Watch driving test routes in Morden

Route 1 from Morden test centre goes along Stonecot Hill into the residential streets around Burleigh Road, Ridge Road and Garth Road, where the road narrows again and again between parked cars. It comes back via the busy roundabout on Lower Morden Lane, Hillcross Avenue and Crown Lane to London Road and Epsom Road. Expect 20 mph streets, narrowings where you have to know who has priority, yellow boxes and a cycle box at the lights.

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1. 0:00
   Tudor Drive

   The right lane for the right turn at the lights onto Stonecot Hill, then a yellow box we only enter when our exit is clear.

2. 0:40
   Stonecot Hill

   The signs say 20 mph, even though the sat nav still shows 30. A zebra crossing, then left into Burleigh Road with mirror, shoulder and signal.

3. 1:24
   Burleigh Road

   Parked cars on both sides and cars coming, so we slow down and are ready to wait in a gap.

4. 2:34
   Ridge Road

   Right into Beeches Road with roadworks at the corner, then two give way lines where we look right before turning left.

5. 4:14
   Stonecot Hill

   Right into Garth Road across the oncoming traffic. It is a busy road, so we wait for a safe gap without feeling rushed.

6. 5:23
   Garth Road

   The road narrows again and again: sometimes we have priority, sometimes they do. Straight on at a mini roundabout, then a sharp right bend with a car coming.

7. 8:25
   Lower Morden Lane

   On to the busy roundabout, where we give way to traffic already on it.

8. 8:55
   Lower Morden Lane Hillcross roundaboutTricky spot 04

   A busy roundabout on Lower Morden Lane where cars keep coming round from the right. Expect to wait for a gap before turning off to Hillcross Avenue.

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9. 9:39
   Hillcross Avenue

   Still 20 mph on this wide road, and a zebra crossing.

10. 12:57
    Links Avenue

    KEEP CLEAR markings, then a red light with a cycle box: we stop at the first white line. After the lights a yellow box we only enter when our exit is clear.

11. 14:29
    Crown Lane

    A KEEP CLEAR marking, then the right lane and a yellow box for the right turn onto London Road.

12. 15:24
    London Road

    The lanes split and we keep to a lane with the straight arrow, then the limit goes up to 30 mph. In the slow queue we stop where we can still see the tyres of the car ahead.

13. 18:04
    Epsom Road

    The lane with the right arrow for the right turn into Tudor Drive, back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Tudor Drive
2. 2Stonecot Hill
3. 3Burleigh Road
4. 4Ridge Road
5. 5Beeches Road
6. 6Stonecot Hill
7. 7Garth Road
8. 8Lower Morden Lane
9. 9Hillcross Avenue
10. 10Links Avenue
11. 11Crown Lane
12. 12London RoadA24
13. 13Epsom Road
14. 14Tudor Drive

Route 2 from Morden test centre heads along Epsom Road and Central Road to Green Lane and the big Rosehill Roundabout with its lights and lane words. It comes back along Rose Hill, Sutton Common Road, Oldfields Road and the narrow Hamilton Avenue to the A24 London Road and Stonecot Hill. Expect a long queue at Rosehill, zebra crossings, KEEP CLEAR markings and a narrow street where we have to give way.

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1. 0:00
   Tudor Drive

   The left lane for the left turn onto Epsom Road, stopping at the line on red.

2. 1:20
   Epsom Road

   Buses at the stops: we pass with room, but give way if one signals to pull away. Then the right turn lane for Central Road, a cycle box at the lights and the start of the 20 mph limit.

3. 3:05
   Green Lane

   A yellow box and a zebra crossing. The limit is 20, then 30 and then 20 again in the queue for Rosehill Roundabout, where we pick the lane for Rose Hill early.

4. 6:38
   Rosehill Roundabout

   We queue for the roundabout in the lane we picked for Rose Hill.

5. 7:41
   Rosehill Roundabout lanes to Rose HillTricky spot 07

   Rosehill Roundabout is a big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout itself. Lane words are painted on the road and the left lane turns off.

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6. 8:18
   Rose Hill

   The limit goes up to 30 mph. Then we bear right onto Angel Hill with mirrors, blind spot and signal.

7. 10:25
   Angel Hill

   At the give way line we turn right onto Sutton Common Road, looking both ways.

8. 11:38
   Sutton Common Road zebra KEEP CLEARTricky spot 06

   Two zebra crossings close together on Sutton Common Road, followed by KEEP CLEAR markings at two side roads.

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9. 12:21
   Oldfields Road

   The limit is 40 mph. We take the right lane early for Gander Green Lane and wait for the green arrow, not following the van ahead blindly.

10. 14:48
    Gander Green Lane

    Back to 20 mph, and a KEEP CLEAR marking we do not stop on.

