Near Halifax test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 4 roundabouts, 18 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 24.3 km practice loop 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, 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 pubs, schools, churches 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 93-step drive on real, named roads (about 24.4 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 right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane616 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Drive.
Spring Hall Drive204 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane94 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 Street550 m
Turn right onto A629/Barum Top. Continue on A629.
A629161 m
Keep left to take Fountain Street.
Fountain Street32 m
Move left onto Ward's End.
Ward's End381 m
Turn left onto Square Road.
Square Road186 m
Turn left onto Hatters Fold.
Hatters Fold58 m
Turn right.
41 m
Turn left.
37 m
Turn right.
36 m
Turn right.
16 m
Turn right.
16 m
Turn left.
41 m
Turn left onto Hatters Fold.
Hatters Fold58 m
Turn left onto Charles Street.
Charles Street439 m
Turn left onto Broad Street.
Broad Street370 m
Turn right onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane425 m
Turn left onto Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane535 m
Turn right to stay on Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane363 m
Turn left onto Burlington Street.
Burlington Street29 m
Turn right onto Alfred Street.
Alfred Street61 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Alfred Street.
Alfred Street61 m
Turn left onto Burlington Street.
Burlington Street29 m
Turn right onto Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane362 m
Turn left to stay on Hanson Lane.
Hanson Lane535 m
Turn right onto Pellon Lane.
Pellon Lane407 m
Turn left onto A629/Cow Green.
A629347 m
Turn right onto Winding Road.
Winding Road347 m
Turn left onto King Street.
King Street159 m
Move right onto Cripplegate.
Cripplegate87 m
Move right onto Lower Kirkgate.
Lower Kirkgate57 m
Turn right onto Church Street.
Church Street153 m
Turn right onto Dispensary Walk.
Dispensary Walk61 m
Turn right onto Upper Kirkgate.
Upper Kirkgate65 m
Turn left onto Church Street.
Church Street76 m
Turn left onto Lower Kirkgate.
Lower Kirkgate57 m
Turn right onto Bank Bottom.
Bank Bottom150 m
Turn left onto Charlestown Road.
Charlestown Road705 m
Move left.
51 m
Turn right.
109 m
Turn right to take the A58 ramp.
A58387 m
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 2nd exit towards A58/A646/Burnley/Sowerby Bridge.
Orange Street Roundabout89 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 Lane1.5 km
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane82 m
Turn right onto Long Lover Lane.
Long Lover Lane94 m
Turn left onto Charleston Court.
Charleston Court31 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Charleston Court.
Charleston Court31 m
Turn right onto Long Lover Lane.
Long Lover Lane94 m
Turn left onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane82 m
Turn right onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road1.5 km
Turn left onto Burdock Way.
Burdock Way245 m
Enter Orange Street Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A58/Burdock Way.
Orange Street Roundabout106 m
Exit the roundabout onto A58/Burdock Way.
A58230 m
Turn left towards Boothtown/Bankfield Museum.
A6471.1 km
Turn left onto Crown Road.
Crown Road246 m
Turn left onto Mill Lane.
Mill Lane376 m
Turn left onto A629/Ovenden Road.
A62963 m
Turn right onto Ovenden Way.
Ovenden Way77 m
Turn left onto Wheatley Lane.
Wheatley Lane94 m
Turn right to stay on Wheatley Lane.
Wheatley Lane49 m
Turn right onto Rushworth Street.
Rushworth Street50 m
Move left onto Ovenden Close.
Ovenden Close78 m
Turn right onto Lawrence Street.
Lawrence Street51 m
Turn right onto Wheatley Lane.
Wheatley Lane192 m
Turn right onto Wheatley Road.
Wheatley Road254 m
Turn left onto Shroggs Road.
Shroggs Road962 m
Turn right onto Lee Bridge.
Lee Bridge140 m
Turn left onto Lee Bank.
Lee Bank19 m
Turn left to stay on Lee Bank.
Lee Bank19 m
Move right onto Lee Bridge.
Lee Bridge122 m
Turn left onto Shroggs Road.
Shroggs Road716 m
Turn left onto Hebble Lane.
Hebble Lane575 m
Turn left onto Brackenbed Lane.
Brackenbed Lane648 m
Turn left onto Mount Pellon.
Mount Pellon54 m
Turn right onto Spring Hall Lane.
Spring Hall Lane51 m
Turn right onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road9 m
Turn left 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 Lane1.0 km
Turn left onto Pellon New Road.
Pellon New Road175 m
Turn left onto Stretchgate Lane.
Stretchgate Lane215 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Halifax · Route 5 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 2.6 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 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.
Feathers
Start near Feathers.
Warley Road Primary Academy
Continue to Warley Road Primary Academy.
King Cross Library
Continue to King Cross Library.
New Beginnings Community Church
Continue to New Beginnings Community Church.
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
Continue to Victorian Craft Beer Cafe.
Courtyard
Continue to Courtyard.
Old Post Office
Continue to Old Post Office.
St Augustine's Centre
Continue to St Augustine's Centre.
Madrasah Ghosia
Continue to Madrasah Ghosia.
Percy Shaw
Continue to Percy Shaw.
Halifax Minster
Continue to Halifax Minster.
Sainsbury's
Continue to Sainsbury's.
Salvation Army
Continue to Salvation Army.
Running Man
Continue to Running Man.
Pellon Baptist Church
Continue to Pellon Baptist Church.
Salem Methodist Church
Continue to Salem Methodist Church.
All Soul's
Continue to All Soul's.
Boothtown Methodist Church
Continue to Boothtown Methodist Church.
St John the Baptist
Continue to St John the Baptist.
New Street
Finish back near New Street, 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 24.3 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.