Gloucester Road tube station
Circle line, District line and Piccadilly line · Zone 1 · Kensington and Chelsea
About Gloucester Road station
Market gardens covered much of this area when the Metropolitan Railway opened Brompton (Gloucester Road) on 1 October 1868, on its extension from Paddington; for almost three months it was the line’s temporary terminus. Four platforms sat under an elliptical glazed iron roof, beside a two-storey building in cream brick with arched windows and a balustrade. The railway, and the extension of Cromwell Road that it encouraged, stimulated rapid house-building nearby. George Campbell Sherrin later redesigned the station and removed the roof, and in 1907 “Brompton” was dropped from the name.
That change matched the deep-level station opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, whose lift building by Leslie Green has the familiar ox-blood terracotta. In the 1970s one Circle line track was removed and the island platform widened, leaving the old eastbound platform disused; since 2000 it has hosted art installations, with works by David Shrigley, Chiho Aoshima and Heather Phillipson. In the 1990s a deck was built over the sub-surface platforms for shops and apartments. In 1957 Countess Teresa Lubienska was fatally stabbed on the eastbound Piccadilly platform; the murder remains unsolved. The station building is Grade II listed.
First and last trains from Gloucester Road
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines), Aldgate or South Kensington | 05:25 to South Kensington – 00:14 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:25 to South Kensington – 00:14 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:25 to South Kensington – 00:14 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 07:17 to Aldgate – 00:12 to South Kensington |
| Circle towards Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:39 – 00:31 | 05:39 – 00:31 | 05:39 – 00:31 | 07:25 – 00:23 to Baker Street |
| District towards Wimbledon, Ealing Broadway or Richmond | 05:59 to Richmond – 00:47 to Ealing Broadway | 05:59 to Richmond – 00:47 to Ealing Broadway | 05:59 – 00:47 to Ealing Broadway | 07:15 to Richmond – 00:11 |
| District towards Upminster, Tower Hill or Barking | 05:16 – 00:29 | 05:16 – 00:29 | 05:16 – 00:29 | 06:43 – 23:54 |
| Piccadilly towards Northfields, Heathrow Terminal 5 or Heathrow Terminal 4 | 05:56 to Heathrow Terminal 5 – 00:42 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 05:56 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:48 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, Arnos Grove or Oakwood | 05:40 – 00:24 | 05:40 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:07 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 7 Circle trains an hour per direction, 23 District trains an hour per direction and 24 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Gloucester Road, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Gloucester Road
Running times between Gloucester Road and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | High Street Kensington | 3.1 min |
| Circle | South Kensington | 2.5 min |
| District | Earl's Court | 2.5 min |
| District | South Kensington | 1.8 min |
| Piccadilly | Earl's Court | 1.7 min |
| Piccadilly | South Kensington | 1.7 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Circle line, District line and Piccadilly line.
Station facilities
What is near Gloucester Road station
The entrance is close to the junction of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road, in a district of garden squares: Stanhope Gardens is about 130 m away, with Harrington Gardens, Hereford Square Garden and Queen’s Gate Gardens all within 250 m. Baden-Powell House is about 250 m off and the Cromwell Hospital is close by. Further out are Wetherby Gardens, Exhibit A gallery, the Wildlife Garden, Cornwall Gardens and St Mellitus Theological College. It is the westernmost interchange between its three lines, though South Kensington is promoted as the easier change.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Baden-Powell House | 250 m |
| Cornwall Gardens | 360 m |
| St Mellitus Theological College | 370 m |
| Dana Research Centre and Library | 400 m |
| Stanhope Gardens | 130 m |
| Foundation for International Education | 160 m |
| Harrington Gardens | 210 m |
| Hereford Square Garden | 230 m |