Near Worthing test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 14 roundabouts and 16 turns across 39 navigation steps.
This is an independent 10.3 km practice loop near Worthing test centre, taking roughly 16 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 Strand, Southern Water and Durrington Roundabout. 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 roundabout approach & exit and 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 pubs, churches, named junctions and shops, 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 Worthing 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 39-step drive on real, named roads. An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive south.
Bear right onto Field Place.
Field Place
Turn right onto Bolsover Road.
Bolsover Road
Enter Strand Parade Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto The Strand.
Strand Parade Roundabout
Exit the roundabout onto The Strand.
The Strand
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto The Strand.
Exit the roundabout onto The Strand.
The Strand
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto The Strand.
Exit the roundabout onto The Strand.
The Strand
Turn right onto Boxgrove.
Boxgrove
Turn right onto Ditchling Close.
Ditchling Close
You have arrived at your destination.
Drive south on Ditchling Close.
Ditchling Close
Turn left onto Boxgrove.
Boxgrove
Turn left onto Limbrick Way.
Limbrick Way
Turn left onto Limbrick Lane.
Limbrick Lane
Turn left onto Palatine Road.
Palatine Road
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Littlehampton Road/A2032.
Exit the roundabout onto Littlehampton Road/A2032.
Littlehampton Road
Enter Durrington Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Littlehampton Road/A2032.
Durrington Roundabout
Exit the roundabout onto Littlehampton Road/A2032.
Littlehampton Road
You have arrived at your destination.
Drive west on Poulter's Lane/A2032.
Poulter's Lane
Turn left onto Rectory Road.
Rectory Road
Bear left onto Rectory Road/A2031. Continue on A2031.
A2031
Turn right onto Tarring Road.
Tarring Road
Turn left onto Grand Avenue.
Grand Avenue
Turn right onto Dorchester Gardens.
Dorchester Gardens
You have arrived at your destination.
Drive east on Dorchester Gardens.
Dorchester Gardens
Turn right onto Grand Avenue.
Grand Avenue
Turn right onto Mill Road/A259. Continue on A259.
A259
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Goring Road/A259.
Exit the roundabout onto Goring Road/A259.
Goring Road
Turn right onto Shaftesbury Avenue.
Shaftesbury Avenue
Enter Strand Parade Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Field Place.
Strand Parade Roundabout
Exit the roundabout onto Field Place.
Field Place
Bear left.
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Worthing · 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.
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.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Easy landmarks to navigate the loop by.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Roundabout
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Durrington Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Navigate by these 20 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Golden Lion
Start near Golden Lion.
Maybridge Community Church
Continue to Maybridge Community Church.
Strand
Continue to Strand, taking the junction with good observation.
Goring Fish Bar
Continue to Goring Fish Bar.
Southern Water
Continue to Southern Water, taking the junction with good observation.
Durrington Roundabout
Continue to Durrington Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
North Star
Continue to North Star.
Sainsbury's Local
Continue to Sainsbury's Local.
Fox & Finch Alehouse
Continue to Fox & Finch Alehouse.
Thomas A Becket
Continue to Thomas A Becket.
Quick Eat
Continue to Quick Eat.
L. & W. Everett
Continue to L. & W. Everett.
West Worthing Baptist Church
Continue to West Worthing Baptist Church.
West Worthing
Continue to West Worthing.
Quakers Religious Society Of Friends
Continue to Quakers Religious Society Of Friends.
China Cottage
Continue to China Cottage.
Elephant in the Room
Continue to Elephant in the Room.
Sea Place Garage
Continue to Sea Place Garage.
Goring United Reformed Church
Continue to Goring United Reformed Church.
ABC Appliances
Finish back near ABC Appliances, completing the loop.
36 roundabouts · 4 turns
39 roundabouts · 8 turns
28 roundabouts · 20 turns
16 roundabouts · 16 turns
This route is 10.3 km and takes about 16 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Worthing test centre, not an official DVSA route.