The station is situated on Cambridge Avenue approximately 100 metres (300 ft) west of Kilburn High Road, shortly before it becomes Maida Vale, (A5).

[7] The station building was designed by Stanley Heaps in a modified version of the earlier Leslie Green designed Bakerloo line stations with glazed terra cotta façades but without the large semi-circular windows at first floor level.

It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts.

[a] It opened a short distance south of Kilburn High Road station which had previously handled much of the commuter traffic of the area, providing a quicker connection to the West End.

Also, it is only a short walk from Kilburn High Road Station (London Overground) on the Lioness line.