Near Hull test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts, 13 turns and 4 signalled junctions across 25 navigation steps.
This is an independent 32.2 km practice loop near Hull 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, 20 mph zones, 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 shops, schools, churches and pubs, 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 Hull 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 94-step drive on real, named roads (about 32.2 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southwest.
18 m
Turn left.
36 m
Turn left onto Reservoir Road.
Reservoir Road151 m
Turn left.
24 m
Turn left.
76 m
Turn right onto Reservoir Road.
Reservoir Road223 m
Turn right onto Clough Road/A1165.
Clough Road634 m
Turn right onto Oak Road.
Oak Road141 m
Turn left.
91 m
Turn left.
17 m
Turn right onto Oak Road.
Oak Road61 m
Turn left onto Clough Road/A1165.
Clough Road758 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ferry Lane/A1165.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ferry Lane/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A1165264 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Ferry Lane/A1165.
89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ferry Lane/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A1165257 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Ferry Lane/A1165.
88 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ferry Lane/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A1165264 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033293 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
74 m
Exit the roundabout onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033291 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
78 m
Exit the roundabout onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033293 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033808 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Cleveland Street/A1165.
79 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cleveland Street/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A11651.2 km
Turn right onto A165/Witham. Continue on A165.
A165163 m
Turn right onto Wincolmlee.
Wincolmlee703 m
Turn right onto Swann Street.
Swann Street162 m
Turn left onto Oxford Street.
Oxford Street89 m
Turn left onto Barmston Street.
Barmston Street172 m
Turn right onto St Silas Street.
St Silas Street288 m
Turn left onto Fountain Road.
Fountain Road298 m
Turn left onto Bridlington Avenue.
Bridlington Avenue629 m
Turn left onto Cannon Street.
Cannon Street233 m
Turn left onto Lockwood Street.
Lockwood Street264 m
Turn left onto Northumberland Avenue.
Northumberland Avenue308 m
Turn left onto Fountain Road.
Fountain Road173 m
Turn left onto Bridlington Avenue.
Bridlington Avenue853 m
Turn right onto Raywell Street.
Raywell Street206 m
Turn right onto Russell Street.
Russell Street109 m
Turn left onto Norfolk Street.
Norfolk Street219 m
Turn right onto Beverley Road/A1079.
Beverley Road2.3 km
Turn right onto Beresford Avenue.
Beresford Avenue412 m
Turn right onto Claremont Avenue.
Claremont Avenue108 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Claremont Avenue.
Claremont Avenue108 m
Turn left onto Beresford Avenue.
Beresford Avenue412 m
Turn left onto Beverley Road/A1079. Continue on Beverley Road.
Beverley Road2.4 km
Turn right onto Spring Bank.
Spring Bank136 m
Turn left onto Hall Street.
Hall Street93 m
Turn left onto Milky Way.
Milky Way59 m
Turn left onto Spring Street.
Spring Street75 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Spring Street.
Spring Street166 m
Turn left onto Portland Street.
Portland Street160 m
Turn left onto Lombard Street.
Lombard Street43 m
Turn left onto A1079/Ferensway.
A1079218 m
Turn right onto A165/Freetown Way. Continue on A165.
A1651.3 km
Turn left onto New Cleveland Street/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A11651.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033555 m
Turn left onto Maxwell Street.
Maxwell Street101 m
Turn right onto Hill Street.
Hill Street84 m
Turn right onto Morley Street.
Morley Street111 m
Turn right onto A1033/Stoneferry Road.
A1033639 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Cleveland Street/A1165.
79 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cleveland Street/A1165. Continue on A1165.
A11651.2 km
Turn right onto A165/Witham.
A1651.6 km
Turn left onto Park Street.
Park Street342 m
Turn right onto Londesborough Street.
Londesborough Street459 m
Turn right onto Argyle Street.
Argyle Street561 m
Turn right onto Spring Bank.
Spring Bank580 m
Turn right onto Park Street.
Park Street89 m
Turn left onto Grey Street.
Grey Street177 m
Turn left onto Milky Way.
Milky Way83 m
Turn left onto Spring Street.
Spring Street75 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Spring Street.
Spring Street75 m
Turn right onto Milky Way.
Milky Way59 m
Turn right onto Hall Street.
Hall Street93 m
Turn left onto Spring Bank.
Spring Bank39 m
Turn right onto Vane Street.
Vane Street165 m
Turn right onto Trafalgar Street.
Trafalgar Street118 m
Turn left onto Beverley Road/A1079.
Beverley Road798 m
Turn left onto Cave Street.
Cave Street736 m
Turn right onto Princes Avenue.
Princes Avenue551 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Queens Road.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queens Road.
Queens Road644 m
Turn left onto Sculcoates Lane.
Sculcoates Lane834 m
Turn left onto Bank Side.
Bank Side547 m
Turn left to stay on Bank Side.
Bank Side276 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Clough Road/A1165.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Clough Road/A1165.
Clough Road149 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Hull · Route 10 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 6.2 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.
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.
Smyths
Start near Smyths.
Stoneferry Primary School
Continue to Stoneferry Primary School.
Hull College School of Art and Design
Continue to Hull College School of Art and Design.
Saint Paul's Church
Continue to Saint Paul's Church.
St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy
Continue to St Charles Voluntary Catholic Academy.
Salvation Army
Continue to Salvation Army.
Haworth Arms
Continue to Haworth Arms.
Opened Heavens Chapel
Continue to Opened Heavens Chapel.
Saint Patrick's Church
Continue to Saint Patrick's Church.
Digital and Green Energy Centre
Continue to Digital and Green Energy Centre.
Right Car Hospital
Continue to Right Car Hospital.
Horncastle Building
Continue to Horncastle Building.
Hull Unitarian Church
Continue to Hull Unitarian Church.
Springbank Mosque
Continue to Springbank Mosque.
Spring Bank Christian Assembly
Continue to Spring Bank Christian Assembly.
St Stephen's Church
Continue to St Stephen's Church.
Kingston Evangelical Church
Continue to Kingston Evangelical Church.
Princes Avenue Methodist Church
Continue to Princes Avenue Methodist Church.
St Vincent de Paul
Continue to St Vincent de Paul.
St Mary's, Sculcoates
Finish back near St Mary's, Sculcoates, completing the loop.
10 roundabouts · 14 turns · 4 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 14 turns · 4 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 17 turns · 2 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 14 turns · 3 sets of lights
This route is 32.2 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Hull test centre, not an official DVSA route.