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.

Villages to visit near Castlethorpe include Haddenham, Caldecotte, Blue Bridge, New Bradwell, Tathall End, Castlethorpe, and Weston Underwood.

There are a several good towns in the Castlethorpe area like Milton Keynes, Olney, High Wycombe, Buckingham, and Aylesbury.

Willen Lake, and Campbell Park are some of Castlethorpe best parks to visit near Castlethorpe.

Lakes to visit near Castlethorpe include Willen Lake, and Thorney Country Park.

The area around Castlethorpe boasts some of the best shopping centres including The Centre:mk, and Eden Shopping Centre.

There are a number of historic buildings near Castlethorpe including 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.

Thorney Country Park is one of Castlethorpe's best, nearby country parks to visit in Castlethorpe.

Airports to visit near Castlethorpe include Wycombe Air Park.

Castlethorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Castlethorpe:

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