Near Grimsby Coldwater test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 10 roundabouts, 18 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 32 navigation steps.
This is an independent 38.9 km practice route near Grimsby Coldwater test centre, taking roughly 45 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 Market Hotel Roundabout. 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 schools, pubs, 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 Grimsby Coldwater 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 122-step drive on real, named roads (about 38.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive east.
61 m
Turn right.
36 m
Turn right onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1494 m
Turn right onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane54 m
Turn left onto Laforey Road.
Laforey Road122 m
Turn left onto Sargon Way.
Sargon Way50 m
Turn left.
31 m
Make a right U-turn.
31 m
Turn right onto Sargon Way.
Sargon Way50 m
Turn left onto Laforey Road.
Laforey Road204 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Laforey Road.
Laforey Road326 m
Turn right onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane847 m
Turn left onto Newbury Terrace.
Newbury Terrace100 m
Turn left onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue304 m
Turn right onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane585 m
Turn right onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1847 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A180.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180.
A180850 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A180/Westgate.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A180/Westgate.
122 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Pyewipe Road.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pyewipe Road.
Pyewipe Road1.1 km
Enter Market Hotel Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Yarborough Road.
Market Hotel Roundabout32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Yarborough Road.
Yarborough Road178 m
Turn right onto Spring Bank.
Spring Bank197 m
Turn left onto Spark street.
Spark street209 m
Turn left onto Elder Road.
Elder Road35 m
Turn left to stay on Elder Road.
Elder Road116 m
Turn left onto Spruce Avenue.
Spruce Avenue51 m
Turn right onto Magnolia Street.
Magnolia Street289 m
Turn right onto Cromwell Road.
Cromwell Road237 m
Enter Market Hotel Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Boulevard Avenue.
Market Hotel Roundabout11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Boulevard Avenue.
Boulevard Avenue1.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A180/Westgate.
119 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Cleethorpe Road/A180.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cleethorpe Road/A180.
Cleethorpe Road985 m
Turn right onto Victor Street.
Victor Street304 m
Turn left onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street440 m
Turn right onto Rutland Street.
Rutland Street358 m
Turn right onto Rutland Court.
Rutland Court32 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rutland Court.
Rutland Court32 m
Turn left onto Rutland Street.
Rutland Street199 m
Turn left onto Tunnard Street.
Tunnard Street145 m
Turn left onto Stanley Street.
Stanley Street80 m
Turn left onto Harold Street.
Harold Street146 m
Turn right onto Rutland Street.
Rutland Street120 m
Turn right onto Rutland Court.
Rutland Court32 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Rutland Court.
Rutland Court32 m
Turn left onto Rutland Street.
Rutland Street38 m
Turn left onto Castle Street.
Castle Street145 m
Turn left onto Stanley Street.
Stanley Street85 m
Turn right onto Wellington Street.
Wellington Street675 m
Turn left onto Freeman Street/B1213. Continue on B1213.
B12131.1 km
Turn right onto Welholme Road/B1212.
Welholme Road112 m
Turn left onto A16/Peaks Parkway.
A16567 m
Turn right onto A46/Weelsby Road.
A46155 m
Turn left onto Weelsby Avenue.
Weelsby Avenue401 m
Turn left onto Drew Avenue.
Drew Avenue243 m
Turn right onto Weelsby Avenue.
Weelsby Avenue331 m
Turn right onto A46/Weelsby Road.
A46103 m
Stay straight to take the A16 ramp.
A161.5 km
Turn right onto Ellis Way/A1136.
Ellis Way560 m
Turn left onto Heneage Road.
Heneage Road602 m
Turn right onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street206 m
Turn left onto Bedford Street.
Bedford Street208 m
Turn left onto Hilda Street.
Hilda Street103 m
Turn right onto Salacon Way.
Salacon Way29 m
Turn right onto Calvi Court.
Calvi Court1 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Calvi Court.
Calvi Court1 m
Turn left onto Salacon Way.
