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On North Drive, in Grove
What it's like at OX12 7PW: every home that has sold on North Drive 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 North Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 15 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 23, North DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £340,000 | 123 m² | £2,764/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33, North DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £257,000 | 87 m² | £2,954/m² | 1 |
| 37, North DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £91,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, North DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2008 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Didcot Parkway, a drive away (12 km), with 2.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is The Green, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes S9, X36, X35, BB4); 24 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Grove Church of England School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Johns CofE Academy, 1.1 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 400 m away; Bottle Top (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice (1.7 km), with Bretts Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Grove Barbers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Great Western Hospital, 22 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 58% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Compass Group at Williams F1 Staff Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Bay Tree the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 25 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 549 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Knights Green, 150 m away; for exercise, Tfd (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 69 km away.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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.
27 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Old Herriards | II | 100 m |
| Old Cottages | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Didcot and Wantage constituency: Olly Glover MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 6,233 (11.4%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 40%, Conservative 28%, Labour 15%, Reform UK 12%.
36 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 OX12 7PW →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Vale of White Horse 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 15 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 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 3.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 83.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 5.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.5% | 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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 49 min
Nearest: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway · about 38 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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