Watch driving test routes in Barnet

Route 1 from Barnet test centre is the Ridge route, a long loop west and north of the town. It climbs through Chipping Barnet with its yellow boxes, winds along the narrow May's Lane, then takes the 50 mph Barnet Bypass to Stirling Corner and Bignells Corner, two big roundabouts with lights, before the 60 mph St Albans Road brings us back down the High Street.

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1. 0:00
   Raydean Road

   Out of the test centre road and give way at the end of Raydean Road. We look right, wait for a safe gap and turn left onto Great North Road.

2. 0:18
   Great North Road

   A busy A road where we stay in the right lane to go ahead, checking mirrors and blind spot before any lane change.

3. 1:37
   Barnet Hill

   Up Barnet Hill past KEEP CLEAR markings, which we never stop on. We move back to the left lane when it is safe, then take the right lane again before the top.

4. 3:07
   High Street

   The road splits and we keep right onto High Street through Chipping Barnet, with a KEEP CLEAR and slow traffic up to the lights. After the lights we turn left into the one way Union Street, bear left onto The Avenue and turn right at a mini roundabout onto Wood Street.

5. 4:22
   High Street yellow boxTricky spot 02

   Slow traffic leads to a yellow box at the lights in busy Chipping Barnet. Enter the box only when your exit is clear and never stop on it. Keep moving across and watch for cars joining from the side roads.

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6. 6:19
   Wood Street

   A zebra crossing, then a mini roundabout where we go straight on with another zebra right after it. Then left onto Elmbank Avenue between parked cars, giving way to oncoming traffic, and right at a mini roundabout onto Whitings Road.

7. 7:02
   Wood Street mini roundabout and zebraTricky spot 05

   A mini roundabout with a zebra crossing right after it, so there are two things to check in a row. Give way to traffic from the right, go round the centre and carry on straight. Look for anyone waiting at the zebra and be ready to stop.

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8. 9:06
   Whitings Road

   A 20 mph zone with parked cars and a lorry that narrows the road, so we make sure there is room before we pass. A zebra crossing, then left into Quinta Drive with traffic calming, and right at the T junction onto May's Lane.

9. 11:00
   May's Lane

   Back to 30 mph on a narrow lane with hedges, where we keep left and look well ahead for oncoming traffic. After the bends we give way at the end and turn left onto Barnet Road.

10. 12:39
    May's Lane sharp bendTricky spot 08

    A narrow lane with a sharp left bend marked by chevron signs, and more bends straight after it. Brake on the straight before the bend, not in it. Keep well to the left and keep your speed down through the right and left bends that follow.

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11. 14:30
    Barnet Road

    A 40 mph road, so we check the speedometer and build up speed smoothly on the way to Stirling Corner.

12. 16:12
    Stirling Corner

    Stirling Corner roundabout ahead, where we turn right, so we keep to the right lane in the queue.

13. 17:59
    Stirling Corner roundaboutTricky spot 14

    A big roundabout with lights at the entry and on the roundabout itself, so follow the lane markings. If you are in the wrong lane, check your mirrors and blind spot, signal and then move over. Our exit is the Barnet Bypass, a dual carriageway where the limit is 50 mph, not 70.

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14. 18:21
    Barnet Bypass

    A dual carriageway where the limit is 50 mph, not 70. We stay in the left lane and signal left for the slip road at our exit.

15. 21:48
    A1081 to Bignells Corner

    The slip road leads to a roundabout with lights where the traffic queues, so we slow down early. Two lanes, and we take the right lane with the straight ahead arrow.

16. 24:47
    Bignells Corner roundabout with lightsTricky spot 20

    A very large roundabout with painted lanes and traffic lights, so read the signs and arrows early. We keep to the lane with the straight arrow, stop at the line on red and check for traffic still crossing before we move off on green. Our exit is Saint Albans Road, which curves left.

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17. 25:54
    St Albans Road

    National speed limit, 60 mph on a single carriageway, so we brake before the bends. Straight on at a roundabout, then the limit drops to 30 mph and we slow down early for a crossing with someone waiting.

18. 31:52
    High Street

    Right at the lights across a yellow box, waiting at the line until our exit is clear, then a busy shopping street with people stepping out, a crossing with lights and more yellow boxes and KEEP CLEAR markings. Going downhill we keep under 30 mph.

