Studying The Knowledge?
Put street names and positions back on the map, then see what comes to mind without your notes.
A street-recall challenge for London
A free 3D map game for Knowledge students, licensed taxi drivers and anyone who wants sharper local recall.
FreeNo accountOpens in central London
Independent practice game. Not affiliated with or endorsed by TfL.
Put street names and positions back on the map, then see what comes to mind without your notes.
Turn familiar ground into a quick personal challenge and test what still feels automatic.
Use the same game to sharpen the local street knowledge that matters in your own territory.
One useful slice of The Knowledge
The Knowledge asks much more than naming roads. Candidates build detailed knowledge of routes, points, legal manoeuvres and the shortest route between places. This game focuses on one narrower foundation: recognising a street and placing it in its surroundings.
It does not teach complete runs, points, legal turns, route calling or appearance technique. It is a supplementary recall game, not a Knowledge school or professional assessment.
The official programme is deliberately broader.
Figures summarised from TfL’s Knowledge prospectus, points list and introductory booklet.
Learning mode
Choose a compact area and the game tracks each street locally in your browser. Streets move through visible learning states so the map shows what is new, what needs another look and what you have recalled consistently.
Your learning progress stays in this browser. No account is required.
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A fast recall loop
A real London street is highlighted while its label is hidden.
Choose from four real street names from the selected area.
Use the surrounding streets, landmarks and urban form as context.
Local knowledge, worldwide
London gives the page its focus, but the game has no city boundary. Taxi drivers, couriers, local experts and curious residents can turn their own territory into a street quiz wherever the map contains enough named roads.
Straight answers
No. Name This Street is an independent map game and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Transport for London.
No. It only practises street recognition and spatial recall. It does not teach complete runs, points, legal turns, route calling or appearance technique.
Recognising street names, locating them within an area and using nearby streets, landmarks and urban form as context.
Yes. Existing drivers can use it as a personal street-recall challenge, without it claiming to assess professional competence.
Yes. The same game can turn a named-street area almost anywhere in the world into a local geography challenge.
Only in the local storage of your current browser. It is not synced to an account or sent to a learning database.
The map is ready
Start at Charing Cross, then move the game to the territory you want to know better.
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