Goodmayes

Somewhere real to practise

6 circuits from the test centre on 98 Goodmayes Road, Ilford, each one 35 minutes or more, taking in the junctions a Goodmayes test actually uses. Turn by turn, with the roundabout exits numbered, and a manoeuvre to try on each one.

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Before you drive any of these

Practising in your own car is legal and it is the cheapest way to get better. The rules are short:

Whoever sits beside you must be over 21, qualified to drive that type of car, and have held their full licence for three years.
The car needs L plates front and rear, and insurance that covers you as a learner. Some insurers also want the supervisor to be over 25.
No motorways. A learner can only go on one with an approved instructor in a dual-control car, so none of these routes touch one.

The rules on GOV.UK

These are not the examiner's routes, and nobody else's are either.

DVSA stopped publishing test routes in 2010 and refuses freedom-of-information requests for them. Since December 2017 four tests in five are led by a sat nav the examiner sets up, so even the examiner's route is not a fixed thing you could learn.

What these are: loops on the real roads around the centre, put together so you meet the junctions and road types the test actually assesses. Drive the roads, not a sequence.

You drive. Somebody else reads.

Nobody can read a numbered list while driving, and a sat nav will not tell you which exit to take early enough to get in the right lane. So these routes are written for the person in the passenger seat: the supervising driver who has to be there anyway.

Two ways to do that: print the route and put it on their lap, or send it to them on WhatsApp. Either way they call the turns and you drive.

If the phone and the written steps disagree, the written steps are the route. Google plots its own line between the places we hand it, and it will sometimes take a turn this page would not print.

About the Google Maps links

Google does not follow our route. It draws its own between the places we give it, and it is bound by none of the rules these pages are built on, two of which matter here: no turn in the road and no motorway.

So a route goes to Google in legs, and each leg ends at a real place to stop: a car park, a quiet side street, a loop road, with a manoeuvre to do there. The next leg starts from a parked car, so there is nothing behind you for Google to turn round for. Every leg is opened in Google Maps and checked by hand before its button goes on the page.

A route whose legs have not been checked yet has no Google Maps button. Drive it with the written directions read out, which is how the test itself works anyway.

Two other things Google will not tell you: its travel time assumes a confident driver in clear traffic, so expect ours to be closer; and it will happily route you down something a learner should not be on. Look at it before you set off.

The small map on each route is ours, drawn from the same data. It needs no permission, loads instantly and prints, which is why it is the one you see first.

Route 1 · Gants Hill Roundabout → Eastern Roundabout

Gants Hill and Eastern Roundabout

Up to Gants Hill and back down through Ilford on the A118. The shortest of the six and the one to drive first.

6.8 milesabout 34 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 1.5 milesTo Newbury Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Brook Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Brook Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 18 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Barley Lane 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into Percy Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Meads Lane 0.5 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Aldborough Road South 160 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Brook Road 240 yards
8. 8
  Turn left into Newbury Road 130 yards
9. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 1.6 milesTo Bramley Crescent Open inGoogle Maps

Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Cranbrook Road, a quiet residential road
Check all round before each move, and finish facing back the way you came in, ready for the next leg.
Directions for the passenger, leg 25 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Newbury Road to the end 130 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Brook Road 180 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 1.2 miles
4. 4
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Cranbrook Road 180 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Bramley Crescent 70 yards
6. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 0.7 milesTo Beaufort Gardens Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Right off Cranbrook Road, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Cranbrook Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 33 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Bramley Crescent to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Cranbrook Road 0.6 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into Beaufort Gardens 140 yards
4. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 4 · 1.7 milesTo Park Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Right off Green Lane, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Green Lane.
Directions for the passenger, leg 48 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Beaufort Gardens to the end 140 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Cranbrook Road 0.6 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Chapel Road 250 yards
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Winston Way 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At Eastern Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Winston Way 130 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn left into A118 100 yards
7. 7
  Turn right into Green Lane 320 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Park Road 120 yards
9. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 1.3 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 54 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Park Road to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Green Lane 1.2 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Goodmayes Road 130 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into the test centre.
5. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

Route 2 · Eastern Roundabout → Fullwell Cross Roundabout

Eastern Roundabout and Fullwell Cross

North up the A123 to Barkingside and back, and the only one of the six that never leaves thirty. Traffic rather than speed the whole way.

