Near Loughborough test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts, 21 turns and 7 signalled junctions across 35 navigation steps.
This is an independent 111.4 km practice route near Loughborough test centre, taking roughly 50 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 One Ash Roundabout, Ashton Green Road, Warwick Way Roundabout and Woodthorpe 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 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, named junctions, 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 Loughborough 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 238-step drive on real, named roads (about 116.3 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southwest.
80 m
Turn left onto Gordon Road.
Gordon Road61 m
Turn right onto Station Boulevard/A6004.
Station Boulevard440 m
Turn right onto Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road654 m
Turn left onto Sparrow Hill.
Sparrow Hill282 m
Move left onto A6/Jubilee Way.
A695 m
Turn left onto Moor Lane.
Moor Lane313 m
Turn left onto Wharncliffe Road/A60. Continue on A60.
A60692 m
Turn left onto Nottingham Road.
Nottingham Road340 m
Turn left onto Sparrow Hill.
Sparrow Hill250 m
Make a right U-turn onto Pinfold Gate.
Pinfold Gate206 m
Keep right to take Sparrow Hill.
Sparrow Hill34 m
Turn left onto Baxter Gate.
Baxter Gate65 m
Keep straight to stay on Baxter Gate.
Baxter Gate35 m
Turn right onto A6/Lemyngton Street. Continue on A6.
A6385 m
Turn left onto A6/Bridge Street.
A6176 m
Turn left onto The Rushes/A512. Continue on A512.
A512245 m
Turn right onto Derby Square/A512. Continue on A512.
A512202 m
Turn left onto Frederick Street.
Frederick Street351 m
Turn left onto Browns Lane.
Browns Lane289 m
Turn left onto Ward's End/B5350.
Ward's End51 m
Keep right to stay on B5350.
B5350366 m
Turn left onto High Street.
High Street158 m
Turn right onto Baxter Gate.
Baxter Gate182 m
Turn right onto A6/Jubilee Way. Continue on A6.
A6365 m
Turn right onto Leicester Road/B5350.
Leicester Road263 m
Turn right onto Baxter Gate.
Baxter Gate182 m
Turn right onto A6/Jubilee Way. Continue on A6.
A6365 m
Make a right U-turn at Leicester Road/B5350 to stay on A6.
A6395 m
Make a right U-turn at Baxter Gate to stay on A6.
A6374 m
Turn left onto A6/Leicester Road.
A675 m
Keep left to stay on A6/Leicester Road.
A62.3 km
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
One Ash Roundabout16 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A632 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6110 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6153 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6112 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6134 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A62.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
65 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A62.3 km
Take the exit.
367 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit.
51 m
Exit the roundabout.
113 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Loughborough Road.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Loughborough Road.
Loughborough Road100 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Loughborough Road.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Loughborough Road.
Loughborough Road1.1 km
Turn right onto Hallfields Lane.
Hallfields Lane555 m
Keep straight to stay on Hallfields Lane.
Hallfields Lane160 m
Turn left onto Town Green Street.
Town Green Street232 m
Turn right onto Wellsic Lane.
Wellsic Lane200 m
Move left onto Westfield Lane.
Westfield Lane1.2 km
Move left onto Station Road.
Station Road344 m
Turn left onto Thurcaston Lane.
Thurcaston Lane41 m
Keep left to stay on Thurcaston Lane.
Thurcaston Lane916 m
Turn left onto Leicester Road.
Leicester Road23 m
Keep left to stay on Leicester Road.
Leicester Road1.4 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Ashton Green Road.
20 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ashton Green Road.
Ashton Green Road535 m
Turn left onto Greengate Lane.
Greengate Lane419 m
Keep right to stay on Greengate Lane.
Greengate Lane1.0 km
Move left.
33 m
Move left onto A6/Loughborough Road.
A61.2 km
Enter Wanlip Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
Wanlip Roundabout137 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A6788 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A6.
69 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A64.9 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A63.0 km
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A6/Loughborough Road.
One Ash Roundabout106 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6/Loughborough Road.
A62.4 km
Move left onto Southfield Road/B5350. Continue on B5350.
B5350531 m
Move left onto Royland Road.
Royland Road46 m
Move left onto Park Road.
Park Road249 m
Turn left onto Burton Street.
Burton Street243 m
Turn left to stay on Burton Street.
Burton Street10 m
Move left onto Victoria Street.
Victoria Street89 m
Turn left onto Princess Street.
Princess Street62 m
Turn left onto Park Street.
Park Street92 m
Turn right onto Burton Street.
Burton Street197 m
Turn left onto Park Road.
Park Road537 m
Turn right to stay on Park Road.
Park Road97 m
Keep left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road29 m
Enter Park Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Park Road.
Park Road Roundabout35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Park Road.
Park Road122 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Park Road.
63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Park Road.