19. 36:51
    Great North Road

    We get in the right lane early for the right turn at Western Parade, then drive slowly past parked cars on both sides back to the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3Barnet HillA1000
4. 4High StreetA1000
5. 5Union Street
6. 6The Avenue
7. 7Wood StreetA411
8. 8Barnet RoadA411
9. 9Elmbank Avenue
10. 10Trinder Road
11. 11Whitings Road
12. 12Quinta Drive
13. 13May's Lane
14. 14Barnet Gate Lane
15. 15Barnet RoadA411
16. 16Barnet BypassA1
17. 17St Albans RoadA1081
18. 18High StreetA1000
19. 19Barnet HillA1000
20. 20Great North RoadA1000
21. 21Raydean Road

Route 2 from Barnet test centre heads through New Barnet and East Barnet to Southgate and New Southgate, then back along the North Circular. It is a route of roundabouts and zebra crossings, with roadworks on Longmore Avenue, a very large yellow box where we join the 50 mph North Circular, a sharp slip road off it and the busy High Road through North Finchley and Whetstone.

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1. 0:00
   Great North Road

   Out of the test centre and right onto the busy Great North Road, waiting for a safe gap. A cyclist is ahead in our lane, so we stay well back and take the left lane for Lyonsdown Road.

2. 1:42
   Longmore Avenue

   We bear right onto Longmore Avenue and meet roadworks with temporary lights, stopping at the WAIT HERE sign on red. Then parked cars on both sides and a zebra crossing before the mini roundabout.

3. 4:14
   East Barnet Road mini roundabout and zebraTricky spot 03

   A mini roundabout where we bear right onto East Barnet Road, then a zebra crossing and a bus at its stop, all within a few seconds. Give way to the right, then look for anyone waiting at the zebra. If the bus signals to pull away, give way when it is safe.

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4. 6:06
   Cat Hill

   After a roundabout where we turn left to stay on East Barnet Road, we take the right lane and turn right at the lights onto Cat Hill, where there is no green arrow, so on green we give way to oncoming traffic first. Then two zebra crossings and parked cars on both sides on the way to the big roundabout.

5. 7:38
   Chase Side

   Round the roundabout onto Chase Side, signalling left after the exit before ours. A zebra crossing, then right at the lights onto Osidge Lane with no filter arrow, so we give way to oncoming traffic.

6. 10:05
   Osidge Lane

   Parked cars on our side with a car coming, so we give way, then a bus at its stop that we leave room for. After the roundabout come two more zebra crossings and two mini roundabouts, right at the first and left at the second onto Russell Lane.

7. 11:15
   Osidge Lane zebra and roundaboutTricky spot 09

   A zebra crossing sits right at the roundabout entry, and then we give way to busy traffic from the right. Look for anyone waiting at the zebra and be ready to stop. Wait at the line for a safe gap, go straight on and signal left after the exit before ours.

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8. 12:28
   Russell Lane

   A residential road with a zebra crossing just before the roundabout, where we look for anyone waiting first and then turn left onto Oakleigh Road North.

9. 13:50
   Oakleigh Road North

   Four zebra crossings along Oakleigh Road North, one with someone crossing, so we slow down and stop for them. The last one sits just before the Friern Barnet Road roundabout.

10. 17:05
    Friern Barnet Road roundaboutTricky spot 13

    A zebra crossing just before the roundabout, KEEP CLEAR markings on the roundabout and another zebra right after the exit. We turn right, a long way round, so give way to the right and never stop on the KEEP CLEAR. Signal left after the exit before ours, check your left mirror and be ready to stop at the second zebra.

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11. 17:56
    Station Road

    Left at the lights onto Station Road, where people are crossing at a zebra and we wait until they are clear. We take the lane marked A406 WEST and follow the road markings closely.

12. 20:00
    North Circular junction yellow boxTricky spot 19

    A very large yellow box at the North Circular where we turn right onto Pinkham Way, with traffic crossing in front of us. Because we are turning right, we may stand on the box and wait for oncoming traffic before we pass. Look out for traffic crossing in front of us as we turn.

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13. 23:03
    Leaving the North Circular for High RoadTricky spot 18

    We leave a 50 mph dual carriageway by a slip road that bends sharply left, as the chevrons show. Signal early, brake before the bend, not in it, and stop in the long queue where you can still see the tyres of the car ahead on the road. Stay in the left lane because we turn left at the lights, even if some cars pass on the right.

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14. 24:56
    High Road

    Left at the lights onto High Road, back to 30 mph, with a cycle box at the lights and a cycle lane we keep clear. At Tally Ho Corner both lanes turn left into Kingsway, then we take the right lane for the right turn onto Ballards Lane.

