Near Wood Green test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 2 roundabouts and 15 turns across 36 navigation steps.
This is an independent 12.3 km practice loop near Wood Green 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.
On this route you’ll practise independent driving. 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, 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 36-step drive on real, named roads (about 13.1 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 right onto Lordship Lane/A109. Continue on Lordship Lane.
Lordship Lane431 m
Turn left onto High Road/A105. Continue on A105.
A1051.1 km
Keep right to take Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes170 m
Keep left to stay on Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes294 m
Turn left onto Park Road.
Park Road79 m
Keep left to stay on Park Road.
Park Road57 m
Move right onto Harringay Road.
Harringay Road144 m
Turn right onto Colina Road.
Colina Road114 m
Turn left onto Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes673 m
Keep left to stay on Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes2.0 km
Turn right onto Riversdale Road.
Riversdale Road143 m
Move right onto Mountgrove Road.
Mountgrove Road156 m
Turn left onto Herrick Road.
Herrick Road131 m
Turn left onto Riversdale Road.
Riversdale Road291 m
Turn left onto Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes414 m
Turn left onto Brownswood Road/B105.
Brownswood Road566 m
Turn right onto Blackstock Road/A1201.
Blackstock Road432 m
Turn left onto Rock Street/A1201.
Rock Street167 m
Turn right onto A503/Seven Sisters Road.
A50382 m
Turn left onto Stroud Green Road/A1201.
Stroud Green Road20 m
Keep left to stay on A1201.
A12011.6 km
Keep right to take Crouch Hill/A1201.
Crouch Hill483 m
Turn right onto The Broadway/A103/A1201.
The Broadway116 m
Keep right to stay on A103.
A103261 m
Keep left to take Tottenham Lane/A103.
Tottenham Lane208 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Tottenham Lane.
20 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 Street839 m
Turn left onto High Road/A105.
High Road106 m
Keep right to stay on High Road/A105.
High Road793 m
Turn right onto Lordship Lane/A109.
Lordship Lane445 m
Turn left.
31 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Wood Green · Residential + A-road 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.
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.
Redvers Road
Start near Redvers Road.
Lordship Lane
Continue to Lordship Lane.
Turnpike Lane Station
Continue to Turnpike Lane Station.
Turnpike Lane
Continue to Turnpike Lane.
Beresford Road
Continue to Beresford Road.
Harringay Green Lanes Station
Continue to Harringay Green Lanes Station.
Rowley Gardens
Continue to Rowley Gardens.
Portland Rise Estate
Continue to Portland Rise Estate.
Lordship Park
Continue to Lordship Park.
Brownswood Road / Green Lanes
Continue to Brownswood Road / Green Lanes.
Queen's Drive
Continue to Queen's Drive.
Monsell Road
Continue to Monsell Road.
Finsbury Park
Continue to Finsbury Park.
Finsbury Park Station
Continue to Finsbury Park Station.
Tollington Park
Continue to Tollington Park.
Albert Road
Continue to Albert Road.
Crouch Hill
Continue to Crouch Hill.
Cecile Park
Continue to Cecile Park.
Crouch End Broadway
Continue to Crouch End Broadway.
Rosebery Gardens
Finish back near Rosebery Gardens, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 14 turns
21 roundabouts · 12 turns
4 roundabouts · 31 turns
12 turns
This route is 12.3 km and takes about 23 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Wood Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.