Near Garretts Green test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts, 17 turns and 1 signalled junction across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 42.2 km practice route near Garretts Green 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 Meadway and Heathway. 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 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 pubs, churches, schools 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 130-step drive on real, named roads (about 42.1 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 5th exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
91 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane1.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Meadway.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meadway.
Meadway295 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Holbeach Road.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Holbeach Road.
Holbeach Road22 m
Turn left onto Meadway.
Meadway351 m
Make a left U-turn at The Lea to stay on Meadway.
Meadway366 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Meadway.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meadway.
Meadway295 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Meadway.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Meadway.
Meadway109 m
Turn left onto Mirfield Road.
Mirfield Road216 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Lea Village.
82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lea Village.
Lea Village337 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Kitts Green Road.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Kitts Green Road.
Kitts Green Road449 m
Turn left onto East Meadway.
East Meadway899 m
Turn right onto Tile Cross Road.
Tile Cross Road513 m
Turn left onto Bosworth Drive.
Bosworth Drive141 m
Turn right onto Chapelhouse Road.
Chapelhouse Road963 m
Turn left onto Kelsull Croft.
Kelsull Croft68 m
Turn right onto Chester Close.
Chester Close63 m
Turn right to stay on Chester Close.
Chester Close34 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Chester Close.
Chester Close34 m
Turn left to stay on Chester Close.
Chester Close63 m
Turn left onto Kelsull Croft.
Kelsull Croft68 m
Turn left onto Chapelhouse Road.
Chapelhouse Road361 m
Turn right onto Bosworth Drive.
Bosworth Drive502 m
Enter Pine Square and take the 1st exit onto Moorend Avenue.
Pine Square39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Moorend Avenue.
Moorend Avenue288 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Moorend Avenue.
82 m
Exit the roundabout onto Moorend Avenue.
Moorend Avenue476 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Chester Road/B4114.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road620 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chester Road/B4114.
30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road683 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Chester Road/B4114.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road445 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chester Road/B4114.
58 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road1.5 km
Turn right onto Manor Park Road.
Manor Park Road223 m
Turn right onto Marlborough Road.
Marlborough Road428 m
Turn left onto Clifton Road.
Clifton Road259 m
Turn left onto Springfield Road.
Springfield Road409 m
Turn left onto Manor Park Road.
Manor Park Road382 m
Turn left onto Chester Road/B4114.
Chester Road483 m
Turn right onto Hurst Lane North.
Hurst Lane North518 m
Turn right onto Hurst Lane.
Hurst Lane250 m
Turn left onto Bradley Road.
Bradley Road49 m
Turn left onto Packington Avenue.
Packington Avenue237 m
Move left onto Hurst Lane.
Hurst Lane1.2 km
Turn left onto Green Lane.
Green Lane192 m
Turn right onto Tomlinson Road.
Tomlinson Road111 m
Turn right onto Neville Road.
Neville Road172 m
Turn right onto Blandford Avenue.
Blandford Avenue209 m
Turn right onto Clevedon Avenue.
Clevedon Avenue85 m
Turn left onto Green Lane.
Green Lane95 m
Turn left onto Lanchester Way.
Lanchester Way833 m
Turn left onto A452/Collector Road.
A4523.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Newport Road/B4147.
9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Newport Road/B4147.
Newport Road770 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bradford Road/B4114.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bradford Road/B4114.
Bradford Road1.5 km
Turn left.
270 m
Turn right onto Bradford Road/B4114.
Bradford Road1.1 km
Turn left onto Heathland Avenue.
Heathland Avenue492 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Buckland End.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Buckland End.
Buckland End230 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Brook Meadow Road.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brook Meadow Road.
Brook Meadow Road582 m
Enter Heathway and take the 3rd exit onto Heath Way.
Heathway97 m
Exit the roundabout onto Heath Way.
Heath Way481 m
Turn right onto Shard End Crescent.
Shard End Crescent26 m
Turn left onto Ownall Road.
Ownall Road128 m
Turn right onto Gorsefield Road.
Gorsefield Road17 m
Turn left onto Cole Way.
Cole Way85 m
Turn left onto Gorsefield Road.
Gorsefield Road54 m
Turn left onto The Shardway.
The Shardway73 m
Turn left onto Coneyford Road.
Coneyford Road28 m
Move right onto Ownall Road.
Ownall Road150 m
Turn right onto Shard End Crescent.
Shard End Crescent26 m
Turn left onto Heath Way.
Heath Way482 m
Enter Heathway and take the 1st exit onto Brook Meadow Road.
Heathway32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brook Meadow Road.
Brook Meadow Road582 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Cole Hall Lane.
30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cole Hall Lane.
Cole Hall Lane784 m
Turn right onto Middle Leaford.
Middle Leaford639 m
Turn left onto Glebe Farm Road.
Glebe Farm Road102 m
Move left onto Bushbury Road.
Bushbury Road574 m
Turn left onto Cole Hall Lane.
Cole Hall Lane923 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Brook Meadow Road.
78 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brook Meadow Road.
Brook Meadow Road582 m
Enter Heathway and take the 3rd exit onto Heath Way.
Heathway97 m
Exit the roundabout onto Heath Way.
Heath Way481 m
Turn right onto Shard End Crescent.
Shard End Crescent26 m
Turn left onto Ownall Road.
Ownall Road128 m
Turn right onto Gorsefield Road.
Gorsefield Road17 m
Turn left onto Cole Way.
Cole Way85 m
Turn left onto Gorsefield Road.
Gorsefield Road54 m
Turn right onto The Shardway.
The Shardway143 m
Turn right onto Packington Avenue.
Packington Avenue1.2 km
Turn right onto Lea Village.
Lea Village207 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Kitts Green Road.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Kitts Green Road.
Kitts Green Road610 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Crossfield Road.
52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crossfield Road.
Crossfield Road379 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Crossfield Road.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crossfield Road.
Crossfield Road90 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lea Hall Road.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lea Hall Road.
Lea Hall Road731 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Garretts Green Lane.
52 m
Exit the roundabout onto Garretts Green Lane.
Garretts Green Lane1.1 km
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 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 4 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 2.8 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 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.
Garretts Green Sports Bar
Start near Garretts Green Sports Bar.
St Thomas' Church Garretts Green
Continue to St Thomas' Church Garretts Green.
Little Scallywags Day Nursery
Continue to Little Scallywags Day Nursery.
Meadway
Continue to Meadway, taking the junction with good observation.
Asda
Continue to Asda.
Our Lady Help of Christians
Continue to Our Lady Help of Christians.
White Hart
Continue to White Hart.
Whitesmore Neighbourhood Nursery
Continue to Whitesmore Neighbourhood Nursery.
St Anne's
Continue to St Anne's.
Centurion
Continue to Centurion.
Farmfoods
Continue to Farmfoods.
Cutting Room
Continue to Cutting Room.
Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School
Continue to Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School.
St Clement of Alexandria
Continue to St Clement of Alexandria.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Kingfisher
Continue to Kingfisher.
All Saints
Continue to All Saints.
Heathway
Continue to Heathway, taking the junction with good observation.
Kitts Green Evangelical Church
Continue to Kitts Green Evangelical Church.
Lea Hall
Finish back near Lea Hall, 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 42.2 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Garretts Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.