Crouch End Roadworks This Week: Nelson Road and Haslemere

Nelson Road N8 is the closure to plan around in Crouch End. Thames Water booked it from Wednesday 30 September for around 17 weeks, in four phases, and the council’s register gives the same span: 30 September 2026 to 29 January 2027, from Ridge Road to Weston Park. Haslemere Road N8 stays shut to 13 November and Tregaron Avenue N8 to 26 November, for the same mains scheme.

The Piccadilly line is running again. The whole-line closure ended at 1.29am this morning, Monday 2 November, and TfL shows a good service, with nothing else planned on the line to 18 November. Every bus route through Crouch End Broadway is on its normal route.

This week’s short jobs: Hatherley Gardens outside Hornsey Town Hall, Mount Pleasant Villas N4 and the Allison Road N8 footway are all booked to Friday 6 November.

Next on the list: night roadworks on Green Lanes N8 in Harringay on 12 and 13 November, and a weekend with no Northern line south of Euston and Charing Cross on 14 and 15 November.

Updated 2 November: we read every source again this morning.

• Ended: the Piccadilly line closure, at 1.29am today. Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green have trains again.
• Ended: the 329’s short working at Wood Green. TfL shows a good service on the 329.
• Past their booked end: the Cadent Gas works on Woodside Avenue, Fordington Road and Lanchester Road N6, and Thames Water’s lights on Priory Road at Park Road, all booked to 1 November. The council’s register still prints them, because it has not moved on from its 26 October edition, but TfL’s road disruption feed no longer lists Priory Road.
• Still on: the Suffragette line closure between South Tottenham and Barking Riverside, to the end of service on Tuesday 10 November. Crouch Hill and Harringay Green Lanes are on the open section, towards Gospel Oak.
• Unchanged: the council’s register is still the edition for the week beginning 26 October, and Thames Water’s project page has no new dates for Nelson Road’s later phases and says nothing about how far phase one has got.

This page sets out what is actually closed in Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Highgate right now, which buses have moved, and the parking and route arithmetic that stays true after the cones go.

One warning about the council’s own source. Haringey’s weekly roadworks register is updating again, but it is not accurate. The edition for the week beginning 26 October still lists Crouch Hill as closed from 9 February to 2 November, six weeks after the road reopened. It only picked up Nelson Road, the longest closure now booked, in the 28 September edition. It added the Tottenham Lane repair a week after the buses were diverted, and Thames Water’s Crouch End project page has never mentioned it. Where the register and Transport for London disagree below, we have gone with TfL, because its diversions change on the day.

Crouch Hill is open again, 46 days early

Crouch Hill had been under a temporary road closure since 9 February 2026 for Thames Water’s mains replacement. Every date published until this month gave the end as 2 November. It reopened on 17 September: 220 days closed rather than 266.

Two things confirm it. Thames Water’s project page no longer names Crouch Hill among the streets it is working on, having listed it at the top of that section for seven months. And TfL’s status for the W7 is back to a good service with no diversion notice, on a route that had been diverted away from Crouch Hill and Crouch Hill station since February. We reported the early reopening when the date first appeared, in Crouch Hill reopens six weeks early.

The council’s own pages have not caught up. The weekly register still gives 9 February to 2 November in its 26 October edition, and the major roadworks page still describes the scheme as running “from Monday 9 February for up to 9 months in 4 locations”.

The Tottenham Lane burst main is fixed

A burst water main on Tottenham Lane N8 was the big disruption at the Broadway in late September. TfL’s notice, first issued on Sunday 20 September, moved six routes:

• 41, 91, N41 and N91 went via Park Road, Priory Road and High Street in both directions, missing the stops between Crouch End Broadway and Hornsey station.
• W3, towards Northumberland Park, missed Tottenham Lane YMCA and Palace Road.
• W5, towards Harringay, went via Crouch Hill, Mount View Road, Ferme Park Road and Weston Park, missing Crouch End Broadway and Tottenham Lane YMCA.

TfL first gave the end as 5pm on Thursday 24 September, then extended it to 6pm on Friday 2 October. On 3 October all six routes showed a good service with no diversion notice.

The council’s register for the week beginning 28 September is the only other record of the job. It describes a Thames Water urgent repair on Tottenham Lane, between Elm Park Avenue and Ferme Park Road, under a temporary road closure from 21 September to 2 October. Tottenham Lane is the A103, the main road east out of the Broadway towards Hornsey and Turnpike Lane, which is why one hole there moved so many buses.

Nelson Road, from 30 September to late January

Thames Water’s page now books Nelson Road N8 from 30 September 2026 for around 17 weeks, under a phased road closure between the junction with Ridge Road and the junction with Weston Park. Seventeen weeks from 30 September runs to the end of January. Each phase “should take around four weeks to complete”, and parking suspensions apply throughout.

