Near Tottenham test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 9 roundabouts and 22 turns across 43 navigation steps.
This is an independent 24.9 km practice loop near Tottenham test centre, taking roughly 37 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 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 stations and churches, 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 Tottenham 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 43-step drive on real, named roads (about 24.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive east on Dalbys Crescent.
Dalbys Crescent35 m
Turn right onto Selby Road.
Selby Road98 m
Move right onto White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane82 m
Turn left onto Creighton Road.
Creighton Road376 m
Move right onto White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane347 m
Turn left onto High Road/A1010. Continue on A1010.
A10101.1 km
Turn right to take the A406 ramp.
A406472 m
Move left onto A1055.
A1055337 m
Turn left onto Montagu Road/A1055. Continue on A1055.
A1055610 m
Move left onto Angel Edmonton Road/A1055.
Angel Edmonton Road503 m
Turn left onto Glover Drive.
Glover Drive214 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Glover Drive.
59 m
Exit the roundabout onto Glover Drive.
Glover Drive212 m
Turn left onto Angel Edmonton Road/A1055. Continue on A1055.
A10552.7 km
Turn left to stay on A1055.
A105520 m
Turn left onto The Hale/A503.
The Hale111 m
Turn right onto Broad Lane/A504.
Broad Lane412 m
Turn right onto Broad Lane/A504. Continue on A504.
A5042.7 km
Make a right U-turn onto Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes405 m
Turn left onto Turnpike Lane/A504. Continue on Turnpike Lane.
Turnpike Lane745 m
Turn left onto Tottenham Lane/A103. Continue on Tottenham Lane.
Tottenham Lane879 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Tottenham Lane.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Tottenham Lane.
Tottenham Lane696 m
Keep right to take Church Lane/A103.
Church Lane25 m
Move right onto High Street/A504.
High Street7 m
Turn right onto High Street/A504.
High Street838 m
Turn left onto High Road/A105. Continue on A105.
A1052.6 km
Turn left onto A406/Bowes Road. Continue on A406.
A4061.3 km
Keep right to take Bowes Road.
Bowes Road1.0 km
Enter Betstyle Circus and take the 4th exit onto Bowes Road/A1110.
Betstyle Circus156 m
Exit the roundabout onto Bowes Road/A1110. Continue on Bowes Road.
Bowes Road2.3 km
Continue on A406.
A4061.4 km
Take the Great Cambridge Road Roundabout exit.
A111293 m
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout155 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A10731 m
Turn left.
81 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
50 m
Exit the roundabout.
212 m
Turn right onto Weir Hall Road.
Weir Hall Road263 m
Turn left onto Oak Avenue.
Oak Avenue247 m
Turn left onto Selby Road.
Selby Road47 m
Turn left onto Dalbys Crescent.
Dalbys Crescent35 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Tottenham · 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.
Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Local junctions
Take each junction on its merits, good observation, clear signalling and the right speed on approach. Rehearse the sequence so nothing surprises you on the day.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
White Hart Lane
Start near White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane Station
Continue to White Hart Lane Station.
York Road
Continue to York Road.
Meridian Water
Continue to Meridian Water.
Meridian Water Station
Continue to Meridian Water Station.
Burdock Road / Lee Valley Technopark
Continue to Burdock Road / Lee Valley Technopark.
Tottenham Hale Bus Station
Continue to Tottenham Hale Bus Station.
People's Christian Fellowship
Continue to People's Christian Fellowship.
Seven Sisters
Continue to Seven Sisters.
West Green Baptist Church
Continue to West Green Baptist Church.
St. John Vianney Catholic Church
Continue to St. John Vianney Catholic Church.
Turnpike Lane Station
Continue to Turnpike Lane Station.
Hornsey
Continue to Hornsey.
Tottenham Lane YMCA
Continue to Tottenham Lane YMCA.
Coleraine Road
Continue to Coleraine Road.
Wood Green Station
Continue to Wood Green Station.
Palmerston Road
Continue to Palmerston Road.
Arnos Grove
Continue to Arnos Grove.
Green Lanes
Continue to Green Lanes.
Chequers Way
Finish back near Chequers Way, completing the loop.
4 roundabouts · 34 turns
11 roundabouts · 9 turns
8 roundabouts · 20 turns
8 roundabouts · 26 turns
This route is 24.9 km and takes about 37 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Tottenham test centre, not an official DVSA route.