Near Halifax test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 3 roundabouts, 13 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 57.1 km practice loop near Halifax test centre, taking roughly 35 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.
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 independent driving. 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, pubs, schools and parks, 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 Halifax 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 88-step drive on real, named roads (about 57.1 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest on Cross Street West.
Cross Street West64 m
Turn right onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road756 m
Turn right onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road889 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane758 m
Turn left onto Warley Road.
Warley Road179 m
Turn left onto Parkinson Lane.
Parkinson Lane54 m
Turn left onto West End Road.
West End Road151 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane331 m
Turn left onto Westholme Road.
Westholme Road272 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street319 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road65 m
Turn left onto Jasper Street.
Jasper Street75 m
Turn left onto Arundel Street.
Arundel Street79 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street1.2 km
Turn right onto Court Lane.
Court Lane168 m
Turn right onto Sandhall Drive.
Sandhall Drive162 m
Turn right onto Sandhall Lane.
Sandhall Lane126 m
Turn left onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street159 m
Turn right onto Warley Road.
Warley Road1.3 km
Move right to stay on Warley Road.
Warley Road24 m
Turn left onto A646/Burnley Road.
A6465 m
Take the exit on the right.
A646127 m
Turn right onto A646/Dryclough Lane. Continue on A646.
A6462.0 km
Take the exit on the right.
47 m
Move right onto A629/Huddersfield Road. Continue on A629.
A6295.3 km
Keep right to stay on A629.
A629569 m
Enter Ainley Top and take the 4th exit onto Lindley Moor Road/A643.
Ainley Top317 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lindley Moor Road/A643.
Lindley Moor Road2.5 km
Enter Mount Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto New Hey Road/A640.
Mount Roundabout159 m
Exit the roundabout onto New Hey Road/A640.
New Hey Road1.9 km
Turn left onto Round Ings Road.
Round Ings Road967 m
Move right onto Halifax Road.
Halifax Road1.8 km
Move right onto Crimble Clough Road.
Crimble Clough Road967 m
Move left onto Clough Road.
Clough Road43 m
Turn right onto Carr Lane.
Carr Lane23 m
Turn right to stay on Carr Lane.
Carr Lane36 m
Turn left to stay on Carr Lane.
Carr Lane564 m
Turn left onto Britannia Road.
Britannia Road158 m
Turn right onto Ned Lane.
Ned Lane123 m
Move right onto Manchester Road/A62.
Manchester Road369 m
Move left onto Lingards Road.
Lingards Road914 m
Turn left onto Delves Gate.
Delves Gate565 m
Turn left onto Chain Road/B6107.
Chain Road282 m
Turn left onto Varley Road/B6109.
Varley Road805 m
Move right to stay on Varley Road/B6109.
Varley Road802 m
Turn right onto Ned Lane.
Ned Lane123 m
Turn left onto Britannia Road.
Britannia Road159 m
Turn right onto Carr Lane.
Carr Lane564 m
Turn right to stay on Carr Lane.
Carr Lane36 m
Turn left to stay on Carr Lane.
Carr Lane23 m
Turn left onto Clough Road.
Clough Road43 m
Move right to stay on Clough Road.
Clough Road2.7 km
Move left onto Round Ings Road.
Round Ings Road967 m
Turn right onto New Hey Road/A640.
New Hey Road1.9 km
Enter Mount Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Lindley Moor Road/A643.
Mount Roundabout9 m
Exit the roundabout onto Lindley Moor Road/A643.
Lindley Moor Road2.5 km
Enter Ainley Top and take the 1st exit onto A629/Huddersfield Road.
Ainley Top22 m
Exit the roundabout onto A629/Huddersfield Road. Continue on A629.
A6295.9 km
Turn left onto A646/Dryclough Lane. Continue on A646.
A6462.0 km
Move left towards Burley/Hebden Bridge/Todmorden.
A646133 m
Turn right onto Warley Road.
Warley Road1.3 km
Turn left onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street309 m
Turn right onto Court Lane.
Court Lane245 m
Turn left onto Highroad Well Lane.
Highroad Well Lane527 m
Turn left.
24 m
Turn left onto Roils Head Road.
Roils Head Road1.1 km
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane514 m
Turn left onto Reservoir Road.
Reservoir Road412 m
Turn left onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road195 m
Turn left onto Sandbeds Road.
Sandbeds Road247 m
Turn left onto Stretchgate Lane.
Stretchgate Lane155 m
Turn left onto Sutcliffe Street.
Sutcliffe Street181 m
Turn left onto Moor End Road.
Moor End Road742 m
Turn left onto Moor End Avenue.
Moor End Avenue64 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Moor End Avenue.
Moor End Avenue64 m
Turn right onto Moor End Road.
Moor End Road298 m
Turn right onto Ashville Gardens.
Ashville Gardens344 m
Turn left onto Rye Lane.
Rye Lane132 m
Turn right onto Highroad Well Lane.
Highroad Well Lane103 m
Turn left onto Sandhall Lane.
Sandhall Lane483 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street128 m
Move left onto Stock Lane.
Stock Lane404 m
Turn left onto Windle Royd Lane.
Windle Royd Lane425 m
Turn left onto A646/Burnley Road.
A6461.3 km
Make a sharp left onto Warley Road.
Warley Road877 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane824 m
Turn left onto Reservoir Road.
Reservoir Road168 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Halifax · 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.
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
Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.
Dual-carriageway join
About 18.0 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 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.
Faizan-e-Madina
Start near Faizan-e-Madina.
Jamia Masjid Ahl-e-hadith
Continue to Jamia Masjid Ahl-e-hadith.
Horse and Jockey
Continue to Horse and Jockey.
Feathers
Continue to Feathers.
Warley Road Primary Academy
Continue to Warley Road Primary Academy.
Jungle Experience
Continue to Jungle Experience.
Elland Bypass Cutting SSSI
Continue to Elland Bypass Cutting SSSI.
Wappy Spring
Continue to Wappy Spring.
Outlane Methodist Church
Continue to Outlane Methodist Church.
St Mary Magdalene's Church
Continue to St Mary Magdalene's Church.
Sixth Fiend
Continue to Sixth Fiend.
Commercial
Continue to Commercial.
Slaithwaite Methodist Church
Continue to Slaithwaite Methodist Church.
Outlane Spice
Continue to Outlane Spice.
White Swan
Continue to White Swan.
Elland Bed Centre
Continue to Elland Bed Centre.
St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Continue to St. Andrew's Methodist Church.
Brown Cow
Continue to Brown Cow.
Morrisons Daily
Continue to Morrisons Daily.
St John the Evangelist
Finish back near St John the Evangelist, completing the loop.
2 roundabouts · 20 turns · 6 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 17 turns · 8 sets of lights
2 roundabouts · 15 turns · 7 sets of lights
3 roundabouts · 13 turns · 5 sets of lights
This route is 57.1 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Halifax test centre, not an official DVSA route.