Loughton Driving Test Centre Routes 

To make driving tests more representative of real-life driving, the DVSA no longer publishes 
official test routes. However, you can find a number of recent routes used at the Loughton 
driving test centre in this document. 
 
While test routes from this centre are likely to be very similar to those below, you should treat 
this document as a rough guide only. Exact test routes are at the examiners’ discretion and are 
subject to change. 
 
 
Route Number  1 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre  Left 

Church Hill  Right 

Rectory Lane  Left 

Hillyfields  Right 

Pyrles Lane  Left 

Burney Drive  Left 

Colebrook Lane  Right 

Jessel Drive  End of road left 

Willingale Rd  End of road right 

The Broadway  End of road left 

Chigwell Lane  End of road left 

Abridge Rd/London Rd  Roundabout left 

Market Place  Left 

Abridge Rd/Coppice Row  Left 

Goldings Hill/Church Hill  Right 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 Route Number  2 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre  Left 

Church Hill/Goldings Hill A121  Right 

Coppice Row  Left 

Piercing Hill  Right 

Morgan Crescent  End of road left 

Orchard Drive  End of road left 

Coppice Row  End of road right 

Market Place  Roundabout right 

London Rd  Roundabout right 

Chigwell Lane  Traffic light 

Oakwood Hill  Right 

Roding Rd  End of road right 

Alderton Hill  Left 

Brook Rd  Traffic light right 

Brooklyn Ave/High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  3 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre  Left 

Church Hill  Right 

Rectory Lane  Left 

Hillyfields  Right 
 Pyrles Lane  Left 

Burney Drive  End of road left 

Jessel Drive  End of road left 

Willingale Rd  End of road right 

The Broadway  End of road left 

Chigwell Lane  End of road left 

Abridge Rd/London Rd  Roundabout left 

Market Place  Left 

Abridge Rd A113  Left 

Loughton Lane/Debden Lane/Englands Lane  Right 

Clays Lane  End of road left 

Goldings Hall A121   

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  4 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

High Rd  Right 

Upper Park  End of road left 

Nursery Rd  Left 

High Rd  End of road left 

Spring Grove  End of road left 

High Rd  Right 

Whitehall Rd  Right 

Brook Rd  Left 

 Epping New Rd A104  Right 

Earls Path/Forest Rd  End of road right 

High Rd  Left 

Old Station Rd/Alderton Hill  Roundabout left 

Brook Rd/Brooklyn Ave  Traffic light right 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  5 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre  Right 

High Rd  Left 

Trapps Hill  Right 

Spareleaze Hill  End of road left 

Brook Rd  End of road right 

Alderton Hill  Left 

Roding Rd  Traffic light right 

Valley Hill  Right 

Felstead Rd  End of road right 

Valley Hill/Loughton Way  Right 

Palmerston Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Right 

Stag Lane  End of road right 

Epping New Rd A104/Goldings Hall  Right 

A121/Church Hill 

Driving Test Centre   

 
Route Number  6 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

High Rd  Right 

Station Rd  Left 

Alderton Hill  Right 

Alderton Hall Lane  End of road left 

Bushfields  End of road right 

Colson Rd  End of road left 

Rectory Lane  Right 

The Broadway  Left 

Willingale Rd  Right 

Etheridge Rd  End of road right 

Colebrook Lane  Left 

Burney Drive  End of road left 

Pyrles Lane  End of road right 

Rectory Lane  End of road right 

Goldings Hill A121  Left 

Epping New Rd A104  Left 

Earls Path/Forest Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  7 

Road  Direction 
 Driving Test Centre   

Church Hill  Right 

Rectory Lane  Left 

Pyrles Lane  Right 

Lawton Rd  End of road left 

Westall Rd  Left 

Etheridge Rd  End of road right 

Colebrook Lane  Right 

Burney Drive  End of road left 

Jessel Drive  End of road right 

Willingale Rd  End of road right 

The Broadway  End of road right 

Rectory Lane  Left 

Borders Lane/Alderton Hill /Old Station Rd  Roundabout left 

High Rd  Right 

Manor Rd  End of road right 

Epping New Rd A104  Right 

Earls Path/Forest Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  8 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

