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Practice route
Challenging

Macclesfield · Route 4

Near Macclesfield test centre

28.5 km
Distance
30 min
Duration
Challenging
Difficulty
19
Manoeuvres
Difficulty: Easy

Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 20 turns and 1 signalled junction across 23 navigation steps.

How this route is examined

This is an independent 28.5 km practice route near Macclesfield 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, dual-carriageway joins, 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, pubs, shops and parks, 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 Macclesfield 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.

Manoeuvre breakdown

What you’ll actually do on this loop, counted from its turn-by-turn directions.

13
Left turns
7
Right turns
0
Roundabouts
1
Traffic lights
23
Total steps

Skills & features

20
Roundabouts
10.8 km
Dual carriageway
30, 40 mph
Speed limits
20
Landmarks

This route helps you practise:

  • Multiple roundabouts
  • Dual-carriageway joins
  • Residential manoeuvres
  • Busy A-roads
  • Sustained concentration

Road mix

  • Trunk roads 10.8 km
  • Residential 7.1 km
  • Minor roads 5.7 km
  • B-roads 2.1 km
  • Unclassified 2.0 km
  • service_other 0.4 km

Turn-by-turn directions

The full 107-step drive on real, named roads (about 28.5 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.

  1. Depart:

    Drive south.

    54 m

  2. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Green Street.

    Green Street272 m

  3. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A537/Buxton Road.

    A537128 m

  4. Keep right:

    Keep right at the fork.

    57 m

  5. Turn right:

    Turn right onto A523/The Silk Road.

    A52344 m

  6. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on A523/The Silk Road.

    A523228 m

  7. Turn left:

    Move left.

    27 m

  8. Keep left:

    Keep straight at the fork.

    27 m

  9. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A537/Hibel Road.

    7 m

  10. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Hibel Road.

    A537379 m

  11. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    7 m

  12. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    Churchill Way55 m

  13. Turn right:

    Turn right onto King Edward Street.

    King Edward Street99 m

  14. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Westminster Street.

    Westminster Street74 m

  15. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Chestergate.

    Chestergate102 m

  16. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    Churchill Way70 m

  17. Turn left:

    Turn left onto King Edward Street.

    King Edward Street35 m

  18. Turn right:

    Turn right onto King Edward Road.

    King Edward Road63 m

  19. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn to stay on King Edward Road.

    King Edward Road63 m

  20. Turn right:

    Turn right onto King Edward Street.

    King Edward Street608 m

  21. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A537/Chester Road.

    20 m

  22. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Chester Road.

    A537776 m

  23. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A537/Chester Road.

    26 m

  24. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Chester Road. Continue on A537.

    A537814 m

  25. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Fallibroome Road/B5392.

    Fallibroome Road458 m

  26. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Priory Lane.

    21 m

  27. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Priory Lane.

    Priory Lane1.2 km

  28. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Prestbury Road/B5087.

    Prestbury Road597 m

  29. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Kennedy Avenue.

    Kennedy Avenue752 m

  30. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Priory Lane.

    Priory Lane301 m

  31. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Birtles Road.

    Birtles Road732 m

  32. Turn left:

    Turn left onto St. Austell Avenue.

    St. Austell Avenue593 m

  33. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Redruth Avenue.

    Redruth Avenue164 m

  34. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Birtles Road.

    Birtles Road472 m

  35. Turn left:

    Turn left onto St. Austell Avenue.

    St. Austell Avenue530 m

  36. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Bodmin Avenue.

    Bodmin Avenue57 m

  37. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Bodmin Avenue.

    Bodmin Avenue91 m

  38. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Bodmin Avenue.

    Bodmin Avenue59 m

  39. Turn right:

    Turn right onto St. Austell Avenue.

    St. Austell Avenue69 m

  40. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Newquay Drive.

    Newquay Drive163 m

  41. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Whirley Road.

    Whirley Road656 m

  42. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on Whirley Road.

    Whirley Road25 m

  43. Turn right:

    Make a sharp right onto Birtles Road.

    Birtles Road198 m

  44. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on Birtles Road.

    Birtles Road178 m

  45. Turn right:

    Turn right onto St. Austell Avenue.

    St. Austell Avenue335 m

  46. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Newquay Drive.

    Newquay Drive62 m

  47. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on Newquay Drive.

    Newquay Drive100 m

  48. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Whirley Road.

    Whirley Road130 m

  49. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on Whirley Road.

    Whirley Road293 m

  50. Turn left:

    Move left onto A537/Chelford Road. Continue on A537.

    A537148 m

  51. Turn right:

    Move right to stay on A537.

    A537832 m

  52. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A537/Chester Road.

    30 m

  53. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Chester Road.

    A537779 m

  54. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 5th exit onto A537/Chester Road.

    79 m

  55. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Chester Road.

    A537776 m

  56. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A537/Chester Road.

    26 m

  57. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Chester Road. Continue on A537.

    A537815 m

  58. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Broken Cross/B5392.

    Broken Cross592 m

  59. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Gawsworth Road.

    Gawsworth Road105 m

  60. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn to stay on Gawsworth Road.

    Gawsworth Road105 m

  61. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Gawsworth Road.

