Near Lee on the Solent test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 5 roundabouts, 15 turns and 3 signalled junctions across 25 navigation steps.
This is an independent 38.5 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, 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 schools, shops, pubs 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 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 116-step drive on real, named roads (about 38.4 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 Way95 m
Enter Peel Common Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Peel Common Roundabout109 m
Exit the roundabout onto Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East895 m
Turn left onto Newgate Lane.
Newgate Lane591 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 Lane102 m
Keep right to stay on Woodcote Lane.
Woodcote Lane40 m
Turn right onto Newgate Lane.
Newgate Lane592 m
Turn left onto Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East309 m
Keep left to stay on Newgate Lane East/B3385.
Newgate Lane East121 m
Keep left to stay on B3385.
B3385234 m
Keep left to stay on Newgate Lane.
Newgate Lane259 m
Keep left to take Newgate Lane/B3385.
Newgate Lane258 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Longfield Avenue.
4 m
Exit the roundabout onto Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue1.4 km
Turn right onto Bishopsfield Road.
Bishopsfield Road545 m
Turn left onto Longmynd Drive.
Longmynd Drive787 m
Turn left onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane207 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Longfield Avenue.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Longfield Avenue.
Longfield Avenue629 m
Turn left onto Bishopsfield Road.
Bishopsfield Road801 m
Turn left onto The Avenue/A27.
The Avenue67 m
Keep right to stay on The Avenue/A27.
The Avenue373 m
Keep right to stay on The Avenue/A27.
The Avenue265 m
Turn left onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane584 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Peak Lane.
29 m
Exit the roundabout onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane2.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Gosport Road.
5 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 Lane408 m
Move right onto Vicarage Lane.
Vicarage Lane170 m
Turn left onto Anker Lane.
Anker Lane26 m
Turn right onto Cuckoo Lane.
Cuckoo Lane791 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 Way991 m
Turn left onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane743 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Peak Lane.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane333 m
Turn left onto Greyshott Avenue.
Greyshott Avenue235 m
Keep straight to stay on Greyshott Avenue.
Greyshott Avenue506 m
Turn left onto Wild Ridings.
Wild Ridings24 m
Keep left to stay on Wild Ridings.
Wild Ridings148 m
Turn left onto Rowan Way.
Rowan Way70 m
Keep right to stay on Rowan Way.
Rowan Way695 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Peak Lane.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Peak Lane.
Peak Lane2.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Gosport Road.
5 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 Lane408 m
Move right onto Vicarage Lane.
Vicarage Lane169 m
Turn left onto Anker Lane.
Anker Lane26 m
Turn right onto Cuckoo Lane.
Cuckoo Lane791 m
Turn right onto Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road309 m
Turn left onto St Mary's Road.
St Mary's Road103 m
Turn left to stay on St Mary's Road.
St Mary's Road99 m
Turn right to stay on St Mary's Road.
St Mary's Road306 m
Turn right onto Mays Lane.
Mays Lane36 m
Keep right to stay on Mays Lane.
Mays Lane201 m
Turn right onto Green Road.
Green Road451 m
Turn left onto St Mary's Road.
St Mary's Road103 m
Turn right onto Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road584 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 Road1.2 km
Keep right to stay on Titchfield Road.
Titchfield Road601 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 2nd exit onto Stubbington Lane.
31 m
Exit the roundabout onto Stubbington Lane.
Stubbington Lane34 m
Keep right to stay on Stubbington Lane.
Stubbington Lane1.5 km
Keep right to stay on Stubbington Lane.
Stubbington Lane1.0 km
Turn left onto Osborne Road.
Osborne Road123 m
Turn right onto Victoria Square.
Victoria Square102 m
Turn left onto Milvil Road.
Milvil Road177 m
Turn right onto Court Road.
Court Road203 m
Turn right onto Manor Way.
Manor Way41 m
Turn right onto Manor Way/B3385.
Manor Way312 m
Turn left onto Grove Road.
Grove Road239 m
Turn left onto Russell Road.
Russell Road332 m
Keep right to take Leamington Crescent.
Leamington Crescent118 m
Turn left to stay on Leamington Crescent.
Leamington Crescent70 m
Turn right onto Cheltenham Crescent.
Cheltenham Crescent79 m
Turn right onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way480 m
Keep right to stay on Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way1.1 km
Keep right to stay on Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way95 m
Enter Peel Common Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Broom Way/B3385.
Peel Common Roundabout223 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 13 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.
CEMAST
Start near CEMAST.
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
Morrisons Daily
Continue to Morrisons Daily.
Crofton Club
Continue to Crofton Club.
Crofton Working Mens Club
Continue to Crofton Working Mens Club.
Cuckoo Pint
Continue to Cuckoo Pint.
Domino's
Continue to Domino's.
Red Lion
Continue to Red Lion.
Stubbington Baptist Church
Continue to Stubbington Baptist Church.
One Stop
Continue to One Stop.
Parker’s
Continue to Parker’s.
Asda On The Move
Continue to Asda On The Move.
Golden Bowler
Continue to Golden Bowler.
Shack
Continue to Shack.
Stubbington Library
Continue to Stubbington Library.
Bun Penny
Continue to Bun Penny.
Church of St Faith
Continue to Church of St Faith.
Lee-on-Solent World War II Memorial
Continue to Lee-on-Solent World War II Memorial.
XW255
Continue to XW255.
Budgens
Finish back near Budgens, 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 38.5 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.