Leicester (Wigston)

Somewhere real to practise

6 circuits from the test centre on Tigers Road, off Saffron Road, South Wigston, Leicester, each one 27 minutes or more, taking in the junctions a Leicester 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 · Wakes Road Roundabout → Windley Road Roundabout

Wakes Road and Windley Road

Through Wigston and back on roads that never leave thirty. The shortest of the six and the one to drive first.

6.8 milesabout 35 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 4 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 Abington Close Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Station Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Station Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 17 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Saffron Road 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into St Thomas Road 80 yards
5. 5
  Carry on into Blaby Road 0.3 miles
6. 6
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Blaby Road 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn left into Abington Close 80 yards
8. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 1.4 milesTo Kings Drive Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Aylestone Lane, 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 28 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Abington Close to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Station Road 280 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Bushloe End 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into Bull Head Street 0.5 miles
5. 5
  At Wakes Road Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Wakes Road 170 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
6. 6
  Turn left into Leicester Road 240 yards
7. 7
  Turn right into Aylestone Lane 90 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Kings Drive 70 yards
9. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 1.9 milesTo Linwood Lane Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Attlee Way, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Attlee Way.
Directions for the passenger, leg 39 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Kings Drive to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Aylestone Lane 1.0 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Stonesby Avenue 180 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Windley Road 0.3 miles
5. 5
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Windley Road 370 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn left into Brookfield Rise 100 yards
7. 7
  Turn left to stay on Brookfield Rise 140 yards
8. 8
  Turn left into Helmsley Road 80 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Linwood Lane 270 yards
10. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 4 · 2 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 410 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Linwood Lane to the end 50 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Ferrers Street 120 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Helmsley Road 60 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Southfields Drive 300 yards
5. 5
  Carry on into Attlee Way 60 yards
6. 6
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Carry on into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
9. 9
  Turn right into Tigers Road 260 yards
10. 10
  Turn right into the test centre.
11. 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 · Pork Pie Roundabout → Everard's Roundabout

Pork Pie and Everard's

Out onto the A563 ring road and round to Narborough Road, which is the first of these to ask for real speed. A sensible second drive once Pork Pie has stopped being an event.

7.2 milesabout 29 min

Test centre1Stops

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Drive it in 4 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 Aylestone Drive Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Glenhills Way, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Glenhills Way.
Directions for the passenger, leg 16 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Glenhills Way 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn right into Aylestone Drive 90 yards
7. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 2 · 4 milesTo Whitteney Drive North Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Sturdee Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Sturdee Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 29 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Aylestone Drive to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Glenhills Way 0.4 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
4. 4
  At Everard's Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Lubbesthorpe Way 0.4 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Lubbesthorpe Way 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Everard's Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
7. 7
  Carry on into Glenhills Way 210 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Sturdee Road 120 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Whitteney Drive North 120 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 0.8 milesTo Rye Close Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Sturdee 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 33 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Whitteney Drive North to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Sturdee Road 0.7 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Rye Close 80 yards
4. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 0.8 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 45 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Rye Close to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Sturdee Road 210 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Saffron Road 0.5 miles
4. 4
  Turn right into Tigers Road 260 yards
5. 5
  Turn right into the test centre.
6. 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 · Foxhunter Roundabout → Pork Pie Roundabout

Foxhunter and Pork Pie

South to Narborough and back up to Pork Pie, taking in seven roundabouts on the way. Busy rather than quick for most of it.

