Near Telford test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 52 roundabouts and 5 turns across 63 navigation steps.
This is an independent 26.4 km practice loop near Telford test centre, taking roughly 23 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 Orchard Farm Roundabout, Wombridge Interchange, Hollinswood Roundabout, Limekiln Bank Roundabout and Granville Roundabout and 7 more named junctions. 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, 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 named junctions, pubs, schools and stations, 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 Telford 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:
The full 63-step drive on real, named roads (about 26.4 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive west on Hortonwood 35.
Hortonwood 3539 m
Turn left to stay on Hortonwood 35.
Hortonwood 35221 m
Turn right onto Hortonwood 30.
Hortonwood 30308 m
Enter Orchard Farm Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hortonwood 30.
Orchard Farm Roundabout27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hortonwood 30.
Hortonwood 30266 m
Enter Hadley Park Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Queensway/A442.
Hadley Park Roundabout6 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A442. Continue on A442.
A442654 m
Enter Trench Lock and take the 2nd exit onto A442/Trench Lock.
Trench Lock4 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442/Trench Lock. Continue on A442.
A442216 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A442/Trench Lock.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442/Trench Lock. Continue on A442.
A4424.0 km
Take the Hollinswood Roundabout exit.
A442274 m
Enter Hollinswood Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Telford Way/A5.
Hollinswood Roundabout57 m
Exit the roundabout onto Telford Way/A5.
Telford Way565 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A5.
94 m
Exit the roundabout onto A5.
A51.7 km
Enter Linekiln Bank Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A5.
Linekiln Bank Roundabout49 m
Exit the roundabout onto A5.
A5191 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A5.
64 m
Exit the roundabout onto A5.
A5190 m
Enter Linekiln Bank Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Redhill Way/A4640.
Linekiln Bank Roundabout85 m
Exit the roundabout onto Redhill Way/A4640.
Redhill Way632 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Redhill Way/A4640.
32 m
Exit the roundabout onto Redhill Way/A4640.
Redhill Way899 m
Enter Granville Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Wrockwardine Wood Way/B4373.
Granville Roundabout39 m
Exit the roundabout onto Wrockwardine Wood Way/B4373.
Wrockwardine Wood Way188 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto St Georges Road.
36 m
Exit the roundabout onto St Georges Road.
St Georges Road291 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto St Georges Road.
43 m
Exit the roundabout onto St Georges Road.
St Georges Road1.1 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit.
34 m
Exit the roundabout.
90 m
Enter Garrison Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A518/New Trench Road.
Garrison Roundabout15 m
Exit the roundabout onto A518/New Trench Road.
A518986 m
Enter Hortonwood Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A518/New Trench Road.
Hortonwood Roundabout56 m
Exit the roundabout onto A518/New Trench Road.
A5181.1 km
Move left onto A442/Trench Lock.
A44272 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A442/Trench Lock.
2 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442/Trench Lock. Continue on A442.
A4421.1 km
Enter Hadley Park Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Queensway/A442.
Hadley Park Roundabout88 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A442. Continue on A442.
A4421.5 km
Enter Leegomery Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A442.
Leegomery Roundabout63 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442.
A4421.6 km
Keep left to take Queensway/A442.
Queensway134 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Queensway/A442.
41 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A442. Continue on A442.
A442148 m
Enter Shawbirch Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Whitchurch Drive/A5223.
Shawbirch Roundabout18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Whitchurch Drive/A5223.
Whitchurch Drive1.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 5th exit onto Whitchurch Drive/A5223.
170 m
Exit the roundabout onto Whitchurch Drive/A5223.
Whitchurch Drive1.2 km
Enter Shawbirch Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A442.
Shawbirch Roundabout90 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442.
A442148 m
Enter Queensway and take the 1st exit onto Queensway/A442.
Queensway30 m
Exit the roundabout onto Queensway/A442. Continue on A442.
A4421.8 km
Enter Leegomery Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A442.
Leegomery Roundabout48 m
Exit the roundabout onto A442.
A4421.5 km
Enter Hadley Park Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Hortonwood 30.
Hadley Park Roundabout22 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hortonwood 30.
Hortonwood 30273 m
Enter Orchard Farm Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hortonwood 30.
Orchard Farm Roundabout27 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hortonwood 30.
Hortonwood 30308 m
Turn left onto Hortonwood 35.
Hortonwood 35221 m
Turn right to stay on Hortonwood 35.
Hortonwood 3539 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Telford · Roundabout practice loop 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 Orchard Farm Roundabout, Hollinswood Roundabout, Limekiln Bank Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Orchard Farm Roundabout
Start near Orchard Farm Roundabout.
Blue Pig
Continue to Blue Pig.
Wombridge Interchange
Continue to Wombridge Interchange, taking the junction with good observation.
Baptist Bible College
Continue to Baptist Bible College.
Telford Central
Continue to Telford Central.
Hollinswood Roundabout
Continue to Hollinswood Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Limekiln Bank Roundabout
Continue to Limekiln Bank Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Granville Roundabout
Continue to Granville Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Donnington Methodist Church
Continue to Donnington Methodist Church.
Feathers and Fins
Continue to Feathers and Fins.
Garrison Roundabout
Continue to Garrison Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Hortonwood Roundabout
Continue to Hortonwood Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
KFC
Continue to KFC.
Hadley Park Roundabout
Continue to Hadley Park Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Fallow Field
Continue to Fallow Field.
Co-operative Food
Continue to Co-operative Food.
Whitchurch Drive
Continue to Whitchurch Drive, taking the junction with good observation.
Shawbirch Roundabout
Continue to Shawbirch Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Queensway
Continue to Queensway, taking the junction with good observation.
Leegomery Roundabout
Finish back near Leegomery Roundabout, completing the loop.
30 roundabouts · 18 turns
34 roundabouts · 22 turns
25 roundabouts · 4 turns
28 roundabouts · 23 turns
This route is 26.4 km and takes about 23 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Telford test centre, not an official DVSA route.