Watch driving test routes in Tottenham

Route 1 from Tottenham test centre heads west along White Hart Lane to the A10, round the Great Cambridge Roundabout and east along the 40 mph North Circular to Upper Edmonton. It comes back through narrow 20 mph streets with parked cars around Northumberland Park, then the busy High Road and Lordship Lane, with right turns at lights, yellow boxes and seven roundabouts and mini roundabouts.

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1. 0:00
   Selby Road

   A 20 mph street with parked cars on both sides, then a give way and a mini roundabout where we turn right onto White Hart Lane.

2. 0:41
   White Hart Lane

   A 20 mph road where it is easy to creep over the limit. We take the right lane for the right turn at the lights onto the A10.

3. 2:47
   White Hart Lane A10 right turnTricky spot 02

   A right turn at big crossroads with lights, with no green arrow. We wait for a safe gap in the oncoming traffic and do not feel rushed.

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4. 3:08
   Great Cambridge Road

   The limit is 30 mph on the A10. We keep a yellow box clear and take the right lane early for the big roundabout with lights.

5. 5:48
   Great Cambridge Roundabout from the A10Tricky spot 06

   A very big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout, and many lanes. We wait for green, stay in the lane with the straight ahead arrow and follow the markings round.

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6. 6:15
   North Circular Road

   We join at 40 mph with a check of the right mirror and blind spot, stay on the North Circular where the lanes split and use dipped headlights in the underpass.

7. 7:45
   Angel Road underpass

   Our exit for Tottenham is next, so we get in the left lane with the interior mirror, left mirror, shoulder and a signal left.

8. 8:26
   Angel Road slip roadTricky spot 09

   We leave the North Circular on the left slip road, where the limit drops to 30 mph. There is a KEEP CLEAR marking before a left turn at the lights.

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9. 8:55
   Montagu Road and Conduit Lane

   Two lanes become one, so we let others merge in turn. Along Conduit Lane we give way at the roundabout and follow Meridian Way.

10. 9:53
    Meridian Way

    The limit is 40 mph. We move into the right lane early and turn right onto Leeside Road when the green filter arrow shows and it is safe.

11. 12:28
    Leeside Road

    A yellow box, then the limit drops to 20 mph. We turn left at the roundabout onto Willoughby Lane, with a zebra crossing straight after.

12. 13:19
    Willoughby Lane

    A zebra crossing, then a right turn into Manor Road, a narrow street with parked cars and speed humps where we keep it slow.

13. 15:31
    Manor Road and Chalgrove Road crossroadsTricky spot 08

    A narrow street with parked cars leads to a crossroads with a poor view, where we turn right into Chalgrove Road. We creep forward slowly and wait until we can see both ways.

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14. 15:58
    Chalgrove Road

    Straight on at the next crossroads, then the road narrows at the bollards and we give way to oncoming traffic. At the end we creep forward with a limited view and turn left onto Northumberland Park.

15. 16:46
    Northumberland Park

    A zebra crossing, then right into Tariff Road and left onto Brantwood Road, where we line up straight for the width restriction. We take the left lane for the lights onto the High Road.

16. 20:15
    High Road

    We go straight ahead in the middle lane and keep yellow boxes and a KEEP CLEAR clear, then move into the right lane for Lordship Lane.

17. 23:46
    High Road right turn lightsTricky spot 07

    A right turn at busy lights with no green arrow. Oncoming traffic goes first, so we wait for a gap.

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18. 24:00
    Lordship Lane

    Lordship Lane is 20 mph, as painted on the road, with a zebra crossing before the mini roundabouts.

19. 24:58
    Lordship Lane mini roundaboutsTricky spot 04

    Two mini roundabouts close together on Lordship Lane, with a zebra crossing between them. We give way to traffic from the right at each one and turn right at the second.

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20. 25:17
    The Roundway

    Also 20 mph. People cross at the lights, then we take the right lane and turn right on green onto Great Cambridge Road.

21. 27:59
    Great Cambridge Road

    30 mph on the A10. We move over for the right turn into White Hart Lane and watch the lights for a green filter arrow.

