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Zone 2 Station / Streetmap Link / Journey Planner

Lines Served

Piccadilly Line:

west/south

[Holloway Road]?

Arsenal

Finsbury Park

east

Exits

There is a single exit from the station onto Gillespie Road. The entrance and exit to the station are through a long, narrow corridor, half of which is fenced off to allow crowd control during Arsenal football matches.

Where To Alight

(Not known)

Where To Get On

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Architecture and Points of Interest

When it was opened, the station was in fact named Gillespie Road. It was in 1932, after repeated requests from the then manager, Herbert Chapman, that London Underground renamed the station.

Facilities

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Nearby Places of Interest

[Highbury Stadium]?, home of Arsenal Football Club is right on the doorstep.