Near Llanelli test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 5 roundabouts, 15 turns and 1 signalled junction across 23 navigation steps.
This is an independent 26.8 km practice loop near Llanelli 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.
Along the way you'll meet Trostre Road, Trostre Roundabout and Morfa 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, dual-carriageway joins, national-speed roads, 20 mph zones, changing speed limits, residential manoeuvres, busy a-roads and independent driving. 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 Llanelli 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 101-step drive on real, named roads (about 26.8 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southwest.
12 m
Turn right onto Toft Place.
Toft Place118 m
Turn right onto Upper Mill.
Upper Mill61 m
Move left onto Hedley Terrace.
Hedley Terrace63 m
Turn right onto Cawdor Place.
Cawdor Place393 m
Turn right onto Arfryn Avenue.
Arfryn Avenue55 m
Turn right onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue131 m
Turn left onto Corporation Close.
Corporation Close78 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Corporation Close.
Corporation Close78 m
Turn right onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue246 m
Turn left onto Heol Goffa.
Heol Goffa384 m
Turn right onto Gower View.
Gower View335 m
Turn right onto Highmead Avenue.
Highmead Avenue125 m
Turn left onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue437 m
Turn left onto Felinfoel Road/A476.
Felinfoel Road532 m
Turn left onto Heol Goffa.
Heol Goffa103 m
Turn right onto Ty'rfran Avenue.
Ty'rfran Avenue277 m
Turn right onto Glasfryn Terrace.
Glasfryn Terrace94 m
Turn right onto Felinfoel Road/A476.
Felinfoel Road149 m
Turn left onto Carrick Avenue.
Carrick Avenue86 m
Turn left onto Parc Howard Avenue.
Parc Howard Avenue124 m
Turn left to stay on Parc Howard Avenue.
Parc Howard Avenue107 m
Turn right onto Felinfoel Road/A476.
Felinfoel Road568 m
Turn right onto Old Road.
Old Road1.4 km
Turn left onto Denham Avenue.
Denham Avenue560 m
Turn left onto Iscoed.
Iscoed142 m
Turn right to stay on Iscoed.
Iscoed82 m
Turn right to stay on Iscoed.
Iscoed142 m
Turn left to stay on Iscoed.
Iscoed86 m
Turn right onto Denham Avenue.
Denham Avenue560 m
Turn right onto Cwmbach Road/B4308. Continue on B4308.
B4308745 m
Turn right onto Luton Terrace/B4309. Continue on B4309.
B4309744 m
Turn right onto West End/A484. Continue on A484.
A484254 m
Turn right onto Stewart Street.
Stewart Street74 m
Turn left onto Derwent Street.
Derwent Street152 m
Turn left onto Chapman Street.
Chapman Street79 m
Turn left onto Pembrey Road/A484. Continue on A484.
A484541 m
Move left onto Gelli Onn/A484.
Gelli Onn195 m
Turn right onto Thomas Street/A484. Continue on A484.
A484410 m
Enter Swansea Castle Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto College Square.
Swansea Castle Roundabout71 m
Exit the roundabout onto College Square.
College Square34 m
Turn left onto James Street.
James Street335 m
Turn left onto Alban Road.
Alban Road65 m
Turn left onto Swansea Road.
Swansea Road187 m
Turn left onto Glevering Street.
Glevering Street344 m
Turn right onto Alban Road.
Alban Road178 m
Turn left onto Marble Hall Road.
Marble Hall Road142 m
Turn right onto Heol Elli.
Heol Elli737 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Trostre Road/B4304.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Trostre Road/B4304.
Trostre Road277 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
37 m
Exit the roundabout.
31 m
Move left onto Trostre Road/B4304. Continue on B4304.
B4304465 m
Turn right onto School Road.
School Road306 m
Turn left onto Ropewalk Road.
Ropewalk Road127 m
Turn right onto Glandafen Road.
