Downsview Road Grove, Vale of White Horse
158 addresses across 3 postcodes (OX12), about 830 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 41620475.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Vale of White Horse costs £2,577 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 14% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, about 14.0 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 540 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 84 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 158 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice, about 1.3 km away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km.
- People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2023 | GROVE TECHNOLOGY PARK OX12 9FA | Other | £3,000,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 May 2021 | UNIT C7, G B P 1 OX12 9FA | Other | £325,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Sep 2019 | UNIT B5, G B P 1 OX12 9FA | Other | £1,166,760 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Sep 2019 | UNIT B6, G B P 1 OX12 9FA | Other | £1,054,512 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Dec 2015 | THE QUADRANGLE OX12 9FA | Other | £2,559,999 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Vale of White Horse in 2026-27: Band D £2,577 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,718 | £2,005 | £2,291 | £2,577 | £3,150 | £3,723 | £4,296 | £5,155 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (32% of about 1,360 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Challow Country Club, Woodhill Ln, permissioned (510 m)
- Former Grove Airfield Parcel P3B, To the West of Newlands Drive, Land North of Denchworth Road,: up to 169 homes, permissioned (750 m)
- Former Grove Airfield, West of Grove, West of Newlands Drive,: up to 33 homes, permissioned (850 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX12 9FF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX12 9FA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 7 | unlikely |
| OX12 9GN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 158 addresses are between 82 m and 84 m above sea level (82 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX12 9FA | 93% | 14% | 14% | 0% |
| OX12 9FF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| OX12 9GN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Didcot Parkway 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.0 km |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 1 within 800 m; nearest Boston House Grove Business Park | 490 m |
| Car parks | Limborough Road Car Park | 1.6 km |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 9.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 69.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Newbury Street Practice | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allied Pharmacy Mably Way | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Health Centre | 1.3 km |
| Hospital | Wantage Community Hospital | 2.1 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Wantage Police Station | 4.7 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,150 m² | 540 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 3.2 ha | 600 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 550 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9.9 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Stockham Park Allotments 9,140 m² | 710 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 3.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman villa E of Cornhill Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km south-west. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Roman villa E of Cornhill Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Letcombe Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km south |
| Coppice Leaze Copse | Wood | 2.1 km west |
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 2.3 km south-west |
| Warborough Bottom | Valley | 3.8 km south |
| Ardington Brook | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km east |
| Stanford Park Island | Island | 5.0 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 153 | 158 |
5 of the street's 158 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockham Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.0 km | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Johns CofE Academy Church of England | All-through | 2–16 | 1.2 km | No published inspection |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km | No published inspection |
| King Alfred's | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Millbrook Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TFD Gym OX12 9FA | Retailers - other | 400 m | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- OX12 9FF: 118 addresses of 162 in the postcode
- OX12 9FA: 33 addresses of 85 in the postcode
- OX12 9GN: 7 addresses of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in OX12 and across Vale of White Horse.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.