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Herne Bay #2083 Free
An 8.1 mile route completed in about 29 minutes as one stage, covering Pinefields, Broomfield, Talmead, Hunters Forstal, The Fairways and Herne with limits from 20 to 60 mph. It asks for only 9 turns, the fewest of any route at this office, so the assessment leans on open road speed control rather than junction after junction.
Watch Out For
- Thornden Wood Road runs through rural land where the limit rises and sight lines close in on bends.
- A give way junction puts you into moving traffic, so time the emerge.
- The school zone has a reduced limit and children near the kerb at school times.
Route Features
- Six roundabouts. Give way to the right and signal left on exit.
- Seafront driving on Western Esplanade with parking traffic and walkers.
- Repeated 40 mph signs on the southern leg, so the limit steps up and down.
Test Manoeuvres
- Pull up on the left at this kerbside point, checking the mirror before you signal.
Key Tips
- Few turns means examiners watch your speed matching closely on the 60 mph stretches.
Step-by-Step Directions (1 stage)
| 1 | Drive west on The Boulevard. | 120 yd | |
| 2 | Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit. | 100 yd | |
| 3 | Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit. | 467 yd | |
| 4 | Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Margate Road. | 174 yd | |
| 5 | Stay straight to take the ramp. | 350 yd | |
| 6 | Keep right to take A290/A299/B2205 toward Herne Bay/Whitstable/Sturry/Canterbury. | 916 yd | |
| 7 | Keep right to take A290/A299/B2205 toward Herne Bay/Whitstable/Sturry/Canterbury. | 227 yd | |
| 8 | Enter Eddington Junction and take the 2nd exit onto Canterbury Road/A291. | 296 yd | |
| 9 | Bear right onto Lower Herne Road. | 1499 yd | |
| 10 | Turn right onto Bullockstone Road. | 63 yd | |
| 11 | Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bullockstone Road. | 173 yd | |
| 12 | Turn left onto Owls Hatch Road. | 1592 yd | |
| 13 | Turn right onto Thornden Wood Road. | 498 yd | |
| 14 | Turn left to stay on Thornden Wood Road. | 307 yd | |
| 15 | Turn right onto Greenhill Road (West). | 321 yd | |
| 16 | Turn left to stay on Greenhill Road (West). | 1003 yd | |
| 17 | Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Greenhill Bridge Road/B2205. | 259 yd | |
| 18 | Turn right onto Sea Street/B2205. | 198 yd | |
| 19 | Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Central Avenue. | 709 yd | |
| 20 | Turn right onto Western Esplanade. | 195 yd | |
| 21 | Turn right onto Lane End. | 102 yd | |
| 22 | Turn left onto Avenue Road/B2205. | 180 yd | |
| 23 | Turn right onto Canterbury Road/B2205. | 367 yd | |
| 24 | Enter Queen's Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Canterbury Road/B2205. | 123 yd | |
| 25 | Turn left onto Spenser Road. | 111 yd | |
| 26 | Turn right onto Douglas Road. | 160 yd | |
| 27 | Turn left onto Mayfield Road. | 409 yd | |
| 28 | Turn left onto Mickleburgh Avenue. | 513 yd | |
| 29 | Turn right onto Mickleburgh Hill. | 1047 yd |
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