Near Lee on the Solent test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 6 roundabouts, 20 turns and 3 signalled junctions across 30 navigation steps.
This is an independent 33.5 km practice route near Lee on the Solent 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.
Along the way you'll meet Privett 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, 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, schools, pubs and named junctions, 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 108-step drive on real, named roads (about 34.2 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 3rd exit onto Rowner Road.
Peel Common Roundabout166 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road.
Rowner Road343 m
Keep right to take Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road969 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Rowner Road/B3334.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road285 m
Turn left onto Gorselands Way.
Gorselands Way365 m
Turn left onto Copse Lane.
Copse Lane241 m
Turn right onto Green Crescent.
Green Crescent14 m
Turn left.
176 m
Turn left onto Green Crescent.
Green Crescent81 m
Keep right to stay on Green Crescent.
Green Crescent19 m
Turn right onto Copse Lane.
Copse Lane242 m
Turn right onto Gorselands Way.
Gorselands Way254 m
Turn left onto Charden Road.
Charden Road386 m
Turn left onto Tichborne Way.
Tichborne Way348 m
Turn left onto Gorselands Way.
Gorselands Way83 m
Turn left onto Landon Road.
Landon Road159 m
Turn left onto Withies Road.
Withies Road70 m
Turn left onto Bracklesham Road.
Bracklesham Road161 m
Turn right onto Tichborne Way.
Tichborne Way82 m
Turn left onto Austerberry Way.
Austerberry Way35 m
Keep right to stay on Austerberry Way.
Austerberry Way98 m
Turn right onto Turner Avenue.
Turner Avenue328 m
Turn right onto Tichborne Way.
Tichborne Way422 m
Turn right to stay on Tichborne Way.
Tichborne Way634 m
Turn right onto Forest Way.
Forest Way654 m
Turn left onto Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road435 m
Keep right to stay on Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road2.5 km
Keep left to take Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road480 m
Move right to stay on Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road588 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Gosport Road/A32.
84 m
Exit the roundabout onto Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road431 m
Move left to stay on Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road42 m
Keep right to stay on Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road54 m
Keep left to stay on Gosport Road/A32.
Gosport Road644 m
Keep right to stay on A32.
A322.4 km
Keep left to stay on Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road786 m
Keep right to stay on Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road114 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Fareham Road/A32.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road112 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Brockhurst Road/A32.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brockhurst Road/A32.
Brockhurst Road755 m
Turn right onto Station Road.
Station Road299 m
Keep right to stay on Station Road.
Station Road119 m
Turn left onto Military Road.
Military Road1.6 km
Turn left to stay on Military Road.
Military Road17 m
Enter Privett Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Roundabout60 m
Exit the roundabout onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road269 m
Keep straight to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road92 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Privett Road/B3333.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road918 m
Move right onto Cherque Way.
Cherque Way49 m
Make a right U-turn onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road965 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Privett Road/B3333.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road91 m
Keep right to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road100 m
Keep left to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road115 m
Keep right to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road57 m
Enter Privett Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Roundabout46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road549 m
Turn left.
136 m
Turn left onto Charlesbury Avenue.
Charlesbury Avenue60 m
Turn right onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road462 m
Enter Privett Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Roundabout32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road90 m
Keep left to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road109 m
Keep left to stay on Privett Road/B3333.
Privett Road163 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Grange Road.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto Grange Road.
Grange Road119 m
Keep left to stay on Grange Road.
Grange Road125 m
Keep right to stay on Grange Road.
Grange Road1.0 km
Turn left onto Nimrod Drive.
Nimrod Drive832 m
Turn right onto St Nicholas Avenue.
St Nicholas Avenue63 m
Keep right to stay on St Nicholas Avenue.
St Nicholas Avenue635 m
Turn left onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road649 m
Turn left onto Rowner Lane.
Rowner Lane72 m
Turn right onto Brune Lane.
Brune Lane305 m
Turn left onto Rowallan Avenue.
Rowallan Avenue32 m
Turn right onto Brune Lane.
Brune Lane159 m
Move left onto Shoot Lane.
Shoot Lane931 m
Turn right onto Cherque Lane.
Cherque Lane222 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Cherque Lane.
Cherque Lane222 m
Turn right onto Shoot Lane.
Shoot Lane33 m
Turn right onto Cherque Way.
Cherque Way60 m
Move left.
65 m
Make a sharp right onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way982 m
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 6 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.
Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near these.
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 Privett Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
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.
Green Dragon
Continue to Green Dragon.
New Kung Fu Wok
Continue to New Kung Fu Wok.
Gosport Lunch Box
Continue to Gosport Lunch Box.
Morrisons Daily
Continue to Morrisons Daily.
Hoeford Inn
Continue to Hoeford Inn.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Bird in Hand
Continue to Bird in Hand.
Karim's
Continue to Karim's.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Swift Tyres
Continue to Swift Tyres.
Queen's Head
Continue to Queen's Head.
Finsbury's Garage Service Centre
Continue to Finsbury's Garage Service Centre.
Privett Roundabout
Continue to Privett Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Cocked Hat
Continue to Cocked Hat.
Lalys Pharmacy
Continue to Lalys Pharmacy.
Queens Parade Kitchen Chinese takeaway
Continue to Queens Parade Kitchen Chinese takeaway.
Beautilicious
Continue to Beautilicious.
Sultan Grill
Finish back near Sultan Grill, 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 33.5 km and takes about 40 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.