Glandafen Road15 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Glandafen Road.
Glandafen Road15 m
Turn left onto Ropewalk Road.
Ropewalk Road127 m
Turn right onto School Road.
School Road306 m
Turn left onto Lower Trostre Road/B4304. Continue on B4304.
B4304493 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Trostre Road/B4304.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Trostre Road/B4304.
Trostre Road277 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto B4304.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto B4304.
B4304281 m
Move left to stay on B4304.
B430414 m
Turn right to stay on B4304.
B4304228 m
Enter Trostre Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A4138.
Trostre Roundabout79 m
Exit the roundabout onto A4138.
A41381.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto B4303.
86 m
Exit the roundabout onto B4303.
B430375 m
Turn right.
53 m
Make a right U-turn.
53 m
Turn left onto B4303.
B430375 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A4138.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto A4138.
A41381.1 km
Enter Trostre Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto B4304.
Trostre Roundabout119 m
Exit the roundabout onto B4304.
B4304244 m
Turn left to stay on B4304.
B4304282 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Trostre Road/B4304.
17 m
Exit the roundabout onto Trostre Road/B4304.
Trostre Road277 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
37 m
Exit the roundabout.
31 m
Move left onto Trostre Road/B4304. Continue on B4304.
B4304754 m
Enter Morfa Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto B4304.
Morfa Roundabout61 m
Exit the roundabout onto B4304.
B430463 m
Turn right onto Dafen Row.
Dafen Row518 m
Turn left to stay on Dafen Row.
Dafen Row136 m
Turn right onto The Avenue/B4304.
B43041.9 km
Move right onto Church Street/A4214. Continue on A4214.
A4214276 m
Turn right onto Gelli Onn/A484.
Gelli Onn156 m
Turn left onto Thomas Street/A476. Continue on A476.
A4761.5 km
Turn right onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue192 m
Turn left onto Maesgolau.
Maesgolau171 m
Turn right onto Maeswerdd.
Maeswerdd355 m
Turn left onto Rhydyrafon.
Rhydyrafon667 m
Move left onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue69 m
Turn left onto Corporation Close.
Corporation Close78 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Corporation Close.
Corporation Close78 m
Turn right onto Corporation Avenue.
Corporation Avenue61 m
Turn left onto Lliedi Crescent.
Lliedi Crescent136 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Llanelli · Route 12 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.
Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around these.
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
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Trostre Roundabout, Morfa Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 2.6 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 (20, 30, 40, 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.
Heol Goffa School
Start near Heol Goffa School.
Capel Newydd
Continue to Capel Newydd.
Old Road C.P. School
Continue to Old Road C.P. School.
Colliers
Continue to Colliers.
Kilkenny Cat
Continue to Kilkenny Cat.
Pentip Voluntary Aided Church in Wales School
Continue to Pentip Voluntary Aided Church in Wales School.
Hall Street Methodist Church
Continue to Hall Street Methodist Church.
St Elli Church
Continue to St Elli Church.
Ra Ra Hair
Continue to Ra Ra Hair.
L Block
Continue to L Block.
Trostre Road
Continue to Trostre Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Trostre Roundabout
Continue to Trostre Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Greggs
Continue to Greggs.
Hope Baptist Church
Continue to Hope Baptist Church.
Morfa Roundabout
Continue to Morfa Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Carwyn James
Continue to Carwyn James.
Trinity Welsh Presbyterian Church
Continue to Trinity Welsh Presbyterian Church.
Thomas Arms
Continue to Thomas Arms.
Tŷ Gwyn Community Church
Continue to Tŷ Gwyn Community Church.
Maesgolau Store
Finish back near Maesgolau Store, completing the loop.
5 roundabouts · 23 turns · 4 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 17 turns · 3 sets of lights
4 roundabouts · 24 turns · 4 sets of lights
11 roundabouts · 16 turns · 2 sets of lights
This route is 26.8 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Llanelli test centre, not an official DVSA route.