Castlethorpe is a Village in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Castlethorpe postcode: MK19 7

Retail in Castlethorpe

There are great places to visit near Castlethorpe including some great villages, towns, parks, lakes, shopping centres, historic buildings, country parks and airports.

There are a number of villages near Castlethorpe including Haddenham, Caldecotte, Blue Bridge, New Bradwell, Tathall End, Castlethorpe, and Weston Underwood.

Castlethorpe's best nearby towns can be found at Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury.

There are a several good parks in the Castlethorpe area like Willen Lake, and Campbell Park.

Castlethorpe's best nearby lakes can be found at Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park.

Don't miss The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Castlethorpe.

Church of St Simon and St Jude, St Peter and St Paul - Olney, Weston Underwood, Church of St James the Great - Hanslope, The Old Gaol, and Waddesdon Manor are some of Castlethorpe best historic buildings to visit near Castlethorpe.

Thorney Country Park is a great place to visit close to Castlethorpe if you like country parks.

There are a several good airports in the area around Castlethorpe like Wycombe Air Park.

Castlethorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Castlethorpe:

• A slight univallate hillfort 600m south east of Home Farm
• Wolverton iron trunk aqueduct
• The Mount ringwork at Alderton
• Bradwell Abbey: a Benedictine priory, chapel and fishpond
• Moated site, fishponds and associated earthworks 150m south-east of Haversham Manor
• A medieval manorial complex comprising a twin moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 750m west of St Mary's Church
• Secklow Hundred mound: a moot at the junction of North Row and North Ninth Street.
• Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park
• Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge
• Ashton Manor moated site
• Motte and bailey castle, deserted village and monastic grange at Old Wolverton
• The Toot: a motte and bailey castle and later manorial complex 450m south west of St Mary's Church
• Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond
• Remains of the church and churchyard of St Mary Magdalen
• Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House
• The Grove Close moated site.
• Roman villa SE of Cosgrove Hall
• Roman villa SE of Stokegap Lodge
• Motte NW of the parish church
• Settlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..
• Moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 150m west of Loughton Manor
• Bradwell castle mound: a motte and bailey castle 80m north east of St. Lawrence's Church.
• Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard
• Moated site with associated earthworks, 770m south of St Mary's Church, south of the junction of Childs Way and Fulmer Street