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Grove

Major
Also known as: Grove Aerodrome / Grove Technology Park / RAF Grove / RAF Station, Grove / USAAF Station 519 / Wantage
County: Oxfordshire
Current Status: Farmland / Housing / Industry / Leisure activity / Public road
Date: 1942 - 1 December 1955 (Care & Maintenance)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / USAAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Aircraft modification/repair (main role) / Aircraft preparation/storage / Fighter / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Aabsolute Ltd
  • Aasvogel Recycling & Skip Hire
  • Accord Freight Ltd
  • ACSI Europe Ltd
  • AHA Sales & Marketing
  • Airbox Aerospace Limited
  • Arbex Contract Flooring Limited 
  • Astro Systems Ltd
  • ASW Scaffolding Ltd
  • ASW Skips Ltd
  • Burford Hill Ltd
  • ByBox Holdings Limited
  • C H Smith Cabinetmaker
  • Calber Facilities Management Ltd
  • Cancara Ltd
  • CMS Industries Ltd
  • CPL Locums Ltd
  • Crossman Engineering Ltd
  • Crystal Clean Southern Ltd
  • CrystalLight Productions Ltd
  • CSI Automotive Engineering Ltd
  • Delves Couling LLP
  • Eastling Wines Ltd
  • Elite Studio
  • EMS Physio Ltd
  • Equation AudioVisual Ltd
  • Esprit Networks Ltd
  • Expert Networking Group Limited
  • Falcon Signs Ltd
  • First Drop
  • Freelanceimages
  • Grove Library
  • Grove Parish Council
  • GT Carpentry Ltd
  • Helstrom Lucy Consultants Training
  • House Hop Ltd
  • IRUN Oxford
  • JB Condensation Control
  • John Lewis of Hungerford plc
  • JSPR Limited
  • Kosran ECV Limited (UK)
  • Lambert Cleaning Services
  • Lambourn Surfacing
  • LaVisionUK Ltd
  • Lawton (Building Engineering Services) Ltd
  • Manlove Forensics Ltd
  • Mattalex Emergency Lighting Ltd
  • Mattingley Ltd
  • McDermaid Design
  • Mcgob'an Plumbing & Heating
  • Meisterstuck HAUS UK
  • MFSG Advisory Limited
  • Minster Joinery Craftsmen Ltd
  • N P O R S South
  • Nautiques UK Ltd
  • Oakbury Studios Ltd
  • OOB Ltd
  • Open Mind Technology
  • Oxford Authentication Ltd
  • Oxford Oak Garages Ltd
  • Paperpak Ltd
  • Parekh Enterprises Ltd
  • PC Support Centre Ltd
  • Pearce Mayfield Associates
  • Process Analyser Systems Ltd
  • Professional Software Engineering Ltd
  • Project Design Architects Ltd
  • Project Management Direct Ltd
  • Prysm Softech Ltd
  • Realistic Games Ltd
  • Sapphire Cars Ltd
  • Sentel Ltd
  • Shush Limited
  • Smiths Accountants
  • Soames Developments (Westbury) Ltd
  • Stan James (Abingdon) Ltd
  • Success Motivation International (UK) Ltd
  • T A Collins
  • Telestrian Limited
  • The Ashdown Group
  • The Mustard Concept (TMC) Ltd
  • The Talent Providers Ltd 
  • Touchstone Partners Ltd
  • UK Magnetics Society
  • Unimax Solutions 
  • Vale & Downland Museum
  • Virtual Sports Network Ltd
  • WBS Group Ltd
  • WILA Lighting Ltd 
  • Your German Connection

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 3 MU

  • No 6 MU

  • No 15 (P) AFU

  • No 174 Sqn

  • No 184 Sqn

  • No 431 Equipment Depot

  • HGCU
001c. 1982 aerial.jpg

Aerial view of Grove airfield, c. 1982. © Dave Welch

002Main Stores (Building 83) - 5 July 2008.png

Main Stores building at Grove, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg

003Main Workshops (Building 79) - 5 July 2008.png

Main Workshops building at Grove, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg

004Runway 09:27. Looking east - 5 July 2008.png

Runway 09:27, looking east, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg

005Runway 16:34. Looking north west - 5 July 2008.png

Runway 16:34, looking north-west, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg

006Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking east from near the memorial - 5 July 2008.png

Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking east from near the memorial, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg

007Runway 04:22. Looking north east - 7 June 2013.png

Runway 04:22, looking north-east, 7 June 2013. © Richard Flagg

008Unknown Site. Unknown - 7 June 2013.png

Unknown building at a dispersed site at Grove, 7 June 2013. © Richard Flagg

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Andover

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