8.6 milesabout 46 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 1.8 milesTo Holstock Road Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Left off High Road, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards High Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 17 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 120 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Green Lane 1.4 miles
4. 4
  At Eastern Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Riches Road 80 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on Riches Road 60 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into High Road 70 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Holstock Road 110 yards
8. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 2 · 1.7 milesTo Hamilton Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Horns Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Horns Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 26 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Holstock Road to the end 110 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Hainault Street 200 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Ley Street 130 yards
4. 4
  Turn left to stay on Ley Street 1.0 miles
5. 5
  Carry on into Horns Road 0.3 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into Hamilton Avenue 210 yards
7. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 1.4 milesTo Addison Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car

On the route, the residential stretch of Addison Road between Tomswood Hill and Fencepiece Road
Pick a gap at least a car and a half long, clear of driveways, and keep checking all round as you reverse in.
Directions for the passenger, leg 38 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Hamilton Avenue to the end 30 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Donington Avenue 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Aldwych Avenue 100 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Horns Road 0.4 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Craven Gardens 0.5 miles
6. 6
  At Fullwell Cross Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Fencepiece Road 180 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn left into Tomswood Hill 210 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Addison Road 90 yards
9. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 4 · 2 milesTo Wards Road Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Left off Ley Street, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Ley Street.
Directions for the passenger, leg 46 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Addison Road 110 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Fencepiece Road 0.2 miles
3. 3
  At Fullwell Cross Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Craven Gardens 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn left into Horns Road 0.9 miles
5. 5
  Carry on into Ley Street 0.2 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into Wards Road 120 yards
7. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 5 · 1.8 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 56 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Wards Road to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Ley Street 0.2 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Benton Road 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into High Road 0.8 miles
  
  Signed Cameron Road along the way, and it is the same road.
5. 5
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into the test centre.
7. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

Practising for the wrong date? A learner at Goodmayes who wants the opposite date could swap with you, and DVSA does the swap on the phone. Tell me when one joins

Route 3 · Gants Hill Roundabout → Fullwell Cross Roundabout

Gants Hill and Fullwell Cross

The two big roundabouts north of the centre, with Cranbrook Road between them. A steady second drive once Gants Hill has stopped being an event.

9.9 milesabout 47 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 1.9 milesTo Lancing Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Eastern Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Barley Lane 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into Percy Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Meads Lane 0.5 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Aldborough Road South 160 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Brook Road 0.2 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.4 miles
9. 9
  Turn left into Lancing Road 70 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 2.2 milesTo Shere Road Open inGoogle Maps

Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road

Off Gantshill Crescent, a quiet residential road
Check all round before each move, and finish facing back the way you came in, ready for the next leg.
Directions for the passenger, leg 26 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Lancing Road to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.9 miles
3. 3
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Woodford Avenue 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 5th exit onto Woodford Avenue 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Gantshill Crescent 0.2 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Shere Road 210 yards
7. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 1.8 milesTo Forest Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then move off again

On the route, the stretch of Forest Road
Choose a safe, legal place and stop smoothly. Move off only when the road behind is clear.
Directions for the passenger, leg 35 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Shere Road to the end 310 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Kenwood Gardens 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Cranbrook Road 0.5 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into High Street 0.4 miles
5. 5
  At Fullwell Cross Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Forest Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then move off again.
Leg 4 · 2.1 milesTo Painters Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Right off Hainault Road, a quiet side road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Hainault Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 43 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Forest Road 1.0 miles
2. 2
  At Hainault Road, take the 2nd exit onto Painters Road
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
3. 3
  Turn right to stay on Painters Road 160 yards
4. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 1.9 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 54 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Painters Road to the end 160 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Hainault Road 0.4 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Barley Lane 1.3 miles
  
  Signed Goodmayes Road along the way, and it is the same road.
4. 4
  Turn left into the test centre.
5. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

Route 4 · Eastern Roundabout → Gants Hill Roundabout → Fullwell Cross Roundabout

Eastern, Gants Hill and Fullwell Cross

Three named roundabouts one after another, working north from Ilford to Barkingside. Drive this one twice if exits and lane discipline are where the faults come from.

