Near Leicester test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 11 roundabouts, 7 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 21 navigation steps.
This is an independent 45.0 km practice loop near Leicester test centre, taking roughly 30 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, national-speed roads, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads, independent driving 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 churches, schools, pubs and shops, 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 Leicester 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 92-step drive on real, named roads (about 45.0 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive east.
10 m
Turn right.
39 m
Turn left onto Tigers Road.
Tigers Road41 m
Turn left onto Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road405 m
Turn left onto Namur Road.
Namur Road105 m
Turn left onto Ladysmith Road.
Ladysmith Road98 m
Turn left onto Hindoostan Avenue.
Hindoostan Avenue190 m
Turn left onto Crete Avenue.
Crete Avenue30 m
Turn right onto Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road634 m
Move left to stay on Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road32 m
Move left onto St Thomas Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B582368 m
Turn right onto Canal Street.
Canal Street424 m
Turn right onto Irlam Street.
Irlam Street122 m
Turn right onto Countesthorpe Road.
Countesthorpe Road133 m
Turn left onto Orange Street.
Orange Street246 m
Turn left onto Railway Street.
Railway Street104 m
Move right onto Lansdowne Grove.
Lansdowne Grove145 m
Move right onto Countesthorpe Road.
Countesthorpe Road1.2 km
Turn right onto Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane1.7 km
Turn left to stay on Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane15 m
Turn right to stay on Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane153 m
Turn left onto Winchester Road.
Winchester Road540 m
Turn left to stay on Winchester Road.
Winchester Road1.3 km
Turn right onto Cosby Road.
Cosby Road1.1 km
Turn right onto A426.
A4261.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass744 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
59 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass779 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
61 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass640 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Leicester Road/A426.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Leicester Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A426713 m
Turn left onto Glenville Avenue.
Glenville Avenue201 m
Turn right onto Court Road.
Court Road119 m
Turn left onto Howard Road.
Howard Road67 m
Turn left onto Glenville Avenue.
Glenville Avenue281 m
Turn right onto Leicester Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A426380 m
Turn left onto Little Glen Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B5822.3 km
Turn right onto Canal Street.
Canal Street86 m
Turn right onto Bassett Street.
Bassett Street288 m
Turn right onto Countesthorpe Road.
Countesthorpe Road80 m
Turn left onto St Thomas Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B5822.0 km
Turn left onto Leicester Road/A426.
Leicester Road333 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
25 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass632 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass773 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Grove Road.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto Grove Road.
Grove Road646 m
Turn left onto Lutterworth Road.
Lutterworth Road914 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Leicester Road/A426.
24 m
Exit the roundabout onto Leicester Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A4264.9 km
Keep left to take Aylestone Road/A426.
Aylestone Road489 m
Keep left to stay on Aylestone Road.
Aylestone Road2.5 km
Move left onto Burleys Way/A594.
Burleys Way214 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Belgrave Gate/A607.
13 m
Exit the roundabout onto Belgrave Gate/A607.
Belgrave Gate412 m
Enter Belgrave Circle and take the 2nd exit onto Belgrave Road/A607.
Belgrave Circle115 m
Exit the roundabout onto Belgrave Road/A607.
Belgrave Road693 m
Keep right to stay on A607.
A607423 m
Turn right onto Jermyn Street.
Jermyn Street154 m
Turn right onto Glen Street.
Glen Street123 m
Turn right onto Canon Street.
Canon Street138 m
Turn left onto Melton Road/A607. Continue on A607.
A607964 m
Turn left onto Belgrave Road/A607.
Belgrave Road30 m
Enter Belgrave Circle and take the 3rd exit onto Belgrave Gate/A607.
Belgrave Circle119 m
Exit the roundabout onto Belgrave Gate/A607.
Belgrave Gate412 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto St Matthews Way/A594.
14 m
Exit the roundabout onto St Matthews Way/A594.
St Matthews Way553 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto St Georges Way/A594.
127 m
Exit the roundabout onto St Georges Way/A594. Continue on A594.
A594750 m
Keep right to stay on A594.
A5941.2 km
Move right onto Welford Road/A594.
Welford Road628 m
Take the exit.
32 m
Move left onto Aylestone Road/A426.
Aylestone Road164 m
Keep left to take Saffron Lane/B5366.
Saffron Lane2.4 km
Enter Pork Pie Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Saffron Lane/B5366.
Pork Pie Roundabout49 m
Exit the roundabout onto Saffron Lane/B5366. Continue on B5366.
B53662.0 km
Turn right onto St Thomas Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B582351 m
Turn right onto Oakleigh Avenue.
Oakleigh Avenue160 m
Move left onto Westleigh Road.
Westleigh Road69 m
Turn left onto Alderleigh Road.
Alderleigh Road133 m
Turn left onto Little Glen Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B582429 m
Turn left onto Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road906 m
Turn left onto Namur Road.
Namur Road105 m
Turn left onto Ladysmith Road.
Ladysmith Road98 m
Turn left onto Hindoostan Avenue.
Hindoostan Avenue190 m
Turn left onto Crete Avenue.
Crete Avenue30 m
Turn right onto Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road154 m
Turn right onto Tigers Road.
Tigers Road100 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Leicester · 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.
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, 60 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.
Salvation Army - Leicester South
Start near Salvation Army - Leicester South.
South Wigston Methodist Church
Continue to South Wigston Methodist Church.
Blaby Methodist Church
Continue to Blaby Methodist Church.
Birkett House Seniors
Continue to Birkett House Seniors.
Dog and Gun
Continue to Dog and Gun.
Glenhills Sports And Social Club
Continue to Glenhills Sports And Social Club.
Play Days Academy
Continue to Play Days Academy.
St Thomas
Continue to St Thomas.
Blaby Bowling Club
Continue to Blaby Bowling Club.
Bulls Head
Continue to Bulls Head.
Grange Stores & P.O.
Continue to Grange Stores & P.O..
St Edward's
Continue to St Edward's.
Jain Samaj
Continue to Jain Samaj.
St Nicholas
Continue to St Nicholas.
Masjid An Noor
Continue to Masjid An Noor.
Shivalaya
Continue to Shivalaya.
Musician
Continue to Musician.
University of Leicester
Continue to University of Leicester.
Eyres Monsell Baptist Free Church
Continue to Eyres Monsell Baptist Free Church.
Discount Ceramics
Finish back near Discount Ceramics, completing the loop.
12 roundabouts · 12 turns · 2 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 12 turns
14 roundabouts · 11 turns · 2 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 13 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 45.0 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Leicester test centre, not an official DVSA route.