Near Hastings test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 2 roundabouts, 16 turns and 1 signalled junction across 23 navigation steps.
This is an independent 54.0 km practice route near Hastings 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 Conquest 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, 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 named junctions, pubs, shops 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 Hastings 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 151-step drive on real, named roads (about 54.0 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southeast.
95 m
Turn right onto The Ridge/B2093.
The Ridge143 m
Enter Conquest Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto The Ridge/B2093.
Conquest Roundabout45 m
Exit the roundabout onto The Ridge/B2093.
The Ridge1.4 km
Keep left to take The Ridge West/A2100.
The Ridge West91 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Queensway/A2690.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A2690.
Queensway8 m
Keep right to stay on Queensway/A2690.
Queensway110 m
Keep right to stay on Queensway/A2690.
Queensway98 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Queensway/A2690.
50 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A2690.
Queensway2.6 km
Turn right onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way268 m
Keep right to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way344 m
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way101 m
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way105 m
Keep straight to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way1.5 km
Keep right to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way1.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
53 m
Exit the roundabout onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way935 m
Keep right to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way770 m
Turn right onto A259/Little Common Road.
A25939 m
Keep right to stay on A259/Little Common Road.
A259101 m
Keep left to stay on A259/Little Common Road.
A259660 m
Turn left onto Sutherland Avenue/B2098.
Sutherland Avenue19 m
Turn right onto Collington Lane East.
Collington Lane East494 m
Turn right onto Eden Drive.
Eden Drive174 m
Turn left onto Alexander Drive.
Alexander Drive218 m
Move left to stay on Alexander Drive.
Alexander Drive26 m
Move left onto Winston Drive.
Winston Drive237 m
Turn right onto Eden Drive.
Eden Drive83 m
Turn left onto Collington Lane East.
Collington Lane East494 m
Turn left onto Sutherland Avenue/B2098.
Sutherland Avenue19 m
Turn right onto A259/Little Common Road.
A259795 m
Turn left onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way759 m
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way931 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
51 m
Exit the roundabout onto Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way1.5 km
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way1.6 km
Keep right to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way143 m
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way344 m
Keep left to stay on Combe Valley Way/A2690.
Combe Valley Way268 m
Turn right onto Queensway/B2092. Continue on B2092.
B20921.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gillsman's Hill.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gillsman's Hill.
Gillsman's Hill864 m
Turn left onto Sedlescombe Road South.
Sedlescombe Road South32 m
Turn right onto Springfield Road.
Springfield Road264 m
Keep left to stay on Springfield Road.
Springfield Road155 m
Turn right onto London Road/A2102.
London Road723 m
Turn right onto Clyde Road.
Clyde Road145 m
Turn left onto Charles Road.
Charles Road99 m
Turn right onto Pevensey Road.
Pevensey Road165 m
Keep left to stay on Pevensey Road.
Pevensey Road107 m
Turn right onto Upper Maze Hill.
Upper Maze Hill36 m
Turn right onto Brittany Road.
Brittany Road215 m
Turn right onto Dane Road.
Dane Road81 m
Turn left onto Cumberland Gardens.
Cumberland Gardens167 m
Turn right onto Charles Road.
Charles Road65 m
Keep right to stay on Charles Road.
Charles Road115 m
Turn left onto Clyde Road.
Clyde Road145 m
Turn left onto London Road/A2102.
London Road616 m
Turn right onto Tower Road.
Tower Road175 m
Turn left onto A21/Bohemia Road.
A2139 m
Turn left onto Lower South Road.
Lower South Road141 m
Turn left onto London Road/A2102.
London Road51 m
Turn right onto Springfield Valley Road.
Springfield Valley Road24 m
Keep right to stay on Springfield Valley Road.
Springfield Valley Road173 m
Turn left onto Combermere Road.
Combermere Road217 m
Turn left onto Tower Road West.
Tower Road West284 m
Turn left onto London Road/A2102.
London Road25 m
Turn right onto Tower Road.
Tower Road175 m
Turn right onto A21/Bohemia Road.
A211.2 km
Keep right to stay on A21.
A21320 m
Turn left onto Cornwallis Gardens.
Cornwallis Gardens214 m
Keep left to take Cornwallis Terrace.
Cornwallis Terrace77 m
Turn left onto Braybrooke Terrace.
Braybrooke Terrace266 m
Turn right onto Linton Road.
Linton Road372 m
Turn right to stay on Cornwallis Gardens.
Cornwallis Gardens65 m
Turn right onto A21/Cambridge Road.
A21205 m
Keep left to stay on A21.
A21115 m
Keep left to take A21/Bohemia Road.
A211.2 km
Turn left onto Lower South Road.
Lower South Road141 m
Turn left onto London Road/A2102.
London Road51 m
Turn right onto Springfield Valley Road.
Springfield Valley Road198 m
Turn left onto Combermere Road.
Combermere Road216 m
Turn left onto Tower Road West.
Tower Road West284 m
Turn left onto London Road/A2102.
London Road132 m
Turn left onto Springfield Road.
Springfield Road111 m
Keep right to stay on Springfield Road.
Springfield Road111 m
Keep left to stay on Springfield Road.