15. 29:51
    Ballards Lane and High Road

    North through Whetstone past a KEEP CLEAR, a bus at its stop and four zebra crossings, one with someone walking towards it. A lorry in our lane means a lane change with mirrors, shoulder and signal, then back to the left.

16. 34:53
    Totteridge Lane lights

    The lane splits at the lights and we go straight on from the middle lane. Then parked cars on our side, a KEEP CLEAR and someone standing in the road on our left, who gets plenty of room.

17. 36:56
    Great North Road

    Two more zebra crossings on Great North Road, then we turn into the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3Lyonsdown RoadB193

Route 3 from Barnet test centre is the North Finchley route, the longest of the six. It crawls down the High Road through Whetstone to the right turn at the Totteridge Lane lights, winds through the residential streets of Woodside Park to Nether Street and Ballards Lane, then takes Woodhouse Road and Colney Hatch Lane to the North Circular. It comes back through New Southgate and the 20 mph streets around Friern Barnet, with a right turn onto the busy Great North Road at the end.

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1. 0:00
   Great North Road

   Out of the test centre road and right onto Great North Road, creeping forward to look both ways. We go straight on, so we get out of the arrow lane in good time, then a zebra crossing.

2. 1:39
   High Road Whetstone

   An ambulance comes up behind us, so we keep left and let it pass. Then a long, slow run through Whetstone with a pedestrian crossing, roadworks on the left and a KEEP CLEAR, before we take the right lane for the right turn onto Totteridge Lane.

3. 8:37
   Totteridge Lane right turn at the lightsTricky spot 04

   A right turn at traffic lights with no green arrow, where a lorry turns right ahead of us. On green, move up behind the lorry and wait in the junction for a safe gap in the oncoming traffic. Do not follow the lorry blindly: turn only when you have your own safe gap, then keep to the left.

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4. 9:07
   Totteridge Lane

   Parked cars, where we keep a door's width, then a zebra crossing just before we turn left onto Longland Drive.

5. 10:09
   Longland Drive

   Quiet residential roads through Woodside Park with parked cars on both sides, where we give way to oncoming traffic when the road is blocked. Left at a small roundabout onto Sussex Ring, then a give way where we turn left onto Nether Street.

6. 14:30
   Nether Street

   Parked cars on both sides, so we look well ahead and are ready to give way, on the way to the busy T junction with Ballards Lane.

7. 15:22
   Nether Street onto Ballards LaneTricky spot 11

   A busy T junction where we turn left onto Ballards Lane, with buses and vans passing and KEEP CLEAR markings on the road we join. Check your left mirror and shoulder, signal left, give way at the line and look right for a safe gap without rushing. Do not stop on the KEEP CLEAR, even if the traffic queues.

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8. 15:44
   Ballards Lane

   Two lanes, and we turn right onto High Road, so we take the right lane with the right arrow.

9. 16:13
   High Road North Finchley

   A short stretch of High Road, then left mirror, left shoulder and signal left for Woodhouse Road.

10. 17:00
    Woodhouse Road

    A 20 mph zone with two zebra crossings and a bus ahead. Straight on at a roundabout, back to 30 mph and a KEEP CLEAR that we stop before, not on.

11. 19:28
    Right lane for Colney Hatch Lane

    We take the right lane with the right turn arrow for Colney Hatch Lane and wait in the queue, stopping at the first white line of the cycle box.

12. 22:53
    Colney Hatch Lane right turnTricky spot 12

    A right turn at traffic lights with no green arrow, so oncoming traffic goes first. On green, move up into the junction and wait for a safe gap. Buses and cars keep coming, so turn only when the gap is safe and check both ways before you go.

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13. 23:15
    Colney Hatch Lane

    Parked cars on our side, two mini roundabouts where we go straight on without driving over the middle, a KEEP CLEAR, then left at the lights onto Atlas Road for the North Circular.

14. 25:21
    North Circular Road

    A slip road onto the North Circular, matching the speed and checking the right mirror and blind spot before we merge. The limit is 50 mph but the traffic queues, then drops to 40 and 30 mph through a long underpass where we use dipped headlights. We stay in the left lane marked A109 for Station Road.

15. 32:25
    Station Road

    A bus at its stop and two zebra crossings through New Southgate, then the left lane with the left arrow for the lights onto Friern Barnet Road.

16. 35:44
    Friern Barnet Road

    A zebra crossing with someone crossing, then we position early for the right turn into Glenthorne Road.

