Watch driving test routes in Sidcup

Route 1 from Sidcup test centre heads south along Maidstone Road towards Swanley, through the 20 mph zone on Birchwood Road and along the single track New Barn Road. It comes back on the A20 dual carriageway and leaves at Foots Cray for Crittall's Corner and Cray Road. Expect a narrow lane with the national limit, busy roundabouts and a fast join onto the A20.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   Out of the business estate and left at the give way lines onto Maidstone Road, looking right first.

2. 2:22
   Maidstone Road roundabout two lanesTricky spot 02

   A queue leads to a two lane approach at a big roundabout on Maidstone Road. We go straight on from the left lane, which has an arrow for left and ahead.

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3. 3:03
   Maidstone Road

   On the B2173 the limit goes up to 40 mph. Then SLOW on the road and a queue: we check the mirror and slow down early.

4. 5:56
   London Road yellow boxTricky spot 15

   A queue on London Road with a yellow box just before the lights, then a left turn into Birchwood Road, a narrow 20 mph road with parked cars.

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5. 6:44
   Leydenhatch Lane

   Right turn into Leydenhatch Lane with mirrors, blind spot and signal, letting the oncoming car pass first. The limit goes up to 30 mph.

6. 8:11
   New Barn Road single track laneTricky spot 20

   New Barn Road is a single track lane with hedges on both sides. The national speed limit applies, but there is only room for one car.

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7. 10:15
   Swanley Lane

   A pickup blocks the view at the junction, so we creep forward and look both ways before we turn right. 30 mph on Swanley Lane.

8. 11:52
   High Street

   Straight on at a roundabout, left onto the High Street at the next one and straight on at the small roundabout at its end, each time looking right and giving way.

9. 12:54
   London Road

   A pedestrian crossing with zigzag lines: we look for anyone waiting and are ready to stop.

10. 14:52
    A20

    The left lane at the lights for the slip road. Traffic merges in from the right, then we join the A20 with interior mirror, right mirror and blind spot. On the dual carriageway we keep a steady speed while traffic joins from the left.

11. 19:07
    Leaving the A20 at Foots CrayTricky spot 06

    We leave the A20 Sidcup Bypass for Foots Cray. The slip road widens to two lanes before the roundabout at Crittall's Corner, where we turn right.

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12. 19:37
    Crittall's Corner

    A big roundabout: we look right and wait for a safe gap without rushing.

13. 20:26
    Cray Road

    30 mph on Cray Road, then the right lane where the lanes split for the right turn at the lights.

14. 21:57
    Foots Cray High Street

    Right at the lights with no filter arrow, giving way to oncoming traffic. A KEEP CLEAR we leave free and a zebra just before our left turn back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Maidstone RoadB2173
3. 3London Road
4. 4Birchwood Road
5. 5Leydenhatch Lane
6. 6New Barn Road
7. 7Swanley LaneB258
8. 8High Street
9. 9London Road
10. 10A20A20
11. 11Sidcup BypassA20
12. 12Cray Road
13. 13Foots Cray High Street
14. 14Maidstone RoadA211

Route 2 from Sidcup test centre goes along Edgington Way to Crittall's Corner and Sevenoaks Way, then through the estates around Midfield Way, Chipperfield Road and Leesons Hill. It comes back along Bull Lane and Perry Street to Frognal Corner, Chislehurst Road and Sidcup High Street. Expect lots of mini roundabouts, a queue at temporary lights and zebra crossings in the town centre.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   A 15 mph estate road where we watch for people by the parked vans, then left at the give way onto Maidstone Road, looking right first. 30 mph.

2. 1:43
   Maidstone Road roundabout

   The right lane for the right turn. In the queue we look right ourselves instead of following the car at the line, wait for a safe gap and signal left for Edgington Way.

3. 2:57
   Edgington Way

   A KEEP CLEAR marking we do not stop on, even when traffic queues.

4. 3:52
   Crittall's Corner under the A20 flyoverTricky spot 05

   From a give way line we join Crittall's Corner, a big two lane roundabout under the A20 flyover, and leave for Sevenoaks Way.

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5. 4:27
   Sevenoaks Way

   30 mph and a KEEP CLEAR. After the lights two lanes become one: right mirror and blind spot, and we let others merge.

