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On Grove Road, in Capenhurst, Saughall & Moston
What it's like at CH1 6LG: every home that has sold on Grove Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Grove Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Cai Mor, Grove RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carisbrooke, Grove RoadDetached | Sept 2024 | £1,300,000 | 256 m² | £5,078/m² | 2 |
| Durlston, Grove RoadDetached | Aug 2003 | £375,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Greenfield, Grove RoadOther | Sept 2016 | £506,235 | 130 m² | £3,894/m² | 1 |
| Greenways, Grove RoadDetached | Apr 2006 | £630,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Grove Farm, Grove RoadDetached | Feb 2024 | £1,000,000 | 288 m² | £3,472/m² | 1 |
| Grovehurst, Grove RoadDetached | Dec 2009 | £772,500 | 254 m² | £3,041/m² | 2 |
| Halcyon, Grove RoadDetached | Oct 2016 | £575,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Holbeck, Grove RoadDetached | Jul 2018 | £612,500 | 200 m² | £3,063/m² | 1 |
| Homefield, Grove RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £601,000 | 180 m² | £3,339/m² | 2 |
| Leaholme, Grove RoadOther | Dec 2017 | £450,000 | 151 m² | £2,980/m² | 3 |
| Lyndale, Grove RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £271,000 | 77 m² | £3,519/m² | 2 |
| Manderley, Grove RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £905,000 | 259 m² | £3,494/m² | 2 |
| Maywood, Grove RoadDetached | Jun 2014 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Oak Lodge, Grove RoadDetached | Feb 2013 | £800,000 | 247 m² | £3,239/m² | 2 |
| Pemberley House, Grove RoadDetached | Nov 1997 | £218,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Tenby Mount, Grove RoadDetached | Apr 2002 | £297,500 | – | – | 1 |
| The Birches, Grove RoadDetached | Nov 2010 | £400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Chalet, Grove RoadDetached | Mar 2025 | £450,000 | 97 m² | £4,639/m² | 2 |
| The Cottage, Grove RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £295,000 | 138 m² | £2,138/m² | 1 |
| The Duck House, Grove RoadDetached | Jan 2016 | £357,500 | 188 m² | £1,902/m² | 1 |
| The Spinney, Grove RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £725,000 | 236 m² | £3,072/m² | 2 |
| Three Oaks, Grove RoadDetached | Jun 2001 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Trotanoy, Grove RoadDetached | Dec 2016 | £687,000 | 255 m² | £2,694/m² | 1 |
| Wayside, Grove RoadDetached | Sept 2016 | £720,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Willow Cottage, Grove RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £565,000 | 131 m² | £4,313/m² | 2 |
| Woodstock, Grove RoadDetached | May 1999 | £237,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Capenhurst, a drive away (3.0 km), with 206k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Chester.
The nearest primary school is St Oswald's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Whitby High School, 3.2 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Wirral Grammar School for Boys (13.4 km) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (13.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Chester PFS, 2.4 km away, with Greggs closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saughall Medical Centre (2.8 km), with Fittleworth Medical the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Mancave, Barber shop is 3.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Flip Out Chester is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and The Brewers Arms the nearest pub (2.8 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 83 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Elm Grove Park, 2.9 km away; for exercise, King George V Community Sports Hub (3.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Chester, 4.5 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
3 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Chester North and Neston constituency: Samantha Dixon MP (Labour), since December 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,870 (26.6%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
1 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH1 6LG →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Cheshire West and Chester since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 29 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.0% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 20.0% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Sc2 · about 40 min
Nearest: Victoria Pier · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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