17. 36:53
    Glenthorne Road

    A 20 mph zone with parked cars on both sides, where we look ahead for a gap. We pull up and move off again with mirrors and a right blind spot check, then right at the T junction onto Bethune Avenue, left onto Park Way and right at the T junction onto Friern Barnet Lane.

18. 39:43
    Friern Barnet Lane

    Back to 30 mph, with bends and islands ahead where we brake on the straight before each bend, then right into Myddelton Park.

19. 41:01
    Myddelton Park

    A zebra crossing and parked cars on both sides, where we are ready to pull into a gap.

20. 42:24
    Oakleigh Park South

    Right at a small roundabout onto Oakleigh Park North, signalling left after the exit before ours, then a pedestrian crossing and left onto Northumberland Road.

21. 45:05
    Northumberland Road

    Still 30 mph on a residential road, on the way to the give way at the end.

22. 46:00
    Northumberland Road onto Great North RoadTricky spot 01

    A right turn onto the busy A1000 Great North Road, with traffic coming from both sides. Slow down for the give way and be ready to stop at the line. Creep forward slowly, look left and right, and turn only when there is a safe gap, then build up speed smoothly.

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23. 46:23
    Great North Road

    Back along Great North Road to the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3High RoadA1000

Route 4 from Barnet test centre is the Southgate route, the longest drive at 51 minutes. It goes through New Barnet and East Barnet to the Cat Hill roundabout, along Chase Side into Southgate and round Southgate Circus, then through the 20 mph streets of Cannon Hill and Powys Lane to the North Circular. It comes back over Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet Road and Oakleigh Road, with yellow boxes, zebra crossings and KEEP CLEAR markings all the way.

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1. 0:00
   Great North Road

   Out of the test centre and right onto the busy main road, without feeling rushed, waiting for a safe gap. Then the left lane for the left turn at the lights onto Lyonsdown Road, checking the left mirror for cyclists.

2. 1:18
   Lyonsdown Road

   A sharp bend where we slow down early and stay well left.

3. 1:42
   Longmore Avenue

   Roadworks, a zebra crossing and a narrow railway arch where we keep left and watch for oncoming traffic. Then right at a roundabout onto East Barnet Road.

4. 3:48
   East Barnet Road

   A zebra crossing just after the roundabout, parked cars and shops where we watch for doors and people, then left at a small roundabout and right at the lights onto Cat Hill.

5. 5:47
   Cat Hill

   Two zebra crossings on the way up to the big roundabout, where we signal right and give way to the right.

6. 7:05
   Cat Hill roundabout to Chase SideTricky spot 07

   A large roundabout where we go almost all the way round to the right, and our exit is Chase Side. Check your mirrors, signal right and give way to traffic from the right. Signal left after the exit before ours, then check your left mirror.

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7. 7:24
   Chase Side

   A long run along Chase Side into Southgate with a KEEP CLEAR, a bus ahead that is not signalling, a roundabout and a 20 mph zone that the nav does not show, so we check the speedometer. Then round to the right at Southgate Circus for High Street, with a zebra crossing at the entry.

8. 15:24
   High Street

   A yellow box we enter only when our exit is clear, then two zebra crossings before the roundabout where we turn left onto Cannon Hill.

9. 17:42
   Cannon Hill

   Two zebra crossings, then lights where we go straight on into Powys Lane, keeping out of the left turn lane, and right at a mini roundabout onto Wilmer Way.

10. 19:45
    Wilmer Way

    KEEP CLEAR markings and a pedestrian crossing, then the middle lane marked A406 to go straight on to the North Circular.

11. 22:36
    North Circular Road

    A yellow box across the junction, then the left lane marked A406 and another yellow box at the lights. The limit goes up to 40 and then 50 mph before we take the slip road at our exit, with a yellow box at the end of it.

12. 26:58
    Colney Hatch Lane

    Right at the lights onto Colney Hatch Lane, following the lane arrows. The lanes merge into one, then two yellow boxes and two mini roundabouts where we go straight on. We move right in good time for the right turn at the lights onto Friern Barnet Road, with no green arrow, so we give way to oncoming traffic.

13. 33:25
    Friern Barnet Road

    A yellow box after the lights, someone crossing in the traffic, a bus signalling to pull away that we let out, and parked cars on our side. Then the left lane to go straight on at the lights and a zebra crossing just before the roundabout.

