Near Enfield test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 11 roundabouts, 15 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 41.2 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 and Lieutenant Ellis Way. 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, churches and parks, 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 104-step drive on real, named roads (about 41.1 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 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 2nd exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
Winston Churchill Way766 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
273 m
Exit the roundabout onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
Winston Churchill Way772 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 5th exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
118 m
Exit the roundabout onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
Winston Churchill Way766 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Lieutenant Ellis Way/B198.
81 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lieutenant Ellis Way/B198.
Lieutenant Ellis Way947 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 6th exit onto Lieutenant Ellis Way/B198.
245 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lieutenant Ellis Way/B198.
Lieutenant Ellis Way1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Goff's Lane.
102 m
Exit the roundabout onto Goff's Lane.
Goff's Lane785 m
Turn right onto Churchgate.
Churchgate541 m
Move left onto College Road.
College Road401 m
Turn right onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A101.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
27 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 Lane265 m
Turn right onto Bruce Way.
Bruce Way83 m
Turn right onto Leven Drive.
Leven Drive70 m
Turn right to stay on Leven Drive.
Leven Drive77 m
Turn left to stay on Leven Drive.
Leven Drive40 m
Turn left onto Bruce Way.
Bruce Way83 m
Turn left onto Park Lane.
Park Lane265 m
Turn left onto Sturlas Way.
Sturlas Way252 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Winston Churchill Way/A121.
Winston Churchill Way766 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
171 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 Road629 m
Turn right onto Dark Lane.
Dark Lane228 m
Turn right onto Cromwell Avenue.
Cromwell Avenue526 m
Turn right onto College Road.
College Road765 m
Turn left onto Rowlands Close.
Rowlands Close12 m
Turn left to stay on Rowlands Close.
Rowlands Close117 m
Turn left to stay on Rowlands Close.
Rowlands Close9 m
Turn right onto College Road/B198.
College Road249 m
Turn left 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.
A10851 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.
A101.1 km
Turn left onto Turkey Street.
Turkey Street131 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. Continue on A1055.
A10551.9 km
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 Avenue2.2 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 Road69 m
Turn right onto Park Road.
Park Road284 m
Move left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road229 m
Turn left onto Cunningham Avenue.
Cunningham Avenue423 m
Turn left onto Mandeville Road.
Mandeville Road59 m
Turn left 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 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 Way201 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Enfield · Route 6 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 6.5 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.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph
Continue to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph.
Painters Lane Neighbourhood Park
Continue to Painters Lane Neighbourhood Park.
Vine
Continue to Vine.
Lieutenant Ellis Way
Continue to Lieutenant Ellis Way, taking the junction with good observation.
Crocodile
Continue to Crocodile.
Saint Mary the Virgin Church
Continue to Saint Mary the Virgin Church.
Cheshunt Fire Station
Continue to Cheshunt Fire Station.
Manor Court
Continue to Manor Court.
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
Continue to Bullsmoor Lane / Hertford Road.
Tesco Express
Continue to Tesco Express.
Enfield Lock
Continue to Enfield Lock.
St George's Church
Continue to St George's Church.
Totteridge Road
Continue to Totteridge Road.
New Image
Continue to New Image.
Railway Inn
Finish back near Railway Inn, 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 41.2 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.