The end of the line
Cockfosters station opened in 1933 as the northern terminus of the Piccadilly line, one of Charles Holden's modernist stations. The line runs all the way to Heathrow, and people often ask whether that's the easiest way to fly.
It's cheap, but it's a long ride: well over an hour and a half, through central London, with dozens of stops and your luggage on your lap. A Cockfosters taxi via the M25 usually takes 45 to 60 minutes, door to terminal.
Trent Park
Just north of the station, Trent Park is one of the largest open spaces in north London: woodland, lakes and open grass that were once part of a royal hunting forest. Trent Park House, at its centre, is now home to a museum about its secret wartime history, when British intelligence listened in on captured German officers there. We drop off and collect from the park entrances and the house.
Around Cockfosters Road
The shops and cafés around the station on Cockfosters Road are a short hop from Hadley Wood and East Barnet. Many of our Cockfosters bookings are simple ones: to the station for work, home with the shopping, or to appointments in Barnet or Southgate.
Flying from Cockfosters
Cockfosters Road runs north to junction 24 of the M25, which makes Stansted one of the quickest airports from here at around 35 to 45 minutes. Luton and Heathrow are both straightforward motorway runs.
Written by the Barnet Airport Transfers team. Last updated 23 September 2026.