Arsenal Tube Station London

Arsenal Tube Station, London

Piccadilly Line | Nearby | Buses | Access

Arsenal tube station is a station on the London Underground in Highbury, north London. The station is on the Piccadilly Line.

Arsenal station first opened as Gillespie Road in 1906 but changed its name to ‘Arsenal’ in 1932 after the football team playing at nearby Highbury Stadium. Highbury has since closed (in 2006) and has been demolished. Arsenal now play at their new Emirates Stadium but many spectators still use Arsenal station to get to the new ground.

The station is in TravelCard Zone 2.

The station on match day

Piccadilly Line

The station is on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground network. It lies between Holloway Road and Finsbury Park stations.

Nearby Arsenal Station

The station is on the southern edge of Gillespie Park in a residential area. Gillespie Park has an Ecology Centre along with ponds, woodland and also areas of meadow. The park is open to the public from 8 am to dusk daily, except when there are events at Arsenal Emirates Stadium when it is closed.

The Bank of Friendship is a pleasant London pub nearby. The Gunners Pub is popular with Arsenal supporters on match days and one of several on Blackstock Road.

Hotels

The Finsbury Park Hotel offers comfortable rooms nearby. The Queens Hotel is another option on the edge of Finsbury Park on Seven Sisters Road. To the east near Clissold Park is the The Brownswood with a daily continental breakfast.