The four phases, as published:

• Phase one: the junction of Ridge Road up to approximately 15 Nelson Road
• Phase two: 15 Nelson Road up to approximately 41 Nelson Road
• Phase three: 41 Nelson Road up to approximately 75 Nelson Road
• Phase four: 75 Nelson Road to Weston Park

The council’s register for the week beginning 12 October lists Nelson Road from the junction with Ridge Road to Weston Park, 30 September 2026 to 29 January 2027, under a temporary road closure. That matches Thames Water’s 17 weeks. The 28 September edition gave 29 October, which was the first phase only. The run-up to it, Ridge Road N8 from Ferme Park Road to Nelson Road, was booked for 24 to 30 September and has finished.

The mains scheme, and where each phase stands

Thames Water is replacing the Victorian water mains under Crouch End. The council puts the scheme at £13 million, replacing more than 8km of ageing Victorian pipes, serving about 3,000 properties across 29 streets. Cabinet member Seema Chandwani described it as a “two-year programme” across the borough. Crouch Hill was chosen first because it has burst repeatedly in recent years.

Working hours are 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays. Pedestrian access to homes and businesses is kept open throughout, along with emergency access, and parking bays are suspended in each phase as it moves. Thames Water’s number for this scheme is 0800 316 9800, quoting reference BB01441522.

Ridge Road came back for a week. It was finished in August, and Thames Water returned to it from 24 to 30 September, between Ferme Park Road and Nelson Road. That is the junction where Nelson Road’s phase one started on 30 September.

Two of those come with a caveat worth knowing before you search for them.

Thames Water spells the new Crouch End closure “Haselmere Road”. The street is Haslemere Road N8, which is how the council’s register spells it and how it appears in OpenStreetMap. The two organisations also describe different lengths of it: Thames Water gives the work as running from the junction with Crouch Hill up to Oakfield Court, with driveway access affected and access kept for residents of Oakfield Court; the council gives it as the junction with Crouch Hill to Crouch End Hill, which is the longer stretch. Thames Water says eight weeks from 14 September, which would end on 9 November; the council says 13 November.

Granville Road looks done. When Thames Water first published it, it gave no postcode, and Haringey has more than one Granville Road. The council’s register now places it in Stroud Green ward as Granville Road N4, from the junction with Ridge Road to the junction with Mount View Road, from 4 September to 8 October. Thames Water’s “around five weeks” from 4 September lands in the same week. The booked end passed on 8 October, and the 12 October edition of the register no longer lists it. Thames Water’s page still carries its original entry.

The two hills, and why the diversion looked wrong

Crouch End’s geography catches people out, including satnavs, and it is the reason a single closure here hurts. Two different roads leave the Broadway going downhill to the south, their names differ by one word, and they are different classified routes to different places:

• Crouch Hill is the A1201. It runs southeast to Crouch Hill station, Stroud Green Road and Finsbury Park. This is the one that was closed.
• Crouch End Hill is the A103. It runs southwest to Hornsey Rise and on towards Archway.

While Crouch Hill was shut, the direct line to Stroud Green and Finsbury Park went with it, and everything took the long way round by Crouch End Hill and Hornsey Rise. Both are open again.

Which buses have moved

Checked against TfL’s live status for the Broadway routes and the nearby routes on 2 November.

Every route through Crouch End Broadway runs normally. The 41, 91, W5 and W7, and the N41 and N91 at night, show a good service, and so do the W3, 210, 214, 232, 236 and 299.

The Fortis Green diversions are over. The 102, 234 and 603 show a good service again, after TfL’s notice for Thames Water work on Fortis Green N10 ran to 5pm on Saturday 31 October.

The 329 runs its full route again. Its short working at Wood Green, for the Turnpike Lane bus station works, was booked to 6pm on Sunday 1 November, and TfL now shows a good service.

The Wood Green red route night closures have finished. The overnight curtailments and diversions of 28 to 31 October have gone from TfL’s status, and the 29, 67, 121, 144, 184, 230, W4 and N29 all show a good service.

In Tottenham, the W4’s Saturday tree pruning diversions on The Avenue N17 are over; the register booked them for 24 and 31 October only. The 318 is diverted towards Stamford Hill only until 6pm on Tuesday 22 December for the Wargrave Avenue N15 mains replacement.

The 43 and 141 carry a long-running southbound diversion in the City of London, around King William Street, which does not affect their Highgate, Archway or Wood Green ends. Routes 123, 134 and 310 show a good service.

No strike notices. The Arriva North London dispute was settled on 7 September, and TfL’s bus status carries no strike warning for any route. Our report on the deal has the terms, including cab air conditioning by May 2027.

Routes 91, 123, 232 and N91 changed permanently on Saturday 1 August, and this is not roadworks. TfL rebuilt these routes around the Haringey Heartlands development:

• 91 now runs Trafalgar Square to Wood Green, keeping its old route as far as Crouch End and then going on via Haringey Heartlands to Wood Green station.
• 123 now runs Ilford to Turnpike Lane station at all times.
• 232 keeps its route to Wood Green station and then continues to Haringey Heartlands, Coburg Road.
• N91 runs via Haringey Heartlands between Hornsey and Wood Green station rather than via Turnpike Lane and Wood Green High Road.

