Pinner

Somewhere real to practise

5 circuits from the test centre on 221 Tolcarne Drive, Pinner, each one 55 minutes or more, taking in the junctions a Pinner 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 · Brockhurst Corner → Belmont Circle

Brockhurst Corner and Belmont Circle

Across the top of Harrow Weald, with something to negotiate every few hundred yards for most of the way. The shortest of the six and the one to start on.

10.4 milesabout 58 min

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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 · 2.2 milesTo Morrisons car park, Hatch End Open inGoogle Maps

Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards

Uxbridge Road, on the left at the Hatch End roundabout
A big supermarket car park. Use the far end where the bays are empty, and leave it back towards the roundabout.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.5 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit into Morrisons car park, Hatch End 40 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. Stop here: Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards.
Leg 2 · 3.2 milesTo York Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential, off Weston Drive at Belmont Circle
York Avenue and Clifton Avenue loop you back to Kenton Lane, so there is no turning in the road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 29 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Morrisons car park, Hatch End slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Brockhurst Corner, take the 3rd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
7. 7
  At Kenton Lane, take the 2nd exit onto Weston Drive
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
8. 8
  At Belmont Circle, take the 1st exit onto Weston Drive 120 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Turn right into York Avenue 170 yards
10. Stop here: Pull up on the right, reverse two car lengths, then move off.
Leg 3 · 1.3 milesTo College Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential Harrow Weald, off College Hill Road
Cars along both kerbs, so pick a gap of two car lengths and stay clear of the driveways.
Directions for the passenger, leg 35 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along York Avenue 160 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Clifton Avenue 80 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Kenton Lane 330 yards
4. 4
  At Belmont Circle, take the 2nd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto College Hill Road 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left. Signed College Avenue along the way, and it is the same road.
6. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 4 · 3.6 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 415 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along College Avenue 260 yards
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Long Elmes 0.6 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Long Elmes 310 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn right into Headstone Lane 0.3 miles
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 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 Uxbridge Road 0.3 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Carry on into Pinner Green 230 yards
10. 10
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
11. 11
  Turn right into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
12. 12
  Turn right into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
13. 13
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 20 yards
14. 14
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 50 yards
15. 15
  Carry straight on into the test centre.
16. 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 · Northwood Hills Circus → Brockhurst Corner → Belmont Circle

Northwood Hills, Brockhurst and Belmont

Three named junctions one after another, with a good many smaller ones in between. Drive this one twice if exits and lane discipline are where the faults come from.

11.7 milesabout 66 min

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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 · 1.2 milesTo Potter Street Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then move off again

Residential Northwood Hills, off the Circus
Quiet and straight. Stop past the parked cars rather than between them, and signal before you move off.
Directions for the passenger, leg 14 steps
1. 1
  Start on Tolcarne Drive 0.5 miles
  
  Signed the test centre access road along the way, and it is the same road.
2. 2
  Turn right into Joel Street 100 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Joel Street 0.3 miles
  
  Turn left through the short link road first.
4. 4
  At Northwood Hills Circus, take the 3rd exit onto Potter Street 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then move off again.
Leg 2 · 5.4 milesTo York Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential, off Weston Drive at Belmont Circle
York Avenue and Clifton Avenue loop you back to Kenton Lane, so there is no turning in the road.
Directions for the passenger, leg 214 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Potter Street 260 yards
2. 2
  Turn right to stay on Potter Street 330 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Pinner Hill Road 0.5 miles
4. 4
  Turn left into Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.5 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
11. 11
  At Brockhurst Corner, take the 3rd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
12. 12
  At Kenton Lane, take the 2nd exit onto Weston Drive
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
13. 13
  At Belmont Circle, take the 1st exit onto Weston Drive 120 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
14. 14
  Turn right into York Avenue 170 yards
15. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 3 · 2.9 milesTo Morrisons car park, Hatch End Open inGoogle Maps