6. 5:30
   Midfield Way

   Right into Midfield Way from the right turn lane, waiting behind the car ahead instead of following it blindly. A mini roundabout, parked cars with a bus at the stop opposite, then left at a mini roundabout onto Chipperfield Road.

7. 6:54
   Chipperfield Road

   Two mini roundabouts straight on, then a sharp bend we brake for before the next mini roundabout.

8. 9:00
   Leesons Hill

   A bus ahead: we keep a safe gap. Then right at the mini roundabout onto Saint Paul's Cray Road, the A208.

9. 13:49
   Bull Lane parked van and carsTricky spot 19

   Bull Lane is narrow, with a parked van and cars on our side, people walking and cars coming towards us.

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10. 14:40
    Perry Street

    Right at the T junction onto the A222: we creep forward, look left and right and wait for a safe gap without rushing.

11. 16:50
    Frognal Corner

    We give way to traffic from the right and wait for a safe gap, then signal left after the exit before ours for Sidcup.

12. 17:12
    Chislehurst Road

    A queue for temporary lights at roadworks: we stop where we can still see the tyres of the car ahead and go only on green, checking that the single lane is clear.

13. 18:34
    The Green

    Right turn onto The Green with mirrors, blind spot and signal, looking for oncoming cars.

14. 19:37
    Sidcup High Street zebras and roundaboutsTricky spot 09

    Sidcup High Street is a busy shopping street with two zebra crossings and two mini roundabouts close together.

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15. 21:54
    Sidcup Hill

    Two lanes for the lights: we keep to the left lane to go straight on.

16. 23:14
    Foots Cray High Street

    Left into Maidstone Road with left mirror, blind spot and signal, back to 15 mph on the estate road.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Edgington Way
3. 3Sevenoaks WayA224

Route 3 from Sidcup test centre crosses Crittall's Corner onto the A20 Sidcup Bypass and comes off at Frognal Corner for Perry Street and Bull Lane. It goes along Poverest Road and the High Street, then out on the narrow lanes Sheepcote Lane and Hockenden Lane and back along Maidstone Road. Expect a 50 mph dual carriageway, narrow lanes with sharp bends and parked cars in the High Street.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   Out of the estate and left at the give way lines onto Maidstone Road, looking right and waiting for a safe gap.

2. 1:42
   Maidstone Road roundabout

   The right lane for the right turn onto Edgington Way. We give way to the right and signal left after the exit before ours.

3. 2:09
   Edgington Way

   A KEEP CLEAR we leave free, then we bear left for Bromley, give way and turn right.

4. 3:48
   Crittall's Corner

   Give way to the right under the A20 and follow the lane markings, then signal left for the slip road to the A20.

5. 4:15
   Sidcup Bypass

   The limit is 50 mph here, not 70. Our lane carries on, so we check the right mirror for cars alongside, then stay left and signal for the exit to Bromley.

6. 5:15
   Frognal Corner

   30 mph before the roundabout, then left onto Perry Street, giving way to the right.

7. 5:36
   Perry Street

   A KEEP CLEAR we do not stop on.

8. 7:26
   Bull Lane

   Left into Bull Lane with mirror, shoulder and signal. Parked cars on the other side and cars coming: we keep left and are ready to slow down. Then left at the give way onto Church Lane.

9. 8:39
   Saint Paul's Cray Road

   Straight on at a roundabout, looking right and giving way.

10. 10:36
    Orpington Road

    Left at the roundabout onto Poverest Road, signalling left and giving way to the right.

11. 12:15
    Poverest Road

    Parked cars and oncoming traffic, including a bus: we give plenty of room, keep left and wait in a gap when needed. Two mini roundabouts on Kent Road, then left onto the High Street with a zebra just after.

12. 15:13
    High Street parked van and carsTricky spot 21

    On this High Street a parked van and cars line our side and traffic is coming towards us, so there is no room to pass at the same time.

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13. 16:18
    Crockenhill Road

    After a zebra crossing we turn right at the mini roundabout, pass more parked cars and the limit goes back to 30 mph.

14. 18:35
    Sheepcote Lane

    Left into Sheepcote Lane, a narrow lane with no centre line and a 40 mph limit. We look well ahead for oncoming cars and brake on the straight before the sharp bends.

