Near Guildford test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 6 roundabouts, 13 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 22 navigation steps.
This is an independent 65.9 km practice route near Guildford 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 Mayford Roundabout, Boxgrove Crossroads, Clay Lane and Burnt Common 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, national-speed roads, 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, shops, named junctions and churches, 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 Guildford 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 172-step drive on real, named roads (about 66.8 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive north.
97 m
Turn left onto Moorfield Road.
Moorfield Road579 m
Turn right onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road82 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road436 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road102 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A320.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto A320.
A3201.1 km
Keep right to take Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road320 m
Keep right to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road847 m
Keep left to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road119 m
Keep right to stay on A320.
A320584 m
Keep right to take Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road127 m
Keep left to stay on Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road236 m
Enter Mayford Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Egley Road/A320.
Mayford Roundabout57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road375 m
Keep right to stay on Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road118 m
Keep left to stay on Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road939 m
Turn right onto Lilac Avenue.
Lilac Avenue43 m
Keep right to stay on Lilac Avenue.
Lilac Avenue81 m
Turn right onto Acacia Avenue.
Acacia Avenue15 m
Turn right onto Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road57 m
Keep straight to stay on Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road278 m
Enter Turnoak Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Egley Road/A320.
Turnoak Roundabout99 m
Exit the roundabout onto Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road1.1 km
Keep right to stay on Egley Road/A320.
Egley Road589 m
Enter Mayford Roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
Mayford Roundabout48 m
Exit the roundabout.
34 m
Move left onto Egley Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A3201.0 km
Keep right to take Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road1.0 km
Keep left to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road110 m
Keep left to stay on A320.
A320892 m
Keep left to stay on A320.
A320224 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Woking Road/A320.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road78 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road426 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road201 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road152 m
Turn left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road34 m
Turn right to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road42 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road120 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road121 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road548 m
Turn left onto Bellfields Road.
Bellfields Road129 m
Turn right onto Parsons Green.
Parsons Green83 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Parsons Green.
Parsons Green83 m
Turn left onto Bellfields Road.
Bellfields Road129 m
Turn right onto Woking Road.
Woking Road10 m
Turn left onto Bellfields Road.
Bellfields Road32 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Stoughton Road.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stoughton Road.
Stoughton Road1.6 km
Turn left onto Worplesdon Road/A322.
Worplesdon Road206 m
Turn left onto Barrack Road.
Barrack Road216 m
Turn right onto Stoughton Road.
Stoughton Road1.0 km
Keep right to stay on Stoughton Road.
Stoughton Road216 m
Turn left onto Hornbeam Road.
Hornbeam Road185 m
Turn left onto Medlar Close.
Medlar Close51 m
Turn right to stay on Medlar Close.
Medlar Close16 m
Move left.
19 m
Make a right U-turn.
19 m
Move right onto Medlar Close.
Medlar Close16 m
Turn left to stay on Medlar Close.
Medlar Close51 m
Turn left onto Hornbeam Road.
Hornbeam Road172 m
Turn right onto Cedar Way.
Cedar Way39 m
Turn right to stay on Cedar Way.
Cedar Way317 m
Turn right onto Stoughton Road.
Stoughton Road91 m
Turn right onto Hornbeam Road.
Hornbeam Road357 m
Turn left onto Cedar Way.
Cedar Way15 m
Keep right to stay on Cedar Way.
Cedar Way74 m
Turn right onto Cypress Road.
Cypress Road330 m
Turn right onto Fir Tree Road.
Fir Tree Road303 m
Move right onto Cedar Way.
Cedar Way88 m
Keep right to stay on Cedar Way.
Cedar Way40 m
Turn left onto Cypress Road.
Cypress Road297 m
Turn right onto Stoughton Road.
Stoughton Road1.2 km
Turn right onto Worplesdon Road/A322.
Worplesdon Road166 m
Keep left to stay on Worplesdon Road/A322.
Worplesdon Road721 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Worplesdon Road/A322.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Worplesdon Road/A322.
Worplesdon Road562 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Salt Box Road.
42 m
Exit the roundabout onto Salt Box Road.
Salt Box Road766 m
Keep straight to stay on Salt Box Road.
Salt Box Road139 m
Keep right to stay on Salt Box Road.
Salt Box Road152 m
Keep right to stay on Salt Box Road.
Salt Box Road621 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road40 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road527 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road138 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
40 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road25 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road127 m
Turn left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road34 m
Turn right to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road84 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road110 m
Keep left to stay on Woking Road.
Woking Road626 m
Turn right onto Bellfields Road.
Bellfields Road32 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
71 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road954 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road201 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road426 m
Keep right to stay on Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road77 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A320.
34 m
Exit the roundabout onto A320.
A3201.1 km
Keep right to take Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road320 m
Keep right to stay on Guildford Road/A320.
Guildford Road226 m
Turn right onto Whitmoor Lane.
