Laith Gate93 m
Move left onto Sunny Bar.
Sunny Bar54 m
Turn left onto Market Place.
Market Place82 m
Move right onto Scot Lane.
Scot Lane157 m
Turn left onto High Street.
High Street318 m
Turn left onto Prince's Street.
Prince's Street111 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Thorne Road.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Thorne Road.
Thorne Road161 m
Turn right to stay on Thorne Road.
Thorne Road39 m
Turn right to stay on Thorne Road.
Thorne Road251 m
Turn left onto South Parade.
South Parade1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A638/Bawtry Road.
66 m
Exit the roundabout onto A638/Bawtry Road.
A6381.3 km
Make a right U-turn at Cantley Lane/B1396 to stay on A638/Bawtry Road.
A638163 m
Turn left onto St. Augustine's Road.
St. Augustine's Road220 m
Turn right onto St. george's Road.
St. george's Road70 m
Turn left onto Princes Road.
Princes Road168 m
Turn left onto St. Michael's Road.
St. Michael's Road77 m
Turn left onto St. Augustine's Road.
St. Augustine's Road388 m
Turn left onto A638/Bawtry Road.
A6381.1 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.
A18263 m
Turn left onto Town Moor Avenue.
Town Moor Avenue1.0 km
Turn right onto Victorian Crescent.
Victorian Crescent45 m
Keep right to stay on Victorian Crescent.
Victorian Crescent68 m
Turn left onto Windsor Road.
Windsor Road88 m
Turn right onto Thorne Road.
Thorne Road1.8 km
Keep left to stay on Thorne Road.
Thorne Road149 m
Turn right onto Chestnut Avenue.
Chestnut Avenue439 m
Turn right onto Oakhill Road.
Oakhill Road162 m
Turn left onto Rowan Mount.
Rowan Mount41 m
Keep left to stay on Rowan Mount.
Rowan Mount176 m
Turn left onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road637 m
Enter Armthorpe Road Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout73 m
Exit the roundabout onto Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road166 m
Keep left to stay on Armthorpe Road.
Armthorpe Road493 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Sandringham Road.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sandringham Road.
Sandringham Road1.2 km
Turn left onto Leicester Avenue.
Leicester Avenue91 m
Keep right to stay on Leicester Avenue.
Leicester Avenue415 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Doncaster · Route 14 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, Armthorpe Road Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 11.4 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.
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.
Wheatley Hotel
Continue to Wheatley Hotel.
Wheatley Park Baptist Church
Continue to Wheatley Park Baptist Church.
Nissan
Continue to Nissan.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
House Martin
Continue to House Martin.
Clay Lane Roundabout
Continue to Clay Lane Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
MG
Continue to MG.
Coventry Grove
Continue to Coventry Grove, taking the junction with good observation.
Co-op Food
Continue to Co-op Food.
St Mary
Continue to St Mary.
Masons Arms
Continue to Masons Arms.
Unitarian and Free Christian Church
Continue to Unitarian and Free Christian Church.
Hall Gate United Reformed Church
Continue to Hall Gate United Reformed Church.
Powerhouse Christ Church
Continue to Powerhouse Christ Church.
Doncaster Comrades of the Great War Social Club
Continue to Doncaster Comrades of the Great War Social Club.
Bessacarr Newsagents
Continue to Bessacarr Newsagents.
Armthorpe Road Roundabout
Continue to Armthorpe Road Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Lonsdale
Finish back near Lonsdale, 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 31.5 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Doncaster test centre, not an official DVSA route.