Near Launceston test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 5 roundabouts and 23 turns across 31 navigation steps.
This is an independent 70.6 km practice route near Launceston 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, 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 shops, pubs, parks 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 Launceston 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 134-step drive on real, named roads (about 70.8 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive north.
70 m
Turn right.
14 m
Turn left onto B3362.
B3362165 m
Turn right onto A388.
A3881.4 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388249 m
Keep right to stay on A388.
A388107 m
Keep right to stay on A388.
A38865 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A388.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto A388.
A38845 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto A30.
A301.2 km
Take the Pennygillam Junction exit onto A388.
399 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Western Road/A388.
93 m
Exit the roundabout onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road65 m
Keep straight to stay on Western Road/A388.
Western Road800 m
Keep straight to stay on Western Road/A388.
Western Road71 m
Move right onto Westgate Street.
Westgate Street181 m
Turn left onto Dockey.
Dockey78 m
Turn left.
11 m
Move left onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road103 m
Keep right to stay on Western Road/A388.
Western Road411 m
Make a sharp right onto Carboth Lane.
Carboth Lane91 m
Turn left onto Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill133 m
Turn left onto Meadowside.
Meadowside82 m
Keep left to stay on Meadowside.
Meadowside406 m
Turn left onto Upper Chapel.
Upper Chapel134 m
Turn left onto Moorland Road.
Moorland Road321 m
Move left onto St Johns Road.
St Johns Road47 m
Turn left to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road46 m
Move right to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road299 m
Turn right onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road120 m
Turn left to take the ramp towards Okehampton/Callington/Liskeard/Tavistock.
40 m
Take the ramp on the right towards Okehampton/Callington/Liskeard/Tavistock.
866 m
Take the Tavistock Road Junction exit onto A388 towards Plymouth/Callington/Liskeard/Tavistock.
110 m
Take the A388 ramp on the right towards Plymouth/Callington/Liskeard/Tavistock.
143 m
Keep right at the fork.
86 m
Turn right onto A388/Tavistock Road. Continue on A388.
A388164 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388161 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A388.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto A388.
A388147 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3887.6 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388135 m
Keep straight to stay on A388.
A388120 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3884.1 km
Keep right to stay on A388.
A388181 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3881.6 km
Turn left onto Florence Road.
Florence Road906 m
Keep right to stay on Florence Road.
Florence Road1.1 km
Turn left onto A390.
A3905.3 km
Move right.
40 m
Keep left at the fork.
441 m
Keep straight at the fork.
11 m
Turn left onto Cemetery Road.
Cemetery Road443 m
Move left.
168 m
Turn left onto A390.
A3905.7 km
Turn right onto Florence Road.
Florence Road1.4 km
Keep right to stay on Florence Road.
Florence Road569 m
Turn right onto A388/Launceston Road. Continue on A388.
A3881.6 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3883.0 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3881.2 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388214 m
Keep straight to stay on A388.
A388107 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A3887.4 km
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388249 m
Keep right to stay on A388.
A388107 m
Keep right to stay on A388.
A38865 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A388.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto A388.
A38845 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto A30.
A301.2 km
Take the Pennygillam Junction exit onto A388.
399 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
92 m
Exit the roundabout onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road65 m
Keep straight to stay on Western Road/A388.
Western Road310 m
Turn left onto St Johns Road.
St Johns Road45 m
Keep left to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road111 m
Keep right to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road188 m
Turn right to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road47 m
Move right onto Moorland Road.
Moorland Road321 m
Turn right onto Upper Chapel.
Upper Chapel135 m
Turn left onto Long Meadow.
Long Meadow30 m
Turn left onto Chapel Gate.
Chapel Gate159 m
Turn right onto Upper Chapel.
Upper Chapel2 m
Turn left onto Moorland Road.
Moorland Road321 m
Move left onto St Johns Road.
St Johns Road17 m
Move left to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road124 m
Turn left to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road97 m
Turn right to stay on St Johns Road.