Park Road124 m
Enter Park Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Park Road.
Park Road Roundabout39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Park Road.
Park Road126 m
Turn left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road498 m
Turn left onto Mayfield Drive.
Mayfield Drive343 m
Turn left onto Beacon Road.
Beacon Road260 m
Enter Beacon Road Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Beacon Road Roundabout63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way489 m
Enter Forest Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Forest Road Roundabout39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way833 m
Enter Ashby Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Ashby Road Roundabout46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way491 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way.
Epinal Way76 m
Keep straight to stay on Epinal Way.
Epinal Way505 m
Enter Warwick Way Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Epinal Way.
Warwick Way Roundabout89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way.
Epinal Way449 m
Keep right to stay on Epinal Way.
Epinal Way124 m
Enter Alan Moss Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Alan Moss Road Roundabout63 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way443 m
Enter Ashby Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Ashby Road Roundabout47 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way97 m
Keep right to stay on Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way736 m
Enter Forest Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Forest Road Roundabout41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way479 m
Enter Beacon Road Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Beacon Road Roundabout32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way178 m
Keep left to stay on Epinal Way/A6004.
Epinal Way254 m
Enter Park Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ling Road/A6004.
Park Road Roundabout37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Ling Road/A6004.
Ling Road800 m
Enter Woodthorpe Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Terry Yardley Way/A6004.
Woodthorpe Roundabout54 m
Exit the roundabout onto Terry Yardley Way/A6004.
Terry Yardley Way840 m
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A6/Loughborough Road.
One Ash Roundabout4 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6/Loughborough Road. Continue on A6.
A62.1 km
Turn right onto King Street/A60. Continue on A60.
A601.0 km
Turn right onto Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road42 m
Turn left onto Clarence Street/B589.
Clarence Street242 m
Turn right onto Meadow Lane.
Meadow Lane528 m
Turn right onto Station Boulevard.
Station Boulevard60 m
Keep left to take Station Boulevard/A6004.
Station Boulevard501 m
Turn right onto Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road314 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road/A60. Continue on A60.
A60454 m
Keep left to stay on A60.
A60570 m
Turn left onto A6/Leicester Road.
A62.1 km
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
One Ash Roundabout16 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A632 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6110 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6153 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6112 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A6134 m
Keep left to stay on A6.
A62.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Granite Way.
114 m
Exit the roundabout onto Granite Way.
Granite Way563 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Granite Way.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Granite Way.
Granite Way495 m
Move right.
50 m
Turn left.
20 m
Turn left onto Granite Way.
Granite Way555 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Granite Way.
37 m
Exit the roundabout onto Granite Way.
Granite Way562 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A6.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A63.0 km
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A6/Loughborough Road.
One Ash Roundabout106 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6/Loughborough Road. Continue on A6.
A62.1 km
Turn right onto King Street/A60. Continue on A60.
A601.0 km
Turn right onto Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road602 m
Move right to stay on Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road59 m
Keep left to stay on A60.
A601.2 km
Keep left to take Loughborough Road/A60.
Loughborough Road103 m
Keep left to stay on Loughborough Road/A60.
Loughborough Road2.1 km
Turn right onto Prestwold Lane.
Prestwold Lane106 m
Keep left to stay on Prestwold Lane.
Prestwold Lane1.4 km
Keep left to take Prestwold Lane/B676.
Prestwold Lane169 m
Keep left to stay on Prestwold Lane/B676.
Prestwold Lane3.0 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Nottingham Road.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto Nottingham Road.
Nottingham Road83 m
Keep left to stay on Nottingham Road.
Nottingham Road838 m
Enter Jerusalem Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Bridge Street.
Jerusalem Roundabout41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bridge Street.
Bridge Street949 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit.
5 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A61.8 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6.
65 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6.
A62.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit.
51 m
Exit the roundabout.
113 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Loughborough Road.
19 m
Exit the roundabout onto Loughborough Road.
Loughborough Road100 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Loughborough Road.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Loughborough Road.
Loughborough Road1.1 km
Turn right onto Hallfields Lane.
Hallfields Lane555 m
Keep straight to stay on Hallfields Lane.
Hallfields Lane160 m
Turn left onto Town Green Street.
Town Green Street232 m
Turn right onto Wellsic Lane.
Wellsic Lane200 m
Move left onto Westfield Lane.
Westfield Lane1.2 km
Move left onto Station Road.
Station Road344 m
Turn left onto Thurcaston Lane.
Thurcaston Lane41 m
Keep left to stay on Thurcaston Lane.
Thurcaston Lane916 m
Turn left onto Leicester Road.
Leicester Road23 m
Keep left to stay on Leicester Road.
Leicester Road378 m
Turn right onto Rectory Lane.
Rectory Lane487 m
Turn right onto Anstey Lane.
Anstey Lane1.3 km
Turn right onto Station Road.