The buses that call at Crouch End Broadway itself are the 41, 91, W5 and W7, plus the N41 and N91 at night. The W3, despite how often it gets recommended locally, does not stop at the Broadway.

If you change at Finsbury Park

A separate Thames Water main replacement at Highbury Grove N5, about two miles south of Crouch End, still has routes 4, 19 and N19 diverted in both directions until 6pm on Friday 20 November. The 19 and N19 are not serving the stops between Highbury Corner and Finsbury Park Interchange. TfL’s road disruption feed books the Highbury Grove closure, between Aberdeen Lane and Baalbec Road, to the same date.

The 236 is back to a good service now the Highbury New Park N5 diversion has ended. The 393 is diverted towards Chalk Farm until 5pm on Tuesday 3 November, via Caledonian Road, Market Road and York Way, missing the stops from North Road / Pleasance Theatre to Camden Park Road.

TfL’s lane restrictions on Seven Sisters Road at Woodberry Grove, between Green Lanes and Amhurst Park, now run to Friday 13 November. They were booked to end on 24 October.

If you drive west towards Muswell Hill and East Finchley

• Fortis Green has its buses back. TfL’s diversion notice ended at 5pm on Saturday 31 October, and the register’s Fortis Green N2 entry, opposite no. 87, was booked for 27 to 30 October.
• The Cadent Gas works around Woodside Avenue N6 have passed their booked end. The closures of Fordington Road and Lanchester Road at Woodside Avenue, and the two way signals on Woodside Avenue, were all booked to 1 November. No newer source has extended them, though the council’s register has not been updated since.
• Cranley Gardens N10 is closed outside no. 80 for Thames Water mains replacement until 14 December.

Trains: Piccadilly line running again

Checked against TfL’s line status on 2 November, for the fortnight to 18 November:

• Piccadilly line: a good service. The whole-line closure that began early on Saturday ended at 1.29am today, Monday 2 November, so Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green have trains again. TfL lists nothing else planned on the line to 18 November. Our report on the closure has the background.
• Suffragette line, to Tuesday 10 November: no service between South Tottenham and Barking Riverside after an operational incident, until the end of service on 10 November. Crouch Hill and Harringay Green Lanes are on the open section, with a train every 30 minutes, leaving Gospel Oak at 9 and 39 minutes past the hour. TfL says tickets are accepted on any reasonable route.
• Suffragette line, Tuesday 3 to Friday 6 November: the 5.48am from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak and the 6.24am from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside do not run.
• Suffragette line, Friday 13 November: the 11.03pm from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak terminates at Upper Holloway at 11.38pm.
• Suffragette line, Sunday 15 November: no service between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside until 1.15pm, with replacement buses J and T, then no trains between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside from 1.15pm to 2.45pm, and a reduced service west of there.
• Northern line, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November: no service between Euston (Bank branch) or Charing Cross and Morden or Battersea Power Station, and no Night Tube south of East Finchley and Golders Green in the early hours of Sunday. Replacement buses run by day.
• Weaver line, Monday 9 to Thursday 12 November: no trains between Hackney Downs and Chingford after 10.45pm, with replacement bus L3.

The Victoria line has nothing planned to 18 November. This morning TfL reports minor delays from train cancellations, a notice for today only.

Great Northern is not on TfL’s feed. National Rail’s engineering works list carries nothing for Finsbury Park, Hornsey, Harringay or Alexandra Palace this week. The next job is the night of Saturday 14 November into Sunday 15 November: buses replace trains north of Finsbury Park from about 11.50pm on Saturday, and until about 7.50am on Sunday northbound Hertford North and Potters Bar trains start from Hornsey or Alexandra Palace, with buses non-stop between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace. Great Northern has not yet published its Christmas service on National Rail’s Christmas page as of our 13 October check.

Everything else dug up right now

From the council’s register for the week beginning 26 October, read again on 2 November and checked against today’s date, with what TfL and Thames Water publish elsewhere added in. Everything here is live now or starts by mid-November.

Four of those deserve a flag.

Green Lanes N8 is three night jobs on two nights. The register books a bus stop rebuild outside 10a Turnpike Parade for the night of 12 November, then resurfacing between Carlingford Road and West Green Road and a second bus stop rebuild, opposite Havergal Surgery, for the night of 13 November. All three run 8pm to 5am under temporary signals. TfL had published no bus notice for them when we checked on 2 November.

Hatherley Gardens outside Hornsey Town Hall now has three overlapping jobs. The carriageway improvement runs to 6 November, and the new crossing and a drainage improvement both run to 11 November, all at the end of the cul-de-sac.

Farrer Road is an “urgent repair” running four months. Thames Water’s job between Farrer Mews and Park Road, in Hornsey, started on 17 August and the register books the road closure through to 23 December. It has not appeared on Thames Water’s Crouch End project page at any point, which suggests it is a separate repair rather than part of the mains scheme.

