Near Enfield test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts, 11 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 37.4 km practice loop near Enfield 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 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, named junctions, stations 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 94-step drive on real, named roads (about 38.3 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 Avenue2.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue48 m
Keep left to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue89 m
Turn left onto Jeffreys Road.
Jeffreys Road522 m
Turn right to stay on Jeffreys Road.
Jeffreys Road84 m
Enter Mollison Avenue and take the 3rd exit onto Aden Road.
Mollison Avenue37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Aden Road.
Aden Road29 m
Turn left onto Suez Road.
Suez Road103 m
Turn right onto Aden Road.
Aden Road60 m
Turn right to stay on Aden Road.
Aden Road118 m
Turn right to stay on Aden Road.
Aden Road57 m
Turn left onto Suez Road.
Suez Road453 m
Turn right to stay on Suez Road.
Suez Road21 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue152 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue312 m
Keep left to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue281 m
Keep right to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue1.5 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 Street1.0 km
Turn right onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue106 m
Turn right onto Swan Way.
Swan Way272 m
Turn left onto Cedar Avenue.
Cedar Avenue135 m
Keep left to stay on Cedar Avenue.
Cedar Avenue245 m
Turn right onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road29 m
Turn left onto Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane677 m
Keep right to stay on Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane161 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.
A10860 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
207 m
Exit the roundabout onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
Winston Churchill Way772 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Sturlas Way.
96 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sturlas Way.
Sturlas Way29 m
Turn left to stay on Sturlas Way.
Sturlas Way226 m
Turn right onto Park Lane.
Park Lane385 m
Turn right onto Park Road.
Park Road99 m
Turn left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road53 m
Turn left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road99 m
Turn left onto Park Lane.
Park Lane385 m
Turn left onto Sturlas Way.
Sturlas Way214 m
Keep right to stay on Sturlas Way.
Sturlas Way37 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
93 m
Exit the roundabout onto Monarchs Way/A121.
Monarchs Way480 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Monarchs Way/A1010.
81 m
Exit the roundabout 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.
A10101.6 km
Keep right to stay on Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road1.1 km
Turn left onto Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road364 m
Turn right onto Swan Way.
Swan Way336 m
Turn left onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue106 m
Turn left onto Green Street.
Green Street844 m
Keep left to stay on Green Street.
Green Street143 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue81 m
Keep left to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue281 m
Keep right to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue351 m
Turn right.
21 m
Turn left.
122 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue786 m
Turn right onto Green Street.
Green Street177 m
Turn right onto Brimsdown Avenue.
Brimsdown Avenue234 m
Turn left onto Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road509 m
Turn left to stay on Carterhatch Road.
Carterhatch Road661 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road43 m
Turn right onto Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane109 m
Keep right to stay on Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane567 m
Keep right to stay on Carterhatch Lane.
Carterhatch Lane161 m
Turn right onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A102.3 km
Make a right U-turn at Bullsmoor Lane/A1055 to stay on A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A10784 m
Turn left onto Turkey Street.
Turkey Street111 m
Keep left to stay on Turkey Street.
Turkey Street20 m
Turn left onto Elsinge Road.
Elsinge Road230 m
Turn left onto Kempe Road.
Kempe Road613 m
Turn right onto Marryat Road.
Marryat Road42 m
Turn left onto Lackmore Road.
Lackmore Road122 m
Turn right onto Bullsmoor Lane/A1055.
Bullsmoor Lane1.2 km
Keep straight to take 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 Way178 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Solar Way.
76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Solar Way.
Solar Way201 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Enfield · Route 16 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 5.7 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.
Mollison Avenue
Continue to Mollison Avenue, taking the junction with good observation.
Toolstation
Continue to Toolstation.
Shelpa Express
Continue to Shelpa Express.
Brimsdown
Continue to Brimsdown.
Carterhatch Junior School
Continue to Carterhatch Junior School.
Carterhatch Lane
Continue to Carterhatch Lane.
Manor Court
Continue to Manor Court.
Vine
Continue to Vine.
Bullsmoor Lane
Continue to Bullsmoor Lane.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph
Continue to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph.
Oakhurst Road
Continue to Oakhurst Road.
Totteridge Road
Continue to Totteridge Road.
Enfield Heights Academy
Continue to Enfield Heights Academy.
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
Chef's Pizza
Continue to Chef's Pizza.
Turkey Street Community Church
Continue to Turkey Street Community Church.
Langdale Gardens
Continue to Langdale Gardens.
Lea Valley High School
Continue to Lea Valley High School.
Bullsmoor Lane / Hertford Road
Finish back near Bullsmoor Lane / Hertford Road, 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 37.4 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Enfield test centre, not an official DVSA route.