Near Wood Green test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 4 roundabouts and 31 turns across 54 navigation steps.
This is an independent 16.7 km practice loop near Wood Green test centre, taking roughly 26 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 54-step drive on real, named roads (about 17.2 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 Roundway313 m
Keep left to stay on The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway112 m
Keep left to stay on The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway310 m
Turn left onto A10/The Roundway. Continue on A10.
A101.5 km
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Sterling Way.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout151 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sterling Way.
Sterling Way216 m
Move left onto West Way.
West Way37 m
Turn left.
26 m
Turn left onto Silver Street.
Silver Street78 m
Turn right.
4 m
Make a right U-turn.
4 m
Turn left onto Silver Street.
Silver Street78 m
Turn right.
26 m
Turn right onto West Way.
West Way283 m
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A10/Great Cambridge Road.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout14 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 Avenue1.1 km
Turn left onto Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes165 m
Keep right to stay on Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes170 m
Keep left to stay on Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes591 m
Turn left onto St Ann's Road/B152.
St Ann's Road595 m
Turn left onto La Rose Lane.
La Rose Lane53 m
Keep right to stay on La Rose Lane.
La Rose Lane172 m
Turn left onto Cranleigh Road.
Cranleigh Road13 m
Turn left to stay on Cranleigh Road.
Cranleigh Road54 m
Turn left onto Etherley Road.
Etherley Road75 m
Turn right onto Conway Road.
Conway Road52 m
Turn left onto Rowley Road.
Rowley Road173 m
Turn right onto St Ann's Road/B152.
St Ann's Road491 m
Turn right onto Harringay Road.
Harringay Road181 m
Turn left onto Colina Road.
Colina Road114 m
Turn right onto Green Lanes/A105.
Green Lanes1.9 km
Move left onto Bounds Green Road/A109.
Bounds Green Road1.2 km
Keep straight to stay on Bounds Green Road/A109.
Bounds Green Road112 m
Turn left onto Durnsford Road/B106.
Durnsford Road552 m
Turn left onto Crescent Rise.
Crescent Rise284 m
Turn right onto Albert Road.
Albert Road138 m
Turn left onto Outram Road.
Outram Road291 m
Turn left onto Victoria Road.
Victoria Road69 m
Turn left onto Princes Avenue.
Princes Avenue266 m
Turn right onto Albert Road.
Albert Road69 m
Turn right onto Crescent Road.
Crescent Road66 m
Keep right to stay on Crescent Road.
Crescent Road363 m
Turn left onto Palace Gates Road.
Palace Gates Road93 m
Move left onto Buckingham Road.
Buckingham Road81 m
Turn right to stay on Buckingham Road.
Buckingham Road213 m
Keep left to take Station Road.
Station Road1.1 km
Turn left.
31 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Wood Green · Residential 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.
Perth Road
Start near Perth Road.
Morley Avenue
Continue to Morley Avenue.
Rowland Hill Avenue
Continue to Rowland Hill Avenue.
Great Cambridge Road
Continue to Great Cambridge Road.
Westbury Avenue Baptist Church
Continue to Westbury Avenue Baptist Church.
Turnpike Lane Station
Continue to Turnpike Lane Station.
Falkland Road
Continue to Falkland Road.
Beresford Road
Continue to Beresford Road.
Warwick Gardens
Continue to Warwick Gardens.
Etherley Road Spiritualist Church
Continue to Etherley Road Spiritualist Church.
Coleraine Road
Continue to Coleraine Road.
Brampton Park Road
Continue to Brampton Park Road.
Wood Green Station
Continue to Wood Green Station.
Parish Church of St Michael, Wood Green
Continue to Parish Church of St Michael, Wood Green.
Braemar Avenue Baptist Church
Continue to Braemar Avenue Baptist Church.
Palace Gates Road
Continue to Palace Gates Road.
Alexandra Palace Station
Continue to Alexandra Palace Station.
Barratt Avenue
Continue to Barratt Avenue.
Wood Green
Continue to Wood Green.
Redvers Road
Finish back near Redvers Road, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 14 turns
21 roundabouts · 12 turns
2 roundabouts · 15 turns
12 turns
This route is 16.7 km and takes about 26 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Wood Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.