15. 21:12
    Hockenden Lane

    The limit drops to 30 mph and goes back to 40 on a narrow lane. We slow down and keep left for an oncoming car and look through the narrow underpass early.

16. 23:26
    Maidstone Road

    Left at the give way onto Maidstone Road. A van ahead stops to turn right and we hold back. The limit drops to 30 mph with cyclists on the left.

17. 26:14
    Maidstone Road roundabout

    We take the A211 Maidstone Road: give way to the right and signal left after Edgington Way, the exit before ours.

18. 27:17
    Maidstone Road

    Right turn before the zebra across the oncoming queue, then 15 mph on the estate road back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Edgington Way
3. 3Sidcup BypassA20

Route 4 from Sidcup test centre goes all the way round the Maidstone Road roundabout and up through Foots Cray and Sidcup Hill to Knoll Road, Station Road and the streets around Old Farm Park. It comes back on the A20 from Sidcup Road over Frognal Corner to Crittall's Corner, Cray Road and Foots Cray High Street. Expect KEEP CLEAR markings, a school area, parked cars and changing speed limits on the A20.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   Left at the give way lines onto Maidstone Road, looking right and waiting for a safe gap. In the slow queue by the shops we keep a gap and watch for people crossing between the cars.

2. 2:02
   Maidstone Road roundabout

   We go all the way round from the right lane: look right, wait for a safe gap, keep right and signal left after the exit before ours.

3. 3:27
   Foots Cray High Street

   A zebra crossing, then a KEEP CLEAR in the queue: we wait before the marking so we do not stop on it.

4. 4:23
   Sidcup Hill

   Another zebra crossing, then right into Knoll Road with mirrors, blind spot and signal, waiting for a safe gap.

5. 5:31
   Knoll Road

   Straight on at a mini roundabout. A car pulls out, parked cars on our side and a school area where we give way to oncoming traffic, then a give way line where we look right and left.

6. 8:48
   Station Road

   Right at the T junction while someone crosses, then a busy road where we creep forward and wait for a safe gap. In the queue we stop where we can see the tyres of the car ahead, then a parked car on our side with a car coming.

7. 11:24
   York Avenue

   Right into York Avenue, watching the children on bikes. Parked cars on both sides and a car coming: we slow down and wait in a gap.

8. 13:27
   Footscray Road

   Right at the T junction, creeping forward slowly and looking left and right.

9. 14:20
   Sidcup Road

   Left at the give way onto the A20. The limit is 40 mph on this dual carriageway, not 70.

10. 15:17
    Sidcup Bypass

    The limit is now 50 mph: we keep to the left lane at a steady speed, then leave on the slip road for Sidcup and slow down on the slip road, not on the carriageway.

11. 16:13
    Frognal Corner roundabout A20 slipTricky spot 11

    A slip road off the A20 leads to Frognal Corner, a two lane roundabout where we go straight on and rejoin the A20.

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12. 17:02
    Sidcup Bypass

    Traffic joins from our right and our lane carries on. We leave soon for Foots Cray.

13. 17:28
    Crittall's Corner

    The left lane with the left arrow for Cray Road, and the limit drops to 30 mph.

14. 17:54
    Cray Road

    Into the right lane for the right turn at the lights, with mirrors, blind spot and signal.

15. 19:18
    Cray Road lights right turnTricky spot 01

    A right turn at the lights from Cray Road onto Foots Cray High Street. There is no green arrow, so oncoming traffic still goes first on green.

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16. 19:42
    Foots Cray High Street

    A KEEP CLEAR, then a zebra and left onto Maidstone Road. 15 mph in the business estate back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Foots Cray High Street
3. 3Sidcup Hill

Route 5 from Sidcup test centre goes up North Cray Road to Bexley, under the railway bridge on Bexley High Street and out along Parkhill Road and Woodside Lane to the double roundabout on Blendon Road. It comes back on Sherwood Park Avenue, The Oval, Halfway Street, Station Road and Knoll Road. Expect zebra crossings, yellow boxes, narrow streets with parked cars and a 20 mph zone.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   A business estate at the start where we drive slowly and watch for vehicles pulling out, then left at the give way onto Maidstone Road.

2. 1:34
   Maidstone Road roundabout

   Left onto North Cray Road. We wait behind the car at the line and look right ourselves.

