Grove

Grove is covered by postcode district OX12. It is in the Vale of White Horse council area, Oxfordshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Grove (Vale of White Horse).

Typical price £310,000 Homes sold in Grove, last 12 months. ▼ 8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 175 of 213 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 30 of 213 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 91 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Grove, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Grove, by flood risk Of the 213 postcodes in Grove that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Grove. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A417 OX12 0AB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AG: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AP: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AR: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AS: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AT: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AU: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AX: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0AZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BG: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BH: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BN: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BS: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BU: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BW: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0DA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0DB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0DD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0DE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0DF: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FR: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FW: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FX: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0FZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GF: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GN: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GP: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GR: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GS: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GT: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GU: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GW: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GX: not on the flood risk listOX12 0GZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0LY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0LZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0ND: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NF: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NG: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NH: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NN: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NP: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NR: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NS: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NT: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NU: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NW: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NX: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0NZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PF: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PG: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PH: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PR: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PT: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PU: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PX: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0PZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QA: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QB: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QD: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QE: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QF: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QG: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QH: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QL: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QN: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QW: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QY: not on the flood risk listOX12 0QZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7EY: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FB: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FD: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FE: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FF: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FH: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FL: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FP: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FR: not on the flood risk listOX12 7FS: not on the flood risk listOX12 7HR: not on the flood risk listOX12 7HT: not on the flood risk listOX12 7HX: not on the flood risk listOX12 7HZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JA: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JB: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JD: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JE: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JF: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JG: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JH: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JR: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JS: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JU: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JW: not on the flood risk listOX12 7JX: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LB: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LG: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LL: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LX: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LY: not on the flood risk listOX12 7LZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NA: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NB: not on the flood risk listOX12 7ND: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NE: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NF: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NG: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NH: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NL: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NN: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NP: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NR: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NS: not on the flood risk listOX12 7NW: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PA: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PD: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PE: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PF: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PG: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PJ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PL: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PN: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PP: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PR: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PS: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PT: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PU: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PW: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PX: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PY: not on the flood risk listOX12 7PZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 7QF: not on the flood risk listOX12 9FG: not on the flood risk listOX12 9FQ: not on the flood risk listOX12 9FW: not on the flood risk listOX12 9FZ: not on the flood risk listOX12 9NP: not on the flood risk listOX12 9NS: not on the flood risk listOX12 0BP: very low flood risk onlyOX12 0BX: very low flood risk onlyOX12 7FG: very low flood risk onlyOX12 7FN: very low flood risk onlyOX12 7FQ: very low flood risk onlyOX12 9FD: very low flood risk onlyOX12 7FA: low flood risk at worstOX12 7HY: low flood risk at worstOX12 7JP: low flood risk at worstOX12 7JT: low flood risk at worstOX12 7JZ: low flood risk at worstOX12 7LT: low flood risk at worstOX12 9FJ: low flood risk at worstOX12 0BT: medium flood risk at worstOX12 0DQ: medium flood risk at worstOX12 0AA: high flood riskOX12 0AF: high flood riskOX12 0AN: high flood riskOX12 0AW: high flood riskOX12 7EZ: high flood riskOX12 7HU: high flood riskOX12 7JL: high flood riskOX12 7JN: high flood riskOX12 7JY: high flood riskOX12 7LD: high flood riskOX12 7LF: high flood riskOX12 7LH: high flood riskOX12 7LJ: high flood riskOX12 7LU: high flood riskOX12 9FB: high flood risk Grove 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OX12 7LD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Grove, by flood risk Of the 213 postcodes in Grove that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Grove. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Grove
  • A home or business at high risk: 15
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 6
  • Not on the at-risk list: 183
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 213 postcodes in Grove that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6081, longitude -1.4250. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

15 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

OX12 7JN16 at high riskOX12 7LD12 at high riskOX12 7LU11 at high riskOX12 7JL9 at high riskOX12 0AF4 at high riskOX12 0AA4 at high riskOX12 7LJ4 at high riskOX12 0AN3 at high riskOX12 0AW3 at high riskOX12 7HU3 at high riskOX12 7EZ2 at high riskOX12 7JY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OX12 7LD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Grove?

Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 213 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 91 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 213 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Church Street Practice, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, 12.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Grove?

Homes in Grove sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£310,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£337,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £415,000 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £325,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £279,250 40 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £178,750 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole OX12 district, Grove's main postcode district: a typical £340,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Grove: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Grove?

24 of the 213 postcodes now in use in Grove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 149 homes sold in Grove were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX12 district, 24%.

The newest postcodes

OX12 0GRsince November 2023OX12 0NZsince August 2023OX12 0LYsince July 2023OX12 0LZsince July 2023OX12 0PQsince July 2023OX12 0PRsince July 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn GroveAcross the OX12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 98 (0%) 5 of 337 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 149 (3%) 164 of 687 (24%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Grove?

Ofcom reports on 213 of the 213 postcodes in Grove. At 175 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit175 of 213
Postcodes where every home can get superfast202 of 213

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Grove at risk of flooding?

30 of the 213 postcodes in Grove have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 91 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 30 of 213 postcodes High: 75Medium: 16Low: 72Very low: 54

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Grove?

The open schools at the postcodes in Grove. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Grove?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Grove is Didcot Parkway Rail Station, 12.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Didcot Parkway Rail Station Railway station 12.6 kmDrive
  • Appleford Rail Station Railway station 13.1 kmDrive
  • Culham Rail Station Railway station 14.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Grove?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Grove. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Grove safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 699 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Grove over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 53 September 2025
  2. 54 October 2025
  3. 54 November 2025
  4. 59 December 2025
  5. 65 January 2026
  6. 41 February 2026
  7. 54 March 2026
  8. 50 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 57 June 2026
  11. 88 July 2026
  12. 73 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences328 reports
Anti-social behaviour99 reports
Public order53 reports
Other theft41 reports
Criminal damage and arson38 reports
Drugs35 reports
Shoplifting26 reports
Burglary24 reports

Also: vehicle crime 22, other crime 18, possession of weapons 9, robbery 3, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Grove?

District, borough or city council
Vale of White Horse
County council
Oxfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Didcot and Wantage
Police force area
Thames Valley
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat)

All 213 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Grove

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Grove postcodes

213 postcodes in use in Grove, by district:

OX12 postcode district,213 postcodes

That district is in the OX postcode area.

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Places near Grove

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Grove's £310,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wantage1.9 km, £335,000Stanford in the Vale6.8 km, £390,000Steventon7.2 km, £442,500Kingston Bagpuize8.1 km, £400,000Drayton8.8 km, £427,500Marcham8.9 km, £380,050Chilton, Vale of White Horse9.3 km, £408,750Harwell9.3 km, £480,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Grove

What is it like to live in Grove?
Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 213 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 91 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 213 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Church Street Practice, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, 12.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Grove?
Grove is covered by postcode district OX12, across 213 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Grove in?
Grove is in the Vale of White Horse council area, and Oxfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Grove?
Grove is in the Didcot and Wantage parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Grove?
Homes in Grove sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Grove?
In Grove, primary schools at its postcodes include Millbrook Primary School, St Johns CofE Academy and Grove Church of England School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Johns CofE Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Grove have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Grove is Didcot Parkway, 12.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Grove?
Ofcom reports on 213 of the 213 postcodes in Grove. At 175 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Grove at risk of flooding?
30 of the 213 postcodes in Grove have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 91 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Grove?
24 of the 213 postcodes now in use in Grove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 149 homes sold in Grove were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX12 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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