Near Greenford test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 4 roundabouts, 16 turns and 3 signalled junctions across 22 navigation steps.
This is an independent 44.6 km practice route near Greenford test centre, taking roughly 30 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 Wood End Lane and Eastcote Lane. 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, 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, shops, schools and stations, 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 Greenford 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 103-step drive on real, named roads (about 44.6 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest on Horsenden Lane North.
Horsenden Lane North132 m
Move right onto Melville Avenue.
Melville Avenue244 m
Turn right onto Whitton Avenue East/A4090.
Whitton Avenue East820 m
Turn left onto Allendale Road.
Allendale Road77 m
Turn left onto Eastcote Avenue.
Eastcote Avenue503 m
Turn left onto The Rise.
The Rise80 m
Turn right onto Whitton Avenue East/A4090.
Whitton Avenue East745 m
Turn left onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road1.7 km
Turn left onto Downing Drive.
Downing Drive103 m
Turn left onto Middleton Avenue.
Middleton Avenue207 m
Turn left onto Bennetts Avenue.
Bennetts Avenue153 m
Turn right onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road2.5 km
Turn right onto Sudbury Hill/A4005/A4127. Continue on A4005.
A4005196 m
Turn left onto Sudbury Hill Close.
Sudbury Hill Close256 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Sudbury Hill Close.
Sudbury Hill Close256 m
Turn right onto Harrow Road/A4005. Continue on A4005.
A40051.7 km
Turn left onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road340 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Northolt Road/A312.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road497 m
Turn left onto Whitby Road.
Whitby Road199 m
Turn left onto Kingsley Road.
Kingsley Road73 m
Turn left onto Eastcote Road.
Eastcote Road219 m
Turn left onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road564 m
Turn right onto Park Lane.
Park Lane623 m
Turn left onto Eastcote Lane.
Eastcote Lane126 m
Turn left onto Alexandra Avenue/A4090.
Alexandra Avenue816 m
Turn right onto Northolt Road/A312. Continue on A312.
A312287 m
Turn left onto Petts Hill/A312.
Petts Hill22 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
Whitton Avenue West303 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
65 m
Exit the roundabout onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090. Continue on A4090.
A40901.7 km
Turn right onto Melville Avenue.
Melville Avenue244 m
Move left onto Horsenden Lane North.
Horsenden Lane North1.1 km
Move right onto Horsenden Lane South.
Horsenden Lane South172 m
Turn left onto Bilton Road.
Bilton Road853 m
Turn left onto Torrington Road.
Torrington Road256 m
Turn left onto Jordan Road.
Jordan Road154 m
Turn left onto Lynmouth Road.
Lynmouth Road227 m
Turn right onto Bilton Road.
Bilton Road697 m
Turn right onto Horsenden Lane South.
Horsenden Lane South172 m
Move left onto Horsenden Lane North.
Horsenden Lane North1.1 km
Move right onto Melville Avenue.
Melville Avenue244 m
Turn left onto Whitton Avenue East/A4090. Continue on A4090.
A40901.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
69 m
Exit the roundabout onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
Whitton Avenue West277 m
Move left to stay on Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
Whitton Avenue West18 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Petts Hill/A312.
47 m
Exit the roundabout onto Petts Hill/A312. Continue on A312.
A312287 m
Move right onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road412 m
Turn left onto Park Lane.
Park Lane623 m
Turn right onto Eastcote Lane.
Eastcote Lane182 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Eastcote Lane.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Eastcote Lane.
Eastcote Lane548 m
Turn left onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road415 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Northolt Road/A312.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto Northolt Road/A312.
Northolt Road317 m
Move right onto Roxeth Hill/A4005.
Roxeth Hill24 m
Turn right onto Roxeth Hill/A4005. Continue on A4005.
A40051.5 km
Move left onto Sudbury Court Drive/A4127.
Sudbury Court Drive909 m
Enter John Lyon Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Watford Road/A404.