10.4 milesabout 48 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 1.9 milesTo Ley Street Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car

On the route, the residential stretch of Ley Street between Griggs Approach and Myrtle Road
Use a gap well away from junctions. Go slowly, and stop if anyone comes past while you reverse.
Directions for the passenger, leg 16 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 120 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Green Lane 1.4 miles
4. 4
  At Eastern Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Griggs Approach 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Ley Street 130 yards
6. 6
  Turn right to stay on Ley Street 110 yards
7. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 2 · 1.8 milesTo Wycombe Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the right, reverse two car lengths, then move off

On the route, the residential stretch of Wycombe Road between Woodford Avenue and Beehive Lane
Cross to the right only when the road is clear both ways, and check over both shoulders before you rejoin on the left.
Directions for the passenger, leg 29 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Ley Street 190 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Thorold Road 150 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Balfour Road 50 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Morland Road 140 yards
5. 5
  Turn left into Wellesley Road 120 yards
6. 6
  Turn right into Cranbrook Road 170 yards
7. 7
  Turn left to stay on Cranbrook Road 0.7 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Beehive Lane 0.5 miles
9. 9
  Turn right into Wycombe Road 150 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the right, reverse two car lengths, then move off.
Leg 3 · 2.8 milesTo Forest Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then move off again

On the route, the stretch of Forest Road
Stop close to the kerb and parallel to it. Before moving off, check the mirrors and the blind spot, and signal only if it helps someone.
Directions for the passenger, leg 36 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Wycombe Road 130 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Woodford Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 5th exit onto Woodford Avenue 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Cranbrook Road 1.0 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Carry on into High Street 0.4 miles
6. 6
  At Fullwell Cross Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Forest Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then move off again.
Leg 4 · 2 milesTo Painters Road Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Right off Hainault Road, a quiet side road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Hainault Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 43 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Forest Road 1.0 miles
2. 2
  At Hainault Road, take the 2nd exit onto Painters Road
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
3. 3
  Turn right to stay on Painters Road 160 yards
4. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 5 · 1.9 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 54 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Painters Road to the end 160 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Hainault Road 0.4 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Barley Lane 1.3 miles
  
  Signed Goodmayes Road along the way, and it is the same road.
4. 4
  Turn left into the test centre.
5. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

Route 5 · Gants Hill Roundabout → Redbridge Roundabout

Gants Hill and Redbridge

West along the A12 to Redbridge, which is the fastest road these routes use and still stops at fifty. Worth driving when holding a lane is what you want the practice on.

12.5 milesabout 53 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 2.5 milesTo Lynton Crescent Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Eastern Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Barley Lane 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into Percy Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Meads Lane 0.5 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Aldborough Road South 160 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Brook Road 0.2 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.9 miles
9. 9
  Turn left into Lynton Crescent 70 yards
10. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 2 · 1.2 milesTo Studley Drive Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Eastern Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 24 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Lynton Crescent to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Eastern Avenue 0.8 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn left into Studley Drive 80 yards
5. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 5.1 milesTo Lord Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Woodford Avenue, a quiet residential road
Check all round before each move, and finish facing back the way you came in, ready for the next leg.
Directions for the passenger, leg 312 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Studley Drive to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 160 yards
3. 3
  At Redbridge Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto North Circular Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 1.6 miles
6. 6
  Turn left to stay on North Circular Road 0.3 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto North Circular Road 0.3 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
8. 8
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 0.3 miles
9. 9
  Turn left to stay on North Circular Road 0.5 miles
10. 10
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Southend Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
11. 11
  Carry on into Woodford Avenue 0.6 miles
12. 12
  Turn left into Lord Avenue 70 yards
13. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 1.3 milesTo Denham Drive Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Eastern Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 45 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Lord Avenue to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Woodford Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Woodford Avenue 0.5 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
4. 4
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Eastern Avenue 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Denham Drive 100 yards
6. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 5 · 2.3 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 58 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Denham Drive to the end 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into the link road 90 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Ley Street 0.5 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Benton Road 0.4 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into High Road 0.8 miles
  