14. 39:21
    Oakleigh Road South

    Left at the roundabout onto Oakleigh Road South and on into Oakleigh Road North, with zebra crossings, parked cars on both sides, a roundabout and three KEEP CLEAR markings. We take the right lane for the right turn at the lights onto High Road.

15. 47:33
    High Road

    The middle lane for straight on at the lights, then parked cars, a KEEP CLEAR, a zebra crossing and a bus at its stop through Whetstone.

16. 50:15
    Great North Road

    A last zebra crossing on Great North Road before the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3Lyonsdown RoadB193

Route 5 from Barnet test centre is the Whetstone route, the shortest of the six at 30 minutes. It goes through New Barnet on Station Road, Hamilton Road and Mount Pleasant to Cockfosters Road and Chase Side, with a right turn at the lights onto Osidge Lane, then back via Russell Lane and Oakleigh Road North to Whetstone. Totteridge Lane and the narrow, bendy Barnet Lane bring us back to Underhill and the test centre.

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1. 0:00
   Great North Road

   Out of the test centre and along Great North Road to the lights, where we signal right and give way to oncoming traffic before turning into Station Road.

2. 0:33
   Station Road

   Through New Barnet with zebra crossings, parked cars on both sides and a narrow railway bridge where we have priority but stay ready to slow down. After a mini roundabout we turn left at the lights into a 20 mph zone with a STOP sign, then left onto Park Road and right at a roundabout onto Hamilton Road.

3. 5:51
   Hamilton Road

   Parked vans and cars on our side, so we look well ahead and give way to oncoming traffic, then right at the T junction onto Mount Pleasant.

4. 6:36
   Mount Pleasant

   Parked cars on both sides with traffic coming, so we wait in a gap. A KEEP CLEAR at a junction, then a busy road where we wait for a safe gap and turn right onto Cockfosters Road.

5. 8:51
   Cockfosters Road

   A crossing with lights where we stop on red and give way on flashing amber, a bus signalling to pull away that we let out, then straight on at the roundabout onto Chase Side.

6. 10:11
   Chase Side

   A zebra crossing and a KEEP CLEAR at a side road on the way to the lights where we turn right.

7. 11:51
   Osidge Lane lights right turnTricky spot 10

   A right turn at traffic lights across oncoming traffic, with a bus and other cars coming through the junction. On green, move into the junction and wait in the middle for a safe gap. Do not feel rushed: when the road is clear, turn right onto Osidge Lane and keep to the left.

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8. 12:07
   Osidge Lane

   Straight on at the roundabout, two zebra crossings, then right at a mini roundabout and left onto Russell Lane.

9. 13:07
   Osidge Lane zebra and roundaboutTricky spot 09

   A zebra crossing sits right at the roundabout entry, and then we give way to busy traffic from the right. Look for anyone waiting at the zebra and be ready to stop. Wait at the line for a safe gap, go straight on and signal left after the exit before ours.

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10. 14:25
    Russell Lane

    A residential road that takes us to Oakleigh Road North.

11. 15:21
    Oakleigh Road North

    A queue ahead, where we stop so we can still see the tyres of the car in front. Then a KEEP CLEAR on the way to Whetstone.

12. 16:31
    Oakleigh Road North zebra and mini roundaboutTricky spot 06

    A zebra crossing right before a mini roundabout where we turn right, with a queue of traffic. Look for anyone waiting at the zebra, be ready to stop and keep the stripes clear. At the mini roundabout give way to the right and go round the centre.

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13. 18:31
    High Road

    We first pick the A1000 lane, but we need the left lane for Totteridge Lane, so we move over when we get the chance. A queue at the lights, then the lane marked TURN LEFT.

14. 20:15
    Totteridge Lane

    A bus at its stop and a zebra crossing, then the road narrows and bends through Totteridge, where we keep left and look well ahead. At the junction we bear right onto Barnet Lane.

15. 24:21
    Barnet Lane

    Sharp bends on a narrow road, so we brake before each bend, and the limit drops to 20 mph. A zebra crossing, then a give way where we turn right.

16. 28:09
    Underhill

    Right at the lights, stopping at the line on red and giving way to oncoming traffic. People are already crossing where we turn, so we wait for them.

17. 29:24
    Great North Road

    We move into the right lane in good time to turn right into the test centre, past parked cars on our side.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3Station RoadA110

Route 6 from Barnet test centre is the Torrington Park route, the hardest of the six. It runs down the High Road through Whetstone and along Oakleigh Road North to the Friern Barnet Road roundabout, then Colney Hatch Lane and Bobby Moore Way onto the 50 mph North Circular, which we leave by a sharp slip road for the High Road. After Tally Ho Corner it winds through the 20 mph streets of Torrington Park and Friary Road and comes back by Friern Barnet Lane, Myddelton Park and Northumberland Road.

