Isleworth (Fleming Way)

Somewhere real to practise

3 circuits from Isleworth (Fleming Way) test centre at The Wireless Factory, Fleming Way, each one 53 minutes or more, taking in the junctions a Isleworth 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 · Whitton Road Roundabout → Henlys Roundabout

Whitton Road and Henlys

Out by Worton Road and Twickenham Road to Whitton Road Roundabout, on along Wellington Road South and Bath Road to Henlys Roundabout, then home by Great West Road and Kingsley Road. Five roundabouts in 9.7 miles, with some faster road. The one to drive first.

9.7 milesabout 58 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 · 1.9 milesTo Tayben Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Whitton Road, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Whitton Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 110 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 20 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Fleming Way 70 yards
3. 3
  Turn left to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Worton Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Twickenham Road 0.7 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into London Road 230 yards
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  At Whitton Road Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Whitton Road 160 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Turn left to stay on Whitton Road 240 yards
10. 10
  Turn left into Tayben Avenue 100 yards
11. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 2 · 2.1 milesTo Marshall Close Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Wellington Road South, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Wellington Road South.
Directions for the passenger, leg 24 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Tayben Avenue to the end 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Whitton Road 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Nelson Road 1.6 miles
  
  Signed Warren Road and Wellington Road South along the way, and it is the same road.
4. 4
  Turn left into Marshall Close 180 yards
5. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 1.7 milesTo Haslemere Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Bath 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 35 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Marshall Close to the end 180 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Wellington Road South 0.6 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Bath Road 0.8 miles
4. 4
  At Henlys Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bath Road 280 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Haslemere Avenue 70 yards
6. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 2.1 milesTo Jersey Parade Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Great West Road, a side road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Great West Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 46 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Haslemere Avenue to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Bath Road 370 yards
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Bath Road 0.4 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
4. 4
  At Henlys Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bath Road 70 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Carry on into Great West Road 1.3 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Jersey Parade 40 yards
7. 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 512 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Jersey Parade to the end 40 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Heston Road 100 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into the A3005 90 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Spring Grove Road 250 yards
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: give way to traffic from your right, signal left and turn left.
5. 5
  Turn right into Kingsley Road 0.5 miles
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: signal right, give way to traffic from your right, then go round the marking and turn right.
6. 6
  Turn left into High Street 70 yards
7. 7
  Carry on into London Road 330 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Bridge Road 0.4 miles
9. 9
  Turn left into Worton Road 0.3 miles
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: give way to traffic from your right, signal left and turn left.
10. 10
  Turn right into Fleming Way 70 yards
11. 11
  Turn right to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
12. 12
  Turn left into the test centre.
13. 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 · Chiswick Roundabout → Whitton Road Roundabout

Chiswick and Whitton Road

Out by Twickenham Road and Great West Road to Chiswick Roundabout, on along Ellesmere Road and Burlington Lane to Whitton Road Roundabout, then home by London Road and Twickenham Road. Seven roundabouts in 11.9 miles, with some faster road, and longer than a real test.

11.9 milesabout 61 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 · 1.8 milesTo Harlequin Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Great West Road, a side 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 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 20 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Fleming Way 70 yards
3. 3
  Turn left to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Worton Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Twickenham Road 0.8 miles
6. 6
  Turn right into Spur Road 0.3 miles
7. 7
  Carry on into Syon Lane 240 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Great West Road 170 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Harlequin Avenue 130 yards
10. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 4 milesTo Grantham Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Burlington Lane, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Burlington Lane.
Directions for the passenger, leg 28 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Harlequin Avenue to the end 130 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Great West Road 1.1 miles
3. 3
  Turn left to stay on Great West Road 0.9 miles
4. 4
  Turn right to stay on Great West Road 110 yards
5. 5
  At Chiswick Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Great West Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Carry on into Ellesmere Road 0.9 miles
  
  Signed Cedars Road and Hogarth Lane along the way, and it is the same road.
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Burlington Lane 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Turn left into Grantham Road 90 yards
9. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 3 · 1.7 milesTo Manor Grove Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Lower Richmond Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Lower Richmond Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 35 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Grantham Road to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Burlington Lane 1.0 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Clifford Avenue 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn right into Lower Richmond Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Manor Grove 90 yards
6. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 2.8 milesTo Erncroft Way Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Whitton 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 410 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Manor Grove to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Lower Richmond Road 0.2 miles
3. 3
  At Manor Circus, take the 2nd exit onto Lower Mortlake Road 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn left into Richmond Circus 120 yards
5. 5
  Turn left into Twickenham Road 0.9 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into The Avenue 370 yards
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Chertsey Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  At Whitton Road Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Whitton Road 90 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  Turn left into Erncroft Way 80 yards
11. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 1.7 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 59 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Erncroft Way to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Whitton Road 100 yards
3. 3
  At Whitton Road Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Chertsey Road 0.3 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto London Road 230 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Carry on into Twickenham Road 0.7 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into Worton Road 0.3 miles
7. 7
  Turn left into Fleming Way 70 yards
8. 8
  Turn right to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into the test centre.
10. 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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Route 3 · Manor Circus → the Broad Street and Park Road roundabout

