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.

There are a number of towns near Castlethorpe including Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury.

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

There are a several good lakes in the Castlethorpe area like Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park.

The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre are great places to visit near Castlethorpe if you like shopping centres.

Don't miss 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's historic buildings if visiting the area around Castlethorpe.

There are a number of country parks near to Castlethorpe including Thorney Country Park.

Wycombe Air Park is one of Castlethorpe's best, nearby airports to visit in Castlethorpe.

Castlethorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Castlethorpe:

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