High St Kensington ⇄ Oval Station | Tube Journey, Train Times & Fares

The journey from High Street Kensington to Oval is in fare zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Circle and Northern tube lines, changing trains at Embankment

1. From High Street Kensington take the Circle Line
2. Change at Embankment to the Northern Line
3. Leave the train at Oval

Number of tube stops: 10 · Journey time: Approx 31 mins

Stations on the route: High Street Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ South Kensington ➜ Sloane Square ➜ Victoria ➜ St. James’s Park ➜ Westminster ➜ Embankment [change train] Embankment ➜ Waterloo ➜ Kennington ➜ Oval

London Underground tube delays

Strikes and closures on the Circle and Northern

First and last train times on the Circle line

Tube times for the Circle line

Alternative routes include High Street Kensington to Vauxhall, High Street Kensington to Kennington and High Street Kensington to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

High Street Kensington station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station is not wheelchair accessible

High Street Kensington station entrance – You must use two flights of stairs between the entrance and the platforms (16 steps down +15 steps down)

Changing tube line at Embankment – You must use stairs when changing platforms

Oval station exit – There’s an escalator from the northbound platform to the exit, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs from the southbound platform (21 steps up). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (4 steps down +28 steps up +2x26 steps up +20 steps up)

The journey from Oval to High Street Kensington is in fare zones 1&2 and you’ll have to use the Northern, Victoria and Circle tube lines, changing trains at Stockwell and

1. From Oval take the Northern Line
2. Change at Stockwell to the Victoria Line
3. Change at Victoria to the Circle Line
4. Leave the train at High Street Kensington

Number of tube stops: 8 · Journey time: Approx 38 mins

Stations on the route: Oval ➜ Stockwell [change train] Stockwell ➜ Vauxhall ➜ Pimlico ➜ Victoria [change train] Victoria ➜ Sloane Square ➜ South Kensington ➜ Gloucester Road ➜ High Street Kensington

Alternative routes include Oval to Vauxhall, Oval to Kennington and Oval to Stockwell

Stairs, lifts and escalators to the station platforms

Oval underground station is not wheelchair accessible

High Street Kensington station is not wheelchair accessible

Oval station entrance – There’s an escalator between the entrance and the northbound platform, but you must use an escalator plus one flight of stairs to the southbound platform (21 steps down). If you want to avoid the escalator then you can use another five flights of stairs (20 steps down +2x26 steps down +28 steps down +4 steps up)

Changing tube line at Stockwell – Changing between the Northern northbound and Victoria northbound, or the Northern southbound and Victoria southbound, is on the level, but you must use stairs for all other platform changes

Changing tube line at Victoria – You can use a lift when changing between the Circle/​District/​Victoria/​National Rail platforms

High Street Kensington station exit – You must use two flights of stairs between the platforms and the exit (15 steps down +16 steps up)