Near Yeading test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 20 roundabouts and 17 turns across 63 navigation steps.
This is an independent 16.7 km practice loop near Yeading test centre, taking roughly 25 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 Yeading Lane. 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 shops, schools, churches and stations, 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 63-step drive on real, named roads (about 17.5 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive southeast.
89 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.
A31235 m
Take the ramp towards Ealing/Southall/Hillingdon/Hayes.
A312380 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 Road363 m
Move left onto Coldharbour Lane.
Coldharbour Lane250 m
Keep right to stay on Coldharbour Lane.
Coldharbour Lane101 m
Keep straight to stay on Coldharbour Lane.
Coldharbour Lane421 m
Turn left onto Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive497 m
Turn right to stay on Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive93 m
Turn right.
22 m
Turn left.
59 m
Turn left onto Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive40 m
Turn left to stay on Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive7 m
Turn right to stay on Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive93 m
Turn left to stay on Avondale Drive.
Avondale Drive497 m
Turn right onto Coldharbour Lane.
Coldharbour Lane745 m
Turn right onto Uxbridge Road/A4020.
Uxbridge Road399 m
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 2nd exit onto A312/The Parkway.
56 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312/The Parkway.
A3121.1 km
Enter White Hart and take the 3rd exit onto A312/Church Road.
White Hart109 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312/Church Road.
A3121.1 km
Enter Target Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A312.
Target Roundabout105 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312.
A3121.4 km
Turn right onto Briar Crescent.
Briar Crescent210 m
Turn right onto Castle Road.
Castle Road95 m
Turn right onto Mandeville Road/A312.
Mandeville Road143 m
Turn right onto Briar Crescent.
Briar Crescent210 m
Turn right onto Castle Road.
Castle Road95 m
Turn left onto Mandeville Road/A312.
Mandeville Road982 m
Keep left to stay on A312.
A312258 m
Enter Target Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A312/Church Road.
Target Roundabout102 m
Exit the roundabout onto A312/Church Road.
A3121.1 km
Enter White Hart and take the 3rd exit onto Yeading Lane.
White Hart112 m
Exit the roundabout onto Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane129 m
Keep right to stay on Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane284 m
Keep right to stay on Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane95 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit.
18 m
Exit the roundabout onto Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane257 m
Keep left to stay on Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane109 m
Keep straight to stay on Yeading Lane.
Yeading Lane123 m
Turn right onto Barnhill Road.
Barnhill Road229 m
Turn left onto Chatsworth Road.
Chatsworth Road180 m
Turn right onto Stratford Road.
Stratford Road213 m
Turn left onto Welbeck Avenue.
Welbeck Avenue74 m
Turn left onto Sherwood Avenue.
Sherwood Avenue217 m
Turn left onto Chatsworth Road.
Chatsworth Road93 m
Turn right onto Stratford Road.
Stratford Road257 m
Turn left onto Shakespeare Avenue.
Shakespeare Avenue731 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Willow Tree Lane.
70 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.
139 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Yeading · Residential + A-road 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.
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.
McDonald's
Continue to McDonald's.
Minet Infant and Nursery School
Continue to Minet Infant and Nursery School.
Star Barbers
Continue to Star Barbers.
Ladbrokes
Continue to Ladbrokes.
Hyderabadi Biryani
Continue to Hyderabadi Biryani.
Northolt Library
Continue to Northolt Library.
King Pizza & Kebab
Continue to King Pizza & Kebab.
Northolt Methodist Church
Continue to Northolt Methodist Church.
St Bernard's Catholic church
Continue to St Bernard's Catholic church.
Northolt
Continue to Northolt.
Sainsbury's Local
Continue to Sainsbury's Local.
Paddy Power
Continue to Paddy Power.
St Joseph the Worker & Dovetail Centre
Continue to St Joseph the Worker & Dovetail Centre.
Yeading Lane
Continue to Yeading Lane, taking the junction with good observation.
Welbeck Avenue
Continue to Welbeck Avenue.
Vauxhall
Continue to Vauxhall.
Trinity Furniture Store
Continue to Trinity Furniture Store.
Walnut Tree
Continue to Walnut Tree.
Burger King
Finish back near Burger King, completing the loop.
28 roundabouts · 14 turns
22 roundabouts · 24 turns
20 roundabouts · 18 turns
8 roundabouts · 7 turns
This route is 16.7 km and takes about 25 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Yeading test centre, not an official DVSA route.