Salacon Way29 m
Turn left onto Hilda Street.
Hilda Street77 m
Turn left onto Grafton Street.
Grafton Street95 m
Turn right onto Weelsby Street.
Weelsby Street166 m
Turn left onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street112 m
Turn left onto Stanley Street.
Stanley Street76 m
Turn left onto Duke Street.
Duke Street108 m
Turn left onto Weelsby Street.
Weelsby Street96 m
Turn right onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street351 m
Turn left onto Albion Street.
Albion Street144 m
Turn right onto Garibaldi Street.
Garibaldi Street256 m
Turn left onto Freeman Street/B1213.
Freeman Street73 m
Turn left onto Duncombe Street.
Duncombe Street243 m
Turn left onto Albion Street.
Albion Street507 m
Turn left onto Cleethorpe Road/A180.
Cleethorpe Road335 m
Keep right to stay on Cleethorpe Road/A180.
Cleethorpe Road474 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A180/Westgate.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Moody Lane.
106 m
Exit the roundabout onto Moody Lane.
Moody Lane882 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Moody Lane.
45 m
Exit the roundabout onto Moody Lane.
Moody Lane1.3 km
Turn left onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane316 m
Turn left onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1847 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A180.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180.
A180850 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Pyewipe Road.
101 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pyewipe Road.
Pyewipe Road213 m
Turn right onto Elsenham Road.
Elsenham Road235 m
Turn left onto Stortford Street.
Stortford Street100 m
Turn right onto Gilbey Road.
Gilbey Road65 m
Turn right onto Clavering Street.
Clavering Street98 m
Turn right onto Elsenham Road.
Elsenham Road302 m
Turn left onto Pyewipe Road.
Pyewipe Road209 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A180/Westgate.
119 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A180/Westgate.
122 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180/Westgate.
A1801.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A180.
72 m
Exit the roundabout onto A180.
A180847 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Estate Road No 1.
109 m
Exit the roundabout onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1851 m
Turn left onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane793 m
Turn left onto Newbury Terrace.
Newbury Terrace100 m
Turn left onto Newbury Avenue.
Newbury Avenue304 m
Turn right onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane638 m
Turn left onto Laforey Road.
Laforey Road326 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Laforey Road.
Laforey Road204 m
Turn right onto Sargon Way.
Sargon Way31 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Grimsby Coldwater · Route 12 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
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Market Hotel Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 12.6 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.
Orchard (Sargon Way)
Start near Orchard (Sargon Way).
Haven
Continue to Haven.
CarSupermarket.com
Continue to CarSupermarket.com.
Lambretta upgrades Ltd
Continue to Lambretta upgrades Ltd.
Market Hotel Roundabout
Continue to Market Hotel Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Tesco Express
Continue to Tesco Express.
GBA Automotive Technical Centre
Continue to GBA Automotive Technical Centre.
Stevensons Bedroom Centre | Dreamworld
Continue to Stevensons Bedroom Centre | Dreamworld.
Evergreen Chinese
Continue to Evergreen Chinese.
Wellington Street Stores
Continue to Wellington Street Stores.
Holme Hill Education Centre
Continue to Holme Hill Education Centre.
Wellington Bar (Closed)
Continue to Wellington Bar (Closed).
Duke Of Wellington
Continue to Duke Of Wellington.
Smokers Arms (Closed)
Continue to Smokers Arms (Closed).
St Andrew with St Luke & All Saints
Continue to St Andrew with St Luke & All Saints.
Salvation Army - Grimsby
Continue to Salvation Army - Grimsby.
Burger King
Continue to Burger King.
GY Cars Limited
Continue to GY Cars Limited.
Today's Local
Continue to Today's Local.
Howdens Joinery
Finish back near Howdens Joinery, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 22 turns · 5 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 18 turns · 2 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 25 turns · 6 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 23 turns · 8 sets of lights
This route is 38.9 km and takes about 45 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Grimsby Coldwater test centre, not an official DVSA route.