22. 29:43
    White Hart Lane

    Back to 20 mph. A bus comes towards us, so we keep left, then we turn left at the mini roundabout onto Selby Road.

23. 30:48
    Selby Road

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

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

1. 1Selby Road
2. 2White Hart Lane
3. 3Great Cambridge RoadA10
4. 4Sterling WayA406
5. 5North Circular RoadA406
6. 6Angel RoadA406
7. 7Montagu RoadA1055
8. 8Conduit LaneA1055
9. 9Meridian WayA1055
10. 10Leeside Road
11. 11Willoughby Lane
12. 12Shelbourne Road
13. 13Manor Road
14. 14Chalgrove Road
15. 15Northumberland Grove
16. 16Northumberland Park
17. 17Tariff Road
18. 18Brantwood Road
19. 19High RoadA1010
20. 20Lordship LaneA109
21. 21The RoundwayA10
22. 22Great Cambridge RoadA10
23. 23White Hart Lane
24. 24Selby Road

Route 2 from Tottenham test centre is the long one south through Bruce Grove, Philip Lane and West Green Road, narrow 20 mph streets with parked cars, cyclists and a long run of zebra crossings and mini roundabouts. It comes back up the A10, round the Great Cambridge Roundabout, along Sterling Way and through the busy shopping streets of Silver Street and Fore Street with yellow boxes and KEEP CLEAR markings.

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1. 0:00
   Selby Road

   Out of the car park, where we drive slowly and watch for people and cars reversing, then past parked cars on both sides with cars coming.

2. 0:52
   Creighton Road

   A give way, then left at the mini roundabout. A zebra crossing comes just before a roundabout where we go straight on.

3. 1:54
   White Hart Lane

   A KEEP CLEAR marking, then the right lane at the lights. On green we check the junction is clear of buses and people and turn right onto the High Road.

4. 3:48
   High Road

   We move into the right lane for the right turn into Lordship Lane.

5. 5:08
   High Road right turn lightsTricky spot 07

   A right turn at busy lights with no green arrow. Oncoming traffic goes first, so we wait for a gap.

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6. 5:42
   Lordship Lane

   20 mph and a zebra crossing, then left at the mini roundabout onto Bruce Grove.

7. 6:42
   Bruce Grove

   We get into the right lane early for the right turn just after the railway bridge, and keep the yellow box clear.

8. 8:09
   High Road

   A busy shopping street with buses, where people step out between vehicles. We take the lane marked B153 and wait for a safe gap to turn right at the lights onto Philip Lane.

9. 10:15
   Philip Lane

   Cyclists and a run of zebra crossings, then straight on at a mini roundabout.

10. 12:48
    Philip Lane parked carsTricky spot 10

    A narrow street with parked cars on both sides, and a zebra crossing right after it. We look well ahead and are ready to wait in a gap if a car comes.

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11. 13:21
    West Green Road

    Zebra crossings one after another and a mini roundabout, then a bus coming past parked vehicles and a sharp left bend. At the yellow box we turn right and may wait for oncoming traffic.

12. 17:57
    Green Lanes

    We move into the right lane with the right turn arrow and keep off the KEEP CLEAR. We may wait on the yellow box while oncoming buses pass before we turn right.

13. 20:18
    Westbury Avenue

    A bus at the stop, 20 mph painted on the road and a zebra crossing, then a left turn onto Boreham Road.

14. 22:59
    Boreham Road

    Parked cars on both sides and a bus coming. At the lights we look right at the give way lines, keep the yellow box clear and turn right onto Lordship Lane, then left at the lights onto The Roundway.

15. 24:27
    The Roundway

    We turn left onto the A10, checking the left mirror and blind spot for cyclists in the cycle lane.

16. 25:53
    Great Cambridge Road

    We check the mirrors and blind spot and get into the right lane, marked EAST, in good time for the big roundabout.

17. 28:19
    Great Cambridge Roundabout from the A10Tricky spot 06

    A very big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout, and many lanes. We wait for green, stay in the lane with the straight ahead arrow and follow the markings round.