St Johns Road166 m
Turn left onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road414 m
Make a sharp left onto Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill131 m
Turn left onto Carboth Lane.
Carboth Lane36 m
Keep left to stay on Carboth Lane.
Carboth Lane54 m
Move right onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road591 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Pennygillam Way.
98 m
Exit the roundabout onto Pennygillam Way.
Pennygillam Way1.3 km
Make a right U-turn to stay on Pennygillam Way.
Pennygillam Way861 m
Turn right onto Quarry Crescent.
Quarry Crescent657 m
Turn left onto Pennygillam Way.
Pennygillam Way1.2 km
Make a right U-turn to stay on Pennygillam Way.
Pennygillam Way1.3 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Western Road/A388.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road865 m
Keep straight to stay on Western Road/A388.
Western Road110 m
Keep left to stay on A388.
A388448 m
Turn right onto Wooda Road/A388. Continue on A388.
A388539 m
Turn left onto Tavistock Road/A388.
Tavistock Road25 m
Keep left to stay on Tavistock Road/A388.
Tavistock Road122 m
Turn left.
85 m
Make a right U-turn.
85 m
Turn left onto Tavistock Road/A388.
Tavistock Road5 m
Turn right to stay on Tavistock Road/A388.
Tavistock Road12 m
Turn left to stay on Tavistock Road/A388.
Tavistock Road789 m
Turn right onto Race Hill.
Race Hill153 m
Keep right to stay on Race Hill.
Race Hill555 m
Move left onto Southgate Place.
Southgate Place19 m
Turn right onto Angel Hill.
Angel Hill82 m
Move left onto Dockacre Road/A388. Continue on A388.
A388539 m
Turn right to stay on A388.
A38880 m
Keep right to stay on A388.
A3881.1 km
Turn left.
84 m
Move right onto Broad Street.
Broad Street81 m
Turn left.
28 m
Turn right onto High Street.
High Street74 m
Turn right onto Church Street.
Church Street60 m
Move left onto Southgate Street.
Southgate Street69 m
Turn right onto Madford Lane.
Madford Lane151 m
Turn left onto Windmill Hill.
Windmill Hill122 m
Keep straight to stay on Windmill Hill.
Windmill Hill492 m
Turn right.
50 m
Turn left onto Dunheved Road.
Dunheved Road65 m
Turn right onto Dunheved Fields.
Dunheved Fields192 m
Turn right onto Hendra Vale.
Hendra Vale183 m
Move left to stay on Hendra Vale.
Hendra Vale249 m
Turn right onto Western Road/A388.
Western Road123 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Launceston · 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.
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
Approach in the correct lane, signal on the exit before yours, and keep checking your mirrors as you leave.
Dual-carriageway join
About 33.4 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, 70 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.
Topps Tiles
Start near Topps Tiles.
Blades
Continue to Blades.
Westgate Inn
Continue to Westgate Inn.
Launceston Police Station
Continue to Launceston Police Station.
Springer Spaniel
Continue to Springer Spaniel.
Swingletree
Continue to Swingletree.
Swingletree Beer Garden
Continue to Swingletree Beer Garden.
cemetery chapel
Continue to cemetery chapel.
Delaware Community Learning Centre
Continue to Delaware Community Learning Centre.
Rifle Volunteer
Continue to Rifle Volunteer.
British Wool
Continue to British Wool.
Philip Warren
Continue to Philip Warren.
Eagle Plant
Continue to Eagle Plant.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
Toolstation
Continue to Toolstation.
Launceston Arms
Continue to Launceston Arms.
Newmarket Inn
Continue to Newmarket Inn.
St Mary Magdalene
Continue to St Mary Magdalene.
Windmill Hill Academy
Continue to Windmill Hill Academy.
Asda Express
Finish back near Asda Express, completing the loop.
5 roundabouts · 20 turns · 2 sets of lights
7 roundabouts · 19 turns · 1 set of lights
8 roundabouts · 17 turns
5 roundabouts · 20 turns
This route is 70.6 km and takes about 40 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Launceston test centre, not an official DVSA route.