Bounds Green
| Bounds Green | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Bounds Green Underground Station | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ298914 |
| Location: | 51°36’23"N, 0°7’29"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | London |
| Postcode: | N11 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Haringey |
Bounds Green is an urban village, completely engulfed in the contiguous metropolitan townscape, in Middlesex.
Bounds Green was originally formed as a popular overnight stop-over for travellers, located on the then outskirts of London, just short of the tollgate at Turnpike Lane. Today it is a residential suburb just north of Wood Green.
Bounds Green Underground station on the Piccadilly Line, opened by in 1932, is in the area previously known as Bowes Park and which is also served by Bowes Park railway station. The original name of Bounds Green was associated with the former Bounds Green Farm near Cline Road, some 500 yards north-east of the Underground station.
The Green is still extant in part and is the common land either side of Bounds Green Road. The common of approximately two acres is bounded by Warwick Road, The Drive, Tewkesbury Terrace and Bounds Green Brook to the north of the A406 North Circular Road. Control of the common land is vested in the local council.
Transport links
Bounds Green has good transport links, with its own tube station on the Piccadilly line. Bowes Park mainline station, on the line into Kings Cross and Moorgate, is a short distance away.
There are also a number of bus services connecting Bounds Green to the surrounding areas.
Bounds Green is bordered by the A406 North Circular Road to the north which has blighted nearby roads due to ongoing uncertainty over proposals to widen it to six lanes.