High Rd  Left 

 Old Station Rd/Alderton Hill  Right 

Roding Rd  Left 

Oakwood Hill  End of road traffic light 

Chigwell Lane  Right 

The Broadway  Left 

Willingale Rd  Left 

Sandford Ave  End of road left 

Willingale Rd  Left 

Jessel Drive  End of road left 

Willingale Rd  Left 

Chester Rd/Hillyfields  End of road right 

Rectory Lane  Roundabout right 

Goldings Hill A121  Left 

Epping New Rd A104  Left 

Earls Path/Forest Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  9 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

High Rd  Left 

Algers Rd  Right 

The Avenue  Right 

The Crescent  Right 

 The Avenue  End of road left 

Spring Grove  Right 

Hillcrest Rd  End of road right 

Summerfields Rd  End of road left 

Spring Grove  End of road left 

High Rd  Right 

Whitehall Rd  Right 

Forest Side  End of road right 

Rangers Rd  End of road left 

Epping New Rd A104  Right 

Goldings Hill A121/Church Hill  Right 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  10 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

Church Hill/Goldings Hill A121  Roundabout 

Coppice Row  Right 

The Green  End of road right 

Loughton Lane/Debden Lane/England’s Lane  Roundabout left 

Lower Rd  End of road left 

Goldings Hill A121  Roundabout 

Church Hill  Left 

Marjorams Ave  Left 

Roundmead Ave  End of road left 

 Church Hill  Left 

Church Lane  End of road right 

Traps Hill  Right 

Spareleaze Hill  Right 

Tycehurst Hill  End of road right 

Spareleaze Hill  End of road right 

Brook Rd/Brooklyn Ave  Traffic light right 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  11 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

Church Hill  Left 

Marjorams Ave/Hilltop  Left 

Roundmead Ave  Right 

Marjorams Ave  End of road right 

Rectory Lane  Left 

Pyrles Lane  Right 

Lawton Rd  End of road left 

Westall Rd  Right 

Etheridge Rd  End of road left 

Willingale Rd  Right 

Jessel Drive/Castell Rd  End of road left 

Chester Rd  Right 

 Pyrles Lane  Roundabout right 

Englands Lane/Debden Lane  Left 

Loughton Lane  And 

Chapel Rd  Left 

Coppice Row  Left 

Goldings Hill A121/Church Hill  Right 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  12 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

High Rd  Left 

Brooklyn Ave/Brook Rd  End of road right 

Alderton Hill/Old Station Rd  Roundabout 

Ollards Grove  Right 

Connaught Ave  End of road left 

Nursery Rd  Left 

Upper Park/Lower Park Rd  Right 

Algers Rd  Left 

The Avenue  Right 

The Crescent  Right 

The Avenue  End of road right 

Spring Grove  End of road left 

High Rd  Right 

Manor Rd  End of road right 

 Epping New Rd A104  Right 

Earls Path/Forest Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre   

 
 
Route Number  13 

Road  Direction 

Driving Test Centre   

Church Hill/The Uplands  Right 

The Uplands/Carroll Hill  End of road left 

Church Lane/Wellfields  End of road left 

Rectory Lane  Right 

Pyrles Lane  Right 

Burney Drive  Right 

Colebrook Lane  End of road left 

Westall Rd  Left 

Burney Drive  End of road right 

Westall Rd  End of road right 

Rectory Lane  End of road right 

Goldings Hill A121  Left 

Epping New Rd A104  Left 

Church Rd  End of road left 

High Rd  Right 

Station Rd  End of road left 

Alderton Hill  Left 

 Brook Rd/Brooklyn Ave  Traffic light right 

High Rd  Left 

Driving Test Centre