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Cockfosters Station lies at the north end of the Piccadilly line. The 1950's station is on the A111 heading north out of London, about 5 minutes south (by car) of the M25 Junction 24.

The area has a leafy suburban feel, being most built in the 1950s. It lies on the border between Enfield and Barnet boroughs.

Facilities on the station:

• Cafe
• Shoe repair shop
• Minicab firm

Facilities close to the station include:

• Barclays Bank
• Miracles cafe (very good, non-smoking)
• Chinese takeaway
• Indian restaurant (does takeaways)
• "The Burger Room" restaurant
• Off licence

Further parades of shops provide many more facilities.

The main entrance to Trent Park is a few minutes walk north of the station, providing rolling countryside and a small animal park as well as Middlesex University campus.

[Christchurch Cockfosters]? is a few minutes east of the station.

Also Cockfosters Football and Cricket grounds are nearby.