Near Wood Green test centre
Rated moderate from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts and 14 turns across 26 navigation steps.
This is an independent 24.7 km practice loop near Wood Green 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 Wood Green 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 26-step drive on real, named roads (about 24.7 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northeast.
31 m
Turn left onto Lordship Lane/A109.
Lordship Lane875 m
Turn left onto The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway736 m
Turn left onto A10/The Roundway. Continue on A10.
A101.5 km
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A10.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout88 m
Exit the roundabout onto A10.
A101.6 km
Turn left onto Church Street/B154.
Church Street870 m
Turn left to stay on B154.
B15428 m
Turn left onto Ridge Avenue/A105. Continue on A105.
A1052.4 km
Turn left onto Hedge Lane/A111. Continue on A111.
A1111.5 km
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.
A101.5 km
Keep right to take The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway711 m
Keep right to stay on The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway64 m
Turn right onto Lordship Lane/A109.
Lordship Lane43 m
Turn left onto Westbury Avenue/A1080.
Westbury Avenue1.9 km
Turn left onto Tottenham Lane/A103. Continue on Tottenham Lane.
Tottenham Lane879 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Tottenham Lane/A103.
26 m
Exit the roundabout onto Tottenham Lane/A103. Continue on A103.
A1033.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Hornsey Road/A103.
54 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hornsey Road/A103.
Hornsey Road739 m
Turn right onto A503/Seven Sisters Road.
A5031.8 km
Turn left onto Green Lanes/A105. Continue on A105.
A1053.2 km
Turn right onto Lordship Lane/A109.
Lordship Lane445 m
Turn left.
31 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Wood Green · Dual-carriageway 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.
Solway Road
Start near Solway Road.
Rowland Hill Avenue
Continue to Rowland Hill Avenue.
Green Dragon Lane
Continue to Green Dragon Lane.
Holy Trinity
Continue to Holy Trinity.
St. Monica’s Church
Continue to St. Monica’s Church.
Great Cambridge Road
Continue to Great Cambridge Road.
Westbury Avenue Baptist Church
Continue to Westbury Avenue Baptist Church.
Hornsey
Continue to Hornsey.
Rosebery Gardens
Continue to Rosebery Gardens.
Edison Road
Continue to Edison Road.
Hornsey Rise
Continue to Hornsey Rise.
Hornsey Road / Hanley Road
Continue to Hornsey Road / Hanley Road.
Sobell Centre
Continue to Sobell Centre.
Finsbury Park Station
Continue to Finsbury Park Station.
Alexandra Grove
Continue to Alexandra Grove.
Manor House Station / Woodberry Grove
Continue to Manor House Station / Woodberry Grove.
St Ann's Road
Continue to St Ann's Road.
Turnpike Lane Station
Continue to Turnpike Lane Station.
Wood Green
Continue to Wood Green.
Redvers Road
Finish back near Redvers Road, completing the loop.
21 roundabouts · 12 turns
4 roundabouts · 31 turns
2 roundabouts · 15 turns
12 turns
This route is 24.7 km and takes about 37 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Wood Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.