[10] Like all stations on the Cockfosters extension, Bounds Green, which opened on 19 September 1932,[9] set new aesthetic standards not previously seen on London's Underground.

During the planning period of the extension to Cockfosters, alternate names for this station, "Wood Green North" and "Brownlow Road" were considered but rejected.

[12] The destruction of the houses caused the north end of the westbound platform tunnel to collapse,[12] killing and injuring many people[13] amongst those sheltering from the air raid.

[14] A memorial plaque (placed in the station in 1994,[9] at the north end of the westbound platform) erroneously commemorates "sixteen Belgian refugees and ... three British citizens who died" in the attack.

[13] Architecturally, this tube station, designed in the typical "Box-style" of the architect Charles Holden by his colleague C. H. James, is a well-preserved example of the modernist house style of London Transport in the 1930s.

[17] This work involved the restoration of heritage features and included the upgrading of CCTV cameras, retiling and decorating the station, repairs to the roof and exterior, platform resurfacing and the installation of Help Points.