8.9 milesabout 41 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 · 1.2 milesTo The Ford Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Little Glen Road, a side road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Little Glen Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 16 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Saffron Road 0.3 miles
4. 4
  Turn right into St Thomas Road 360 yards
5. 5
  Carry on into Little Glen Road 0.4 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into The Ford 70 yards
7. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 2 · 2.4 milesTo Lime Tree Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Enderby Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Enderby Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 26 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along The Ford to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Little Glen Road 0.6 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Leicester Road 360 yards
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto B582 1.0 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
6. 6
  Turn left into Lime Tree Road 90 yards
7. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 2.8 milesTo Pasley Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Glenhills Way, 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 37 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Lime Tree Road to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Enderby Road 80 yards
3. 3
  At Foxhunter Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto St Johns 0.6 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Carry on into Narborough Road South 0.3 miles
5. 5
  At Everard's Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
6. 6
  Carry on into Glenhills Way 0.6 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Pasley Road 50 yards
8. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 0.7 milesTo Linwood Lane Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Attlee Way, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Attlee Way.
Directions for the passenger, leg 47 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Pasley Road to the end 50 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Glenhills Way 300 yards
3. 3
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Attlee Way 60 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn left into Southfields Drive 270 yards
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on Southfields Drive 160 yards
6. 6
  Turn right to stay on Southfields Drive 230 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Linwood Lane 70 yards
8. 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 58 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Linwood Lane to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Southfields Drive 140 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Attlee Way 60 yards
4. 4
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Carry on into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Tigers Road 260 yards
8. 8
  Turn right 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 4 · Windley Road Roundabout → Foxhunter Roundabout

Windley Road and Foxhunter

The ring road south and then the B roads through Blaby, which is a change of character halfway round. Longer than the first three.

10.3 milesabout 45 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 · 1.6 milesTo Linwood Lane Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Attlee Way, 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 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 60 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn left into Southfields Drive 270 yards
7. 7
  Turn right to stay on Southfields Drive 160 yards
8. 8
  Turn right to stay on Southfields Drive 230 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Linwood Lane 70 yards
10. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 3.7 milesTo Sparsis Gardens Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Leicester Road, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Leicester Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 210 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Linwood Lane to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Southfields Drive 140 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Attlee Way 60 yards
4. 4
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Glenhills Way 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Carry on into Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
7. 7
  Turn left into St Johns 0.2 miles
8. 8
  Turn left to stay on St Johns 0.7 miles
9. 9
  At Foxhunter Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Leicester Road 240 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
10. 10
  Turn left into Sparsis Gardens 70 yards
11. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 3 · 1.2 milesTo Sandhill Drive Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Leicester Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Leicester Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 36 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Sparsis Gardens to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Leicester Road 0.3 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into King Edward Avenue 60 yards
4. 4
  Turn right to stay on King Edward Avenue 0.5 miles
5. 5
  Carry on into Leicester Road 0.2 miles
6. 6
  Turn left into Sandhill Drive 80 yards
7. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 1.7 milesTo Winchester Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Blaby Bypass, 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 46 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Sandhill Drive to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Leicester Road 360 yards
3. 3
  At Foxhunter Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Enderby Road 1.0 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 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Winchester Avenue 60 yards
6. 6
  Turn right to stay on Winchester Avenue 70 yards
7. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 2.1 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 Winchester Avenue to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left to stay on Winchester Avenue 50 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Blaby Bypass 180 yards
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Leicester Road 360 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn right into Little Glen Road 1.0 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into St Thomas Road 360 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.3 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
9. 9
  Turn right 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.

Route 5 · Pork Pie Roundabout → Windley Road Roundabout → Foxhunter Roundabout

Pork Pie, Windley Road and Foxhunter

Three named roundabouts one after another, most of it on the A563. Drive this one twice if exits and lane discipline are where the faults come from.

