Near Worksop test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 20 roundabouts and 5 turns across 28 navigation steps.
This is an independent 14.7 km practice loop near Worksop test centre, taking roughly 12 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.
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 Worksop 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 28-step drive on real, named roads (about 14.7 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest.
57 m
Turn right onto Coach Road.
Coach Road306 m
Turn right onto Shireoaks Common.
Shireoaks Common234 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto A57.
114 m
Exit the roundabout onto A57.
A571.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A57.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto A57.
A57939 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 4th exit onto A60/Mansfield Road.
129 m
Exit the roundabout onto A60/Mansfield Road.
A601.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 6th exit onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
321 m
Exit the roundabout onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
A6191.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
35 m
Exit the roundabout onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
A619526 m
Move right.
97 m
Make a sharp left onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
A619614 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
49 m
Exit the roundabout onto A619/Chesterfield Road.
A6191.6 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A619/Mansfield Road.
61 m
Exit the roundabout onto A619/Mansfield Road. Continue on Mansfield Road.
Mansfield Road1.5 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A57.
46 m
Exit the roundabout onto A57.
A57919 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A57.
51 m
Exit the roundabout onto A57.
A571.7 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Shireoaks Common.
12 m
Exit the roundabout onto Shireoaks Common.
Shireoaks Common249 m
Turn left onto Coach Road.
Coach Road306 m
Turn left.
57 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Worksop · 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.
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 2 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Lock Keeper
Start near Lock Keeper.
Millhouse
Finish back near Millhouse, completing the loop.
34 roundabouts · 8 turns
12 roundabouts · 20 turns
22 roundabouts · 29 turns
24 roundabouts · 14 turns
This route is 14.7 km and takes about 12 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Worksop test centre, not an official DVSA route.