Bounds Green Road is published as phases, not a single block. The register splits the highways work into sections: the Passmore Gardens and Blake Road junction was booked to 13 October, and the Truro Road junction follows from 19 October to 10 November, under two way signals. The council’s major roadworks page described this as its 20mph scheme, after a 2025 consultation in which 76% of respondents backed it, but no longer carries the entry. From TfL’s route data the 102, 184, 232 and 299 all run along Bounds Green Road.

One quirk of the register worth knowing if you use it yourself: the same job can appear under several wards. The High Road N22 overnight works sat under four. In the 26 October edition Bruce Grove, Tottenham Green and White Hart Lane all read “no planned activities”. That is a statement about the register, not about those streets.

Finished since our last update

Worth saying plainly, because a roadworks page that only ever adds closures is useless. These have run their course, or passed their booked end, since 1 November:

• The Piccadilly line closure, which ended at 1.29am on 2 November.
• The 329’s short working at Wood Green, booked to 6pm on 1 November.
• Priory Road N8, Thames Water’s multiway lights at Park Road, booked to 1 November and gone from TfL’s road disruption feed.
• Woodside Avenue, Fordington Road and Lanchester Road N6, Cadent Gas, booked to 1 November.

And from 31 October to 1 November:

• Fortis Green N10, Thames Water’s work and the diversions of the 102, 234 and 603, to 5pm on 31 October, with the register’s Fortis Green N2 entry opposite no. 87 (27 to 30 October).
• The Avenue N17 tree pruning and the W4 diversion with it, 31 October.
• The 310’s overnight Seven Sisters Road diversion, and Great Northern’s two weekend notices north of Finsbury Park, overnight into 1 November and before 9.40am on the Hertford North line.
• The Suffragette line’s planned closure from Gospel Oak on the morning of 1 November, to 9.45am.

And from 29 to 31 October:

• High Road N22, the red route night closures and line marking between Buller Road and Turnpike Lane, 26 to 31 October, with TfL’s overnight curtailments and diversions of the 29, 67, 121, 141, 144, 184, 221, 230, W4 and N29.
• Bedford Road N22 at Alexandra Park Road, the Thames Water burst repair booked to 30 October; Durnsford Road and Wroxham Gardens N11, 26 to 29 October; Western Road N22 outside Alexandra Primary School and Russell Avenue N22, both to 29 October.
• In Tottenham and Harringay: Hermitage Road N4 and St Ann’s Road N15 resurfacing, Markfield Road N15, Gloucester Road N17 and the W4 diversion with it, and UK Power Networks’ High Road N17 work at Lansdowne Road.
• The 91 and N91 stop closure at Northumberland Avenue in Westminster, to 30 October.

And from 27 to 29 October:

• Crouch Hill N8, UK Power Networks’ reconnection work outside 94 to 96, booked to 27 October, and the W7 diversion with it.
• High Road N22 at Westbury Avenue, the Thames Water mains repair booked to 28 October, and the diversions of the 29, 67, 230, 121, 329, 141, 144, 221, W4, N29 and 184 for it. The 329’s separate Wood Green short working continues.
• The 236 and 393 diversions at Highbury New Park N5, ended 27 October.
• Hornsey Lane N6: Thames Water’s valve work outside no. 143 (26 to 27 October) and Cadent’s remedial work outside no. 10 (26 October).

And from 22 to 27 October:

• The High Road N22 full night closure between Bounds Green Road and Lordship Lane on 22 October, and the Westbury Avenue to Lordship Lane resurfacing, 20 to 26 October.
• Ewart Grove N22 footway work, booked to 24 October, and the Willan Road N17 meter installation, 21 to 23 October.
• The W4’s first Saturday tree pruning diversion on The Avenue, 24 October.

And from 13 to 22 October: Coppetts Road N10 and the 234 diversion with it; Lausanne Road N8 (15 to 20 October; it is booked again for 12 and 13 November); the Stapleton Hall Road N4 survey; the first High Road N22 night jobs at Lordship Lane, Station Road and the Sainsbury’s bus stop; Park View Road N17 resurfacing and the W3 White Hart Lane collision diversion; Hampden Road N8; Crescent Rise N22, Sylvan Avenue N22 and the High Road N17 drainage repair; Bounds Green Road at Passmore Gardens and Blake Road; and the 310 and 4, 102 and 144 and 299 diversions.

And from 10 to 13 October: Western Road N22’s Thames Water valve repair and the 91, N91 and 232 diversions with it; Granville Road N4, which has left the council’s register; the Suffragette line closure through Crouch Hill on 11 October; the Albany Road and Stapleton Hall Road N4 sewer repairs; Moselle Avenue N22 and Bruce Castle Road N17; and the A1 Lyttelton Road lane closure.