Forward bay park, then reverse out

Uxbridge Road, on the right coming back from Harrow Weald
A big supermarket car park. Use the far end where the bays are empty, and check both blind spots before you back out.
Directions for the passenger, leg 310 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along York Avenue 160 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Clifton Avenue 80 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Kenton Lane 330 yards
4. 4
  At Belmont Circle, take the 2nd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At College Hill Road, take the 1st exit onto College Avenue 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Long Elmes 0.6 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Long Elmes 310 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Turn right into Headstone Lane 0.3 miles
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit into Morrisons car park, Hatch End 40 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
11. Stop here: Forward bay park, then reverse out.
Leg 4 · 2.2 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 411 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Morrisons car park, Hatch End slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
3. 3
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.3 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Carry on into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
9. 9
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 20 yards
10. 10
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 50 yards
11. 11
  Carry straight on 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.

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Route 3 · Brockhurst Corner → Shaftesbury Circle

Brockhurst Corner and Shaftesbury Circle

South to Shaftesbury Circle by way of Brockhurst Corner, through the busier part of Harrow. The traffic is the difficulty here rather than the speed.

12.1 milesabout 65 min

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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 · 2.2 milesTo Morrisons car park, Hatch End Open inGoogle Maps

Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards

Uxbridge Road, on the left at the Hatch End roundabout
A big supermarket car park. Use the far end where the bays are empty, and leave it back towards the roundabout.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.5 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit into Morrisons car park, Hatch End 40 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. Stop here: Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards.
Leg 2 · 5.3 milesTo Treve Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential Harrow on the Hill, off Lascelles Avenue
Narrow with cars along both sides, which is the point. Take your time and keep the reverse slow.
Directions for the passenger, leg 219 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Morrisons car park, Hatch End slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Brockhurst Corner, take the 3rd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
7. 7
  At College Hill Road, take the 3rd exit onto Church Lane
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
8. 8
  Turn left to stay on Church Lane 240 yards
9. 9
  Turn right into The Crossway 310 yards
10. 10
  Turn left into Spencer Road 0.3 miles
11. 11
  Turn left into High Street 180 yards
12. 12
  Turn left into George Gange Way 320 yards
13. 13
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A409 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
14. 14
  Carry on into Station Road 210 yards
15. 15
  Turn right into Greenhill Way 0.6 miles
16. 16
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Junction Road 120 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
17. 17
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bessborough Road 260 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
18. 18
  Turn right into Lascelles Avenue 320 yards
19. 19
  Carry on into Treve Avenue 140 yards
20. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 3 · 3.2 milesTo Love Lane car park, Pinner Open inGoogle Maps

Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards

Off Bridge Street, behind the shops
Council pay and display in the middle of Pinner. Busy on a Saturday, so pick a quiet corner.
Directions for the passenger, leg 312 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Treve Avenue 120 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Porlock Avenue 260 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Merton Road 0.2 miles
4. 4
  Carry on into Dudley Road 380 yards
5. 5
  Turn right into Roxeth Green Avenue 350 yards
6. 6
  At Shaftesbury Circle, take the 1st exit onto Shaftesbury Avenue 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn left to stay on Shaftesbury Avenue 120 yards
8. 8
  Carry on into The Ridgeway 1.0 miles
  
  Signed Suffolk Road along the way, and it is the same road.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Rayners Lane 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  Turn left into Marsh Road 0.5 miles
11. 11
  Turn right into Love Lane 140 yards
12. 12
  Turn right into Love Lane car park, Pinner.
13. Stop here: Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards.
Leg 4 · 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 411 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Love Lane car park, Pinner slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  Turn left into Love Lane 140 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Bridge Street 190 yards
4. 4
  Carry on into Elm Park Road 0.4 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
9. 9
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 20 yards
10. 10
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 50 yards
11. 11
  Carry straight on 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.

Route 4 · Belmont Circle → Shaftesbury Circle

Belmont Circle and Shaftesbury Circle

The two ends of Harrow in one loop, on roads that never leave town speeds. Worth driving when holding concentration over a long stretch is what you want to work on.

