Near Tottenham test centre
Rated challenging from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts and 20 turns across 33 navigation steps.
This is an independent 15.8 km practice loop near Tottenham test centre, taking roughly 25 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, schools, shops 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 33-step drive on real, named roads (about 15.7 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 right to stay on White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane1.7 km
Turn left.
51 m
Turn right onto White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane1.1 km
Turn left onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
A101.2 km
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A10.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout88 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10.
A102.3 km
Turn right onto Bury Street.
Bury Street1.3 km
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010.
Hertford Road804 m
Turn right onto St Alphege Road.
St Alphege Road277 m
Turn right onto Turin Road.
Turin Road80 m
Move left.
85 m
Turn left.
53 m
Make a right U-turn.
53 m
Turn right.
85 m
Move right onto Granary Close.
Granary Close19 m
Turn left onto Causeyware Road.
Causeyware Road302 m
Turn left onto Hertford Road/A1010. Continue on A1010.
A10101.4 km
Enter The Green and take the 3rd exit onto Church Street/B154.
The Green89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Church Street/B154.
Church Street1.3 km
Turn left onto A10.
A101.6 km
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout84 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 · School-zone 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.
Watch for 20 mph zones, crossings and children near these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
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.
Tottenham Cemetery
Start near Tottenham Cemetery.
Great Cambridge Road
Continue to Great Cambridge Road.
Haringey Football Club
Continue to Haringey Football Club.
New River Sports Centre
Continue to New River Sports Centre.
Riverside School
Continue to Riverside School.
Plumbing Trade Supplies
Continue to Plumbing Trade Supplies.
Rowland Hill Avenue
Continue to Rowland Hill Avenue.
St. John's Church
Continue to St. John's Church.
Hollywood Gardens
Continue to Hollywood Gardens.
Hair Lounge
Continue to Hair Lounge.
ICC House of Prayer
Continue to ICC House of Prayer.
Tara Kindergarten
Continue to Tara Kindergarten.
Eurostar
Continue to Eurostar.
Richard Morris
Continue to Richard Morris.
ODA Mobilya
Continue to ODA Mobilya.
St Edmund's RC Church
Continue to St Edmund's RC Church.
Edmonton Green Bus Station
Continue to Edmonton Green Bus Station.
Edmonton Green
Continue to Edmonton Green.
All Saints Church
Continue to All Saints Church.
Ladbrokes
Finish back near Ladbrokes, completing the loop.
9 roundabouts · 22 turns
4 roundabouts · 34 turns
11 roundabouts · 9 turns
8 roundabouts · 26 turns
This route is 15.8 km and takes about 25 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Tottenham test centre, not an official DVSA route.