And from earlier: Shepherds Hill N6, the Ferme Park Road and Stapleton Hall Road sewer works of 7 and 8 October, Coburg Road N22, the 102, 143 and 234 night diversions in East Finchley, Caversham Road N15 and Winkfield Road N22; the Tottenham Lane burst main and its six-route diversion, ended 2 October; the Hazellville Road N19 gas works and the 41 and 210 diversions; Ridge Road N8; the Highgate Close stop closures; Southwood Lawn Road N6, Park Road N8, Hornsey Lane N6 and Grenham Road N10; the A1000 restrictions at Fortis Green; Crouch Hill N8, which reopened on 17 September after 220 days, and the W7 diversion lifted with it; Berkeley Road N8, Lockmead Road N15, The Broadway N8 contraflow at Middle Lane, Alexandra Park Road N22, Hartham Road N17, Coningsby Road N4, the C11 diversion at Raydon Street N19, the Suffragette line Sunday closures of September, the Arriva strikes, Cranbourne Road N10, Wolseley Road N8, Dickenson Road N8, Muswell Hill Road N6, Birkbeck Road N8 and The Avenue N10.

The routes that matter when something closes

The reason a single closure hurts here is that Crouch End sits in a bowl with a small number of classified roads through it, and the alternatives are residential streets that were never meant to carry the traffic. These are the through routes, with their classifications from OpenStreetMap:

The useful thing to take from that is which closures actually matter. Anything on the A103 through the Broadway is the serious one, because there is no parallel classified route: traffic goes into the side streets. That is exactly what the Tottenham Lane burst main did in late September, and it is why six bus routes moved for one hole in the road. A closure on the A1201, which is what Crouch Hill was, is bad but survivable, because the A103 absorbs it. And Wightman Road is the pressure valve for all of it, which is why it gets mentioned every time something else shuts.

Parking, and the two hour windows

Crouch End is covered by two controlled parking zones, and their hours are different in a way that catches out visitors and rewards anyone who reads the signs:

• Crouch End A (CEA): Monday to Friday, 10am to 12 noon.
• Crouch End B (CEB): Monday to Friday, 2pm to 4pm.

Both zones were introduced in 2009 and extended in 2011, and both sets of hours were reviewed and deliberately kept. Haringey consulted on CEA in November 2022, got 773 resident responses, and the Head of Highways and Parking approved retaining the 10am to 12 noon times on 16 October 2023. On CEB, 81.2% of those who responded did not want the hours changed either.

The catch is what happens outside those two hours. The CEB review papers record residents complaining that because the zone only bites from 2pm to 4pm, anyone can park free “until 2pm and then go home”, including commuters and drivers avoiding the neighbouring Islington zones. A short controlled window keeps residents’ bays free at the moment they need them and leaves the rest of the day open, which is either the point or the problem depending on who you ask.

The same CEA decision increased the waiting and loading restrictions on Broadway from Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6.30pm, to Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6.30pm.

During the mains work, parking bays are suspended along each street as the job reaches it, so a permit does not guarantee a space on a road being dug up. Nelson Road residents should expect that until late January, phase by phase.

Before you drive: what to check

• Haringey’s weekly roadworks register by ward is the fullest single list of streetworks in the borough, organised by ward, with dates and the traffic measure for each job. Check the heading date before you trust it: it spent seven weeks on the edition of 27 July, and it has updated weekly since 14 September. It is slow on emergency repairs: the Tottenham Lane burst main only appeared in it a week after the buses were diverted.
• The council’s current and upcoming major roadworks page covers the big schemes, though its Crouch End entry is now out of date.
• TfL bus status carries the diversions in full and is more current than anything the council publishes, because it changes the day a diversion starts.
• Thames Water’s project page, which is the only place Nelson Road has been published, or 0800 316 9800, reference BB01441522, for anything to do with the mains scheme.

Of those, the register is the fuller list and TfL is the more current one, but neither is reliably right. Read both, and expect the road to disagree with each.

Frequently asked questions

Is Crouch Hill open?

Yes. It reopened on Thursday 17 September 2026, after 220 days closed for Thames Water mains replacement, and 46 days ahead of the 2 November date published for most of the year. A short UK Power Networks closure outside 94 to 96 Crouch Hill, booked from 21 to 27 October, has ended, and TfL shows the W7 back on its normal route. The council’s register still lists the old mains closure to 2 November; that entry is out of date.

Which roads in Crouch End are closed now?

Nelson Road N8, from 30 September to 29 January 2027, in four phases. Haslemere Road N8, from Crouch Hill towards Crouch End Hill, until 13 November. Tregaron Avenue N8 until 26 November, in 100 metre phases. Hatherley Gardens N8, outside Hornsey Town Hall, until 6 November, with crossing and drainage jobs there to 11 November. Farrer Road N8, in Hornsey, until 23 December. Mount Pleasant Villas N4 at Victoria Road until 6 November. Oxford Road N4 has parking suspended for footway work to 16 November.

How long will Nelson Road be shut?