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18. 28:54
    Sterling Way

    40 mph. We stay in the left lane, take the slip road on the left and slow down for 30 mph before the lights.

19. 30:09
    Silver Street

    Across a big yellow box into Victoria Road, then roadworks narrow our lane along Sterling Way and there is a long queue. We turn right onto Fore Street, with a crossing just after the turn.

20. 34:27
    Fore Street

    A KEEP CLEAR, then a 20 mph zone on a busy shopping street with buses, a mini roundabout, a zebra crossing and two yellow boxes.

21. 39:23
    White Hart Lane

    Under the railway bridge with a bus coming, then right at the roundabout into Creighton Road with a zebra crossing just after. People stand in the road, so we give them plenty of room.

22. 40:33
    Selby Road

    Right at the mini roundabout and back to Selby Road, with parked cars on both sides.

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

1. 1Selby Road
2. 2Creighton Road
3. 3White Hart Lane

Route 3 from Tottenham test centre heads north through Pretoria Road and Gloucester Road to Sterling Way and the busy shopping street of Fore Street, then round Edmonton Green roundabout and through narrow Bury Street. It comes back south along the 40 mph A10, straight on at the Great Cambridge Roundabout, and through The Roundway, Lordship Lane and the High Road with roadworks and queues.

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1. 0:00
   Selby Road

   We leave slowly and watch for people and learner cars at the gate. A 20 mph street with parked cars on both sides, then a give way where we go straight on.

2. 1:06
   White Hart Lane

   A short stretch to the mini roundabout, where we turn left into Creighton Road.

3. 1:47
   Creighton Road

   A zebra crossing, then straight on at the roundabout onto White Hart Lane and left into Pretoria Road before the bridge, checking the left mirror and shoulder.

4. 3:09
   Pretoria Road

   20 mph, then back to 30 mph on Pretoria Road North. At the end we turn right and straight away left into Gloucester Road, with parked cars and a bus coming.

5. 4:31
   Gloucester Road

   A busy road at the end, where we turn right. We look both ways and wait for a safe gap.

6. 5:58
   Sterling Way

   Two lanes become one and a bus at the stop. We stay in the left lane for Edmonton and turn left at the lights onto Fore Street, checking for cyclists.

7. 8:16
   Fore Street

   20 mph, a bus ahead and a zebra crossing, then back to 30 mph on a busy shopping street with buses. We keep the yellow box clear before Edmonton Green.

8. 12:18
   Edmonton Green roundaboutTricky spot 13

   A small roundabout round a memorial, with traffic lights and crossings. We stay in our lane and follow the markings.

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9. 14:40
   Bury Street parked carsTricky spot 16

   A left turn at lights into Bury Street, a narrow street with parked cars on both sides. A bus comes out of the street, so we keep to our side and give it room.

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10. 16:17
    Bury Street

    KEEP CLEAR markings, then 30 mph. We keep to the left lane and turn left onto the A10 at the lights, checking for cyclists.

11. 19:02
    Great Cambridge Road

    40 mph on the A10. We stay in our lane past the left turn lane and use a lane marked A10 for the big roundabout with the A406.

12. 23:03
    Great Cambridge Roundabout from the A10Tricky spot 06

    A very big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout, and many lanes. We wait for green, stay in the lane with the straight ahead arrow and follow the markings round.

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13. 23:19
    Great Cambridge Road

    The limit drops to 30 mph. We move to the right lane early, stay in the lane with the straight arrow where the lanes split, then turn right on the green arrow onto The Roundway, keeping in our own lane.

14. 27:56
    The Roundway

    A bus at the stop and 20 mph painted on the road. We take the left lane and turn left at the lights onto Lordship Lane, checking for cyclists.

15. 29:57
    Lordship Lane

    Shops, buses and zebra crossings, straight on at a mini roundabout and a KEEP CLEAR. We turn left at the lights onto the High Road.

16. 33:48
    High Road

    We stop for people at the crossing, keep right of the cones at the roadworks and stop in the queue where we can see the tyres of the car ahead. People cross the side road as we turn left into White Hart Lane.