Springfield Road110 m
Keep left to stay on Springfield Road.
Springfield Road96 m
Move left onto Sedlescombe Road South.
Sedlescombe Road South593 m
Turn left onto Dane Road.
Dane Road44 m
Turn left onto Tower Road West.
Tower Road West85 m
Keep right to stay on Tower Road West.
Tower Road West1.2 km
Turn right onto A21/Sedlescombe Road North.
A21928 m
Turn right onto St Helen's Road/A2101.
St Helen's Road555 m
Turn left onto Parkstone Road.
Parkstone Road78 m
Turn right onto Park View.
Park View566 m
Turn left onto Park Crescent.
Park Crescent83 m
Keep right to stay on Park Crescent.
Park Crescent26 m
Turn right onto Park Drive.
Park Drive97 m
Keep right to stay on Park Drive.
Park Drive80 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Park Drive.
Park Drive178 m
Turn left onto Park Crescent.
Park Crescent109 m
Turn right onto Park View.
Park View567 m
Turn left onto Parkstone Road.
Parkstone Road79 m
Turn right onto St Helen's Road/A2101.
St Helen's Road556 m
Turn left onto A21/Sedlescombe Road North.
A21897 m
Keep straight to stay on A21/Sedlescombe Road North.
A21574 m
Keep left to take Sedlescombe Road South.
Sedlescombe Road South283 m
Turn right onto Hollington Park Road.
Hollington Park Road603 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Marlborough Close.
Marlborough Close180 m
Turn left onto Hollington Park Road.
Hollington Park Road175 m
Turn right onto Gillsman's Hill.
Gillsman's Hill330 m
Turn left onto Sedlescombe Road South.
Sedlescombe Road South109 m
Keep right to stay on Sedlescombe Road South.
Sedlescombe Road South909 m
Keep right to take A21/Sedlescombe Road North.
A21494 m
Turn right onto St Helen's Road/A2101.
St Helen's Road555 m
Turn left onto Parkstone Road.
Parkstone Road79 m
Turn right onto Park View.
Park View566 m
Turn left onto Park Crescent.
Park Crescent83 m
Keep right to stay on Park Crescent.
Park Crescent26 m
Turn right onto Park Drive.
Park Drive97 m
Keep right to stay on Park Drive.
Park Drive80 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Park Drive.
Park Drive178 m
Turn left onto Park Crescent.
Park Crescent109 m
Turn right onto Park View.
Park View567 m
Turn left onto Parkstone Road.
Parkstone Road79 m
Turn right onto St Helen's Road/A2101.
St Helen's Road555 m
Turn right onto A21/Sedlescombe Road North.
A21178 m
Turn left onto Old Harrow Road.
Old Harrow Road724 m
Keep right to take Blackman Avenue.
Blackman Avenue1.0 km
Turn left onto Gillsman's Drive.
Gillsman's Drive133 m
Turn left.
8 m
Make a right U-turn.
8 m
Turn right onto Gillsman's Drive.
Gillsman's Drive133 m
Turn left onto Ironlatch Avenue.
Ironlatch Avenue74 m
Move left.
17 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Crowhurst Road/B2092.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Crowhurst Road/B2092.
Crowhurst Road1.6 km
Keep right to take Queensway/A2690.
Queensway1.0 km
Keep left to stay on Queensway/A2690.
Queensway250 m
Keep left to stay on Queensway/A2690.
Queensway1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Queensway/A2690.
101 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A2690.
Queensway1.4 km
Turn left onto Napier Road.
Napier Road63 m
Keep straight to stay on Napier Road.
Napier Road365 m
Move right onto Castleham Road.
Castleham Road662 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Telford Road.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Telford Road.
Telford Road51 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Hastings · Route 2 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.
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 Conquest Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 8.0 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 (30, 40, 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.
Conquest Roundabout
Start near Conquest Roundabout.
Harrow Inn
Continue to Harrow Inn.
Antoney Colley
Continue to Antoney Colley.
Londis
Continue to Londis.
Nonstop Angling
Continue to Nonstop Angling.
Off Licence
Continue to Off Licence.
Bexhill Amateur Athletic Club
Continue to Bexhill Amateur Athletic Club.
Garage on the Green
Continue to Garage on the Green.
Little Mill Bakery
Continue to Little Mill Bakery.
St John the Evangelist
Continue to St John the Evangelist.
Tower
Continue to Tower.
Dripping Spring
Continue to Dripping Spring.
Sonrise Church
Continue to Sonrise Church.
Cornwallis Gardens
Continue to Cornwallis Gardens.
Dripping Well
Continue to Dripping Well.
Bohemia Lighting Centre
Continue to Bohemia Lighting Centre.
Independent Church
Continue to Independent Church.
Alexandra Gospel Hall
Continue to Alexandra Gospel Hall.
St Matthew's Church
Continue to St Matthew's Church.
Ebenezer Baptist Chapel
Finish back near Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, completing the loop.
5 roundabouts · 28 turns · 2 sets of lights
22 turns · 3 sets of lights
1 roundabout · 18 turns · 1 set of lights
1 roundabout · 28 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 54.0 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Hastings test centre, not an official DVSA route.