Thames Water books it from 30 September 2026 for around 17 weeks, and the council’s register gives 29 January 2027 as the end. It is a phased closure between Ridge Road and Weston Park, in four sections of about four weeks each, with parking suspended as each phase reaches it.

Which buses are diverted in Crouch End this week?

None of the routes that serve Crouch End Broadway is diverted. On 2 November TfL showed a good service on the 41, 91, W5, W7, W3, N41 and N91, and on the 102, 234, 603 and 329. The 4, 19 and N19 stay diverted around Highbury Grove N5 until 20 November.

Is Crouch Hill station open?

Yes, and the Suffragette line is running through it, though an operational incident has shut the far end of the line between South Tottenham and Barking Riverside until the end of service on Tuesday 10 November. The next planned closure through Crouch Hill is on Sunday 15 November, with no trains between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside until 1.15pm.

Are the buses on strike?

No. Arriva North London drivers voted to accept a new deal and Unite called off the strikes on 7 September. No further strike dates stand. The deal includes air conditioning in drivers’ cabs by May 2027.

Is the Tube closed this weekend?

No. The Piccadilly line reopened at 1.29am on Monday 2 November after its whole-line closure, and for the weekend of 7 and 8 November TfL lists nothing planned on the Piccadilly, Northern or Victoria lines. The Northern line closes south of Euston and Charing Cross on 14 and 15 November.

What is Thames Water doing in Crouch End?

Replacing more than 8km of Victorian water mains across 29 streets, at a cost of about £13 million, serving roughly 3,000 properties. Crouch Hill was first because it had burst repeatedly. Work runs 7.30am to 5.30pm on weekdays and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays, and Thames Water says the scheme covers those 29 streets “over the next year”.

What are the Crouch End parking zone hours?

Crouch End A operates Monday to Friday, 10am to 12 noon. Crouch End B operates Monday to Friday, 2pm to 4pm. Outside those windows you do not need a permit in either zone.

Which buses go from Crouch End Broadway?

The 41, 91, W5 and W7 by day, and the N41 and N91 at night. The 91 was extended on 1 August 2026 and now runs through to Wood Green station via Haringey Heartlands. The W3 does not serve Crouch End Broadway. All of them run their normal route through Crouch End.

Are Crouch Hill and Crouch End Hill the same road?

No. Crouch Hill is the A1201 and runs southeast towards Stroud Green and Finsbury Park. Crouch End Hill is the A103 and runs southwest towards Hornsey Rise and Archway. Only Crouch Hill was closed.

Corrections

• 22 September 2026: we had recorded Lockmead Road N15 in South Tottenham as finished on 18 September, from the previous register. The 21 September edition gave the Thames Water work there as running to 25 September.
• 3 October 2026: our earlier updates said the council’s register carried nothing about the Tottenham Lane burst main. That was true of the 21 September edition, but the 28 September edition lists it as a Thames Water urgent repair from 21 September to 2 October.

• 3 October 2026: we reported route 329 back to normal after 18 September. TfL has since reinstated the Wood Green short working, to 1 November.

• 10 October 2026: we described the council’s 29 October date for Nelson Road as covering the first phase. The 5 October edition gives 29 January 2027 for the whole closure, matching Thames Water’s 17 weeks.

• 31 October 2026: on 29 October we said TfL had published no night diversions for the Wood Green High Road red route closures. TfL’s status on 31 October carries overnight notices for ten routes covering those nights, though not for the 41, 91 or W3 the council had listed. The bus section now sets them out.

Related

• Crouch End trains to London: the eight stations within reach, and the £312 a year most commuters here overpay.
• Things to do in Crouch End: including the Parkland Walk, which is the one route through Crouch End that never closes for roadworks.
• Crouch End planning news: the Haringey Heartlands development behind the permanent bus changes is part of the same growth plan.
• Crouch End house prices: what homes on these streets sell for.

