Near Leicester test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 14 roundabouts, 11 turns and 2 signalled junctions across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 43.1 km practice loop near Leicester test centre, taking roughly 45 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, dual-carriageway joins, 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 schools, churches, 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 99-step drive on real, named roads (about 43.1 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 Road655 m
Turn right onto St Thomas Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B5821.8 km
Turn right.
70 m
Turn left.
12 m
Turn left onto Little Glen Road/B582.
Little Glen Road1.3 km
Turn right onto Richmond Drive.
Richmond Drive310 m
Turn left onto Windsor Avenue.
Windsor Avenue141 m
Turn left onto Little Glen Road/B582.
Little Glen Road1.6 km
Turn right onto Leicester Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A426381 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.
A426714 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 3rd exit onto B582.
94 m
Exit the roundabout onto B582.
B582280 m
Turn left onto Trinity Road.
Trinity Road373 m
Turn right onto Attfield Drive.
Attfield Drive623 m
Turn right onto Brook Street.
Brook Street919 m
Turn right onto Enderby Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B582393 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
16 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.
Leicester Road332 m
Turn right onto Little Glen Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B5821.9 km
Turn left onto Saffron Road/B5366.
Saffron Road788 m
Turn right onto Gloucester Crescent.
Gloucester Crescent1.3 km
Turn right onto Durham Drive.
Durham Drive337 m
Turn right onto Glenborne Road.
Glenborne Road93 m
Turn left onto Stonesby Avenue/B5418.
Stonesby Avenue1.0 km
Enter Pork Pie Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A563/Glenhills Way.
Pork Pie Roundabout43 m
Exit the roundabout onto A563/Glenhills Way.
A5631.2 km
Turn left onto Lutterworth Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A4262.0 km
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 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
Blaby Bypass745 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Wychwood Road.
78 m
Exit the roundabout onto Wychwood Road.
Wychwood Road109 m
Turn right onto Laundon Way.
Laundon Way217 m
Turn right onto Burnham Drive.
Burnham Drive583 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Cambridge Road.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto Cambridge Road.
Cambridge Road486 m
Turn left onto Dog and Gun Lane.
Dog and Gun Lane629 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Wychwood Road.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto Wychwood Road.
Wychwood Road399 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Blaby Bypass/A426.
6 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.
Leicester Road332 m
Turn right 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 right onto Leicester Road/A426. Continue on A426.
A426381 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.
A426714 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Leicester Road.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto Leicester Road.
Leicester Road195 m
Move left onto Sycamore Street.
Sycamore Street810 m
Turn left onto Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane180 m
Make a right U-turn at Hospital Lane to stay on Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane168 m
Turn left onto Winchester Road.
Winchester Road114 m
Make a right U-turn at Winchester Road to stay on Winchester Road.
Winchester Road150 m
Turn right onto Hospital Lane.
Hospital Lane1.9 km
Turn left onto Countesthorpe Road.
Countesthorpe Road1.2 km
Move left onto Lansdowne Grove.
Lansdowne Grove146 m
Turn right onto Countesthorpe Road.
Countesthorpe Road166 m
Turn right onto Garden Street.
Garden Street167 m
Turn left onto Canal Street.
Canal Street342 m
Turn left onto Blaby Road/B582. Continue on B582.
B582391 m
Turn right 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 8 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.
Dual-carriageway join
About 1.2 km of this loop is dual carriageway. Build your speed on the slip road, take an effective rearward observation, and merge without forcing other traffic to brake.
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.
Busy Bees Leicester South Wigston
Start near Busy Bees Leicester South Wigston.
Salvation Army - Leicester South
Continue to Salvation Army - Leicester South.
Play Days Academy
Continue to Play Days Academy.
Glenhills Sports And Social Club
Continue to Glenhills Sports And Social Club.
Old Vicarage
Continue to Old Vicarage.
Bull's Head
Continue to Bull's Head.
Lilliput Montessori Day Nursery
Continue to Lilliput Montessori Day Nursery.
News And Booze
Continue to News And Booze.
Christ Gospel Church
Continue to Christ Gospel Church.
United Reform Church
Continue to United Reform Church.
S&D Enterprise
Continue to S&D Enterprise.
Chamneys Garden Centre
Continue to Chamneys Garden Centre.
Lime Tree
Continue to Lime Tree.
Whetstone Bapist Church
Continue to Whetstone Bapist Church.
Happy Days
Continue to Happy Days.
South Wigston Congregational Church
Continue to South Wigston Congregational Church.
St Thomas
Continue to St Thomas.
Blaby Methodist Church
Continue to Blaby Methodist Church.
South Leicester College
Continue to South Leicester College.
South Leicestershire College Day Nursery
Finish back near South Leicestershire College Day Nursery, completing the loop.
12 roundabouts · 12 turns · 2 sets of lights
10 roundabouts · 12 turns
11 roundabouts · 7 turns · 2 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 13 turns · 4 sets of lights
This route is 43.1 km and takes about 45 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Leicester test centre, not an official DVSA route.