Manor House tube station
Piccadilly line · Zones 2 and 3 · Hackney Haringey
About Manor House station
Charles Holden designed Manor House for the Piccadilly line’s Cockfosters extension, and it opened on 19 September 1932 at the junction of Seven Sisters Road and Green Lanes, taking its name from a former public house on the crossroads. Like the other stations on that extension, it set new aesthetic standards for the Underground; below ground the walls are lined in biscuit-coloured tiles with blue friezes, refurbished in 2005. It was built with nine street-level entrances, two of them leading to tramway island exits in Seven Sisters Road for trams to Tottenham, Edmonton and Stamford Hill. The last of those trams gave way to trolleybuses in 1938, and the exits were removed in 1951.
The platform tunnels, like those at Turnpike Lane and Wood Green, are 23 feet (7 metres) in diameter to handle the greater traffic expected, and the “suicide pits” between the rails, linked to passageways under the platforms, were an innovation. While the Victoria line was being planned it was proposed to transfer Manor House to the new line, but cost and disruption ruled this out. Victoria line tunnels were instead built beneath the station, and their trains can be heard from the northern end of the eastbound platform.
First and last trains from Manor House
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly towards Northfields, Heathrow Terminal 5 or Heathrow Terminal 4 | 05:29 to Heathrow Terminal 5 – 00:14 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 05:29 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:20 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, Arnos Grove or Oakwood | 06:08 – 00:53 | 06:08 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:35 |
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 24 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Manor House, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Manor House
Running times between Manor House and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly | Finsbury Park | 2.1 min |
| Piccadilly | Turnpike Lane | 3.1 min |
Connections
Manor House is served by the Piccadilly line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Manor House station
The station straddles the boundary between Hackney and Haringey, with three entrances in the former and one in the latter. Next to the northern exit stands the former Metropolitan Electric Tramways headquarters, later the Eastern Divisional Office of London Transport Buses. The Museum of Homelessness is just 40 m away, St Olave’s Woodberry Down about 180 m and Spring Park about 280 m. The park of Finsbury Park begins about 340 m from the station, with its McKenzie Flower Garden at about 350 m, and the Furtherfield Gallery is around 390 m.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Finsbury Park | 340 m |
| Museum of Homelessness | 40 m |
| St Olave's Woodberry Down | 180 m |
| Spring Park | 280 m |
| McKenzie Flower Garden | 350 m |
| Furtherfield Gallery | 390 m |
Frequently asked questions
The station is named after a former public house that stood on the crossroads of Seven Sisters Road and Green Lanes, where the station was built. Designed by Charles Holden, it opened under that name on 19 September 1932.
Yes. A plan to move Manor House onto the Victoria line was dropped because of cost and disruption, and the Victoria line tunnels were built running underneath the station instead. At the northern end of the eastbound platform, towards Cockfosters, trains can be heard passing below.