Grovehill is located on the north of Hemel Hempstead and was part of the second wave of New Town development with building commencing in the late 1960’s. The large housing estate at Grovehill West started construction early in 1970’s but took some years to complete and was finally completed in the early 1980s.

Henry Wells Square containing the local shops features a Tesco Express, post office, chemist, a pub and a fish and chip shop. Grovehill is served by: Grovehill Community Centre (home to an internet cafe) and Grovehill Playing Fields, home to many football pitches, two baseball diamonds (home to Herts baseball club), an area of scrub land was converted into allotments.

There are also various churches, a medical and a dental surgery as well as several schools including the original Grovehill School built by the New Town Commission (and renamed The Astley Cooper School at a later date).