Near Lee on the Solent test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts, 12 turns and 5 signalled junctions across 24 navigation steps.
This is an independent 31.2 km practice route near Lee on the Solent 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, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres 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 Lee on the Solent 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 97-step drive on real, named roads (about 31.0 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west.
16 m
Turn left.
41 m
Turn left onto Daedalus Drive.
Daedalus Drive732 m
Turn right onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way145 m
Turn right onto Chark Lane.
Chark Lane256 m
Turn left onto Bayntun Drive.
Bayntun Drive74 m
Turn left onto Redmill Drive.
Redmill Drive47 m
Turn left to stay on Redmill Drive.
Redmill Drive322 m
Keep right to stay on Redmill Drive.
Redmill Drive18 m
Move right to stay on Redmill Drive.
Redmill Drive177 m
Turn right onto Prowse Close.
Prowse Close54 m
Turn left onto Redmill Drive.
Redmill Drive47 m
Turn right onto Bayntun Drive.
Bayntun Drive74 m
Turn right onto Chark Lane.
Chark Lane255 m
Turn left onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way1.1 km
Keep right to stay on Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way18 m
Move left to stay on Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way808 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Gosport Road.
8 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gosport Road.
Gosport Road62 m
Keep left to stay on Gosport Road.
Gosport Road1.0 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Gosport Road.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gosport Road.
Gosport Road282 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Gosport Road.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gosport Road.
Gosport Road617 m
Keep left to take Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road339 m
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road229 m
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road575 m
Move right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road35 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road822 m
Keep left to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road351 m
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road600 m
Move left onto Gosport Road.
Gosport Road22 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Gosport Road.
27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gosport Road.
Gosport Road282 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
50 m
Exit the roundabout.
98 m
Turn left onto Park Lane.
Park Lane99 m
Move right onto Cutlers Lane.
Cutlers Lane409 m
Move right onto Vicarage Lane.
Vicarage Lane170 m
Turn left onto Anker Lane.
Anker Lane26 m
Turn right onto Cuckoo Lane.
Cuckoo Lane790 m
Turn left onto Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road94 m
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road181 m
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road575 m
Move right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road35 m
Turn right onto Daedalus Way/B3334.
Daedalus Way992 m
Turn left onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane742 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Peak Lane.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane584 m
Turn left onto The Avenue/A27.
The Avenue72 m
Turn right onto Catisfield Road.
Catisfield Road703 m
Turn right onto Highlands Road.
Highlands Road1.0 km
Turn right onto Stow Crescent.
Stow Crescent21 m
Turn left onto Highlands Road.
Highlands Road133 m
Make a left U-turn at Gudge Heath Lane to stay on Highlands Road.
Highlands Road1.2 km
Turn left onto Catisfield Road.
Catisfield Road684 m
Turn left onto The Avenue/A27.
The Avenue673 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Longfield Avenue.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue1.2 km
Turn left onto St. Michaels Grove.
St. Michaels Grove788 m
Turn right onto Redlands Lane.
Redlands Lane84 m
Keep right to stay on Redlands Lane.
Redlands Lane317 m
Turn left onto Mill Road.
Mill Road64 m
Turn left onto Alexander Grove.
Alexander Grove68 m
Turn left to stay on Alexander Grove.
Alexander Grove236 m
Turn right to stay on Alexander Grove.
Alexander Grove131 m
Move right to stay on Alexander Grove.
Alexander Grove40 m
Turn left to stay on Alexander Grove.
Alexander Grove68 m
Turn right onto Mill Road.
Mill Road64 m
Turn right onto Redlands Lane.
Redlands Lane44 m
Keep left to stay on Redlands Lane.
Redlands Lane307 m
Keep right to stay on Redlands Lane.
Redlands Lane49 m
Turn left onto Upper St. Michaels Grove.
Upper St. Michaels Grove789 m
Turn right onto Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue669 m
Turn right onto Malvern Avenue.
Malvern Avenue22 m
Keep straight to stay on Malvern Avenue.
Malvern Avenue149 m
Turn left onto Snowdon Drive.
Snowdon Drive161 m
Turn left onto Bardon Way.
Bardon Way107 m
Turn left onto Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue1.6 km
Keep right to stay on Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue74 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Newgate Lane/B3385.
76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Newgate Lane/B3385.
Newgate Lane345 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Newgate Lane/B3385.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Newgate Lane/B3385. Continue on B3385.
B3385395 m
Keep right to take Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East121 m
Keep right to stay on Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East309 m
Turn right onto Newgate Lane.
Newgate Lane592 m
Turn left onto Woodcote Lane.
Woodcote Lane239 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Woodcote Lane.
Woodcote Lane96 m
Keep right to stay on Woodcote Lane.
Woodcote Lane142 m
Turn right onto Newgate Lane.
Newgate Lane592 m
Turn right onto Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East898 m
Enter Peel Common Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Broom Way/B3385.
Peel Common Roundabout62 m
Exit the roundabout onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way143 m
Keep right to stay on Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way1.0 km
Turn right onto Chark Lane.
Chark Lane143 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Lee on the Solent · Route 12 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.
Changing speed limits
Limits change across this route (30, 40, 50 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.
Budgens
Start near Budgens.
CEMAST
Continue to CEMAST.
Holy Rood Church
Continue to Holy Rood Church.
Red Lion
Continue to Red Lion.
Stubbington Mall
Continue to Stubbington Mall.
Sue Ryder
Continue to Sue Ryder.
Co-operative Food
Continue to Co-operative Food.
Crofton Club
Continue to Crofton Club.
Crofton Working Mens Club
Continue to Crofton Working Mens Club.
Innovation Hair And Beauty
Continue to Innovation Hair And Beauty.
Cuckoo Pint
Continue to Cuckoo Pint.
Stubbington Baptist Church
Continue to Stubbington Baptist Church.
Welcome
Continue to Welcome.
Baburchi
Continue to Baburchi.
Co-op Food
Continue to Co-op Food.
Coral
Continue to Coral.
Hill Park Baptist Church
Continue to Hill Park Baptist Church.
Tat-2-U
Continue to Tat-2-U.
St John The Evangelist
Continue to St John The Evangelist.
McDonald's
Finish back near McDonald's, completing the loop.
6 roundabouts · 18 turns · 5 sets of lights
3 roundabouts · 20 turns · 5 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 14 turns · 2 sets of lights
6 roundabouts · 13 turns · 1 set of lights
This route is 31.2 km and takes about 35 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Lee on the Solent test centre, not an official DVSA route.