Burnley Road is the location for the northern entrance of Dollis Hill station, opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1909. The station last served the Met. in 1940. The Bakerloo ran its services there from 1939 to 1979 and thereafter by the Jubilee Line.

In 1901, a new public park was created - the 35 hectares of Gladstone Park.

Between the park and the underground station, Edwardian terraced houses were built on a grid with names starting with letters in alphabetical order (with some letters missing) from Aberdeen to Normanby.