Near Wood Green test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load — 21 roundabouts and 12 turns across 43 navigation steps.
This is an independent 23.0 km practice loop near Wood Green test centre, taking roughly 29 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.
Along the way you'll meet Betstyle Circus. Knowing the approach, lane and exit at each one before you arrive is the difference between a planned manoeuvre and a last-second reaction — and last-second reactions are where avoidable faults come from.
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, churches, schools and named junctions — 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 43-step drive on real, named roads (about 23.0 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 Lane440 m
Turn right onto High Road/A105. Continue on A105.
A1051.7 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 3rd exit onto Brunswick Park Road/A1003.
Betstyle Circus106 m
Exit the roundabout onto Brunswick Park Road/A1003.
Brunswick Park Road61 m
Turn right to stay on A1003.
A1003643 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Hampden Way.
28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hampden Way.
Hampden Way1.3 km
Enter Hampden Square and take the 3rd exit onto Hampden Square/B1453.
Hampden Square28 m
Exit the roundabout onto Hampden Square/B1453. Continue on B1453.
B1453578 m
Turn right onto Chase Side/A111.
Chase Side455 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Chase Side/A111.
15 m
Exit the roundabout onto Chase Side/A111.
Chase Side420 m
Enter Southgate Circus and take the 2nd exit onto The Bourne/A111.
Southgate Circus58 m
Exit the roundabout onto The Bourne/A111. Continue on A111.
A1113.4 km
Enter Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Sterling Way.
Edmonton Great Cambridge Roundabout76 m
Exit the roundabout onto Sterling Way.
Sterling Way216 m
Stay straight to take the A406 ramp.
A4061.8 km
Move left onto A1055.
A1055337 m
Turn left onto Montagu Road/A1055. Continue on A1055.
A1055610 m
Move right onto Conduit Lane/A1055.
Conduit Lane42 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Conduit Lane/A1055.
79 m
Exit the roundabout onto Conduit Lane/A1055.
Conduit Lane8 m
Move left onto Nobel Road.
Nobel Road83 m
Turn right to stay on Nobel Road.
Nobel Road58 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Nobel Road.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto Nobel Road.
Nobel Road99 m
Turn left onto Meridian Way/A1055.
Meridian Way68 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Conduit Lane/A1055.
3 m
Exit the roundabout onto Conduit Lane/A1055. Continue on A1055.
A1055651 m
Stay straight to take the A406 ramp.
A4061.9 km
Take the Great Cambridge Road Roundabout exit onto A10.
A406439 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 left to stay on The Roundway/A1080.
The Roundway900 m
Enter Belmont Road and take the 4th exit onto Downhills Way/B155.
Belmont Road36 m
Exit the roundabout onto Downhills Way/B155.
Downhills Way839 m
Turn left onto Lordship Lane/A109.
Lordship Lane893 m
Turn right.
31 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Wood Green · 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.
Decide your lane and exit on the approach to each of these — get set up early.
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.
Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.
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.
Wood Green
Start near Wood Green.
Redeemed Christian Church of God
Continue to Redeemed Christian Church of God.
New Testament Church of God
Continue to New Testament Church of God.
Palmerston Road
Continue to Palmerston Road.
Trinity-at-Bowes Methodist Church
Continue to Trinity-at-Bowes Methodist Church.
North London Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Continue to North London Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Bowes Primary School
Continue to Bowes Primary School.
Arnos Grove
Continue to Arnos Grove.
Betstyle Circus
Continue to Betstyle Circus, taking the junction with good observation.
Osidge Arms
Continue to Osidge Arms.
St. Andrew's Church
Continue to St. Andrew's Church.
Southgate
Continue to Southgate.
Southgate (The Bourne) Methodist Church
Continue to Southgate (The Bourne) Methodist Church.
Woodman
Continue to Woodman.
St John the Evangelist
Continue to St John the Evangelist.
Silver Street
Continue to Silver Street.
York Road
Continue to York Road.
Great Cambridge Road
Continue to Great Cambridge Road.
St Benet Fink Church
Continue to St Benet Fink Church.
Perth Road
Finish back near Perth Road, completing the loop.
8 roundabouts · 14 turns
4 roundabouts · 31 turns
2 roundabouts · 15 turns
12 turns
This route is 23.0 km and takes about 29 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Wood Green test centre, not an official DVSA route.