Manor Circus and Broad Street

Out by Twickenham Road and Chertsey Road to Manor Circus, on along Sheen Road and Richmond Road to the Broad Street and Park Road roundabout, then home by Waldegrave Road and London Road. Six roundabouts in 12.2 miles, longer than a real test.

12.2 milesabout 79 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 · 3.4 milesTo Pagoda Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Off St Paul's Road, a quiet residential road just off Lower Mortlake Road
Check all round before each move, and finish facing back towards St Paul's Road, ready for the next leg.
Directions for the passenger, leg 112 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 20 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Fleming Way 70 yards
3. 3
  Turn left to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Worton Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Twickenham Road 0.7 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into London Road 230 yards
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Chertsey Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto The Avenue 370 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Carry on into Twickenham Road 1.4 miles
  
  Signed Lower Mortlake Road along the way, and it is the same road.
10. 10
  Turn left into Raleigh Road 170 yards
11. 11
  Turn left into St. Paul’s Road 170 yards
12. 12
  Turn left into Pagoda Avenue 120 yards
13. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 2 milesTo Cambridge Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Richmond Road, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Richmond Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 211 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Pagoda Avenue to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into St. Paul’s Road 170 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Stanmore Gardens 130 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Lower Mortlake Road 180 yards
5. 5
  At Manor Circus, take the 3rd exit onto Manor Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn right into Sheen Road 0.5 miles
7. 7
  Carry on into Paradise Road 0.3 miles
  
  Signed Red Lion Street along the way, and it is the same road.
8. 8
  Turn left into Hill Street 150 yards
9. 9
  Turn right into Bridge Street 80 yards
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: signal right, give way to traffic from your right, then go round the marking and turn right.
10. 10
  Carry on into Richmond Bridge 240 yards
11. 11
  Turn left into Cambridge Road 120 yards
12. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 3 · 2.4 milesTo Grove Terrace Open inGoogle Maps

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

On the route, the residential stretch of Grove Terrace between Grove Gardens and The Grove
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 Cambridge Road to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Richmond Road 310 yards
3. 3
  Turn left to stay on Richmond Road 0.8 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into York Street 0.3 miles
  
  Signed King Street along the way, and it is the same road.
5. 5
  Turn left into Cross Deep 0.4 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into Strawberry Vale 0.4 miles
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: give way to traffic from your right, signal left and turn left.
7. 7
  Carry on into Twickenham Road 150 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Grove Gardens 130 yards
9. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 4 · 1.9 milesTo Holmes Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Cross Deep, 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 412 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Grove Terrace 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into The Grove 140 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Cambridge Road 70 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Elmfield Avenue 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into High Street 140 yards
6. 6
  At the Broad Street and Park Road roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Park Road 90 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn right into The Causeway 130 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Church Road 0.5 miles
9. 9
  Turn right into Shacklegate Lane 190 yards
10. 10
  Turn left into Waldegrave Road 0.5 miles
11. 11
  Turn left into Cross Deep 190 yards
  
  This is at a mini-roundabout: give way to traffic from your right, signal left and turn left.
12. 12
  Turn left into Holmes Road 80 yards
13. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 2.4 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 511 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Holmes Road to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Cross Deep 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into King Street 200 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into London Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on London Road 0.4 miles
6. 6
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto London Road 230 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Carry on into Twickenham Road 0.7 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Worton Road 0.3 miles
9. 9
  Turn left into Fleming Way 70 yards
10. 10
  Turn right to stay on Fleming Way 70 yards
11. 11
  Turn left into the test centre.
12. 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.

Before you drive it

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Somewhere real to practise

Before you drive any of these

You drive. Somebody else reads.

Whitton Road and Henlys

Drive it in 5 legs

Chiswick and Whitton Road

Drive it in 5 legs

Manor Circus and Broad Street

Drive it in 5 legs

Watch somebody else drive Isleworth first

You are already on Driving Test Hero

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