Near Lee on the Solent test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts, 16 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 29 navigation steps.
This is an independent 26.6 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.
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 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 81-step drive on real, named roads (about 26.6 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 Drive341 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 Lane256 m
Turn left onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way1.2 km
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 Way953 m
Turn left onto Cherque Way.
Cherque Way180 m
Turn left onto Shoot Lane.
Shoot Lane32 m
Turn left onto Cherque Lane.
Cherque Lane222 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Cherque Lane.
Cherque Lane222 m
Turn left onto Shoot Lane.
Shoot Lane931 m
Move right onto Brune Lane.
Brune Lane159 m
Turn left onto Rowallan Avenue.
Rowallan Avenue32 m
Turn right onto Brune Lane.
Brune Lane305 m
Turn right onto Rowner Lane.
Rowner Lane397 m
Turn right.
250 m
Turn left onto St Nicholas Avenue.
St Nicholas Avenue656 m
Turn right onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road136 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Grange Road.
60 m
Exit the roundabout onto Grange Road.
Grange Road854 m
Turn right onto Nimrod Drive.
Nimrod Drive303 m
Turn left onto Falcon Meadows Way.
Falcon Meadows Way63 m
Turn left onto Ramsey Avenue.
Ramsey Avenue116 m
Turn left onto Blanchard Avenue.
Blanchard Avenue71 m
Turn right onto Nimrod Drive.
Nimrod Drive186 m
Turn right onto Grange Road.
Grange Road382 m
Turn right onto Lindbergh Close.
Lindbergh Close98 m
Turn left onto Blanchard Avenue.
Blanchard Avenue180 m
Turn left onto Howe Road.
Howe Road95 m
Turn left onto Grange Road.
Grange Road1.4 km
Keep left to stay on Grange Road.
Grange Road65 m
Move left onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road777 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Rowner Road/B3334.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road285 m
Turn left onto Gorselands Way.
Gorselands Way543 m
Move left onto Tichborne Way.
Tichborne Way753 m
Turn left onto Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road831 m
Turn left onto Cunningham Drive.
Cunningham Drive158 m
Turn left onto Bridgemary Avenue.
Bridgemary Avenue410 m
Turn left onto Camp Road.
Camp Road185 m
Turn right onto Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road1.4 km
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 Road550 m
Turn left onto Kingsley Road.
Kingsley Road119 m
Turn left onto Netherton Road.
Netherton Road40 m
Turn right onto Heaton Road.
Heaton Road261 m
Turn left onto Shalbourne Road.
Shalbourne Road63 m
Turn right onto Chantry Road.
Chantry Road69 m
Turn left onto Sedgeley Grove.
Sedgeley Grove253 m
Turn left onto Rydal Road.
Rydal Road337 m
Turn right onto Brighton Avenue.
Brighton Avenue229 m
Turn left onto Hastings Avenue.
Hastings Avenue91 m
Turn left to stay on Hastings Avenue.
Hastings Avenue180 m
Turn left onto Eastbourne Avenue.
Eastbourne Avenue846 m
Turn right onto Albemarle Avenue.
Albemarle Avenue587 m
Turn right onto Avery Lane.
Avery Lane694 m
Turn right onto Brockhurst Road/A32.
Brockhurst Road681 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Fareham Road/A32.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Fareham Road/A32.
Fareham Road104 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Rowner Road/B3334.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road420 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Rowner Road/B3334.
48 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road/B3334.
Rowner Road814 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Rowner Road/B3334.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Rowner Road/B3334. Continue on Rowner Road.
Rowner Road1.3 km
Enter Peel Common Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Broom Way/B3385.
Peel Common Roundabout3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Broom Way/B3385.
Broom Way1.2 km
Turn right onto Chark Lane.
Chark Lane143 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Lee on the Solent · Route 7 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.
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.
Best-one
Continue to Best-one.
China Garden
Continue to China Garden.
Magee's
Continue to Magee's.
Rowner Fish & Chips
Continue to Rowner Fish & Chips.
Rowner Express
Continue to Rowner Express.
Tesco Express
Continue to Tesco Express.
Wing's Garden
Continue to Wing's Garden.
Green Dragon
Continue to Green Dragon.
Jumbo Chinese Takeaway
Continue to Jumbo Chinese Takeaway.
Spar
Continue to Spar.
Sultan Grill
Continue to Sultan Grill.
Gosport Lunch Box
Continue to Gosport Lunch Box.
Manor Hotel
Continue to Manor Hotel.
Morrisons Daily
Continue to Morrisons Daily.
Brockhurst Baptist Church
Continue to Brockhurst Baptist Church.
Brockhurst Primary School
Continue to Brockhurst Primary School.
New Inn
Continue to New Inn.
Nelson House (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Facility)
Finish back near Nelson House (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Facility), 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 26.6 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.