3. 1:51
   North Cray Road

   40 mph, lanes merge where we let others in, straight on at a roundabout, then 30 mph and a 20 mph zone before another roundabout.

4. 6:22
   Bexley High Street

   A zebra crossing and a KEEP CLEAR marking.

5. 6:48
   Bexley railway bridge zebra yellow boxTricky spot 17

   A slow queue under the railway bridge in Bexley, a zebra crossing at the bridge exit and then a yellow box at the next junction while traffic is still queuing.

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6. 7:20
   Bexley High Street

   We bear left at the mini roundabout, giving way to the right, then another zebra crossing.

7. 8:18
   Parkhill Road

   The limit goes up to 30 mph: we build up speed smoothly.

8. 10:29
   Woodside Lane

   Right turn into Woodside Lane, looking for oncoming traffic. Parked cars on our side, then right at the give way onto Blendon Road, looking right, left and right again.

9. 11:48
   Blendon Road

   A busy road: we wait for a safe gap without feeling rushed.

10. 12:23
    Blendon Road double roundaboutTricky spot 18

    Two roundabouts close together on Blendon Road, with two lanes and a bus at the second one, and straight after a left turn into Sherwood Park Avenue.

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11. 13:07
    Sherwood Park Avenue

    Parked cars on both sides and cars coming: we slow down and wait in a gap.

12. 15:15
    The Oval

    Left at the give way onto The Oval and two zebra crossings, then left at a mini roundabout onto Halfway Street.

13. 18:21
    Station Road

    A yellow box we only enter when our exit is clear, then left onto Hatherley Crescent.

14. 19:30
    Lansdown Road

    Parked cars on both sides and a moped ahead: we stay back and only pass with plenty of room.

15. 20:21
    The Drive

    A parked car on our side with cars coming, then straight on at a mini roundabout.

16. 21:36
    Knoll Road

    Parked cars, then a lorry with a worker on our side: we give way and pass with plenty of room. Left at the give way onto Sidcup Hill.

17. 22:47
    Sidcup Hill

    A zebra crossing on the way down.

18. 25:06
    Foots Cray High Street

    A KEEP CLEAR, then left onto Maidstone Road and 15 mph on the estate road back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2North Cray RoadA223
3. 3Bexley High Street

Route 6 from Sidcup test centre crosses Crittall's Corner onto the A20 Sidcup Bypass and leaves at Frognal Corner for Perry Street. It goes round Scadbury Park on Bull Lane and Saint Paul's Cray Road, through Leesons Hill, Chipperfield Road and Broomwood Road, and comes back on Sevenoaks Way over Crittall's Corner. Expect KEEP CLEAR markings, mini roundabouts, parked cars and traffic lights on the roundabout under the flyover.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   A business estate where we keep the speed down, then left at the give way onto Maidstone Road. In the queue we stop where we can see the tyres of the car ahead, and we pass only when it is safe.

2. 2:36
   Edgington Way roundabout two lanesTricky spot 04

   A two lane approach to the Maidstone Road roundabout where we turn right towards Edgington Way. Cars and a lorry come round from the right.

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3. 3:18
   Edgington Way

   A KEEP CLEAR we do not stop on.

4. 4:59
   Crittall's Corner

   A big roundabout under the A20 with a second give way line under the flyover. We stay in our lane, follow the markings and signal left for the A20 Sidcup Bypass.

5. 5:51
   Sidcup Bypass

   We join the A20, limit 50 mph, with interior mirror, right mirror and blind spot, then stay left for the exit to Bromley.

6. 6:52
   Frognal Corner

   The limit drops to 30 mph, then the first exit for Perry Street, signalling left and giving way to the right.

7. 7:13
   Perry Street

   Two lanes merge into one and we let others merge in turn. Three KEEP CLEAR markings we leave free and 30 mph all the way, then left into Bull Lane and at the give way onto Church Lane we creep forward past the hedges.

8. 9:53
   Saint Paul's Cray Road

   Parked cars on our side and a van coming, 30 mph through the woods and a bus on the bend: we keep left and leave plenty of room. Then left onto Leesons Hill.

9. 11:48
   Leesons Hill

   A parked van and cars on our side, then sharp left at the mini roundabout onto Chipperfield Road.

10. 14:19
    Chipperfield Road mini roundaboutsTricky spot 13

    Two mini roundabouts close together on Chipperfield Road, with a van and cars parked on our side between them.

