Kennington tube station facts for kids

Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington. The station is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches of the Northern line. It is within the London Borough of Southwark. Its neighbouring stations to the north are Waterloo on the Charing Cross branch and Elephant & Castle on the Bank branch; the next station to the south is Oval. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

It is one of the station that has the notable loop, called Kennington Loop, similar to Timothy's Computer on Timothy North Metro and South Ferry on New York City Subway. It would be extended to Battersea Power Station via Nine Elms in the near future, to serve the near-refurbished Battersea Power Station.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Oval towards Morden		Northern line		Elephant & Castle towards Edgware, Mill Hill East, or High Barnet (via Bank)
				Waterloo towards Edgware, Mill Hill East, or High Barnet (via Charing Cross)
Terminus
		Future Development
Nine Elms towards Battersea		Northern line		Waterloo towards Edgware, Mill Hill East, or High Barnet (via Charing Cross)

Images for kids

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  Kennington station on an 1890s Ordnance Survey map

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  Layout of Kennington station following the reconstruction with additional platforms and reversing loop

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  Duplication of tunnels from Kennington to Tooting Broadway proposed in 1946

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  View of the station from the southeast

See also

In Spanish: Estación de Kennington para niños