Near Enfield test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 6 roundabouts, 18 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 46.8 km practice loop near Enfield 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 Mollison Avenue. 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 shops, stations, pubs and schools, 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 Enfield 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 46.8 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west.
114 m
Turn left onto Solar Way.
Solar Way361 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Innova Way.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Innova Way.
Innova Way190 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue107 m
Keep right to stay on Mollison Avenue.
Mollison Avenue1.4 km
Turn right onto Bilton Way.
Bilton Way929 m
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road258 m
Turn right onto Malvern Road.
Malvern Road286 m
Turn right onto Ashton Road.
Ashton Road69 m
Turn right onto Ferndale Road.
Ferndale Road290 m
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road188 m
Turn right onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue260 m
Turn right onto Preston Gardens.
Preston Gardens107 m
Turn right onto Bradley Road.
Bradley Road246 m
Turn right onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road107 m
Turn right onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue919 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue1.1 km
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road484 m
Turn left onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue928 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue744 m
Turn right onto Green Street.
Green Street874 m
Turn right onto Westmoor Road.
Westmoor Road432 m
Turn right onto Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road210 m
Turn left onto The Sunny Road.
The Sunny Road233 m
Turn left to stay on The Sunny Road.
The Sunny Road158 m
Turn right onto The Brightside.
The Brightside56 m
Keep left to stay on The Brightside.
The Brightside26 m
Turn right onto Greenwood Avenue.
Greenwood Avenue424 m
Turn right onto Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road201 m
Turn left to stay on Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road660 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road43 m
Turn right onto Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane630 m
Keep right to stay on Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane208 m
Turn right onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A102.6 km
Enter Waltham Cross Interchange and take the 3rd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
Waltham Cross Interchange217 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A10861 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
105 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A101.2 km
Turn left onto College Road.
College Road397 m
Turn left onto Cromwell Avenue.
Cromwell Avenue36 m
Turn left onto Bury Green Road.
Bury Green Road263 m
Turn left onto Hawthorne Avenue.
Hawthorne Avenue69 m
Turn left onto Greenwood Avenue.
Greenwood Avenue163 m
Move right.
25 m
Make a right U-turn.
25 m
Move left onto Greenwood Avenue.
Greenwood Avenue163 m
Turn right onto Hawthorne Avenue.
Hawthorne Avenue69 m
Turn right onto Bury Green Road.
Bury Green Road263 m
Turn right onto Cromwell Avenue.
Cromwell Avenue36 m
Turn right onto College Road.
College Road402 m
Turn right onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A101.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
102 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A10850 m
Enter Waltham Cross Interchange and take the 2nd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
Waltham Cross Interchange219 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A102.5 km
Turn left onto Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane729 m
Keep left to stay on Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane109 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road43 m
Turn right onto Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road661 m
Turn right to stay on Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road509 m
Turn left onto Brimsdown Avenue.
Brimsdown Avenue599 m
Turn left onto Leys Road East.
Leys Road East51 m
Turn left onto The Link.
The Link67 m
Turn left onto Meads Road.
Meads Road175 m
Turn left onto Croft Road.
Croft Road89 m
Turn right onto Brimsdown Avenue.
Brimsdown Avenue521 m
Turn right onto Osborne Road.
Osborne Road297 m
Turn left to stay on Osborne Road.
Osborne Road4 m
Move left onto Goldsdown Road.
Goldsdown Road136 m
Turn left onto Goldsdown Close.
Goldsdown Close163 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Goldsdown Close.
Goldsdown Close112 m
Move left to stay on Goldsdown Close.
Goldsdown Close50 m
Turn left onto Goldsdown Road.
Goldsdown Road239 m
Keep right to take Alma Road.
Alma Road683 m
Turn right onto Durants Road.
Durants Road304 m
Keep right to stay on Durants Road.
Durants Road113 m
Keep right to stay on Durants Road.
Durants Road98 m
Turn right onto Bursland Road.
Bursland Road169 m
Turn right onto Charcroft Gardens.
Charcroft Gardens198 m
Turn left onto Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road91 m
Turn left onto The Ride.
The Ride650 m
Keep left to stay on The Ride.
The Ride65 m
Turn right onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road2.3 km
Keep straight to stay on Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road1.2 km
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010. Continue on A1010.
A1010363 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Monarchs Way/A1010.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Monarchs Way/A1010.
Monarchs Way416 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Eleanor Cross Road/A121.
119 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eleanor Cross Road/A121.
Eleanor Cross Road1.1 km
Turn right onto Lea Road.
Lea Road10 m
Keep left to stay on Lea Road.
Lea Road554 m
Move right.
209 m
Turn left.
191 m
Turn right.
86 m
Turn left onto New Ford Road.
New Ford Road17 m
Turn left.
82 m
Move left onto Lea Road.
Lea Road984 m
Turn left onto Station Road/A121. Continue on A121.
A1211.1 km
Turn left onto Monarchs Way/A1010.
Monarchs Way433 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto High Street/A1010.
6 m
Exit the roundabout onto High Street/A1010.
A1010375 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue265 m
Keep straight to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue716 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
77 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue653 m
Keep right to stay on Mollison Avenue.
Mollison Avenue1.4 km
Make a right U-turn at Bilton Way to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue1.6 km
Turn left onto Innova Way.
Innova Way179 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Solar Way.
76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Solar Way.
Solar Way200 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Enfield · Route 12 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
Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.
Dual-carriageway join
About 9.3 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.
Norfolk Truck & Van
Start near Norfolk Truck & Van.
Enfield Lock
Continue to Enfield Lock.
Railway Inn
Continue to Railway Inn.
Shelpa Express
Continue to Shelpa Express.
Brimsdown
Continue to Brimsdown.
Prestige Carpet
Continue to Prestige Carpet.
Carterhatch Lane
Continue to Carterhatch Lane.
Manor Court
Continue to Manor Court.
Crocodile
Continue to Crocodile.
Loft Centre
Continue to Loft Centre.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Continue to St Mary's Catholic Primary School.
Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy
Continue to Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy.
St James
Continue to St James.
Turkey Street Station
Continue to Turkey Street Station.
Bullsmoor Lane
Continue to Bullsmoor Lane.
Totteridge Road
Continue to Totteridge Road.
Revival Centre
Continue to Revival Centre.
Waltham Cross
Continue to Waltham Cross.
Banana Connection
Continue to Banana Connection.
Mollison Avenue
Finish back near Mollison Avenue, completing the loop.
3 roundabouts · 20 turns · 5 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 14 turns · 4 sets of lights
7 roundabouts · 13 turns · 6 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 11 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 46.8 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Enfield test centre, not an official DVSA route.