Near Halifax test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 3 roundabouts, 13 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 21 navigation steps.
This is an independent 43.9 km practice loop near Halifax 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.
On this route you’ll practise multiple roundabouts, dual-carriageway joins, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads, independent driving 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, schools, pubs and shops, 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 80-step drive on real, named roads (about 43.9 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 Road17 m
Turn right onto Highgate Gardens.
Highgate Gardens412 m
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane319 m
Turn left onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road175 m
Turn left onto Stretchgate Lane.
Stretchgate Lane304 m
Turn left onto Albert View.
Albert View324 m
Turn left onto Albert Road.
Albert Road199 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane719 m
Turn left onto Warley Road.
Warley Road861 m
Move right to stay on Warley Road.
Warley Road24 m
Turn left onto A646/Burnley Road.
A6465 m
Take the A58 exit on the right.
A581.2 km
Take the exit.
King Cross Street424 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.
A6292.2 km
Move right onto Shay Lane.
Shay Lane1.1 km
Turn left onto Heathy Lane.
Heathy Lane545 m
Move left onto Whitehill Road.
Whitehill Road43 m
Turn right onto Highlands Lane.
Highlands Lane187 m
Turn right onto Moor Bottom Road.
Moor Bottom Road14 m
Turn left onto School Lane.
School Lane438 m
Turn right onto The Fairway.
The Fairway258 m
Turn left onto Valley Way.
Valley Way150 m
Turn right onto Riley Lane.
Riley Lane67 m
Turn left onto Holdsworth Road.
Holdsworth Road1.9 km
Move left onto A629/Ovenden Road.
A6292.2 km
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 3rd exit towards A58/A646/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
Orange Street Roundabout178 m
Exit the roundabout towards A58/A646/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
A5844 m
Move left to stay on Burdock Way.
Burdock Way188 m
Turn right onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane228 m
Turn left onto Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane190 m
Turn left onto Albert Street.
Albert Street134 m
Turn right onto Gibbet Street.
Gibbet Street708 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road.
Queen's Road236 m
Turn left onto Hopwood Lane.
Hopwood Lane1.1 km
Turn left onto Bull Green.
Bull Green127 m
Turn right onto A629/Barum Top. Continue on A629.
A629161 m
Keep right to stay on A629.
A629654 m
Move right onto Heath Road.
Heath Road287 m
Turn left onto Free School Lane.
Free School Lane197 m
Turn left onto A629/Skircoat Road. Continue on A629.
A629853 m
Move left onto A629/Fountain Street. Continue on A629.
A629359 m
Move left onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane4.3 km
Turn right onto Moor End Road.
Moor End Road735 m
Turn left.
134 m
Turn right.
107 m
Turn left.
77 m
Turn right onto Moor End Road.
Moor End Road2.2 km
Move right onto Workhouse Lane.
Workhouse Lane1.2 km
Move left onto Stock Lane.
Stock Lane585 m
Turn right onto Windle Royd Lane.
Windle Royd Lane425 m
Turn left onto A646/Burnley Road.
A6461.3 km
Take the exit on the right.
A646127 m
Turn right onto A646/Dryclough Lane. Continue on A646.
A646189 m
Turn left onto Free School Lane.
Free School Lane1.1 km
Turn right onto Heath Street.
Heath Street160 m
Turn right.
89 m
Turn right onto Manor Drive.
Manor Drive168 m
Turn right onto Free School Lane.
Free School Lane510 m
Turn left onto A629/Skircoat Road. Continue on A629.
A629853 m
Move left onto A629/Fountain Street. Continue on A629.
A629371 m
Make a right U-turn at Pellon Lane to stay on A629.
A629195 m
Make a right U-turn at Bull Green onto A629/Cow Green.
A629196 m
Move left onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane1.9 km
Turn left onto Stretchgate Lane.
Stretchgate Lane215 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Halifax · Route 3 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.
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 13.5 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.
Pellon Baptist Church
Start near Pellon Baptist Church.
Warley Road Primary Academy
Continue to Warley Road Primary Academy.
Feathers
Continue to Feathers.
William IV
Continue to William IV.
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Continue to St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy.
Sainsbury's Local
Continue to Sainsbury's Local.
Elim Church
Continue to Elim Church.
Salem Methodist Church
Continue to Salem Methodist Church.
Go Local
Continue to Go Local.
Faizan-e-Madina
Continue to Faizan-e-Madina.
Jamia Masjid Madni
Continue to Jamia Masjid Madni.
AICP Sunniyy Centre
Continue to AICP Sunniyy Centre.
McFly's
Continue to McFly's.
New Beginnings Community Church
Continue to New Beginnings Community Church.
Broadwood School
Continue to Broadwood School.
Spring Head
Continue to Spring Head.
St John the Evangelist
Continue to St John the Evangelist.
Heath United Reformed Church
Continue to Heath United Reformed Church.
St. Jude's Church
Continue to St. Jude's Church.
Origin
Finish back near Origin, completing the loop.
2 roundabouts · 20 turns · 6 sets of lights
3 roundabouts · 13 turns · 5 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 17 turns · 8 sets of lights
2 roundabouts · 15 turns · 7 sets of lights
This route is 43.9 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Halifax test centre, not an official DVSA route.