10.6 milesabout 45 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 · 2.1 milesTo Highgate Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Stonesby 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 18 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Windley Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn right into Stonesby Avenue 80 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Highgate 70 yards
9. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 3.1 milesTo Old Church Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off St Johns, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards St Johns.
Directions for the passenger, leg 27 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Highgate to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Stonesby Avenue 0.5 miles
3. 3
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Glenhills Way 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Carry on into Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into St Johns 0.2 miles
6. 6
  Turn left to stay on St Johns 0.4 miles
7. 7
  Turn left into Old Church Road 70 yards
8. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 3 · 1.7 milesTo Sandhill Drive Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Leicester Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Leicester Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 37 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Old Church Road to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into St Johns 0.3 miles
3. 3
  At Foxhunter Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Leicester Road 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
  Turn right into King Edward Avenue 60 yards
5. 5
  Turn right to stay on King Edward Avenue 0.5 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into Leicester Road 0.2 miles
7. 7
  Turn left into Sandhill Drive 80 yards
8. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 4 · 1.7 milesTo Winchester Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Blaby Bypass, 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 46 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Sandhill Drive to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Leicester Road 360 yards
3. 3
  At Foxhunter Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Enderby Road 1.0 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 2nd exit onto Blaby Bypass 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn left into Winchester Avenue 60 yards
6. 6
  Turn right to stay on Winchester Avenue 70 yards
7. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 2.1 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 Winchester Avenue to the end 70 yards
2. 2
  Turn left to stay on Winchester Avenue 50 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Blaby Bypass 180 yards
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Leicester Road 360 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn right into Little Glen Road 1.0 miles
6. 6
  Carry on into St Thomas Road 360 yards
7. 7
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.3 miles
8. 8
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
9. 9
  Turn right 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.

Route 6 · Pork Pie Roundabout → Wakes Road Roundabout → Everard's Roundabout

The long way round the ring road

Pork Pie, back through Wigston and out to Everard's, 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.

11.7 milesabout 52 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 Rolleston Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Aylestone Lane, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Aylestone Lane.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tigers Road 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Saffron Road 0.4 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into Saffron Lane 0.5 miles
5. 5
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Attlee Way 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Windley Road Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Windley Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn left into Stonesby Avenue 180 yards
8. 8
  Carry on into Aylestone Lane 0.4 miles
9. 9
  Turn right into Rolleston Road 80 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 2 · 2.3 milesTo West Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Aylestone Lane, 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 29 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Rolleston Road to the end 80 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Aylestone Lane 0.6 miles
3. 3
  Turn left into Leicester Road 240 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Wakes Road 160 yards
5. 5
  At Wakes Road Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Bull Head Street 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn right into Paddock Street 230 yards
7. 7
  Turn right into Long Street 160 yards
8. 8
  Turn left into Aylestone Lane 0.8 miles
9. 9
  Turn left into West Avenue 90 yards
10. Stop here: Parallel park behind a parked car, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 3 · 1.4 milesTo Aylestone Drive Open inGoogle Maps

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

Right off Glenhills Way, a quiet residential road
Keep it slow and look all round before every move. Finish facing back towards Glenhills Way.
Directions for the passenger, leg 35 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along West Avenue to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Aylestone Lane 330 yards
3. 3
  Carry on into Stonesby Avenue 0.7 miles
4. 4
  At Pork Pie Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Glenhills Way 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Turn right into Aylestone Drive 90 yards
6. Stop here: Turn the car round in the road, then pull up on the left facing back out.
Leg 4 · 4 milesTo Whitteney Drive North Open inGoogle Maps

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

Left off Sturdee Road, a quiet residential road
Use forward and reverse, as few moves as you need, and finish facing back towards Sturdee Road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 49 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Aylestone Drive to the end 90 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Glenhills Way 0.4 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
4. 4
  At Everard's Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Lubbesthorpe Way 0.4 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Lubbesthorpe Way 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Everard's Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Soar Valley Way 1.1 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
7. 7
  Carry on into Glenhills Way 210 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Sturdee Road 120 yards
9. 9
  Turn left into Whitteney Drive North 120 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then turn the car round in the road.
Leg 5 · 1.6 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 55 steps
1. 1
  Facing back the way you came in, drive along Whitteney Drive North to the end 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Sturdee Road 0.8 miles
3. 3
  Turn right into Saffron Road 0.5 miles
4. 4
  Turn right into Tigers Road 260 yards
5. 5
  Turn right into the test centre.
6. 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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