17. 36:37
    White Hart Lane and Creighton Road

    The road narrows to one lane under the bridge, then right at the mini roundabout into Creighton Road, a zebra crossing and a cyclist. We turn right at the roundabout onto White Hart Lane.

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

1. 1Selby Road
2. 2White Hart Lane
3. 3Creighton Road

Route 4 from Tottenham test centre heads east to Tottenham Hale along the High Road and Lansdowne Road, then north on the 40 mph Meridian Way and through the long Angel Road underpass to Sterling Way. It crosses the Great Cambridge Roundabout to Hedge Lane and Green Lanes, with a big yellow box at the North Circular, then comes back through Wolves Lane and White Hart Lane.

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1. 0:00
   Selby Road

   A 20 mph road with a give way, then left at the mini roundabout.

2. 0:48
   Creighton Road

   A zebra crossing, then a roundabout where we give way to traffic already on it.

3. 1:41
   White Hart Lane

   We keep off the KEEP CLEAR area and take the right lane for the right turn at the lights onto the High Road.

4. 3:15
   High Road

   Still 20 mph, where it is easy to creep over. We turn left at the lights onto Lansdowne Road, checking for cyclists.

5. 4:58
   Lansdowne Road

   Two zebra crossings, one with people crossing, then a give way where we turn left onto Shelbourne Road.

6. 7:19
   Shelbourne Road and Willoughby Lane

   A yellow box, a bus at the stop and two zebra crossings in a 20 mph zone, then right at the mini roundabout onto Leeside Road.

7. 8:39
   Leeside Road

   We turn left at the lights onto Meridian Way, checking the left mirror and shoulder for cyclists.

8. 10:09
   Meridian Way

   The limit goes up to 40 mph on the way to the roundabout for Conduit Lane.

9. 11:36
   Meridian Way roundabout to Conduit LaneTricky spot 11

   A roundabout at the end of a 40 mph road, where we slow down early and give way to traffic from the right. We leave onto Conduit Lane, where the limit drops to 30 mph.

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10. 12:31
    Conduit Lane

    We take the right lane for the right turn at the lights onto Angel Road, and stay where we are while someone walks between the cars.

11. 13:28
    Angel Road

    Still 30 mph until the 40 sign. We keep left into the long underpass with dipped headlights.

12. 14:39
    Sterling Way

    We stay in the left lane and signal left in good time for our exit.

13. 15:39
    A10 roundabout

    We turn right at the roundabout for the A10, so we take the right lane.

14. 17:11
    Great Cambridge Roundabout from Sterling WayTricky spot 05

    A very big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout. We stay in our lane all the way round and leave onto the A10 Great Cambridge Road.

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15. 18:30
    Hedge Lane

    30 mph, a yellow box at the lights and two lanes that become one, then a zebra crossing, a school crossing and two KEEP CLEAR markings before the lights, where we turn left onto Green Lanes.

16. 21:12
    Green Lanes

    A busy street with a zebra crossing and a car pulling out from a side road. At the advanced stop line we stop at the first white line.

17. 26:20
    Green Lanes North Circular yellow boxTricky spot 12

    Two lanes at the lights, then a big yellow box across the North Circular. We enter a yellow box only when our exit is clear and never stop on it.

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18. 27:55
    Arcadian Gardens and Wolves Lane

    Left into Arcadian Gardens, then right onto Wolves Lane, creeping forward to look both ways. We give a cyclist plenty of room at the island and give way at the end.

19. 30:21
    White Hart Lane

    30 mph, then back to 20 mph with two zebra crossings. We stay in the left lane for the wide crossroads at the A10 and check people have finished crossing on green.

20. 35:13
    Selby Road

    Still 20 mph. We give way at the mini roundabout and turn left into Selby Road.