12.5 milesabout 66 min

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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 · 4 milesTo Adderley Road Open inGoogle Maps

Pull up on the left, then move off again

Residential Harrow Weald, off College Hill Road
Short and quiet. Stop clear of the junction and check over your shoulder before you pull out.
Directions for the passenger, leg 116 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.5 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Headstone Lane 0.3 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
11. 11
  Carry on into Long Elmes 310 yards
12. 12
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Long Elmes 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
13. 13
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto High Road 30 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
14. 14
  Turn left into College Avenue 0.3 miles
15. 15
  Carry on into College Hill Road 170 yards
16. 16
  Turn right into Adderley Road 110 yards
17. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then move off again.
Leg 2 · 1.3 milesTo Kenmore Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential Kenton, the long road south from Belmont Circle
Wide and straight, so there is room. Cross when it is clear both ways and stop with a gap behind you.
Directions for the passenger, leg 24 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Adderley Road 160 yards
2. 2
  Carry on into Dryden Road 340 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Kenton Lane 0.5 miles
4. 4
  At Belmont Circle, take the 3rd exit onto Kenmore Avenue 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. Stop here: Pull up on the right, reverse two car lengths, then move off.
Leg 3 · 2.8 milesTo Porlock Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential South Harrow, between Treve Avenue and Merton Road
Cars along both kerbs. Two car lengths is plenty, and keep clear of the driveways.
Directions for the passenger, leg 315 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Kenmore Avenue 380 yards
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Christchurch Avenue 290 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
3. 3
  Turn left into Forward Drive 210 yards
4. 4
  Carry on into Masons Avenue 130 yards
5. 5
  At Byron Road, take the 2nd exit onto Oxford Road
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
6. 6
  Turn left to stay on Oxford Road 160 yards
7. 7
  Carry on into Palmerston Road 110 yards
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A409 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Carry on into Station Road 210 yards
10. 10
  Turn right into Greenhill Way 0.6 miles
11. 11
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Junction Road 120 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
12. 12
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bessborough Road 260 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
13. 13
  Turn right into Lascelles Avenue 320 yards
14. 14
  Carry on into Treve Avenue 260 yards
15. 15
  Turn left into Porlock Avenue 260 yards
16. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 4 · 3 milesTo Love Lane car park, Pinner Open inGoogle Maps

Forward bay park, then reverse out

Off Bridge Street, behind the shops
Council pay and display in the middle of Pinner. Check both blind spots before you back out, people walk through here.
Directions for the passenger, leg 411 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Porlock Avenue 10 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Merton Road 0.2 miles
3. 3
  Carry on into Dudley Road 380 yards
4. 4
  Turn right into Roxeth Green Avenue 350 yards
5. 5
  At Shaftesbury Circle, take the 1st exit onto Shaftesbury Avenue 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  Turn left to stay on Shaftesbury Avenue 120 yards
7. 7
  Carry on into The Ridgeway 1.0 miles
  
  Signed Suffolk Road along the way, and it is the same road.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Rayners Lane 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  Turn left into Marsh Road 0.5 miles
10. 10
  Turn right into Love Lane 140 yards
11. 11
  Turn right into Love Lane car park, Pinner.
12. Stop here: Forward bay park, then reverse out.
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 511 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Love Lane car park, Pinner slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  Turn left into Love Lane 140 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Bridge Street 190 yards
4. 4
  Carry on into Elm Park Road 0.4 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
9. 9
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 20 yards
10. 10
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 50 yards
11. 11
  Carry straight on 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.

Route 5 · Brockhurst Corner → Belmont Circle → Shaftesbury Circle

The long way round Harrow

Brockhurst Corner, Belmont Circle and Shaftesbury Circle in one loop, which makes it longer than a real test by some way. Worth driving once in the fortnight before the date, because tiredness is what turns a good drive into a careless fault.

