Burnt Oak tube station

Burnt Oak is a station on the Edgware branch of the Northern line in north-west London. It stands on Watling Avenue, a short distance from the A5, the old Roman road known as Watling Street. The station sits between Edgware and Colindale, in fare zone four. Watling Avenue runs past rows of shops and leads to Burnt Oak Library across the tracks. Nearby are schools, a brook, a leisure centre and a community hospital. The station opened in 1924, designed by architect Stanley Heaps. For a time it was to be called Sheves Hill, a name that briefly appeared on early Underground maps. A temporary building served passengers until the permanent ticket office was built the following year. In 2025 a plaque marked the station’s centenary. Work is under way to add step-free access to the platforms. Inside, the ticket hall leads straight to the platforms for Edgware or central London. Trains run every few minutes, with twenty northbound to Edgware and ten southbound each to Morden and Battersea Power Station. Day and night buses stop outside, linking the area to surrounding suburbs.