John Lyon Roundabout88 m
Exit the roundabout onto Watford Road/A404.
Watford Road234 m
Turn left onto Hill Road.
Hill Road107 m
Turn right onto Pasture Road.
Pasture Road322 m
Turn right onto East Lane/A4088.
East Lane63 m
Turn left onto Watford Road/A404.
Watford Road697 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Harrow Road/A404.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Harrow Road/A404.
Harrow Road395 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Allendale Road.
142 m
Exit the roundabout onto Allendale Road.
Allendale Road543 m
Turn right onto Whitton Avenue East/A4090.
Whitton Avenue East1.2 km
Turn right onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road413 m
Turn left onto Cavendish Avenue.
Cavendish Avenue644 m
Turn right onto Wood End Road.
Wood End Road554 m
Move right onto South Vale.
South Vale282 m
Turn right onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road164 m
Turn right onto Cavendish Avenue.
Cavendish Avenue644 m
Turn left onto Wood End Road.
Wood End Road191 m
Move right onto Wood End Gardens.
Wood End Gardens95 m
Turn right onto Halsbury Road East.
Halsbury Road East463 m
Turn left onto Russell Road.
Russell Road337 m
Turn left onto Wood End Lane.
Wood End Lane1.4 km
Move right onto South Vale.
South Vale282 m
Turn right onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road577 m
Turn right onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090.
Whitton Avenue West1.1 km
Turn right onto Merton Avenue.
Merton Avenue180 m
Turn right onto Keble Close.
Keble Close181 m
Turn left onto Whitton Avenue West/A4090. Continue on A4090.
A40902.2 km
Turn left onto Allendale Road.
Allendale Road77 m
Turn left onto Eastcote Avenue.
Eastcote Avenue503 m
Turn left onto The Rise.
The Rise80 m
Turn right onto Whitton Avenue East/A4090.
Whitton Avenue East745 m
Turn left onto Greenford Road/A4127.
Greenford Road384 m
Turn right onto Horsenden Lane North.
Horsenden Lane North58 m
Turn right onto Oldfield Lane North.
Oldfield Lane North149 m
Turn left onto Oldfield Close.
Oldfield Close42 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Oldfield Close.
Oldfield Close42 m
Turn right onto Oldfield Lane North.
Oldfield Lane North149 m
Turn right to stay on Oldfield Lane North.
Oldfield Lane North263 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Oldfield Lane North.
23 m
Exit the roundabout onto Oldfield Lane North.
Oldfield Lane North51 m
Turn right onto Currey Road.
Currey Road253 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Greenford · Route 2 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.
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.
Bilal Masjid Trust (Greenford)
Start near Bilal Masjid Trust (Greenford).
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
Katherine & King's College of London
Continue to Katherine & King's College of London.
Sudbury Hill
Continue to Sudbury Hill.
Hillview Children's Centre
Continue to Hillview Children's Centre.
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church
Continue to Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church.
South Harrow
Continue to South Harrow.
Office
Continue to Office.
Ballot Box
Continue to Ballot Box.
Wood End Lane
Continue to Wood End Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Eastcote Lane
Continue to Eastcote Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Salvation Army - Harrow
Continue to Salvation Army - Harrow.
Perrin Road
Continue to Perrin Road.
Harrow Road
Continue to Harrow Road.
Sudbury & Harrow Road Station
Continue to Sudbury & Harrow Road Station.
Apple Tree Montessori Nursery
Continue to Apple Tree Montessori Nursery.
South Vale Pre-School
Continue to South Vale Pre-School.
Londis Off Licence
Continue to Londis Off Licence.
Greenwood Hotel
Continue to Greenwood Hotel.
Oldfield Free Baptist Church
Finish back near Oldfield Free Baptist Church, completing the loop.
6 roundabouts · 17 turns · 7 sets of lights
5 roundabouts · 13 turns · 5 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 12 turns · 7 sets of lights
5 roundabouts · 11 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 44.6 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Greenford test centre, not an official DVSA route.