Near Halifax test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 2 roundabouts, 20 turns and 6 signalled junctions across 30 navigation steps.
This is an independent 83.0 km practice route near Halifax test centre, taking roughly 40 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, 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 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 123-step drive on real, named roads (about 83.0 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 Road328 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane935 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Drive.
Spring Hall Drive204 m
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane216 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street684 m
Turn right onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road236 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane511 m
Turn right onto Gibraltar Road.
Gibraltar Road122 m
Turn left onto Mile Cross Road.
Mile Cross Road34 m
Turn left onto Mile Cross Place.
Mile Cross Place111 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane157 m
Turn left onto Warley Road.
Warley Road95 m
Turn left onto Mile Cross Gardens.
Mile Cross Gardens36 m
Turn left to stay on Mile Cross Gardens.
Mile Cross Gardens67 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane676 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road236 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street164 m
Turn right onto Walnut Street.
Walnut Street224 m
Turn left onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane769 m
Turn right onto Hanover Street.
Hanover Street79 m
Turn left onto King Cross Street.
King Cross Street162 m
Turn left onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane164 m
Turn left onto Hanover Street.
Hanover Street79 m
Turn right onto King Cross Street.
King Cross Street372 m
Turn left onto Arden Road.
Arden Road284 m
Move right onto Haugh Shaw Road.
Haugh Shaw Road417 m
Turn right.
37 m
Turn left onto A58/Aachen Way.
A58264 m
Keep left to stay on A58.
A581.6 km
Turn right onto Park Road.
Park Road184 m
Turn left onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street54 m
Turn left onto Nelson Street.
Nelson Street193 m
Turn left onto Upper Bolton Brow/A58. Continue on A58.
A581.4 km
Move left onto Rochdale Road/A58. Continue on A58.
A582.0 km
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A629/Ovenden Road.
Orange Street Roundabout20 m
Exit the roundabout onto A629/Ovenden Road. Continue on A629.
A6294.7 km
Turn right onto Royd Lane.
Royd Lane50 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Royd Lane.
Royd Lane50 m
Turn left onto A629/Keighley Road. Continue on A629.
A6294.7 km
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 3rd exit towards A58/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
Orange Street Roundabout178 m
Exit the roundabout towards A58/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
A581.9 km
Keep left to take A58/Aachen Way.
A5855 m
Take the A646 exit towards Elland/Huddersfield.
A646685 m
Turn right onto Kensington Road.
Kensington Road585 m
Turn left onto Birdcage Lane.
Birdcage Lane350 m
Turn left onto A646/Skircoat Moor Road. Continue on A646.
A6461.1 km
Move left towards Burley/Hebden Bridge/Todmorden.
A64625 m
Turn right onto A58/Rochdale Road. Continue on A58.
A582.0 km
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A629/Ovenden Road.
Orange Street Roundabout20 m
Exit the roundabout onto A629/Ovenden Road.
A629647 m
Turn left onto Shroggs Road.
Shroggs Road837 m
Turn left onto Hebble Lane.
Hebble Lane393 m
Turn right onto Hill Park Avenue.
Hill Park Avenue133 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Hill Park Avenue.
Hill Park Avenue133 m
Turn left onto Hebble Lane.
Hebble Lane393 m
Turn right onto Shroggs Road.
Shroggs Road851 m
Turn right onto A629/Ovenden Road.
A629634 m
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 3rd exit towards A58/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
Orange Street Roundabout178 m
Exit the roundabout towards A58/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
A581.9 km
Keep left to stay on A58.
A58673 m
Move left onto Pye Nest Road/A6142.
Pye Nest Road186 m
Turn left onto Edwards Road.
Edwards Road252 m
Turn left onto Darcey Hey Lane.
Darcey Hey Lane294 m
Move left onto Rochdale Road/A58.
Rochdale Road300 m
Turn left onto Pye Nest Gardens.
Pye Nest Gardens439 m
Turn right to stay on Pye Nest Gardens.
Pye Nest Gardens48 m
Turn right onto Rochdale Road/A58.
Rochdale Road711 m
Move left onto Rochdale Road/A58. Continue on A58.
A58862 m
Turn left onto Parkinson Lane.
Parkinson Lane554 m
Turn right onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road522 m
Turn left onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street319 m
Turn left onto Westholme Road.
Westholme Road272 m
Turn right onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane437 m
Turn left onto Warley Road.
Warley Road765 m
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.
A6297.6 km
Move left onto A629/Fountain Street. Continue on A629.
A629359 m
Move left onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane413 m
Turn left onto Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane535 m
Turn right to stay on Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane339 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road297 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street683 m
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane103 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Drive.
Spring Hall Drive99 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Halifax · Route 14 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.
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 38.7 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 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.
Pellon Baptist Church
Start near Pellon Baptist Church.
Faizan-e-Madina
Continue to Faizan-e-Madina.
William IV
Continue to William IV.
Salem Methodist Church
Continue to Salem Methodist Church.
St Mary's Church
Continue to St Mary's Church.
Elim Church
Continue to Elim Church.
Gleddings Preparatory School
Continue to Gleddings Preparatory School.
Pye Nest Nursery
Continue to Pye Nest Nursery.
DigiHub
Continue to DigiHub.
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.
St Mary Magdalene's Church
Continue to St Mary Magdalene's Church.
Outlane Methodist Church
Continue to Outlane Methodist Church.
Little Bridge
Continue to Little Bridge.
Commercial
Continue to Commercial.
Slaithwaite Methodist Church
Continue to Slaithwaite Methodist Church.
White Swan
Continue to White Swan.
St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Continue to St. Andrew's Methodist Church.
St Augustine's Centre
Finish back near St Augustine's Centre, completing the loop.
3 roundabouts · 13 turns · 5 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 83.0 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Halifax test centre, not an official DVSA route.