Grove (Oxfordshire)

51.608055555556 - 1.4236111111111Koordinaten: 51 ° 36 ' N, 1 ° 25' W

Grove is a village and "civil parish" (municipality) in the English county of Oxfordshire. It has 7,845 inhabitants (2001) and is located approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Oxford in the district of Vale of White Horse.

The first written reference is from the year 1142. In 1840 the railway line of the Great Western Railway and the Wantage Road station were opened. In 1942, a base of the Royal Air Force was formed. He was temporarily taken over in 1943 by the U.S. Army Air Force and closed in 1960 by the U.S. Air Force.

The place is mainly known because the Williams Formula 1 team has its headquarters here.