Station Road345 m
Turn left onto Swithland Lane.
Swithland Lane2.4 km
Keep left to take Wood Lane.
Wood Lane2.2 km
Turn left onto Leicester Road.
Leicester Road540 m
Turn left onto Meeting Street.
Meeting Street397 m
Turn right onto Spinney Drive.
Spinney Drive151 m
Turn left onto Cradock Drive.
Cradock Drive134 m
Turn right onto Warwick Avenue.
Warwick Avenue680 m
Turn left onto Woodhouse Road.
Woodhouse Road598 m
Turn left onto Chaveney Road.
Chaveney Road726 m
Turn left onto Elms Drive.
Elms Drive159 m
Turn right onto Cradock Drive.
Cradock Drive8 m
Turn left onto Warwick Avenue.
Warwick Avenue794 m
Turn left onto Loughborough Road.
Loughborough Road583 m
Enter One Ash Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A6/Loughborough Road.
One Ash Roundabout64 m
Exit the roundabout onto A6/Loughborough Road. Continue on A6.
A62.1 km
Turn right onto King Street/A60. Continue on A60.
A601.0 km
Turn right onto Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road602 m
Move right to stay on Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road1.3 km
Keep left to take Loughborough Road/A60.
Loughborough Road103 m
Keep left to stay on Loughborough Road/A60.
Loughborough Road2.1 km
Turn right onto Prestwold Lane.
Prestwold Lane106 m
Keep left to stay on Prestwold Lane.
Prestwold Lane129 m
Turn left onto Old Parsonage Lane.
Old Parsonage Lane27 m
Make a sharp left to stay on Old Parsonage Lane.
Old Parsonage Lane26 m
Turn right onto Prestwold Lane.
Prestwold Lane216 m
Turn left onto Loughborough Road/A60.
Loughborough Road3.0 km
Keep left to stay on Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road579 m
Move left to stay on Nottingham Road/A60.
Nottingham Road579 m
Turn left onto Queen's Road/A60. Continue on A60.
A60454 m
Keep left to stay on A60.
A60257 m
Turn left onto Wharncliffe Road.
Wharncliffe Road184 m
Turn left onto Great Central Road.
Great Central Road409 m
Turn left onto Beeches Road.
Beeches Road221 m
Move left onto Windmill Road.
Windmill Road228 m
Turn left onto Great Central Road.
Great Central Road307 m
Turn right onto Wharncliffe Road.
Wharncliffe Road184 m
Turn left onto New King Street/A60.
New King Street228 m
Turn left onto Great Central Road.
Great Central Road215 m
Turn right onto King Edward Road.
King Edward Road152 m
Turn right onto Lime Avenue.
Lime Avenue131 m
Turn right onto Albert Promenade.
Albert Promenade175 m
Turn left onto Great Central Road.
Great Central Road42 m
Turn right onto New King Street/A60.
New King Street247 m
Turn left onto Moor Lane.
Moor Lane231 m
Turn right onto Cobden Street.
Cobden Street116 m
Turn right to stay on Cobden Street.
Cobden Street8 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Cobden Street.
Cobden Street8 m
Turn left to stay on Cobden Street.
Cobden Street91 m
Turn right onto School Street.
School Street58 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Loughborough · 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.
Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around 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 One Ash Roundabout, Warwick Way Roundabout, Woodthorpe Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Dual-carriageway join
About 41.4 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, 50, 60, 70 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.
Geeta Bhawan
Start near Geeta Bhawan.
Junction Church
Continue to Junction Church.
One Ash Roundabout
Continue to One Ash Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Miller & Carter Rothley
Continue to Miller & Carter Rothley.
Rothley Court
Continue to Rothley Court.
Wheatsheaf
Continue to Wheatsheaf.
Ashton Green Road
Continue to Ashton Green Road, taking the junction with good observation.
Trinity Methodist Church
Continue to Trinity Methodist Church.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Continue to Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Warwick Way Roundabout
Continue to Warwick Way Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Woodthorpe Roundabout
Continue to Woodthorpe Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Continue to BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.
Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Cultural Association
Continue to Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Cultural Association.
Simply Pleasure
Continue to Simply Pleasure.
Loughborough
Continue to Loughborough.
Barrow Methodist Church
Continue to Barrow Methodist Church.
Tebbatt Electronics
Continue to Tebbatt Electronics.
Blacksmith's Arms
Continue to Blacksmith's Arms.
Merlin Archery
Continue to Merlin Archery.
Holy Trinity Church
Finish back near Holy Trinity Church, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 12 turns · 5 sets of lights
7 roundabouts · 21 turns · 4 sets of lights
9 roundabouts · 10 turns · 6 sets of lights
8 roundabouts · 19 turns · 5 sets of lights
This route is 111.4 km and takes about 50 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Loughborough test centre, not an official DVSA route.