  Signed Cameron Road along the way, and it is the same road.
7. 7
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
8. 8
  Turn left into the test centre.
9. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

Route 6 · Eastern Roundabout → Gants Hill Roundabout → Redbridge Roundabout

The long way round by Redbridge

Ilford, Gants Hill and out to Redbridge before turning for home, which makes it longer than a real test. Worth driving once in the fortnight before the date, because tiredness is what turns a good drive into a careless fault.

13.2 milesabout 57 min

Test centre1Stops

Send to my navigator on WhatsApp

Drive it in 5 legs

Each button opens one leg in Google Maps. A leg ends at a stop with something to practise, so do the leg, park, do the manoeuvre, then open the next.

Leg 1 · 2.7 milesTo Beaufort Gardens Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Cranbrook Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Cranbrook Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 114 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 120 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Green Lane 1.4 miles
4. 4
  At Eastern Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Griggs Approach 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Ley Street 130 yards
6. 6
  Turn right to stay on Ley Street 300 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Thorold Road 150 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Balfour Road 50 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Morland Road 140 yards
10. 10
  Turn left into Wellesley Road 120 yards
11. 11
  Turn right into Cranbrook Road 170 yards
12. 12
  Turn left to stay on Cranbrook Road 330 yards
13. 13
  Turn left into The Drive 160 yards
14. 14
  Turn right into Beaufort Gardens 50 yards
15. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 1.8 milesTo Studley Drive Open inGoogle Maps

Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Check all round before each move, and finish facing back the way you came in, ready for the next leg.
Directions for the passenger, leg 25 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Beaufort Gardens to the end 50 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into The Drive 130 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Cranbrook Road 0.8 miles
4. 4
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Eastern Avenue 0.8 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Studley Drive 80 yards
6. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 5.1 milesTo Lord Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out

Left off Woodford Avenue, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Woodford Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 312 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Studley Drive to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 160 yards
3. 3
  At Redbridge Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto North Circular Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 1.6 miles
6. 6
  Turn left to stay on North Circular Road 0.3 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto North Circular Road 0.3 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
8. 8
  Turn right to stay on North Circular Road 0.3 miles
9. 9
  Turn left to stay on North Circular Road 0.5 miles
10. 10
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Southend Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
11. 11
  Carry on into Woodford Avenue 0.6 miles
12. 12
  Turn left into Lord Avenue 70 yards
13. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 4 · 1.3 milesTo Denham Drive Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road

Left off Eastern Avenue, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Eastern Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 45 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Lord Avenue to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Woodford Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Woodford Avenue 0.5 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
4. 4
  At Gants Hill Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Eastern Avenue 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Denham Drive 100 yards
6. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 2.3 milesBack to the test centre Open inGoogle Maps
The last leg. Nothing to do at the end of it but park.
Directions for the passenger, leg 58 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Denham Drive to the end 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Eastern Avenue 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into the link road 90 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Ley Street 0.5 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Benton Road 0.4 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into High Road 0.8 miles
  
  Signed Cameron Road along the way, and it is the same road.
7. 7
  Turn right into Goodmayes Road 320 yards
8. 8
  Turn left into the test centre.
9. You are back at the test centre. Park where you started.

Stop only where it is safe and legal, and read the signs: a car park is somebody's, and a residential street has driveways and junctions to stay clear of.

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Gants Hill and Eastern Roundabout

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Eastern Roundabout and Fullwell Cross

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Gants Hill and Fullwell Cross

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Eastern, Gants Hill and Fullwell Cross

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Gants Hill and Redbridge

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