Near Yeading test centre
Rated easy from its real manoeuvre load, 8 roundabouts and 7 turns across 20 navigation steps.
This is an independent 11.9 km practice loop near Yeading test centre, taking roughly 13 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 shops, stations, churches and parks, 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 Yeading 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 20-step drive on real, named roads (about 11.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southeast.
90 m
Keep right at the fork.
235 m
Turn right onto Cygnet Way.
Cygnet Way146 m
Turn left onto Willow Tree Lane.
Willow Tree Lane57 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A312/The Parkway.
11 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312/The Parkway.
A312782 m
Take the Ossie Garvin Roundabout exit towards Ealing/Southall/Hillingdon/Hayes.
A312416 m
Enter Ossie Garvin Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road/A4020.
Ossie Garvin Roundabout196 m
Exit the roundabout onto Uxbridge Road/A4020.
Uxbridge Road4.1 km
Make a right U-turn at Long Lane/A437 to stay on Uxbridge Road/A4020.
Uxbridge Road4.1 km
Enter Ossie Garvin Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A312/The Parkway.
Ossie Garvin Roundabout8 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312/The Parkway.
A3121.2 km
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Willow Tree Lane.
113 m
Exit the roundabout onto Willow Tree Lane.
Willow Tree Lane138 m
Turn right to stay on Willow Tree Lane.
Willow Tree Lane16 m
Turn right to stay on Willow Tree Lane.
Willow Tree Lane52 m
Turn left onto Cygnet Way.
Cygnet Way123 m
Turn left.
25 m
Turn left.
113 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Yeading · 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.
Expect busier traffic, pick-ups and pedestrians around these.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Pedestrian crossings and parked cars are common nearby.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
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.
B&M
Start near B&M.
Game
Continue to Game.
H&M
Continue to H&M.
Uxbridge County Court
Continue to Uxbridge County Court.
Hayes End
Continue to Hayes End.
Hayes Police Station
Continue to Hayes Police Station.
New Choice Carpets
Continue to New Choice Carpets.
Victory Plumbing and Heating
Continue to Victory Plumbing and Heating.
Salvation Army
Continue to Salvation Army.
Skyline Roofing Centre
Continue to Skyline Roofing Centre.
Electric Center
Continue to Electric Center.
Sovereign Glass
Continue to Sovereign Glass.
Knights Gardens
Continue to Knights Gardens.
Iceland
Continue to Iceland.
Park Road Green
Continue to Park Road Green.
GSF CAR PARTS
Continue to GSF CAR PARTS.
Lidl
Continue to Lidl.
Tesco Express
Continue to Tesco Express.
Star Barbers
Continue to Star Barbers.
Burger King
Finish back near Burger King, completing the loop.
28 roundabouts · 14 turns
22 roundabouts · 24 turns
20 roundabouts · 17 turns
20 roundabouts · 18 turns
This route is 11.9 km and takes about 13 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Yeading test centre, not an official DVSA route.