13.2 milesabout 72 min

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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 · 2.2 milesTo Morrisons car park, Hatch End Open inGoogle Maps

Forward bay park, then reverse out

Uxbridge Road, on the left at the Hatch End roundabout
A big supermarket car park. Use the far end where the bays are empty, and check both blind spots before you back out.
Directions for the passenger, leg 19 steps
1. 1
  Start on the test centre access road 100 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
4. 4
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
5. 5
  Turn right into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.8 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
8. 8
  Carry on into Uxbridge Road 0.5 miles
  
  Signed The Broadway along the way, and it is the same road.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit into Morrisons car park, Hatch End 40 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. Stop here: Forward bay park, then reverse out.
Leg 2 · 4.2 milesTo Masons Avenue Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential Wealdstone, off Forward Drive
Terraced, with cars along both sides. Pick a gap of two car lengths and take the reverse slowly.
Directions for the passenger, leg 212 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Morrisons car park, Hatch End slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.2 miles
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
3. 3
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 300 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Uxbridge Road 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
6. 6
  At Brockhurst Corner, take the 3rd exit onto Kenton Lane 0.6 miles
  Approach in the right lane, signal right, then signal left once you pass the exit before yours.
7. 7
  At Kenton Lane, take the 2nd exit onto Kenmore Avenue
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
8. 8
  At Belmont Circle, take the 3rd exit onto Kenmore Avenue 0.7 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
9. 9
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Christchurch Avenue 290 yards
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
10. 10
  Turn left into Forward Drive 210 yards
11. 11
  Carry on into Masons Avenue 130 yards
12. 12
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Masons Avenue
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
13. Stop here: Pull up on the left, then parallel park behind a parked car.
Leg 3 · 2.7 milesTo Dudley Road Open inGoogle Maps

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

Residential South Harrow, off Roxeth Green Avenue
Cross when it is clear both ways, and stop well short of the junction with Shaftesbury Avenue.
Directions for the passenger, leg 313 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Masons Avenue 290 yards
2. 2
  Turn left into The Bridge 120 yards
3. 3
  Turn left into A409 180 yards
4. 4
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto A409 0.5 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
5. 5
  Carry on into Station Road 210 yards
6. 6
  Turn right into Greenhill Way 0.6 miles
7. 7
  At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Junction Road 120 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
8. 8
  At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bessborough Road 260 yards
  No signal on the approach. Keep left unless the markings say otherwise, then signal left after the exit before yours.
9. 9
  Turn right into Lascelles Avenue 320 yards
10. 10
  Carry on into Treve Avenue 260 yards
11. 11
  Turn left into Porlock Avenue 260 yards
12. 12
  Turn left into Merton Road 0.2 miles
13. 13
  Carry on into Dudley Road 180 yards
14. Stop here: Pull up on the right, reverse two car lengths, then move off.
Leg 4 · 2.7 milesTo Love Lane car park, Pinner Open inGoogle Maps

Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards

Off Bridge Street, behind the shops
Council pay and display in the middle of Pinner. Busy on a Saturday, so pick a quiet corner.
Directions for the passenger, leg 49 steps
1. 1
  Check your mirrors and blind spot, then move off along Dudley Road 200 yards
2. 2
  Turn right into Roxeth Green Avenue 350 yards
3. 3
  At Shaftesbury Circle, take the 1st exit onto Shaftesbury Avenue 0.2 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
4. 4
  Turn left to stay on Shaftesbury Avenue 120 yards
5. 5
  Carry on into The Ridgeway 1.0 miles
  
  Signed Suffolk Road along the way, and it is the same road.
6. 6
  At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Rayners Lane 0.4 miles
  Approach in the left lane and signal left.
7. 7
  Turn left into Marsh Road 0.5 miles
8. 8
  Turn right into Love Lane 140 yards
9. 9
  Turn right into Love Lane car park, Pinner.
10. Stop here: Reverse bay park, then drive out forwards.
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 511 steps
1. 1
  Drive out of Love Lane car park, Pinner slowly, watching for people walking between the cars.
2. 2
  Turn left into Love Lane 140 yards
3. 3
  Turn right into Bridge Street 190 yards
4. 4
  Carry on into Elm Park Road 0.4 miles
5. 5
  Turn left into Pinner Green 230 yards
6. 6
  Turn left into Cuckoo Hill 0.2 miles
7. 7
  Turn right into Chamberlain Way 220 yards
8. 8
  Turn right into Tolcarne Drive 230 yards
9. 9
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 20 yards
10. 10
  Turn right to stay on Tolcarne Drive 50 yards
11. 11
  Carry straight on 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.

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