The natural grove, larger than today, was for many centuries the largest woodland in the chapelry of Southgate in the parish of Edmonton.

The modern area of Arnos Grove is centred on the western end of Bowes Road.

The road that runs from Morton Crescent eastward (to Southgate) is also called Arnos Grove.

[1] Arnos Grove was, until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, owned by the Nuns of Clerkenwell.

A Tudor manor house was erected on the site, but was demolished in 1719 – presumably by James Colebrook, who bought the estate in the same year and built a mansion called Arnolds in Cannon Hill, Southgate.

There is now an almost continuous line of shops between Arnos Grove and New Southgate, via Betstyle Circus, making the areas closely linked.

The relatively recent creation of the local Anglican parishes, civil parishes and later changes in early local government body name and electoral wards in this area means Arnos Grove is rarely mentioned with reference to any of its parent areas.

A large brick viaduct, with 34 numbered arches,[7] carries the Piccadilly line beyond Arnos Grove tube station towards Southgate through the western end of the park.

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School was built in 1972 on the land owned by the Church to provide an education for the children of the parish.

The building was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Early English style.