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11. 15:07
    Chipperfield Road

    A bus coming past parked cars and an ambulance stopped on our side: we let the bus through and pass the ambulance with plenty of room.

12. 15:32
    Cotmandene Crescent

    Right into Cotmandene Crescent, past shops and parked cars where we watch for people stepping out, then straight on at a mini roundabout.

13. 16:29
    Broomwood Road parked carsTricky spot 12

    A residential road where parked cars on both sides leave room for only one car, with traffic coming towards us.

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14. 17:03
    Sevenoaks Way

    Left at the give way onto Sevenoaks Way, then a KEEP CLEAR we only enter when our exit is clear.

15. 19:03
    Crittall's Corner from Sevenoaks WayTricky spot 08

    Crittall's Corner from Sevenoaks Way: a three lane approach, a give way line and then traffic lights on the roundabout under the A20 flyover.

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16. 19:49
    Cray Road

    The right lane early for the right turn at the lights.

17. 21:06
    Foots Cray High Street

    No filter arrow: we wait in the junction and let oncoming traffic go first. A KEEP CLEAR, a zebra at our left turn and 15 mph in the business estate back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Edgington Way
3. 3Sidcup BypassA20

Route 7 from Sidcup test centre goes over Crittall's Corner and the A20 Sidcup Bypass to Frognal Corner and Chislehurst Road, then through Sidcup on Elm Road and Station Road to Bexley. It comes back from Bexley High Street along North Cray Road to Maidstone Road. Expect roadworks with a long queue, many zebra crossings, a 20 mph zone with speed humps and busy roundabouts.

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1. 0:00
   Maidstone Road

   Left at the give way onto Maidstone Road, then the right lane early for the right turn at the roundabout and a left signal after the exit before ours.

2. 1:57
   Edgington Way

   A KEEP CLEAR marking we do not stop on.

3. 3:17
   Crittall's Corner roundaboutTricky spot 07

   Crittall's Corner is a big roundabout under the A20 flyover, reached from a slip road where traffic often queues. Several lanes have A20 and A224 painted in them.

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4. 3:48
   Sidcup Bypass

   The limit is 50 mph. Our lane joins the A20, so we check the right mirror; there is no need to merge. Then we stay left for the exit to Sidcup.

5. 4:39
   Frognal Corner roundabout Chislehurst RoadTricky spot 10

   At Frognal Corner the slip road splits into two lanes just before the give way line. A long roundabout then takes us over the A20 bridge to Chislehurst Road.

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6. 5:18
   Chislehurst Road

   A long queue for roadworks: we stop where we can see the tyres of the car ahead. The roadworks take our side of the road, so we keep the speed down and watch for workers.

7. 10:15
   Elm Road

   A zebra crossing, then straight on at a roundabout, giving way to the right.

8. 11:51
   Station Road

   A zebra crossing and a yellow box, then the right lane for the right turn at the lights, where oncoming traffic goes first. Another zebra just after a side road, then left at a mini roundabout onto Bexley Lane and right at a roundabout onto Hurst Road.

9. 16:15
   Hurst Road

   Two zebra crossings, one with an island.

10. 19:01
    Hurst Road T junctionTricky spot 14

    Hurst Road ends at a T junction with two lanes and a poor view to the sides. A 20 mph zone with speed humps starts straight after on Bexley High Street.

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11. 19:44
    Bexley High Street hump zebraTricky spot 16

    A busy 20 mph village street in Bexley with a zebra crossing on a speed hump, a bus coming the other way and a mini roundabout where we turn right.

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12. 20:41
    North Cray Road

    After a zebra by the bridge we stay on North Cray Road at a roundabout, then 30 mph, straight on at another roundabout and 40 mph. Then the right lane for the right turn at the roundabout onto Maidstone Road.

13. 25:13
    Maidstone Road roundabout from North CrayTricky spot 03

    A busy roundabout on Maidstone Road where traffic keeps coming from the right and the wait for a safe gap can be long. We turn right, past the exit for Edgington Way.

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14. 25:48
    Maidstone Road

    Signal left after the exit before ours, then the right turn before the zebra across the oncoming queue, back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Maidstone RoadA211
2. 2Edgington Way
3. 3Sidcup BypassA20