Sources

• Weekly overview of roadworks by ward, Haringey Council, checked 2 November 2026 (still the edition headed “week beginning 26 October 2026”, no change; Priory Road and the Cadent Gas N6 entries still printed to 1 November), 1 November 2026 (still the edition headed “week beginning 26 October 2026”, no change, including the Tottenham wards and the three Green Lanes N8 night jobs on 12 and 13 November), 31 October 2026 (still the edition headed “week beginning 26 October 2026”, no change) and 29 October 2026 (edition headed “week beginning 26 October 2026”) for every entry in the ward table, the third Hatherley Gardens job, Mount Pleasant Villas, Cranley Gardens, Bedford Road, Western Road, Leith Road, Stirling Road, Lausanne Road, Holmdale Terrace and the Crouch Hill entries; checked 23 October 2026 (still the edition headed “week beginning 19 October 2026”, no change); checked 22 October 2026 (still the edition headed “week beginning 19 October 2026”) for the Tottenham entries, Gloucester Road N17 and the absence of any Crouch Hill electrical job; checked 20 October 2026 (edition headed “week beginning 19 October 2026”) for the Priory Road N8, Fortis Green N2, Stapleton Hall Road, High Road N22 Westbury Avenue, Station Road N22 signals, Russell Avenue, Durnsford Road and Coppetts Road entries; rechecked 17 October 2026 (still the week beginning 12 October edition) and checked 13 October 2026, when the published edition was headed “week beginning 12 October 2026”. Used for every street, date and traffic measure in the ward table, the new Hatherley Gardens crossing, Hampden Road, Lausanne Road, Hornsey Lane, Crescent Rise, Oxford Road, Albany Road, Stapleton Hall Road and High Road N17 entries, Granville Road’s absence, the Nelson Road entry from 30 September 2026 to 29 January 2027, the Cadent Gas entries on Woodside Avenue, Fordington Road and Lanchester Road N6, and the Crouch Hill entry that still reads 9 February to 2 November. The 5 October edition for the Western Road N22 valve repair, the Shepherds Hill, Ferme Park Road, Stapleton Hall Road and Coburg Road entries, the High Road N22 overnight works and the Bounds Green Road phases. The 28 September edition for the Tottenham Lane urgent repair from 21 September to 2 October and the Hornsey Lane, Park Road and Grenham Road entries. Earlier editions (21 September) for Berkeley Road, Ridge Road and the Lockmead Road correction.
• Current and upcoming major roadworks, Haringey Council, checked 2 November 2026 with no change (the red route entry still gives the October nights), 1 November 2026 with no change (the Crouch End entry still reads “up to 9 months in 4 locations”), checked 29 October 2026 with the red route entry unchanged, checked 23 October 2026 with no change, and 22 October 2026, for the Wood Green High Road red route closures on 22, 28, 29 and 30 October and the 22 routes it lists as diverted; earlier checks for the Bounds Green Road 20mph scheme and the 2025 consultation result, no longer on the page.
• Thames Water upgrade works in Crouch End, Haringey Council for the £13m cost, the 8km of pipes, the 3,000 properties, working hours and the 0800 316 9800 contact.
• Crouch End pipe replacement, Thames Water, checked 2 November (no update date on the page and no progress report for Nelson Road), 1 November, 31 October, 29 October, 23 October and 22 October 2026 with no change, and 13 October 2026, for the Nelson Road closure from 30 September for around 17 weeks and its four phases, the Haselmere Road entry of 14 September for around eight weeks, the Granville Road and Tregaron Avenue entries, the 29 streets and the “over the next year” timescale, and for carrying nothing about the Tottenham Lane burst main.
• TfL route status for the Broadway routes and nearby routes, checked 1 November 2026, for a good service on every Broadway route, the end of the Fortis Green and Wood Green notices, the 329 short working to 6pm on 1 November, the 318 to 22 December, the 4, 19 and N19 Highbury Grove diversions to 20 November and the 393 to 3 November.
• TfL bus status for every route, checked 31 October 2026, for the Fortis Green diversions extended to 5pm on 31 October, the Wood Green High Road overnight notices for 28 to 31 October, the 393 Caledonian Road diversion to 3 November, the W4’s Saturday tree pruning diversion, the 310 Seven Sisters Road night diversion and the end of the 91 and N91 Northumberland Avenue stop closure; checked 29 October 2026, for the Fortis Green N10 diversions of the 102, 234 and 603 to 30 October, the end of the W7, Westbury Avenue, 236 and 393 Highbury New Park entries, the 393 North Road diversion, the 318 Wargrave Avenue diversion, and the good service on every Broadway route.
• TfL route status for the Broadway routes and nearby routes, checked 2 November 2026, for a good service on every Broadway route and on the 102, 234, 603 and 329, the 318 to 22 December, the 4, 19 and N19 Highbury Grove diversions to 20 November and the 393 to 5pm on 3 November.
• TfL line status, 2 to 18 November and current line status, checked 2 November 2026, for a good service on the Piccadilly line with nothing planned to 18 November, the Suffragette line incident to 10 November with trains every 30 minutes and its planned entries to 15 November, the Northern line closure of 14 and 15 November, the Weaver line evening closures of 9 to 12 November and the Victoria line’s minor delays on 2 November.
• TfL line status, 1 to 17 November, checked 1 November 2026, for the Piccadilly closure ending at 1.29am on 2 November, the Suffragette line incident to 10 November and its planned entries to 15 November, the Northern line closure of 14 and 15 November, the Weaver line evening closures of 9 to 12 November and nothing planned on the Victoria line.
