Notting Hill Gate tube station
Central line, Circle line and District line · Zones 1 and 2 · Kensington and Chelsea
About Notting Hill Gate station
For almost six decades there were two Notting Hill Gate stations, with buildings on opposite sides of the street. The Metropolitan Railway opened the sub-surface platforms on 1 October 1868, on its extension from Paddington to Gloucester Road; the Central London Railway followed on 30 July 1900 with deeper platforms reached by lifts. A late-1950s rebuild, reopened on 1 March 1959, joined them with a shared sub-surface ticket hall and escalators down to the Central line, the first on the Underground with metal rather than wooden side panels. The new entrance also serves as a pedestrian subway beneath the widened street.
The cut-and-cover Circle and District platforms keep their glass roof, which many similar stations have lost, and have been Grade II listed since 7 November 1984. On the Central line the westbound platform sits above the eastbound one. A refurbishment in 2010–2011 brought new ceramic tiling and rediscovered an abandoned lift passage from the original 1900 station, sealed since 1959 and still lined with posters from the late 1950s. The mosaic columns at the southern entrance were created in 2006 by local public art organisation Urban Eye.
First and last trains from Notting Hill Gate
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central towards West Ruislip, Ealing Broadway or White City | 06:05 – 00:41 | 06:05 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:56 to Ealing Broadway |
| Central towards Hainault, Epping or Loughton | 05:39 to Epping – 00:21 to Epping | 05:39 to Epping – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:32 |
| Circle towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines), Aldgate or High Street Kensington | 05:14 to Gloucester Road – 00:36 to High Street Kensington | 05:14 to Gloucester Road – 00:36 to High Street Kensington | 05:14 to Gloucester Road – 00:36 to High Street Kensington | 07:12 to Aldgate – 00:08 to South Kensington |
| Circle towards Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:45 – 00:36 | 05:45 – 00:36 | 05:45 – 00:36 | 07:32 – 00:27 to Baker Street |
| District towards Wimbledon or Ealing Broadway | 06:06 – 00:27 | 06:06 – 00:27 | 06:06 – 00:27 | 07:25 – 00:15 to Earl's Court |
| District towards Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:40 – 00:08 | 05:40 – 00:08 | 05:40 – 00:08 | 07:01 – 23:53 |
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 30 Central trains an hour per direction, 6 Circle trains an hour per direction and 6 District trains an hour per direction from Notting Hill Gate, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Notting Hill Gate
Running times between Notting Hill Gate and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Central | Holland Park | 1.6 min |
| Central | Queensway | 1.4 min |
| Circle | Bayswater | 1.7 min |
| Circle | High Street Kensington | 2.3 min |
| District | Bayswater | 1.9 min |
| District | High Street Kensington | 2.5 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Central line, Circle line and District line.
Station facilities
What is near Notting Hill Gate station
The station takes its name from the street above it and is the Underground stop for Notting Hill. Notting Hill Farmers’ Market is about 80 m away and the Coronet Theatre about 150 m. Several small galleries are close: Hugh’s Gallery and Gregg Baker Asian Art at about 200 m, Sphinx Fine Art at 240 m. Notting Hill Gate Library is around 260 m off, Pembridge Square Garden about 280 m and the Brigham Young University London Centre roughly 330 m. Day and night buses serve the station, as do Oxford Tube coaches.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| The Coronet Theatre | 150 m |
| Pembridge Square Garden | 280 m |
| Notting Hill Farmers' Market | 80 m |
| Hugh's Gallery | 200 m |
| Gregg Baker Asian Art | 200 m |
| Sphinx Fine Art | 240 m |
| Notting Hill Gate Library | 260 m |
| Peel Cottage | 320 m |
Frequently asked questions
When the Central London Railway was built, it did not want to tunnel under buildings, and the street above was not wide enough for two platforms side by side. The westbound platform was therefore placed above the eastbound one.
The name could be confused with a Metropolitan Railway station to the north that opened in 1864 as “Notting Hill” and became “Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove” in 1880. That station dropped the Notting Hill reference in 1919 and has been plain Ladbroke Grove since 1938.