Near Garretts Green test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 7 roundabouts and 15 turns across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 39.0 km practice route near Garretts Green 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 Brays Road and Meadway. 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, 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, schools, 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 Garretts Green 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 109-step drive on real, named roads (about 39.0 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northeast.
130 m
Turn right onto Granby Avenue.
Granby Avenue742 m
Turn left onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane763 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
68 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane282 m
Turn left onto Markfield Road.
Markfield Road129 m
Turn left onto Rotherfield Road.
Rotherfield Road198 m
Turn left onto Brinsley Road.
Brinsley Road106 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Hollyfaste Road.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hollyfaste Road.
Hollyfaste Road408 m
Turn right onto Blakenhale Road.
Blakenhale Road288 m
Turn right onto Outmore Road.
Outmore Road159 m
Turn right onto Homestead Road.
Homestead Road236 m
Turn left onto Hollyfaste Road.
Hollyfaste Road214 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 6th exit onto Sheldon Heath Road.
122 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sheldon Heath Road.
Sheldon Heath Road414 m
Turn left onto Este Road.
Este Road145 m
Turn left onto Hengham Road.
Hengham Road413 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Sheldon Heath Road.
76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sheldon Heath Road.
Sheldon Heath Road782 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Brays Road.
71 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brays Road.
Brays Road557 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brays Road.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brays Road.
Brays Road536 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Brays Road.
82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brays Road.
Brays Road536 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Horrell Road.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horrell Road.
Horrell Road676 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Horrell Road.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horrell Road.
Horrell Road84 m
Turn right onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane604 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 7th exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
136 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane1.0 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Barrows Lane.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barrows Lane.
Barrows Lane781 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brays Road.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brays Road.
Brays Road536 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Horrell Road.
74 m
Exit the roundabout onto Horrell Road.
Horrell Road375 m
Turn left onto Church Road.
Church Road534 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto The Radleys.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto The Radleys.
The Radleys799 m
Turn left onto Mackadown Lane.
Mackadown Lane1.2 km
Turn left to stay on Mackadown Lane.
Mackadown Lane455 m
Turn right onto Heynesfield Road.
Heynesfield Road179 m
Turn left onto Gressel Lane.
Gressel Lane2.1 km
Move left onto Hurst Lane.
Hurst Lane545 m
Turn right onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road247 m
Turn left.
100 m
Turn left onto Hazelhurst Road.
Hazelhurst Road266 m
Turn right onto Yew Tree Road.
Yew Tree Road81 m
Turn right onto Windleaves Road.
Windleaves Road93 m
Move left onto Elmfield Road.
Elmfield Road221 m
Turn right onto Wyckham Road.
Wyckham Road79 m
Turn right onto Hawthorne Road.
Hawthorne Road175 m
Turn left.
100 m
Turn right onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road248 m
Turn left onto Hurst Lane North.
Hurst Lane North545 m
Move right onto Packington Avenue.
Packington Avenue2.3 km
Turn right onto Kyngsford Road.
Kyngsford Road170 m
Turn right onto East Meadway.
East Meadway718 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Meadway.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meadway.
Meadway295 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Meadway.
30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meadway.
Meadway711 m
Turn left onto Queens Road.
Queens Road886 m
Turn left onto Church Road.
Church Road681 m
Turn left onto Yew Tree Lane.
Yew Tree Lane351 m
Turn right to stay on Yew Tree Lane.
Yew Tree Lane30 m
Turn left to stay on Yew Tree Lane.
Yew Tree Lane268 m
Turn left onto A45/Coventry Road.
A45141 m
Take the exit on the right.
62 m
Turn right onto A45/Coventry Road.
A451.1 km
Move right.
97 m
Turn right onto Holder Road.
Holder Road6 m
Turn right onto A45/Coventry Road. Continue on A45.
A451.4 km
Turn left onto Rowlands Road.
Rowlands Road686 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Barrows Lane.
61 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barrows Lane.
Barrows Lane781 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Barrows Lane.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Barrows Lane.
Barrows Lane121 m
Turn left onto Common Lane.
Common Lane692 m
Make a sharp right onto Church Road.
Church Road38 m
Make a sharp right onto Common Lane.
Common Lane415 m
Turn right onto Hollywell Road.
Hollywell Road242 m
Turn right onto Brays Road.
Brays Road229 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brays Road.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brays Road.
Brays Road557 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Sheldon Heath Road.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sheldon Heath Road.
Sheldon Heath Road782 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Sheldon Heath Road.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sheldon Heath Road.
Sheldon Heath Road414 m
Turn right onto Blakenhale Road.
Blakenhale Road144 m
Turn right onto Hollyfaste Road.
Hollyfaste Road288 m
Turn left onto Outmore Road.
Outmore Road806 m
Turn right onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane408 m
Turn right onto Blakenhale Road.
Blakenhale Road87 m
Turn right onto Outmore Road.
Outmore Road9 m
Turn left onto Blakenhale Road.
Blakenhale Road288 m
Turn left onto Hollyfaste Road.
Hollyfaste Road408 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
95 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane282 m
Turn left onto Markfield Road.
Markfield Road129 m
Turn left onto Rotherfield Road.
Rotherfield Road198 m
Turn left onto Brinsley Road.
Brinsley Road106 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 5th exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
91 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane763 m
Turn right onto Granby Avenue.
Granby Avenue415 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Garretts Green · Route 10 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.
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 2.7 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.
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.
St Thomas' Church Garretts Green
Start near St Thomas' Church Garretts Green.
Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants
Continue to Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants.
William Hill
Continue to William Hill.
Brays Road
Continue to Brays Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Lily's Florist
Continue to Lily's Florist.
Garretts Green Nursery School
Continue to Garretts Green Nursery School.
Bam Bam Nursery
Continue to Bam Bam Nursery.
Motorfair
Continue to Motorfair.
Lidl
Continue to Lidl.
Farmfoods
Continue to Farmfoods.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Shard End Police Station
Continue to Shard End Police Station.
Co-operative Funeralcare
Continue to Co-operative Funeralcare.
Meadway
Continue to Meadway, taking the junction with good observation.
St Michael and All Angels
Continue to St Michael and All Angels.
South Yardley Methodist Church
Continue to South Yardley Methodist Church.
EBN Academy
Continue to EBN Academy.
George V
Continue to George V.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Continue to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Little Scallywags Day Nursery
Finish back near Little Scallywags Day Nursery, completing the loop.
9 roundabouts · 15 turns · 4 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 12 turns · 3 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 9 turns · 6 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 11 turns · 3 sets of lights
This route is 39.0 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Garretts Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.