11. 15:40
    Hamilton Avenue

    Parked cars on both sides. A trailer on our side and a car coming: we wait behind it, and as there is not enough room we reverse slowly to let the car by.

12. 18:25
    Hamilton Avenue give way onto A24Tricky spot 02

    From Hamilton Avenue we turn right onto the busy A24 London Road. Traffic comes from both sides, including buses and lorries.

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13. 18:49
    London Road and Stonecot Hill

    A zebra crossing, then Stonecot Hill, where signs and markings show 20 mph although the sat nav says 30. The left lane for the left turn onto Tudor Drive, back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Tudor Drive
2. 2Epsom Road
3. 3Central Road

Route 3 from Morden test centre crosses the three lane roundabout on Lower Morden Lane to Grand Drive, Cannon Hill Lane and Martin Way, then goes through Raynes Park on Kingston Road, Approach Road and Coombe Lane. It joins the A3 Beverley Way for a short stretch, leaves on the slip road for Bushey Road and comes back along Grand Drive. Expect long 20 mph stretches, busy roundabouts, a 50 mph dual carriageway and a queue on the slip road.

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1. 0:00
   Tudor Drive

   20 mph and two zebra crossings on the way to the roundabout.

2. 1:23
   Grand Drive three lane roundaboutTricky spot 03

   A zebra crossing, then straight onto a big three lane roundabout. For Grand Drive you need the middle lane with the right arrow.

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3. 1:54
   Grand Drive

   A KEEP CLEAR marking, then right at the lights onto Cannon Hill Lane after letting an oncoming van go first.

4. 2:53
   Cannon Hill Lane

   A bus coming between parked cars, left at a mini roundabout and a narrowing where we have priority. Still 20 mph on the long open stretch, then left at a busy roundabout onto Martin Way.

5. 5:57
   Martin Way

   A zebra crossing and a bus between parked cars. The right lane for the right turn onto Bushey Road, waiting behind a car that also turns right.

6. 7:33
   Bushey Road

   The left lane for the left turn at the lights onto Kingston Road.

7. 8:07
   Kingston Road

   Others may turn off here, so we keep a good gap to the car ahead.

8. 10:10
   Approach Road

   The lane with the right arrow for Raynes Park Bridge, then a yellow box we only enter when our exit is clear.

9. 11:05
   Coombe Lane

   We move into the right lane early to go straight ahead. Two lanes, but the limit is 20 mph, and a zebra crossing just before the roundabout.

10. 13:42
    Coombe Lane roundabout

    Roadworks on the roundabout: we look right, give way and follow the cones, then another zebra crossing.

11. 14:15
    Joining the A3 Beverley WayTricky spot 16

    A KEEP CLEAR marking at the junction, then a short slip road onto the A3 Beverley Way, a 50 mph dual carriageway. You join from a very low speed while the traffic is already moving fast.

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12. 15:26
    Leaving the A3 for Bushey RoadTricky spot 13

    We leave the A3 on the slip road for Bushey Road. The limit drops from 50 to 40 mph and traffic often queues on the slip road.

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13. 16:35
    Bushey Road

    Left at the give way line onto Bushey Road, where the limit is 30 mph. A KEEP CLEAR marking, then the right turn lane for Grand Drive.

14. 19:02
    Grand Drive

    Back to 20 mph. A KEEP CLEAR marking, a yellow box after the lights and a mini roundabout where we go straight on. Shops and parked cars, so we watch for people stepping out.

15. 24:05
    Lower Morden Lane roundabout

    We follow Tudor Drive at the big roundabout, giving way to the right and keeping off the KEEP CLEAR marking on it.

16. 24:21
    Tudor Drive

    A zebra crossing with people nearby and the first drops of rain on the way back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Tudor Drive
2. 2Grand Drive
3. 3Cannon Hill Lane

Route 4 from Morden test centre goes along Sutton Common Road and Forest Road and crosses the busy Saint Helier Avenue in two stages. It continues on Middleton Road, Bishopsford Road and Morden Road to the Morden Hall Road roundabout, and comes back along the A24 London Road and Epsom Road. Expect 20 mph zones, mini roundabouts, cycle boxes, yellow boxes and a dual carriageway crossing.

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1. 0:00
   Tudor Drive

   A queue at the lights: we stop where we can still see the tyres of the car ahead. Straight on in the left lane, then a yellow box we only enter when our exit is clear.

2. 1:09
   Sutton Common Road

   Left at the mini roundabout onto Forest Road, looking right and giving way.

3. 2:11
   Forest Road

   A 20 mph zone painted on the road and parked cars on both sides, then straight on at another mini roundabout to Love Lane.