    Gawsworth Road466 m

  62. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Pexhill Road/B5392.

    Pexhill Road180 m

  63. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Pexhill Drive.

    Pexhill Drive112 m

  64. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on Pexhill Drive.

    Pexhill Drive114 m

  65. Turn right:

    Turn right.

    9 m

  66. U-turn:

    Make a right U-turn.

    9 m

  67. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Pexhill Drive.

    Pexhill Drive188 m

  68. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Pexhill Drive.

    Pexhill Drive38 m

  69. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Pexhill Road/B5392.

    Pexhill Road180 m

  70. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Gawsworth Road.

    Gawsworth Road653 m

  71. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Earlsway.

    Earlsway38 m

  72. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on Earlsway.

    Earlsway112 m

  73. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on Earlsway.

    Earlsway31 m

  74. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Kendal Road.

    Kendal Road515 m

  75. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Ivy Lane.

    Ivy Lane752 m

  76. Keep left:

    Keep left to take A536/Park Lane.

    A536609 m

  77. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Newton Street.

    Newton Street48 m

  78. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Barton Street.

    Barton Street68 m

  79. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Bond Street.

    Bond Street75 m

  80. Turn right:

    Turn right onto A536/Park Lane.

    A536556 m

  81. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A536/Congleton Road.

    A536753 m

  82. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Penningtons Lane.

    Penningtons Lane349 m

  83. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Hillcrest Road.

    Hillcrest Road228 m

  84. Turn left:

    Turn left onto Surrey Road.

    Surrey Road90 m

  85. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Moss View Road.

    Moss View Road75 m

  86. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A536/Congleton Road.

    A536535 m

  87. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Moss Lane.

    Moss Lane102 m

  88. Turn left:

    Turn left to stay on Moss Lane.

    Moss Lane953 m

  89. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on Moss Lane.

    Moss Lane635 m

  90. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A523/London Road.

    A52366 m

  91. Keep right:

    Keep right to stay on A523.

    A5231.2 km

  92. Keep left:

    Keep left at the fork.

    86 m

  93. Turn left:

    Move left onto A536.

    A536157 m

  94. Turn left:

    Turn left onto A536/Park Street.

    A536152 m

  95. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    30 m

  96. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    Churchill Way164 m

  97. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    21 m

  98. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Churchill Way/B5181.

    Churchill Way102 m

  99. Keep left:

    Keep left to stay on Churchill Way/B5181.

    Churchill Way562 m

  100. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A537/Hibel Road.

    36 m

  101. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto A537/Hibel Road.

    A537382 m

  102. Roundabout:

    Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hurdsfield Road/B5470.

    48 m

  103. Leave roundabout:

    Exit the roundabout onto Hurdsfield Road/B5470.

    Hurdsfield Road193 m

  104. Turn right:

    Turn right onto Commercial Road.

    Commercial Road184 m

  105. Turn left:

    Turn left onto King Street.

    King Street34 m

  106. Turn right:

    Turn right to stay on King Street.

    King Street59 m

  107. Arrive:

    You have arrived at your destination.

Directions for the Macclesfield · Route 4 loop. Always drive to the road and conditions you see, not the list — signs, signals and other traffic take priority.

Local roads & landmarks

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.

Churches

Useful navigation anchors on the loop.

  • Macclesfield Methodist Church
  • St Paul's Church
  • St. Alban's
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Broken Cross Methodist Church

Parks & green space

Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.

  • Cherry Blossom

Pubs

Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.

  • Chester Road Tavern
  • Bulls Head
  • Pack Horse
  • Flower Pot

Shops & parades

Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.

  • Co-operative Funeral Care
  • Martin's
  • Broken Cross Paint And Wallpaper Supply Ltd
  • Coral

Watch out for

  • 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 10.8 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.

  • 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.

Drive it: landmark by landmark

Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.

  1. Macclesfield Methodist Church

    Start near Macclesfield Methodist Church.

  2. St Paul's Church

    Continue to St Paul's Church.

  3. Chester Road Tavern

    Continue to Chester Road Tavern.

  4. St. Alban's

    Continue to St. Alban's.

  5. Bulls Head

    Continue to Bulls Head.

  6. Co-operative Funeral Care

    Continue to Co-operative Funeral Care.

  7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Continue to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  8. Martin's

    Continue to Martin's.

  9. Broken Cross Methodist Church

    Continue to Broken Cross Methodist Church.

  10. Broken Cross Paint And Wallpaper Supply Ltd

    Continue to Broken Cross Paint And Wallpaper Supply Ltd.

  11. Pack Horse

    Continue to Pack Horse.

  12. Coral

    Continue to Coral.

  13. Quirkydo

    Continue to Quirkydo.

  14. Flower Pot

    Continue to Flower Pot.

  15. Park Lane News

    Continue to Park Lane News.

  16. Golden Lion

    Continue to Golden Lion.

  17. Bar Twenty Seven

    Continue to Bar Twenty Seven.

  18. Macc

    Continue to Macc.

  19. Fountain

    Continue to Fountain.

  20. Cherry Blossom

    Finish back near Cherry Blossom, completing the loop.

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Route FAQs

This route is 28.5 km and takes about 30 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Macclesfield test centre, not an official DVSA route.