19 routes around the Navan test centre in Co. Meath, 10 of them recorded on real driving tests. Drive them with spoken turn-by-turn guidance, and hear the tricky spots before you reach them.
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The places learners who tested here talk about most, and what they advise. Advice sometimes differs: road markings and your instructor have the final word.
Learners often warn about the way out of the centre: two or three STOP signs in a tight car park and exit, then a STOP sign on a fairly steep hill before the main road. They recommend practising the exit beforehand, stopping fully at every sign, and being comfortable with hill starts. A local instructor says the handbrake is not required there if you can move off without rolling back.
Many Navan roundabouts have zebra crossings on their exits, and learners single out the one at Johnstown SuperValu, which some went through more than once on the test. They advise checking for pedestrians on every exit and leaving space behind the car in front so you never end up stopped on a crossing. One learner says they failed at one of these roundabouts.
Boyne View estate is a common spot for the hill start and reverse around the corner. Learners warn that limits change quickly around here: Boyne View drops from 50 to 30 km/h, the Kentstown Road goes from 60 to 50 km/h before the lights, and Old Johnstown has a ramped section. One learner was marked for speeding after assuming a 30 km/h stretch was 50 km/h, and another mentions a new chicane in Boyne View where you give way if you are not first.
Learners say testers often take you up or down Academy Street, which is tight with cars parked on both sides. Two learners say they were marked for going too fast for the conditions there, even while under the limit, so the advice is to slow down and leave door clearance. One learner met a bus parked outside the pub and checked ahead before signalling out around it.
Several learners mention turning left at traffic lights on the way back to the centre, though they may mean more than one junction. One got a fault for hesitating when the left filter arrow went out while the main light stayed green, and another advises not to wait only for the filter when the full green is showing and the way is clear, and not to move into the left lane too early. A third says one set of lights just before the centre sits higher than most, so you may need to lean forward to see them change.
Two learners describe the roundabout by the Solstice Arts Centre as very tight and awkward. They advise taking it slowly and being careful not to mount it.
Two learners did the reverse around the corner in the business estate at Beechmount, just past the SuperValu there. One had never practised it there and says there is a speed bump on the reverse.
Learners describe Navan as fairly straightforward if you know it, with many routes looping around Johnstown. They mention hills, lots of roundabouts with pedestrian crossings, buses stopping on narrow roads, and speed signs that are easy to miss; most roads are 50 km/h.
How many of the 19 routes use each road. The roads near the top are the ones to know well.
Distinct places across all 19 routes, and what the tester watches for at each.
Scan the footpaths early and be ready to stop.
Filter arrows and yellow boxes: never enter a box you cannot clear.
Testers mark speeding and driving too slowly for the road.
A full stop at the line every time, even when the road is clear.
Lane choice by exit, a signal on approach where needed, and a left signal after the exit before yours.
Never stop on the tracks; wait behind the line when lights flash.
Slow, look, and go only when it is safe: no rolling guess.
Check the times on the sign before you use or cross it.
30, 50, 60, 80, 100 km/h. Know the default for each road type in speed limits, and every sign in Irish road signs.
Worked out from the Navan routes themselves.
The Navan routes pass 12 different roundabouts. Know which lane each exit needs before you get there; signs and road markings beat the shape of the roundabout.
Read the guideSome Navan routes reach 80 and 100 km/h roads. Build up to a safe speed that suits the road: hesitancy and holding back are marked too.
Read the guideThere are 21 places where the limit changes. Watch for the signs, and settle at the new limit promptly.
31 sets of traffic lights across the routes. Practise right turns at lights and the yellow box rule.
Read the guide15 STOP signs across the routes. Rolling through one is a common fault; stop at the line, then creep and look.
Turas marks the likely spot for each manoeuvre on every route: quiet side roads, straight stretches and hills. Across the Navan routes:
Works with CarPlay. Mount your phone; never hold it while driving.
10 of the 19 Navan routes were recorded on real driving tests; the rest are practice routes on the same roads. Each is matched to the OpenStreetMap road network, and learners' shared drives are checked every week for changes. Last updated 30 October 2026. The tester still chooses the route on the day. How test routes work.
Pass rate: 51.6% in 2022 (national 53.2%). That is the RSA's latest table by centre, so treat it as a rough guide. Most fails come from things you can practise: observation, progress and lane choice. All centres.
Waiting time: about 9 weeks until you are invited to book a test, at the end of September 2026 (national average 11.9 weeks). All centres.
Addresses from the RSA's list of test centres; waiting time from RSA figures published by the CSO. Your appointment letter has the final word.
With about 9 weeks to wait at Navan, apply on MyRoadSafety as soon as your EDT lessons are uploaded, and use the wait: learn the road signs and Rules of the Road questions the tester asks first, and drive with your accompanying driver.
Turas: Driving Test Routes for iPhone. Spoken turn-by-turn guidance on the routes around your centre, with the tricky spots called out before you reach them.