• TfL line status, 31 October to 16 November, checked 31 October 2026, for the Piccadilly closure to 1.29am on 2 November, the Suffragette line incident extended to 10 November and its planned entries to 15 November, the Northern line closure of 14 and 15 November, the Weaver line evening closures of 9 to 12 November and nothing planned on the Victoria line.
• TfL line status, 29 October to 12 November, checked 29 October 2026, for the Piccadilly closures to 1 November, including Friday 30 October to 1.29am Saturday, the Suffragette line incident and planned entries, and nothing planned on the Northern or Victoria lines.
• TfL road disruptions, checked 2 November 2026 with Seven Sisters Road to 13 November, Highbury Grove to 20 November and High Road N17 at White Hart Lane to 4 December, and Priory Road no longer listed; checked 1 November 2026 with Seven Sisters Road to 13 November, Highbury Grove to 20 November, Priory Road to 6pm on 1 November and High Road N17 at White Hart Lane to 4 December; checked 31 October 2026 with Seven Sisters Road to 13 November, Highbury Grove to 20 November and Priory Road to 1 November unchanged; checked 29 October 2026, for Seven Sisters Road at Woodberry Grove extended to 13 November, Highbury Grove to 20 November, Priory Road to 1 November, Markfield Road N15 and the two High Road N17 UK Power Networks entries.
• National Rail engineering works notices for Alexandra Palace to Stevenage via Hertford North, 26 to 30 October and Finsbury Park to Potters Bar, Hertford North and beyond, 14 and 15 November, checked 2 November 2026, 1 November 2026 and 29 October 2026. National Rail engineering works, checked 2 November 2026 with nothing listed for Finsbury Park, Hornsey, Harringay or Alexandra Palace this week, and 1 November 2026, for the two Great Northern notices of 31 October and 1 November.
• TfL status for the 214 and TfL bus status for every route, checked 24 October 2026, for the Highgate West Hill curtailment, the 236 and 393 Highbury New Park diversion to 27 October, and the W7 notices unchanged
• TfL status for the W7, checked 23 October 2026 with both notices unchanged, and 22 October 2026, for the two Crouch Hill notices to 5pm on 27 October, created 21 and 22 October. TfL bus status for every route, checked 23 October 2026 with every entry below unchanged, and 22 October 2026 for the 41, N41, W3, W5, 232, 234, 299, 310, 102, 123, 134, 143, 144 and 184 at a good service, the W4 Gloucester Road and The Avenue diversions, and the 4, 19, N19, 43, 91, N91 and 329 entries unchanged; checked 20 October 2026, for the 234 diversion ending at 4pm that day, the W3 back to a good service and the 4, 19, N19, 91, N91 and 329 entries unchanged; checked 17 October 2026, for the Highbury Grove diversions extended to 20 November on the 4, 19 and N19, the 234 Coppetts Road diversion, the W3 White Hart Lane collision diversion, and the end of the 310, 4, 102, 144, 299 and 236 entries below; and checked 13 October 2026, for the good service on the 41, N41, W3, W5, W7, 210, 603, 232, 123, 134, 143, 184 and 234; the 310 and 4 Isledon Road diversions; the 102 and 144 Edmonton Green overnight closure on 12 October; the 299 Reservoir Road diversion; the 10 October check for the 91, N91 and 232 Western Road diversions on 10 and 11 October; the 91’s Russell Square curtailment on 10 October and the Northumberland Avenue stop closure to 30 October; the 329 short working to 1 November; the Highbury Grove diversions to 2 November on routes 4, 19, N19 and 236; and the 43’s City of London entries. The 3 October check for the 102, 143 and 234 night diversions, the 299 Reservoir Road diversion and the 236 Highbury New Park diversion. Earlier checks on 20 to 25 September for the Tottenham Lane and Hazellville Road diversion notices. TfL bus stop disruptions, checked 10 October 2026, for the Finsbury Park Station stop closures on 10 October; the 3 October check for the Highgate Close stops no longer being listed as closed.
• TfL line status, 23 October to 6 November, checked 23 October 2026, with the same planned Piccadilly and Suffragette entries and nothing planned on the Northern, Victoria or Weaver lines.
• TfL line status, 22 October to 5 November, checked 22 October 2026, for the Piccadilly and Suffragette entries above, including the early Suffragette trains cancelled 3 to 6 November, and nothing planned on the Northern, Victoria or Weaver lines.
• TfL line status, 17 October to 2 November, checked 17 October 2026, for the Piccadilly line closures of 28 October to 1 November, the PL5 and PL6 replacement buses and the Suffragette line closure on the morning of 1 November. TfL line status, 13 to 27 October, checked 13 October 2026, for the Suffragette, Weaver and Piccadilly line closures to 27 October, and the good service on the Northern line and Great Northern.
• TfL road disruptions, checked 23 October 2026 with Seven Sisters Road listed to 24 October and nothing for Crouch Hill; checked 22 October 2026 with Seven Sisters Road still listed to 24 October and nothing listed for Crouch Hill; checked 13 October 2026, for the A503 Seven Sisters Road restrictions at Woodberry Grove to 24 October and the A1 Lyttelton Road lane closure no longer being listed.
• Christmas and New Year travel, National Rail, checked 13 October 2026, which does not yet carry Great Northern’s Christmas service.
• Road classifications from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
• Parking zone hours and the 2022 consultation figures from Haringey Council’s delegated decision of 16 October 2023.