Finchley Road

This article is about the road. For the London Underground station, see Finchley Road tube station. For the disused railway station, see Finchley Road railway station. For the open London Overground railway station, see Finchley Road & Frognal railway station.

A map showing the full length of Finchley Road (labelled in pink)

Finchley Road is a designated 4.5-mile (7-kilometre) arterial road in north-west London, England. The Finchley Road starts in St John's Wood near central London as part of the A41; its southern half is a major dual carriageway with high traffic levels[1] often frequented by lorries and long-distance coaches[2] as it connects central London, via the A41 Hendon Way, to the M1 motorway at Brent Cross and other roads at that interchange.

Its northern half, which dissects away from the A41 and is designated as the A598, runs through suburban areas via the centre of Golders Green to Henlys Corner, where the road north of it leads to Finchley, from which Finchley Road gets its name.

Its southern half, in which it gives its name to the centre-west part of Hampstead, has two current railway stations including the name Finchley Road. London Buses route 13 runs through the entire road, while the route 113 runs only in its southern half.

  1. ^ Mindell, Jennifer S.; Anciaes, Paulo R.; Dhanani, Ashley; Stockton, Jemima; Jones, Peter; Haklay, Muki; Groce, Nora; Scholes, Shaun; Vaughan, Laura (2017). "Using triangulation to assess a suite of tools to measure community severance". Journal of Transport Geography. 60: 119–129. doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.02.013.
  2. ^ Anonymous (8 June 2015). "Finchley Road - Cycle Superhighway 11". Mayor's Question Time. Retrieved 16 November 2022.