Near Grimsby Coldwater test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 5 roundabouts, 23 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 34 navigation steps.
This is an independent 31.8 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 Toothill 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, 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 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 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 91-step drive on real, named roads (about 31.8 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 Road326 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Laforey Road.
Laforey Road326 m
Turn right onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane54 m
Turn left onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1847 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Estate Road No 2.
85 m
Exit the roundabout onto Estate Road No 2.
Estate Road No 2601 m
Turn right onto Estate Road No 6.
Estate Road No 6574 m
Turn right onto Estate Road No 5.
Estate Road No 5626 m
Turn left onto Estate Road No 2.
Estate Road No 2188 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Estate Road No 1.
63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Estate Road No 1.
Estate Road No 1851 m
Turn left onto Woad Lane.
Woad Lane1.0 km
Move right onto Station Road.
Station Road734 m
Turn left onto Great Coates Road/A1136.
Great Coates Road1.7 km
Enter Toothill Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Toothill Roundabout10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Yarborough Road678 m
Turn right onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road217 m
Turn right onto Richmond Road.
Richmond Road64 m
Turn right onto Ashtree Avenue.
Ashtree Avenue174 m
Turn right onto Elm Avenue.
Elm Avenue63 m
Turn left onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road37 m
Turn left onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Yarborough Road679 m
Enter Toothill Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Great Coates Road/A1136.
Toothill Roundabout32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Great Coates Road/A1136.
Great Coates Road1.1 km
Turn right onto Larmour Road.
Larmour Road305 m
Turn right onto Wingate Road.
Wingate Road163 m
Turn left onto Crosland Road.
Crosland Road226 m
Move left onto Glenfield Road.
Glenfield Road124 m
Turn left onto Larmour Road.
Larmour Road174 m
Turn left onto Wingate Road.
Wingate Road400 m
Turn right onto Hillary Way.
Hillary Way685 m
Turn left onto Cromwell Road.
Cromwell Road391 m
Turn left onto Wingate Road.
Wingate Road408 m
Turn left onto Anderby Drive.
Anderby Drive526 m
Turn left onto Larmour Road.
Larmour Road103 m
Turn left onto Great Coates Road/A1136.
Great Coates Road1.1 km
Enter Toothill Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Toothill Roundabout10 m
Exit the roundabout onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Yarborough Road678 m
Turn right onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road217 m
Turn right onto Richmond Road.
Richmond Road64 m
Turn right onto Ashtree Avenue.
Ashtree Avenue174 m
Turn right onto Elm Avenue.
Elm Avenue63 m
Turn left onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road37 m
Turn right onto Yarborough Road/A1136.
Yarborough Road362 m
Turn right onto Norman Road.
Norman Road157 m
Turn right onto Marklew Avenue.
Marklew Avenue40 m
Turn right onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue277 m
Turn right onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road177 m
Turn left onto Elm Avenue.
Elm Avenue63 m
Turn left onto Ashtree Avenue.
Ashtree Avenue174 m
Turn left onto Richmond Road.
Richmond Road64 m
Turn right onto Cross Coates Road.
Cross Coates Road63 m
Turn left onto Littlefield Lane.
Littlefield Lane592 m
Turn right onto Compton Drive.
Compton Drive180 m
Turn right onto Westminster Drive.
Westminster Drive215 m
Turn left onto Canterbury Drive.
Canterbury Drive270 m
Turn left onto Westminster Drive.
Westminster Drive159 m
Turn left onto Canterbury Drive.
Canterbury Drive137 m
Turn right onto College Street.
College Street313 m
Turn right onto Bargate/A1243.
Bargate408 m
Turn right onto Westward Ho.
Westward Ho258 m
Make a sharp left to stay on Westward Ho.
Westward Ho81 m
Turn right to stay on Westward Ho.
Westward Ho187 m
Turn left onto Bargate/A1243.
Bargate654 m
Move right onto Deansgate/A1136.
A1136598 m
Turn left onto Alexandra Road.
Alexandra Road275 m
Turn left onto Frederick Street.
Frederick Street147 m
Turn right to stay on Frederick Street.
Frederick Street101 m
Turn left to stay on Frederick Street.
Frederick Street223 m
Turn left onto Freshney Drive.
Freshney Drive157 m
Move left onto Yarborough Drive.
Yarborough Drive438 m
Turn right onto Lord Street.
Lord Street615 m
Turn right onto Boulevard Avenue.
Boulevard Avenue572 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 Road167 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Grimsby Coldwater · Route 15 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
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Toothill Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 3.6 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.
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.
Ford Transit Centre Grimsby
Continue to Ford Transit Centre Grimsby.
Grayson's School Buses
Continue to Grayson's School Buses.
SR Electrical Wholesalers
Continue to SR Electrical Wholesalers.
Great Coates
Continue to Great Coates.
St Nicolas
Continue to St Nicolas.
Trawl
Continue to Trawl.
Truly Scrumptious
Continue to Truly Scrumptious.
Toothill Roundabout
Continue to Toothill Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Light Tower Christian Church
Continue to Light Tower Christian Church.
Willows Community Church
Continue to Willows Community Church.
Jane Elizabeth Hair & Beauty
Continue to Jane Elizabeth Hair & Beauty.
Cricketers
Continue to Cricketers.
Westport House
Continue to Westport House.
St Martin's Preparatory School
Continue to St Martin's Preparatory School.
Bed Centre Grimsby
Continue to Bed Centre Grimsby.
Haven Methordist Church
Continue to Haven Methordist Church.
Lisas Chippy
Continue to Lisas Chippy.
Pochin
Finish back near Pochin, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 22 turns · 5 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 18 turns · 2 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 18 turns · 2 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 25 turns · 6 sets of lights
This route is 31.8 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.