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

1. 1Selby Road
2. 2Creighton Road
3. 3White Hart Lane

Route 5 from Tottenham test centre joins the A406 at Sterling Way from a short slip road and takes the A10 north to Winchmore Hill, with narrow residential streets, a width restriction and a 20 mph zone. It runs through Winchmore Hill Green and Southgate, turns right at lights onto Green Lanes and returns along the North Circular and the Great Cambridge Roundabout to White Hart Lane.

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1. 0:00
   Selby Road

   A 20 mph road. At the T junction we creep forward and turn right onto Weir Hall Road.

2. 1:09
   Weir Hall Road

   A School Street with cameras at school times, which we do not turn into. Straight on at a mini roundabout and a roundabout, past parked cars with a van coming, then another mini roundabout and a T junction where the railings limit the view.

3. 3:27
   Wilbury Way

   30 mph, parked cars on both sides and a van coming, then zebra crossings either side of the left turn into Bull Lane.

4. 4:34
   Joining the A406 at Sterling WayTricky spot 03

   Bull Lane ends at the A406, where we turn left onto a short slip road and join traffic doing 40 mph. We slow down at the give way line and merge into a safe gap.

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5. 4:56
   Sterling Way

   40 mph on the North Circular. We keep to the left lane for Sterling Way, leave room for traffic joining from the right and get in the right lane early for the roundabout, then wait in the queue.

6. 7:26
   A10 roundabout

   A big roundabout with lights. We take the A10 north, so we use a lane marked A10 NTH.

7. 8:08
   Great Cambridge Roundabout from Sterling WayTricky spot 05

   A very big roundabout with traffic lights at the entry and on the roundabout. We stay in our lane all the way round and leave onto the A10 Great Cambridge Road.

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8. 8:41
   Great Cambridge Road

   The limit is 40 mph on the A10, not 70. We turn left at the lights onto Church Street, checking for cyclists.

9. 10:44
   Church Street

   30 mph and a mini roundabout, then left into Ridge Road with a width restriction just after the turn. We slow down and go through the middle of the gap.

10. 11:34
    Ridge Road

    Straight on at a crossroads with give way lines, then right at a T junction into Firs Lane, creeping forward to look both ways.

11. 12:35
    Firs Lane

    Parked cars and a van on our side, then a give way where we join Green Lanes and a right turn into Vicar's Moor Lane.

12. 13:37
    Vicar's Moor Lane

    Parked cars on both sides and a crossroads where we go straight on, into a 20 mph zone. We give way and turn left into Wade's Hill.

13. 15:31
    Winchmore Hill Green

    Right at the mini roundabout at The Green. Traffic comes from several sides, so we wait for a safe gap. Back to 30 mph on Church Hill, then we give way and turn left onto Winchmore Hill Road.

14. 16:44
    Winchmore Hill Road

    Parked cars on both sides and a van coming, then a zebra crossing, a busy shopping street and a pedestrian crossing. We turn left at the roundabout onto The Bourne.

15. 18:51
    The Bourne

    Three zebra crossings along The Bourne and Bourne Hill, then the lights where we turn right onto Green Lanes.

16. 22:36
    Bourne Hill right turnTricky spot 15

    A right turn at lights with no green arrow, with a car ahead turning right too. Oncoming traffic goes first, so we wait for a safe gap.

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17. 23:06
    Green Lanes

    A zebra crossing with people waiting, then the left lane with the left arrow for Hazelwood Lane.

18. 23:50
    Hazelwood Lane

    Left across a cycle lane. A pedestrian and cycle zone with times on the sign, a zebra crossing and roadworks where the road narrows, then a give way onto the North Circular.

19. 25:59
    North Circular Road

    40 mph. We take the slip road on the left for the A10.

20. 26:46
    A10 roundabout

    The big roundabout with lights again. We keep to the lane marked A10 CLON, follow the arrows round and leave onto the A10 Great Cambridge Road.

21. 28:15
    Great Cambridge Road

    30 mph on this part of the A10. We take the left lane with the left arrow and turn left at the lights onto White Hart Lane.

22. 30:51
    White Hart Lane

    Left at the mini roundabout into Selby Road and back to the test centre.

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

1. 1Selby Road
2. 2Weir Hall Road
3. 3Wilbury Way