4. 4:32
   Saint Helier Avenue crossingTricky spot 05

   We cross Saint Helier Avenue, a busy dual carriageway, in two stages, with a give way line on each side of the middle.

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5. 4:54
   Furness Road

   Parked cars on both sides, then right at a small roundabout onto Middleton Road.

6. 5:43
   Middleton Road

   A school area with a zebra crossing, and a red light with a cycle box where we stop at the first line. Left at the lights onto Bishopsford Road, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists.

7. 9:06
   Bishopsford Road

   A yellow box we do not stop on, before London Road.

8. 10:48
   London Road

   A zebra crossing and a KEEP CLEAR marking. Someone is already crossing ahead, so we slow down and give way, then left at the lights onto Morden Road with a cycle lane on our left.

9. 11:57
   Morden Road

   It starts to rain, so we leave a bigger gap. The right lane for the right turn at the roundabout.

10. 14:21
    Morden Hall Road roundabout lightsTricky spot 11

    A roundabout with traffic lights at the entry, where we go about three quarters of the way round to Morden Hall Road.

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11. 15:24
    Aberconway Road

    The limit drops to 20 mph.

12. 16:24
    London Road

    A yellow box, then 30 mph. The right lane to bear right at the lights onto Epsom Road, with a cycle box where we stop at the first line.

13. 19:33
    Epsom Road

    Going straight ahead we check the left mirror and blind spot before moving left, then right at the lights into Tudor Drive, back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Tudor Drive
2. 2Sutton Common Road
3. 3Forest Road

Route 5 from Morden test centre goes along the A24 through Morden town centre, with yellow boxes at Crown Road and Aberconway Road, then round Morden Hall Road into the narrow Wandle Road and Morton Road. It comes back through Bishopsford Road, Middleton Road, Love Lane and Forest Road to Sutton Common Road. Expect yellow boxes, narrow roads with parked cars, mini roundabouts and limits that change between 20 and 30 mph.

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1. 0:00
   Tudor Drive

   The left lane for the left turn at the lights onto Epsom Road.

2. 0:33
   Epsom Road

   The limit here is 30 mph.

3. 2:03
   London Road

   Into the right lane with mirror, shoulder and signal, past a bus lane we keep out of, then the limit drops to 20 mph.

4. 3:49
   London Road yellow box lightsTricky spot 08

   On the A24 London Road in Morden traffic queues for the lights at Crown Road. A yellow box starts right after the stop line, and just past the junction the limit drops to 20 mph.

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5. 4:35
   London Road yellow boxes Aberconway RoadTricky spot 10

   Two yellow boxes within a few seconds on London Road, then the lanes split and we turn right at the lights into Aberconway Road.

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6. 5:00
   Aberconway Road

   The right lane at the lights for the right turn onto Morden Hall Road.

7. 6:01
   Morden Hall Road

   30 mph, then left at the roundabout onto Morden Road with a crossing just after our exit where someone is waiting. Back to 20 mph and into the right turn lane for Wandle Road.

8. 7:24
   Wandle Road

   Parked cars on both sides, so we keep the speed down and are ready to stop for oncoming traffic.

9. 9:19
   Morton Road parked carsTricky spot 12

   Morton Road is narrow, with cars parked on both sides. Twice a parked vehicle on our side meets a car coming the other way.

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10. 9:57
    Morton Road

    A give way line where we look both ways, a narrowing with parked cars on our side, then right at the give way line onto Bishopsford Road.

11. 10:45
    Bishopsford Road

    After the lights the limit goes up to 30 mph.

12. 12:33
    Bishopsford Road lights right turnTricky spot 09

    A right turn at traffic lights from Bishopsford Road into Middleton Road. There is no filter arrow, so oncoming traffic has priority.

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13. 12:49
    Middleton Road

    Back to 20 mph, then a school area with a zebra crossing.

14. 14:03
    Saint Helier Avenue lights

    Across Saint Helier Avenue at the lights, then the second exit at a roundabout onto Furness Road. Someone at a parked car on our side, so we give them plenty of room.

15. 15:19
    Love Lane

    30 mph on Love Lane, then a mini roundabout after a parked lorry where we go ahead onto Forest Road.

16. 16:06
    Forest Road

    20 is painted on the road, even though the sat nav shows 30, and a parked car on our side with cars coming.

17. 16:59
    Forest Road mini roundaboutTricky spot 01

    We turn right at a mini roundabout from Forest Road onto Sutton Common Road, and the limit goes up from 20 to 30 mph.

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18. 17:27
    Sutton Common Road

    It starts to rain, so we leave a bigger gap. A KEEP CLEAR marking, then the yellow box at the junction, where we may stand on it to turn right.

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

1. 1Tudor Drive
2. 2Epsom Road
3. 3London RoadA24