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Castlethorpe Parish Council · Milton Keynes
Welcome to Castlethorpe
A village of around 1,200 people in open countryside on the edge of the Tove Valley, seven miles north of Milton Keynes.
What's happening
Latest News
Updates from the Parish Council, the police and around the village.
Community safety
Winter Crime Prevention Campaign
The Winter Crime Prevention Campaign aims to raise awareness and provide tips to keep our community safe during the winter months.
Policing
New PCSO in Castlethorpe
PCSO Lesley Rogers has replaced PCSO Jo Clarke. She will walk around Castlethorpe regularly so please say hello.
The Lounge
New Membership Cards
Members of Castlethorpe Community Space CIC can now collect their new membership cards directly from The Lounge.
Planning
Proposed New Town based around Haversham
- 21,500homes proposed
- 10+ yrsto build
- J14anew junction?
As part of the Government New Towns Proposal, Milton Keynes is one of the designated sites and an area identified around Haversham, running just into Castlethorpe by the Dips and up and around Hanslope Park. It is planned to include up to 21,500 new homes and potentially a new motorway junction at Tathall End. Apart from the ecological - it will cross the Wetlands Arc of the Ouse Valley, and environmental impacts - a new bridge across the Ouse Valley will have to be constructed, and the cost which may well be paid by creating a warehousing facility near the potential new J14a at Tathall End, this amount of housing will take at least 10 years to construct (MK currently builds less than 2,000 houses a year) causing disruption on our main access to Milton Keynes.
Around the village
Village Information
Meetings, policing, speed watch and how Castlethorpe is doing.
Mon 7 Dec · 7.30pmNext Parish Council Meeting
The next Parish Council meeting is at 7.30pm on Monday 7th December at the Village Hall.
5 – 29 Oct 2026Crimes reported in Castlethorpe
Crime statistics for the village for 5th to 29th October 2026.
184 / 200Best Kept Village
Castlethorpe scored 184 out of 200 in Best Kept Village 2026.
13 April 2026Annual Parish Meeting
This is not a Council Meeting but a statutory annual meeting every parish has to hold at this time of year. The Chair gives a report to the village for the past year and takes questions.
Lesley RogersPCSO for the village
Contact Lesley about community matters and local events. Please do not contact Lesley to report incidents or crime. Contact Lesley if you need any advice or would like her to attend a Community event as she looks forward to working with us closely.
Volunteers wantedSpeed watch volunteers needed
Castlethorpe has a Community Speedwatch programme, which uses a speed gun operated by volunteers to cut down speeding in the village.
Getting about
Helpful Sites
Live buses and trains, and what goes in which bin.
Live Bus Times
Live times on Get Around MK and Live Bus Times, plus MK Connect on-demand buses.
Live Train Times
Live arrivals and departures from the two nearest stations.
Waste and Recycling
What goes in each bin, booking a slot at the household recycling centres, and reporting a bin that wasn't returned.
Since the Iron Age
Castlethorpe Village History
Castlethorpe is a village with a population of about 1,200, set in open countryside seven miles north of Milton Keynes city centre and close to the boundary with Northamptonshire. It lies on the northern edge of the Tove Valley which is designated as a Special Landscape Area.
The Parish Church is dedicated to St Simon and St Jude – originally Saxon, extended by the Normans, and home to the 17th-century monument to Sir Thomas Tyrell. The village now has 21 listed buildings, some from the 15th century, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Castle Field.
- Residents
- 1,200
- Listed buildings
- 21
- From MK centre
- 7 mi
600–400 BC
The Castlethorpe dagger – now in the British Museum, alongside a 2nd-century hoard with a silver bracelet and coins.
Norman era
A motte and bailey castle is built and Castle Thorpe, the settlement around it, becomes a village in its own right.
1215
The castle is destroyed in the Barons' Revolt against King John. The mound and ditches survive in Castle Field.
1729
The tower of St Simon and St Jude collapses and is rebuilt – shorter, for lack of funds.
1800s
The London and Birmingham Railway arrives, with Castlethorpe station and the water troughs. Many villagers work at Wolverton Works.
1905
The Great Fire of Castlethorpe – a spark from a steam train sets light to a thatch; 13 houses burn and 36 people are left homeless.
1964
The station closes in the Beeching cuts.
1974
Castlethorpe becomes part of the Borough of Milton Keynes – a City since 2022.
Get In Touch
Questions for the Parish Council, or want to volunteer? We'd love to hear from you.
Contact the Council- Emailcontact@
castlethorpe-pc.gov.uk - Phone07707 836973
- Address11 North Street, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes MK19 7EW