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St Albans #1813 Free
Route 1813 covers 7.0 miles in about 28 minutes as a single stage through Chiswell Green, How Wood, St Julians and Cottonmill, with limits from 20 to 70 mph. Fourteen sets of traffic signals, three roundabouts and six give way junctions give it a heavier junction load than most of the shorter drives at this St Albans office.
Watch Out For
- Six give way junctions, including one on a narrow approach with limited visibility.
- North Orbital Road, where the limit reaches 70 mph and traffic joins from both sides.
- Five left and five right turns, several onto main roads carrying steady traffic.
Route Features
- Abbey area roads such as King Harry Lane and Bluehouse Hill, both with long sweeping bends.
- Three roundabouts, taken with priority to the right and a left signal on exit.
Test Manoeuvres
- Pull up on the left on the city centre leg.
Key Tips
- The 20 mph city streets and the 70 mph carriageway sit minutes apart, so read every limit sign.
- Choose your lane before each of the 14 signal sets, not at the stop line.
Step-by-Step Directions (1 stage)
| 1 | Drive north on Bricket Road. | 204 yd | |
| 2 | Turn left onto Upper Marlborough Road. | 87 yd | |
| 3 | Turn left onto Hatfield Road/A1057. | 221 yd | |
| 4 | Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Catherine Street/A4147. | 300 yd | |
| 5 | Bear right onto Verulam Road/A5183. Continue on A5183. | 316 yd | |
| 6 | Enter Batchwood Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bluehouse Hill/A4147. | 1228 yd | |
| 7 | Enter Bluehouse Hill Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto King Harry Lane. | 758 yd | |
| 8 | Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto King Harry Lane. | 177 yd | |
| 9 | Turn right onto Abbey Avenue. | 411 yd | |
| 10 | Turn left onto Midway. | 236 yd | |
| 11 | Turn left to stay on Midway. | 254 yd | |
| 12 | Turn right onto Watford Road/B4630. | 1233 yd | |
| 13 | Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A405/North Orbital Road. | 1030 yd | |
| 14 | Enter Park Street Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Watling Street/A5183. | 585 yd | |
| 15 | Turn right onto Vesta Avenue. | 177 yd | |
| 16 | Turn right onto Watling View. | 760 yd | |
| 17 | Make a right U-turn onto Creighton Avenue, if permitted. | 276 yd | |
| 18 | Turn left onto Mandeville Drive. | 612 yd | |
| 19 | Turn left onto Abbots Avenue. | 8 yd | |
| 20 | Turn right to stay on Abbots Avenue. | 102 yd | |
| 21 | Turn left onto Cottonmill Lane. | 1424 yd | |
| 22 | Turn left onto London Road/A1081. | 135 yd | |
| 23 | Turn right onto Marlborough Road. | 185 yd | |
| 24 | Turn left onto Victoria Street/B691. | 88 yd | |
| 25 | Turn right onto Bricket Road. | 115 yd |
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