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1. 0:00
   Great North Road

   Right out of the test centre road onto Great North Road, creeping forward to look both ways. The left lane bears off to the left, so we stay in our lane to go straight on, past a bus at its stop.

2. 1:24
   High Road Whetstone

   Through Whetstone with a zebra crossing, a pedestrian crossing and roadworks on our left, where we keep clear of the barriers. A KEEP CLEAR before the lights, where we turn left onto Oakleigh Road North.

3. 4:03
   Oakleigh Road North

   More roadworks and two KEEP CLEAR markings, then a zebra crossing just before a roundabout where we give way to the right. Three more zebra crossings, parked cars on our side and a bus stop on the long run down to the Friern Barnet Road roundabout.

4. 9:36
   Friern Barnet Road roundaboutTricky spot 13

   A zebra crossing just before the roundabout, KEEP CLEAR markings on the roundabout and another zebra right after the exit. We turn right, a long way round, so give way to the right and never stop on the KEEP CLEAR. Signal left after the exit before ours, check your left mirror and be ready to stop at the second zebra.

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5. 16:41
   Colney Hatch Lane

   After a slow crawl along Friern Barnet Road, with a zebra crossing, a side road we leave a gap for and people crossing between the cars, we turn left at the lights onto Colney Hatch Lane from the left lane. KEEP CLEAR markings in slow traffic, then we position early for the lights at Bobby Moore Way.

6. 18:23
   Bobby Moore Way right turnTricky spot 17

   A right turn at traffic lights on a wide road with a central reservation, just before the North Circular. Take the right lane early with mirrors, right shoulder and a signal right, because the left lane has arrows to turn left. On green we still give way to oncoming traffic and turn when there is a safe gap.

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7. 19:06
   Joining the North CircularTricky spot 16

   A slip road leads onto the North Circular, where the traffic moves fast. Match the speed, check your right mirror and blind spot, then merge into a gap if needed. The limit is 50 mph here, not 70, and we keep to the left lane.

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8. 20:09
   Leaving the North Circular for High RoadTricky spot 18

   We leave a 50 mph dual carriageway by a slip road that bends sharply left, as the chevrons show. Signal early, brake before the bend, not in it, and stop in the long queue where you can still see the tyres of the car ahead on the road. Stay in the left lane because we turn left at the lights, even if some cars pass on the right.

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9. 21:36
   High Road

   Left at the lights onto High Road, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists, and back to 30 mph. In North Finchley a red light with a cycle box, where we stop at the first white line.

10. 22:29
    High Road lane mergeTricky spot 15

    The left lane ends where a cycle lane starts, and in slow traffic we must merge into the right lane. Check your right mirror and blind spot, then merge in turn. A cycle lane with posts now runs on our left, so keep out of it and watch for cyclists.

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11. 26:04
    Tally Ho Corner

    Two lanes, and we follow the lane marked A1000 round the gyratory. Left at the lights, with lots of people about, then right at the next lights onto Ballards Lane.

12. 27:45
    Ballards Lane

    A KEEP CLEAR on Ballards Lane, then we signal right and wait for a safe gap in the oncoming traffic to turn into Torrington Park.

13. 30:20
    Torrington Park

    A 20 mph zone, so we check the speedometer and keep to 20.

14. 31:44
    Friary Road

    Friary Road is 20 mph too. We give way at the end and turn left onto Friern Barnet Lane, looking right for a safe gap.

15. 33:06
    Friern Barnet Lane

    Back to 30 mph, then a zebra crossing just before we turn right into Myddelton Park, where SLOW markings and bends follow and we brake on the straight before each bend.

16. 35:30
    Oakleigh Park South

    Parked cars on our side, where we give way to oncoming traffic, then a small roundabout where we leave onto Oakleigh Park North and a pedestrian crossing.

17. 37:47
    Northumberland Road

    Still 30 mph, then the T junction with the busy Great North Road, where we creep forward, look left and right and wait for a safe gap to turn right.

18. 39:20
    Great North Road

    Along Great North Road with left mirror, left shoulder and a signal left for the turn into Raydean Road and the test centre.

Every road on this route, in the order you drive them.

1. 1Raydean Road
2. 2Great North RoadA1000
3. 3High RoadA1000