Whitmoor Lane211 m
Turn left to stay on Whitmoor Lane.
Whitmoor Lane591 m
Turn right onto Blanchards Hill.
Blanchards Hill499 m
Keep right to stay on Blanchards Hill.
Blanchards Hill413 m
Turn left onto Clay Lane.
Clay Lane449 m
Keep left to stay on Clay Lane.
Clay Lane806 m
Keep right to stay on Clay Lane.
Clay Lane438 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Clay Lane/A3100.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clay Lane/A3100.
Clay Lane144 m
Keep right to stay on Clay Lane/A3100.
Clay Lane126 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto London Road.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road.
London Road147 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto London Road/A3100.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A3100.
London Road406 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto London Road/A3100.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto London Road/A3100.
London Road296 m
Keep right to stay on London Road/A3100.
London Road491 m
Move left.
49 m
Enter Boxgrove Crossroads and take the 3rd exit onto Parkway/A25.
Boxgrove Crossroads67 m
Exit the roundabout onto Parkway/A25.
Parkway502 m
Keep left to stay on Parkway/A25.
Parkway133 m
Keep left to stay on Parkway/A25.
Parkway116 m
Keep left to stay on Parkway/A25.
Parkway239 m
Keep right to stay on A25.
A25250 m
Turn right onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road189 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3.
A36.1 km
Enter Burnt Common Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Clandon Road/A247.
Burnt Common Roundabout60 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clandon Road/A247. Continue on A247.
A247495 m
Turn left to stay on A247.
A247234 m
Stay straight to take the A3 ramp.
A35.4 km
Take the exit.
427 m
Keep right at the fork.
31 m
Keep left to take Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road72 m
Move right onto Woking Road/A320. Continue on A320.
A320242 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Stoke Road/A320.
21 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stoke Road/A320.
Stoke Road220 m
Keep straight to stay on Stoke Road/A320.
Stoke Road13 m
Keep left to take Nightingale Road.
Nightingale Road680 m
Turn right onto London Road/A3100.
London Road54 m
Turn left onto Clandon Road.
Clandon Road343 m
Turn left onto Cross Lanes.
Cross Lanes270 m
Turn right onto London Road/A3100.
London Road346 m
Keep right to stay on London Road/A3100.
London Road587 m
Enter Boxgrove Crossroads and take the 1st exit onto Parkway/A25.
Boxgrove Crossroads4 m
Exit the roundabout onto Parkway/A25.
Parkway200 m
Keep right to stay on Parkway/A25.
Parkway372 m
Keep left to stay on Parkway/A25.
Parkway377 m
Keep right to stay on A25.
A25291 m
Turn right onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road189 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Burpham-Ladymead Diversion.
A35.0 km
Move left towards B2215/A247/Ripley/Woking.
1.0 km
Enter Burnt Common Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Clandon Road/A247.
Burnt Common Roundabout60 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clandon Road/A247. Continue on A247.
A247495 m
Turn left to stay on A247.
A247234 m
Stay straight to take the A3 ramp.
A35.4 km
Take the exit.
426 m
Keep right at the fork.
95 m
Turn right onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road90 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Woking Road/A320.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Woking Road/A320.
Woking Road328 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Bellfields Road.
68 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bellfields Road.
Bellfields Road41 m
Turn left onto Woking Road.
Woking Road379 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Guildford · 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.
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.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
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 Mayford Roundabout, Burnt Common Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 19.6 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, 50, 60, 70 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.
Bird in Hand
Start near Bird in Hand.
Mayford Motors
Continue to Mayford Motors.
Mayford Roundabout
Continue to Mayford Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Guildford Baptist Church
Continue to Guildford Baptist Church.
Manor Road Evangelical Church
Continue to Manor Road Evangelical Church.
Riverside Fish Bar
Continue to Riverside Fish Bar.
Emmanuel Church
Continue to Emmanuel Church.
Heather's Bakery
Continue to Heather's Bakery.
Yeomans Honda
Continue to Yeomans Honda.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Subway
Continue to Subway.
Anchor and Horseshoes
Continue to Anchor and Horseshoes.
Boxgrove Crossroads
Continue to Boxgrove Crossroads, taking the junction with good observation.
Christopher Robin Day Nursery
Continue to Christopher Robin Day Nursery.
Clay Lane
Continue to Clay Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Burnt Common Roundabout
Continue to Burnt Common Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
London Road (Guildford)
Continue to London Road (Guildford).
Sensory Garden
Continue to Sensory Garden.
St John The Evangelist
Finish back near St John The Evangelist, completing the loop.
6 roundabouts · 21 turns · 2 sets of lights
9 roundabouts · 10 turns · 5 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 12 turns · 4 sets of lights
7 roundabouts · 18 turns · 3 sets of lights
This route is 65.9 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Guildford test centre, not an official DVSA route.