Near Enfield test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 6 roundabouts, 14 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 54.1 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, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads, independent driving 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 stations, churches, 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 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 126-step drive on real, named roads (about 54.1 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. Continue on Mollison Avenue.
Mollison Avenue1.6 km
Turn left.
21 m
Turn right.
54 m
Make a right U-turn.
54 m
Turn left.
21 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue71 m
Turn left onto Bilton Way.
Bilton Way920 m
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road942 m
Turn right onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road306 m
Turn right onto Putney Road.
Putney Road321 m
Turn left onto Mandeville Road.
Mandeville Road239 m
Turn right onto Chestnut Road.
Chestnut Road360 m
Turn right onto Park Road.
Park Road445 m
Turn left onto Mandeville Road.
Mandeville Road69 m
Turn right onto Putney Road.
Putney Road321 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road303 m
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road941 m
Turn right onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue928 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue69 m
Turn left.
21 m
Turn right.
54 m
Make a right U-turn.
54 m
Turn left.
21 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue71 m
Turn left onto Bilton Way.
Bilton Way920 m
Turn left onto Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road942 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road141 m
Turn right onto Turkey Street.
Turkey Street791 m
Turn right 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 left onto Bullsmoor Lane/A1055.
Bullsmoor Lane204 m
Turn left onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A101.7 km
Move left onto Hoe Lane.
Hoe Lane967 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road75 m
Turn right onto Eastfield Road.
Eastfield Road41 m
Turn right to stay on Eastfield Road.
Eastfield Road852 m
Turn right onto Brimsdown Avenue.
Brimsdown Avenue1.1 km
Turn left onto Green Street.
Green Street121 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue81 m
Keep left to stay on Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue633 m
Turn right.
21 m
Turn right.
54 m
Make a right U-turn.
54 m
Turn left.
21 m
Turn right onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue2.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue981 m
Turn right onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road47 m
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 2nd exit onto Monarchs Way/A121.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Monarchs Way/A121.
Monarchs Way477 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto High Street/B176.
71 m
Exit the roundabout onto High Street/B176. Continue on B176.
B176871 m
Turn left onto Albury Ride.
Albury Ride270 m
Turn left onto The Ride.
The Ride122 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on The Ride.
The Ride122 m
Turn right onto Albury Ride.
Albury Ride270 m
Turn right onto Crossbrook Street/B176. Continue on B176.
B176867 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Monarchs Way/A121.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Monarchs Way/A121.
Monarchs Way480 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd 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.
A1010375 m
Turn left onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue982 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
77 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055. Continue on Mollison Avenue.
Mollison Avenue2.8 km
Turn right onto Green Street.
Green Street447 m
Turn left onto Alma Road.
Alma Road773 m
Turn right onto King Edward's Road.
King Edward's Road235 m
Turn right onto Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road100 m
Turn right to stay on Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road91 m
Turn left onto The Ride.
The Ride218 m
Turn left onto Bursland Road.
Bursland Road103 m
Turn left onto Charcroft Gardens.
Charcroft Gardens198 m
Move right onto Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road266 m
Turn left onto Nags Head Road/A110. Continue on A110.
A110432 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lea Valley Road/A110.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lea Valley Road/A110.
Lea Valley Road1.7 km
Turn left onto Sewardstone Road/A112.
Sewardstone Road4.9 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Meridian Way/A121.
7 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meridian Way/A121. Continue on A121.
A121518 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Greenwich Way.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Greenwich Way.
Greenwich Way74 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Deer Park Way.
63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Deer Park Way.
Deer Park Way68 m
Turn right to stay on Deer Park Way.
Deer Park Way164 m
Turn left onto Halley Road.
Halley Road35 m
Turn right to stay on Halley Road.
Halley Road73 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Halley Road.
Halley Road73 m
Turn left to stay on Halley Road.
Halley Road35 m
Turn right onto Deer Park Way.
Deer Park Way164 m
Turn left to stay on Deer Park Way.
Deer Park Way69 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Greenwich Way.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Greenwich Way.
Greenwich Way75 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Meridian Way/A121.
10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meridian Way/A121.
Meridian Way1.3 km
Turn left onto Highbridge Street/A121. Continue on A121.
A1211.4 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 Avenue982 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
77 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055. Continue on Mollison Avenue.
Mollison Avenue3.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mollison Avenue/A1055.
Mollison Avenue617 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Aden Road.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto Aden Road.
Aden Road47 m
Turn right 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 Avenue2.2 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 Way201 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Enfield · Route 3 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.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
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 1.6 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 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.
Enfield Lock
Start near Enfield Lock.
St George's Church
Continue to St George's Church.
Totteridge Road
Continue to Totteridge Road.
Railway Inn
Continue to Railway Inn.
Turkey Street Station
Continue to Turkey Street Station.
Manor Court
Continue to Manor Court.
Blessed Launderette
Continue to Blessed Launderette.
Brimsdown
Continue to Brimsdown.
Mollison Avenue
Continue to Mollison Avenue, taking the junction with good observation.
Theobalds Grove
Continue to Theobalds Grove.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph
Continue to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph.
Banana Connection
Continue to Banana Connection.
Hitch Mylius
Continue to Hitch Mylius.
Wharf Road Park
Continue to Wharf Road Park.
Lee Valley Campsite
Continue to Lee Valley Campsite.
Plough
Continue to Plough.
Poundland
Continue to Poundland.
Waltham Cross
Continue to Waltham Cross.
Matalan
Continue to Matalan.
Tooled-Up.com
Finish back near Tooled-Up.com, completing the loop.
3 roundabouts · 20 turns · 5 sets of lights
7 roundabouts · 13 turns · 6 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 11 turns · 4 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 18 turns · 5 sets of lights
This route is 54.1 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.